Vol. 30, No. 33
God. Country (and what a country!). BRANSON.
Join us on a guided tour of emigr comedian Yakov Smirnoff's adopted home, a veritable geezer's Shangri-La.
By Chad Garrison
What's Chris Duncan Dry-Humping This Week?
By Tom Finkel
By Ian Froeb
Jerk Pork
The Overland Police Department scrambles over eggs.
By Kathleen McLaughlin
Homes of the St. Louis Stars
By Unreal
Elections and Self-Promotion: The American Way
This Week in Gut Check
Brought to You by a St. Louis Satirist
What's Cooking in This Week's Issue
Please Welcome Twelve Angry Fingers
Tax Credit Update
Arms Race
All security guards at Saint Louis University are now required to carry a gun.
By Kristen Hinman
Fairy Interesting
Unreal has a fairy funny week.
Come Back, My Little Chickadee
Readers adore their birds, books and Emmylou Harris.
Full Moon Heat (Hammerstone's, Soulard)
Tim finds moonstruck strangers.
By Timothy Lane
Oedipus Mex
The Mexican explains why mami's always in the picture.
Minor League, Major Honor
Joe makes a pitch for the Gateway Grizzlies
By Prince Joe Henry
The Poster Service
Concert posters the old-fashioned way.
By Christian Schaeffer
Flaming Lips play the Pageant, September 28
By Annie Zaleski
Introducing the Band, Part One: Ryan Wasoba's Bass Day
Under Spells
B-Sides talks to the Comas about their latest release and downloads Iron & Wine's "The Boy With a Coin"
By Roy Kasten and Andy Vihstadt
Live! Tonight! Sold Out! -- That is, a Bunch of Upcoming St. Louis shows
Sleep State Homespun: Review of …Fuckin’ Pervert EP
Random Web Humor for Tuesday
Twelve Angry Fingers talks Geddy Lee, Ronnie James Dio
Non-Hostile So Many Dynamos Blog Takeover
Umbrellas
7 p.m. Thursday, August 16. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.
By Brooke Foster
The Redwalls
9 p.m. Friday, August 17. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue
Murder By Death/ Reverend Horton Heat
7 p.m. Saturday, August 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois
By Jonah Bayer
Sundance Kids/Cataldo
10 p.m. Saturday, August 18. Lemmons, 5800 Gravois Avenue
Cause Co-Motion!
8 p.m., Monday, August 20. Cruisin' Rte. 66, 7895 Watson Road, Affton
By Mike Appelstein
Voodoo Glow Skulls
8 p.m. Monday, August 20. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard
Colbie Caillat
9 p.m. Tuesday, August 21. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City
By Kristyn Pomranz
Local Motion: One for the Team/Thor Axe
8 p.m. Friday, August 17. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
O Broth, Where Art Thou?
Ian tries to beat the heat with...soup?
Red Still Not Open
The Morning Brew: Friday, 8/17
Festival for Winemakers
Late Update: Judge Won't Stop Whole Foods
The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 8/14
Best of St. Louis 2007 Readers' Poll
Liluma
Review Preview: The Original SoupMan
A Weekend for Tomatoes
Eating Local: Another Perspective
Glen Ellen Merlot
The Muny (in Forest Park); 314-361-1900.
By Kristie McClanahan
The Morning Brew: Thursday, 8/16
Red to Open Next Week (?)
Reminder: Marcia's Surgery Festival
Harvest Wine Dinner
The Morning Brew: Monday, 8/20
JJ Twig's Pizza and Pub
The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 8/15
In This Week's Issue
A Look at Upcoming Restaurants
Promise Activ Peach SuperShots
$4.65Straub's302 North Kingshighway Blvd.
By Malcolm Gay
Keeping the Meter Running
Taxi Driver: Collector's Edition
By Jordan Harper, Robert Wilonsky and Jim Ridley
Nerd Love
Geeky, freaky teen virgins attempt to get knocked up in Superbad, produced by guess who?
By Scott Foundas
Fill in the Blank
Picross DS illustrates that there's life after Sudoku.
By Gary Hodges
Surge This
Breaking out of the pack of Iraq war docs, No End in Sight devestates.
By Rob Nelson
A Life Aquatic
By Paul Friswold
Pass Through the Gates
By James Weber
What a Feeling
By Alison Sieloff
Dont Pass on Grass
By Alex Weir
Economy Class
Bare-bones Shakespeare is just bare in these one-act plays.
By Dennis Brown
Dress to Impress
Son of a Beach
By Mabel Suen
Running with the Nightshades
By Ms. Day
Science Faction in Action
Star Power
The Farm Has Charm
And bluegrass!
Textile Arts: Unspooled!
By Mark Fischer
This Thing of Theirs
By Amy George
It Aint Necessarily So
Wouldn't You Like to Know Me?
Return of the King
A Heady Heritage
Rockin and Rollin and Whatnot
Ditto, Etc.
Twins try to unlock the mysteries of the universe.
The Airing of Dirty Linen
A Purple so Deep It’s Black(more or less)
St. Louis Stage Capsules
Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold encapsulate the local theater scene.
By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold