Vol. 31, No. 9
Valley Park to Mexican immigrants: "Adios, illegals!"
A small-town mayor's plan creates one big controversy.
By Kristen Hinman
Hinman Wins EWA Award
By Tom Finkel
Play Ball...
By Annie Zaleski
Small Webcasters Dealt Death Blow
Fleeing St. Louis
Lucinda Williams and the Y Chromosome
By Lucinda Williams and the Y Chromosome
Go! 3/2-3/4
Lights! Camera! Cyber-Perv Prevention!
On the Passing of Thomas Eagleton
Brave Enough
Wired 4 Wireless
How did AT&T manage to be the only company bidding on the contract to bring Wi-Fi to St. Louis?
By Chad Garrison
St. Louis Get Might Just Get a Good Liquor Store
The Purloined Rockwell
Streetside Out, Restaurants In on Delmar
Stolen in St. Louis in '73. Found today -- on Steven Spielberg's wall
Notes From A Second Class Citizen, Part 3
Week of March 1, 2007
By Timothy Lane
"You think it's unfair to say he's a monster?
How about 'deviate next door,' or 'pedophile next door'? Maybe just 'pervert next door.'"
Why are Mexicans always stealing things?
Hint: It has nothing to do with the Frito Bandito.
Who you calling "racist"?
Joe doesn't take too kindly to a reader's taunts.
By Prince Joe Henry
A new book explores the history of the influential U.K. label Rough Trade — but does it get history right?
Plus, a sidebar detailing some of the label's essential releases.
By Mike Appelstein
Late-Breaking Show!
This Just In: Tuesday, February 27
Spin Around, Again!
The legalese surrounding Kopper's GaragePunk podcast.
Plus, meet the finalists for the RFT DJ Spin-off!
Montreal orchestra geeks the Arcade Fire explore the intricacies of religion on their new CD.
Neon Bible, is a worthy follow-up to 2004's Funeral.
Homespun: Lung Dust
Lung Dust (self-released)
By Christian Schaeffer
Primordial Undermind
9 p.m. Friday, March 2. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).
Samwell asks the eternal question: "You want to do it in my butt?"
Plus: a very successful witch, and the saddest lost-dog story ever told.
Apples in Stereo
9 p.m. Friday, March 2. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City).
By Keith Gribbins
Richard Buckner / Six Parts Seven
9 p.m. Saturday, March 3. The Billiken Club at Saint Louis University (20 North Grand Boulevard).
Meg & Dia
6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).
By Kristyn Pomranz
Lovedrug
7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).
By Julie Seabaugh
Defiance, Ohio
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (3301 Lemp Avenue).
By Kami Arnold
The Charms / Gentleman Callers
9 p.m. Wednesday, March 7. Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue).
The Gourds
9 p.m. Thursday, March 1. VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino (777 Casino Center Drive, Maryland Heights).
By Roy Kasten
Field Music
Tones of Town (Memphis Industries)
By Richard Gintowt
Lucinda Williams
West (Lost Highway)
The Stooges
The Weirdness (Virgin)
By Jaime Lees
Dangerous Muse
Give Me Danger EP (Cordless Recordings)
By J. Poet
Lily Allen
Alright, Still (Capitol)
By Michael Roberts
The Good, the Bad & the Queen
The Good, the Bad & the Queen (Virgin)
By Ed Masley
KoKo's pan-Latin menu is at its best when it's all over the map.
This south-city spot tackles big flavors head-on.
By Ian Froeb
Broil That Burger Down
Black Lightning coffee
SqWires, 1415 South 18th Street; 314-865-3522.
By Randall Roberts
Review Preview: KoKo
By Brooke Foster
Roland King Top Shell
Abalone Type Shellfish$15.95Global Foods Market 421 N. Kirkwood Road Kirkwood
Nothing But the Truth
Columbia's True/False Festival is the coolest four-year-old in Missouri.
By Andrew Friedman, Chad Garrison, Molly Langmuir, Randall Roberts, Christian Schaeffer and Annie Zaleski
Weed Killer
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
Booger and Borat. You Likes?
Revenge of the Nerds: Panty Raid Edition
By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
David Fincher's type-A approach to filmmaking pays off.
Zodiac
By Scott Foundas
Virtually Perfect
Virtua Fighter 5 delivers . . . exactly what you'd expect.
By Gary Hodges
Like pigs to slaughter: Old men in leather pants, going nowhere fast.
Wild Hogs
By Robert Wilonsky
No Replay for Wii Play
There's not much besides an extra controller to these minigames.
BY CHRIS WARD
God-fearing black man tames slutty white girl as Craig Brewer's South rises again
Black Snake Moan
By Rob Nelson
Our top DVD picks for the week of March 1.
The good East German (a.k.a.: when your hero is a Stasi spy).
The Lives of Others
Film Openings
Our top DVD picks for the week of March 6:
What's Hotter than Hott? Torrid.
By Alex Weir
The Sign of the Supercross
Expect the Wurst
By Amy Helms
Don't Shake Hands, Ed
By Paul Friswold
Very Short Stories
Gotta Get Back in Time
By Ms. Day
Support Your Local Hooker!
By Anna Teekell Hays
Communication Breakdown
Cul-de-sac will leave you looking twice at your neighbors.
Joe Hanrahan is a cast of many in this after Midnight production.
By Dennis Brown
Just an Irregular Joe
Great Scotts
By Alison Sieloff
Pyramid Schemes
By James Weber
Everything's Coming up Roses
And carnations and tulips and hydrangeas...
With Demons...(and Other Blunt Objects), HotCity's GreenHouse pulls no punches.
Powerhouse performances save a sometimes-faltering script.
True/False Festival: Dispatch the Second
True/False Film Festival: Dispatch the First
Capsule Reviews
Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Deanna Jent suss out local theater
By Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Deanna Jent
