Vol. 28, No. 28
Stone Diaries
After years of bitter silence, a Missouri baseball phenom talks about his legend
By Andrew Miller
Down in the Flood
A skirmish over Metro's Delmar Streetscape project is headed to court
By Mike Seely
East St. Louis Spoof
A new comic novel asks: What if the ESTL seceded from the union?
By Randall Roberts
Something Smells
We find the funk in Branson, ride along with a stunt pilot and check out the STL Zoo's new species; plus, a local Gephardt gaffe
You Suddenly Learn That Doomsday Is Three Days Away: What Would You Do?
Week of July 14, 2004
By Wm. Stage
Letters
Special Delivery
How Story of the Year turned pizza jobs into a music career
By Annie Zaleski
Seeing Double
Nelly's dropping two discs on the same day. And somehow, it works.
By Jordan Harper
Bedrock, Cock Rock
We cave dive for beats and talk with Kip Winger and Sonia Dada
By John Goddard, Jordan Harper and Ben Westhoff
The Blood Brothers
Friday, July 16; Creepy Crawl
By Travis Petersen
Kill Me Tomorrow
By Jason Toon
Manda & the Marbles
Friday, July 16; Way Out Club
Richard Buckner
Saturday, July 17; Off Broadway
By Roy Kasten
The B-52's
Saturday, July 17; Gateway Arch Stage, St. Louis Riverfront
The Cure
The Cure (Geffen)
By Erik Alan Carlson
Gravenhurst
Flashlight Seasons (Warp)
By Guy Gray
DJ Shadow
In Tune and on Time (Geffen)
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Sounds Around Town
Louie, Louie
We still love King Louie's (whew!)
By Rose Martelli
The Leaning Bellini
Romano's Macaroni Grill, 8590 Eager Road, Brentwood, 314-918-8264.
Suh-weet!
Deadpan irony is the rule in this triumphant high school geek comedy
By Melissa Levine
Duff, Dumb and Blond
There's no magic in this Cinderella Story
By Luke Y. Thompson
Just One of Those Biopics
The songs are immortal, even if Porter pic isn't
By Robert Wilonsky
Sacrificing Isaac
I, Robot owes little to Asimov and much to prior sci-fi cinema
Serenade in the Sand
Dromedaries bond over string music in a refreshing new docudrama
By Bill Gallo
A Gift to Grief
Jeff Bridges is at his swaggering best in a film about a couple wrecked by loss
Film Openings
Series/Festivals
Going Gondo
Behold Galen Gondolfi's funky approach to urban renewal
By Ivy Cooper
Kickin' It
The Street Soccer Cup USA is taking it to the, um, streets
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
French Tips
Celebrating Bastille Day with food, drink and parading Soulardians? Mais oui!
By Mark Dischinger
Meet Me Again
The Smith family is back, but this time they're not singing
By Dennis Brown
Eats on the Road
Building a bridge to a future meal
By Paul Friswold, Guy Gray and Alison Sieloff
Annie's Back, Thank Heaven
The sun'll come out all week in Forest Park
Puttin' the "Rrrrr" in Washers
The sport of backyard kings
By John Goddard, Amy Helms and Alison Sieloff
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
Sin-e-bago
A fine smoke rolls into town
By Paul Friswold and Alison Sieloff
Dirty Romancing
Lora Leigh revels in it
By Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold, Rose Martelli and Alex Weir
