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Feature
Deadbeats Ho!: Did you pay your tax bills last year? Of course you did — unless you’re called out in this story.
By Kristen Hinman
Published: May 21, 2008
Gregory F.X. Daly, St. Louis collector of revenue, and his deputy, Tom Vollmer, are among the more popular people at cocktail parties — a fact they concede with more...
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News Real
Changing of the Guard: What derailed Metro's contract with the world's largest security firm after just 44 days?
By Aimee Levitt
Published: May 21, 2008
Less than two months into a three-year, $13.1 million contract to provide armed security at MetroLink stations, Metro and the Wackenhut Corporation abruptly parted ways....
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Unreal
Unreal cooks like a college dude, checks in with the worst player in the NBA draft and solicits advice on behalf of a local blogger
Published: May 21, 2008
For Unreal, the phrase "Cooking with College Dudes" conjures up one indelible image: a box of Kraft macaroni and cheese. We considered our college-dude pals really talented:...
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Letters
Radio coup: An RFT reader envisions ways to oust Patty Wente from KWMU
Published: May 21, 2008
FEATURE, MAY 8, 2008 Regime Removal Plotting to oust Patty: What you are about to read will come as a shock to you: Patty Wente may actually survive this storm and remain at...
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Amazing Facts & Beyond
High Spirits
By Dan Zettwoch / usscatastrophe.com
Published: May 21, 2008
Leon shares what's brewing in St. Louis' defunct water towers.
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This Week's Cover
Cover of May 22 Print Edition
Published: May 21, 2008
On the cover: Airbrush illustration by Dan Picasso
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Music
Rare On Air: St. Louis' own RiverfrontRadio.com is changing the way Web radio is done
By Calvin Cox
Published: May 21, 2008
If you're an Internet junkie in St. Louis, chances are good that you've heard of RiverfrontRadio.com. Located in an inconspicuous strip mall on Hampton Avenue in south city,...
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B-Sides
B-Sides grooves to the global sounds of DeVotchKa and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
By Shae Moseley and Roy Kasten
Published: May 21, 2008
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra La La Band started as a modest three-piece spinoff of the dynamic avant-garde instrumental ensemble Godspeed You! Black Emporer....
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Critics' Picks
Sea Wolf
9 p.m. Thursday, May 22. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
By Jaime Lees
Published: May 21, 2008
Playing under the name Sea Wolf, singer-songwriter Alex Brown Church performs with a steady cast of backup musicians that help his indie rock visions come alive. Church...
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Critics' Picks
Mr. Gnome
9 p.m. Saturday, May 24. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
By D.X. Ferris
Published: May 21, 2008
An early review described Mr. Gnome as a hybrid of Portishead and Black Sabbath, a full-frontal assault of Sam Meister's skittering trip-hop beats and Nicole Barille's...
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Critics' Picks
The Dirtbombs
8 p.m. Saturday, May 24. The Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.
By Roy Kasten
Published: May 21, 2008
The Dirtbombs have achieved the improbable with We Have You Surrounded, its fifth full-length over a decade of destroying decibel meters and garage rock conventions. With...
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Critics' Picks
Night Ranger
9 p.m. Sunday, May 25. Rib America Festival at World War Memorial Park, North 13th and Chestnut streets
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: May 21, 2008
The annual Rib America Festival always offers a little slice of Americana: folks eating sauced-up, off-the-bone barbecue while listening to the deathless strains of classic...
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Critics' Picks
Astro
7 p.m. Monday, May 26. White Flag Projects, 4568 Manchester Avenue
By Paul Friswold
Published: May 21, 2008
Hiroshi Hasegawa is a founding member of Japanese power-noise duo C.C.C.C. (and in the grand tradition of the noise scene, is also a member of a half-dozen other projects such...
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Critics' Picks
De Novo Dahl
9 p.m. Wednesday, May 28. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
By Shae Moseley
Published: May 21, 2008
With a name derived from the Latin phrase meaning "the new" and the last name of English author Roald Dahl (of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fame), Nashville's De Novo Dahl...
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Critics' Picks
Midwest Mayhem
7 p.m. Thursday, May 22. City Museum, 701 North 15th Street
By Annie Zaleski
Published: May 21, 2008
Local community radio station KDHX (88.1 FM) knows how to throw a party — and the spring shindig it's dubbing Midwest Mayhem is no exception. Held at the...
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Critics' Picks
Rock & Roll Prom
9 p.m. Friday, May 23. The Way Out Club, 2525 South Jefferson Avenue
By Jaime Lees
Published: May 21, 2008
Aside from its New Years Eve celebration, the Rock & Roll Prom is one of the biggest annual events at the Way Out Club. This themed party nearly always fills the venue to...
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Critics' Picks
Bang Camaro
8 p.m. Sunday, May 25. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City
By Richard Gintowt
Published: May 21, 2008
Remember those old Skid Row records, which always sounded like twenty Sebastian Bachs were sharing the mic? Boston's Bang Camaro ate that shit up — so much so that the...
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Homespun
Dropkick the Robot
Two Feet
(self-released)By Christian Schaeffer
Published: May 21, 2008
Dan Mehrmann leads Dropkick the Robot through eleven tracks that vary from straight-ahead Britpop-inspired rock & roll to hazy, more ethereal explorations. Mehrmann's voice can...
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Cafe
Cheesesteak Quest: Can Ian find a decent Philly cheesesteak in St. Louis? Yes, he can!
By Ian Froeb
Published: May 21, 2008
Could I find a reasonably authentic Philly cheesesteak in St. Louis? The task, inspired last summer by a reader, didn't seem impossible. For all its many, messy virtues, a...
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Keep It Down
Malcolm blows his stimulus check on fast food
By Malcolm Gay
Published: May 21, 2008
What a country! We're spending roughly $500,000 a minute spreading democracy like a thick coat of margarine across the toasty Iraqi desert. Meanwhile, my home that in 2007...
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