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  • Eight Is Not Enough
    Head of Femur discover that bigger is better
  • The Morning After
    My Morning Jacket soldiers through changes with its new CD
  • The Mae Shi
    Thursday, November 17; the Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue)
  • Whoa, Nelly!
    We make a shopping list for GWAR's anniversary, talk to Men, Women and Children's Lou ex-pat and chronicle a day in the life of our town's most famous rapper
  • Jem
    Saturday, October 29; Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

National Features

  • Phoenix New Times
    Canine Crusaders

    That drug-sniffing dog up ahead? He may not be your best friend.

    By Ray Stern
  • Broward-Palm Beach New Times
    The Muscle Men

    Thanks to a string of Florida "anti-aging clinics," baseball's steroid scandal isn't limited to superstars.

    By Michael J. Mooney
  • Miami New Times
    Picked On

    Farm workers earn nada in America's green-bean capital.

    By Janine Zeitlin
  • Village Voice
    "Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal"

    An election-season essay from one of America's greatest playwrights.

    By David Mamet

In Hal Ashby's 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude, chronically depressed, fake-suicide king Harold meets the vivacious elderly vixen Maude at a funeral as she's standing under a garish yellow umbrella. After Christina Baze -- the breathy former lead singer of electronic act Skills of Ortega -- overcame a harrowing bout with cervical cancer, she launched a nationwide tour to raise awareness about prevention of the disease and used the film's heroine and her prop as inspiration. The third installment of the Yellow Umbrella Tour centers on Duncan Sheik, whose heavily orchestrated work and boyish good looks recall a more accessible Nick Drake. Although he's best-known for 1996's pop hit "Barely Breathing," he's since released a series of increasingly accomplished efforts focusing on his velvety, melancholic voice. Opening for Sheik are Belgian singer-songwriter (and former K's Choice vocalist) Sarah Bettens, crooner David Poe (who's recording a new album with Sheik) and fest organizer Baze.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15; call 314-727-4444 for more information.

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