Vol. 32, No. 31
Look Out Below!: Arborists from around the world descend on Forest Park for the International Tree Climbing Championships
By Keegan Hamilton
10 St. Louis Sports Tough Guys, Thugs and Criminals
By Nick Lucchesi
Chris Carpenter's Return Encouraging
By Aaron Schafer
Tony La Russa Demands Trade for 2004 Cardinals
RFT on Tonight Show with Jay Leno
By Tom Finkel
Joe Mather a Bright Spot in a Frustrating Season
No Surprise: Cardinals Don't Make a Move at Trade Deadline
Certified professional midwife: Coming to a yellow pages directory near you
By Kathleen McLaughlin
Bar of the Week: The Cat's Meow
Go! The St. Louis Weekend Calendar, August 1-3, 2008:
Video: Saint Louis Bike Tours: South Grand
Baseball Card of the Week: Larry Walker with the Expos
Ballpark Village: A Heads-Up About Cordish's Rep for Draconian Dress Codes
Video: St. Louis' First Naked Bike Ride
Staycate the Premises!
Unreal dreams of a cougar-vs.-pastor cage match, blesses a bowling-alley wedding and gets the skin-ny about vitiligo
Readers dish the straight poop on pigs, cougars and cheese plates
Ask a Mexican: "La Raza": Explaining this term's a marathon, not a sprint
The Cover of the July 31 Print Edition
A to Z Is Gone to Lollapalooza, but Twittering -- and Redd Kross Understands
By Annie Zaleski
St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: August 1-3
Billiken Club and Gargoyle Announce Initial Fall Dates: AA Bondy, Damien Jurado, Liam Finn, Dark Meat, the Cribs, Ratatat, Broken Social Scene, Land of Talk, Parts & Labor, Centro-matic, more!
Toadies: Show Tonight and How They Fit into Dallas Music
Backstoppers Benefit: Saturday, August 2 at Stone Spiral
St. Louis Video: Get Up Kids, "Woodson," November 1997
Photos: The Toadies and the Whigs, Wednesday, July 30
Free Music: Whole Sick Crew and the Baysayboos
St. Louis Video: Ignition, "Buy & Sell"/"I Got a Right" (Iggy Pop), 1987
Second Spin: Meli’sa Morgan, Do Me Baby
Spend $5 on the new Walkmen CD, Help a Kid Fight Cancer
Cardinals Show Moved to Saturday, October 4 at 8:30 p.m.
The Ting Tings: Tonight, July 31 at the Bluebird!
St. Louis Video: The Promise Ring, "Pink Chimneys," November 1997
Free Music: The RAC and Vandalyzm
St. Louis Video: Gentleman Auction House, "The Book of Matches" + Show Tonight at Off Broadway
Dramatic Readings of Black Kids lyrics, Partie Traumatic
'90s Hip-Hop Jam of the Week: P. Diddy ft. Mase and B.I.G., "Been Around The World"
Video Preview: Lollapalooza
Show Review: Murphy's Law, Cross Examination at Fubar, 7/29/08
Show Review: Bluebird Too Hot for The Ting Tings, 7/31/08
Lollapalooza Photos
The Whigs Opening for the Toadies, Tonight at the Pageant
Photos: Lollapalooza Day 1 with Cat Power, Raconteurs, Jeff Tweedy, Gogol Bordello, More
St. Louis Video: The Descendents, "Get the Time" @ Mississippi Nights,
Tom Petty Week: "American GIrl"
Tom Petty Week: "Listen to Her Heart"
Photos: Dr. Dog, The Feed and Marlow Honey at Bluebird, St. Louis, 7/30/08
Bryan Adams plays songs from his new album, 11, (and plenty of hits!) on Monday night at the Sheldon — acoustic!
By Ryan Wasoba
Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears turn soul on its head, while Boyz II Men's St. Louis show spawns two views of vintage R&B
By Roy Kasten and Dan LeRoy
Alina Simone
8 p.m. Wednesday, July 30. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue
By Shae Moseley
Ted Nugent
8 p.m. Thursday, July 31. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
The Ting Tings
8 p.m. Thursday, July 31. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
By Roy Kasten
Math the Band/Harry and the Potters
5:30 p.m. Saturday, August 2. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
William Sides Atari Party/Giveupnewyork
8 p.m. Sunday, August 3. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
By Seth Graves
Ad Astra Per Aspera
8:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 6. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
That's My Daughter
It Takes Tuna Tango (self-released)
By Christian Schaeffer
Homespun: That's My Daughter, It Takes Tuna Tango
The Pomegranates at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, Tonight!
Tonight: What Made Milwaukee Famous, Black Joe Lewis at Off Broadway!
Alina Simone, Tonight at Lucas School House
MP3: Buffet Libre DJs, "Rewinded"
Hold the Moustache: Fumanchu, the prodigious Mike Johnson's latest offering, is all over the Asian map
By Ian Froeb
Cooking for Your Cat: Kitty Breakfast
By Aimee Levitt
FDA Links Salmonella Outbreak to Specific Farm
Your Weekly St. Louis Food Blog Digest
The Morning Brew: Thursday, 7.31
More Former Soviet-Bloc Commercial Goodness to Get You Through the Weekend
Review Preview: Fumanchu
Now Open: Cafe Ventana
The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 7.29
In St. Peters, Hundreds Camp Out for Chicken Wings
Andy White Leaves Off the Vine
The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 7.30
The Morning Brew: Friday, 8.1
Now Open: Tani Sushi Bistro
The Morning Brew: Monday, 8.4
Chef Brian Hale Leaves Monarch for Chase Park Plaza -- New Monarch Chef Yet to be Announced
Soviet-Era Estonian Meat Commercial Will Haunt Your Dreams
In This Week's Issue: Fumanchu
Prepare to get your grub on at Downtown Restaurant Week
Change You Can't Believe In: Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote
By Scott Foundas
It's Time to Raise a Glass
Where's your penis straw?
By Alison Sieloff
Back in the Saddle
Get on your bike and ride
By Paul Friswold
Back in Black
The ultimate white flight
A Juicy Story
We've got the scoop
Dear Diary
Mothersbaugh on display
Hot in the City Tonight
Lush is on fire!
By Jeanette Kozlowski
Undress for Excess
Gas prices go up, pants go down
You Should Be Expecting
To have a good time, that is
Meat and Greet
Say hello to wine
By Ms. Day
Tiny Train, Big Fun
Just chugging along
Give 'Em an Inch
And Hedwig will stalk you for miles
All Your Garage Are Belong to Us
Bargain hunters, come on down
By Nicole Beckert
Microscopic vs. Macroscopic
The Spirit of the Olympics
Close to home
Swiftly Flow the Days
The Muny season comes to a close
File Under "Jazz"
Put the "you" in "shush"
Pucker Up!
Paul Stanley's in town
By Mark Dischinger
Oh No, Otello!
Evil, thy name is Iago
Last Night: Jargon Opens at Mad Art Gallery
Over the Weekend: World Naked Bike Ride, Lollapalooza, Jargon, City Style Lingerie Fashion Show, DJ Skribble
Welcome Homer: St. Louis Shakespeare shines with Mary Zimmerman's Odyssey
By Dennis Brown
Dancing Without the Stars: My One and Only, this week's Muny offering, rises or falls on the strength of its male lead
St. Louis Stage Capsules
Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene
By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold
Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis arts scene
By Malcolm Gay
