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Thousand Dollar Baby: By day Jamie O'Hare studies for a master's in social work. Her night job is anything but.
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Cock and Awe
St. Louis pickup artists rule the roost.
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Hot Contender: If looks count, Sarah Steelman may be your next governor
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John Ray used to own a tavern in Benton Park. Now he lives in Quincy and dabbles in conspiracy theory.
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Dora Magrath was blessed with a beautiful voice. She's gone, but you can still hear it.
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Unreal puts "Jorts & Mandals Day" initiative on the back burner, weighs in on Saint Louis Fashion Week (13)
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Hot Contender: If looks count, Sarah Steelman may be your next governor (3)
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John Ray used to own a tavern in Benton Park. Now he lives in Quincy and dabbles in conspiracy theory. (3)
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Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras (13)
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A to Z (2)
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Dora Magrath was blessed with a beautiful voice. She's gone, but you can still hear it.
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Feeling Gravity's Pull: R.E.M. hurtles toward the future on Accelerate
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The Monads turn tradition on its tail with a stomping live show and new CD
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Slice of Life
John Vanderslice celebrates warmer weather with an exclusive mix of tunes.
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Remaking Michael
Why waste money (or steal) those bogus Thriller remixes when you can get better Michael Jackson reinventions legally — for free? Plus, the history of the classic Harlem Globetrotters song "Sweet Georgia Brown."
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"Birds of a Feather" Feature: Map of St. Louis Bail Bond Agencies
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AdOne Media CEO Jim Neumann Files for Bankruptcy
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The Count and Sinden featuring Kid Sister, "Beeper"
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Download Trackstar's Boogie Bang 13 Here
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Hell's Kitchen: Episode 3
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In This Week's Issue: Pappy's Smokehouse and Taco Bell Bowls
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London singer-songwriter Jack Peñate may remind you of Billy Bragg. It's not just the thickly accented delivery (which falls somewhere between overwhelming glee and heartbreaking resignation), but also the way both troubadours write about love like it's the only thing that matters. That's not to say love is all the 22-year-old Peñate sings about on his debut album. But like Bragg, he pens songs that are so infatuated with their subjects that they're thisclose to having a restraining order tossed at them. Back home, Peñate is often paired in the press with Kate Nash. It makes sense: Matinée is filled with peppy pop tunes about foolish hearts and lost souls, just like Nash's Made of Bricks. But Peñate also has a way with hooks that makes many of his songs sound warmly familiar and comfortably lived in. Just lovely. — Michael Gallucci
