Vol. 30, No. 14
Hip-Hop Hippies
They might be moguls: Meet Mike Landau and Brad Goldenberg, the minds behind Phat Buddha Productions
By Julie Seabaugh
A Cherry on Top
VIP motorcades are no big deal -- they're just illegal
By Kristen Hinman
Whack Off
Unreal witnesses a mailbox massacre -- but we soon forget when we're urged to thrust and thrust and thrust. Plus, a mint-condition Brooke Shields finds her way into the Bargain Box.
Letters Column
Week of April 6, 2006
Ask a Negro Leaguer Column
By Prince Joe Henry
Left of Center
Centro-matic makes a new record, mourns Busch stadium
By Christian Schaeffer
Kaos Theory
Ex-Beat morning show DJ Kaos speaks out
By Annie Zaleski
Dream into Action
B-Sides investigates the story behind the new Take Action tour, Dar Williams opens her mind, and we suggest the coolest tunes to download this week
By Kristie McClanahan, Andrew Miller and Andy Vihstadt
Beat Happenings
Music news you can use
By Kristyn Pomranz
30 Seconds to Mars
Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)
By Michael Roberts
Limbeck
Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)
Nine Black Alps
Tuesday, April 11, at 9 p.m. Blueberry Hill (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)
The M's
Wednesday, April 12, at 8:30 p.m. Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)
By Andrew Miller
Eisley
Wednesday, April 12, at 8 p.m. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)
Saves the Day
Wednesday, April 12, at 8 p.m. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)
Also Playing: The Strokes
Local Motion: Jonathan Cour
E-40
My Ghetto Report Card (Warner Brothers)
By Andrew Friedman
Robbie Lee
Sleep, Memory (I and Ear)
Josh Ritter
The Animal Years (V2)
By Brooke Foster
Appleseed Cast
Peregrine (The Militia Group)
By Aaron Ladage
Various Artists
Idol Tryouts Two: Ghostly International Vol. Two (Ghostly International)
By Jonathan Zwickel
Ambulance LTD
New English EP (TVT)
By Michael Alan Goldberg
The Loving Tongue
Café Natasha's Kabob International is all about simple pleasures
By Ian Froeb
McDonald's "Richer, Bolder Coffee"
McDonald's, 1420 Hampton Avenue, 314-781-8032
By Randall Roberts
Some Kind of Joke
The Mel Brooks Collection
By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
Latino Heat
Antonio Banderas pulses with passion in Take the Lead
By Luke Y. Thompson
In the Face of Evil
Sophie Scholl relives the last days of an anti-Nazi hero
By Jean Oppenheimer
Tainted Black
The game that promised "gun porn" falls limp.
Palfrey Sum
Age trumps beauty when Dame Plowright visits the Claremont
Our top DVD picks for the week of April 4.
Das Boot
A gay German rower feels left out once his sexuality surfaces
By Melissa Levine
Sans Quentin
Lucky Number Slevin plays Tarantino's game, without Tarantino's results
By Michael Atkinson
Film Openings
King Leer
What do you get when you pair a Shakespearean tragedy with a contemporary work about a teen bulimic and a pedophile?
By Dennis Brown
Red-Letter Day
By Paul Friswold
We Are All Made of Stars
By Anna Teekell Hays
Czech Yourself
By Mr. Night
To the Extreme!
By Mr. Night & Ms. Day
The Bill to Play with Skill
By Alex Weir
Beggin' for Bones
By Alison Sieloff
The Art of Acquisition
Go Greek!
The Benjamin-O
Single-Track Mind
By Mark Dischinger
Champion for C.H.A.M.P.
By Jedidiah Ayres
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
By Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent
Current Shows
Ivy Cooper encapsulates the St. Louis art scene
