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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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Recent Articles By Julie Seabaugh
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Blue Man Group
8 p.m., Friday, April 4. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue
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Cancer Bats
7 p.m. Monday, March 17. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street
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Deer Tick
9 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. The Billiken Club, 20 North Grand Boulevard.
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Tom Jones
7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 11. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles
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Avenged Sevenfold
5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles
National Features
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Seattle Weekly
Back from Iraq
Camaraderie is in short supply between today's soldiers and older vets.
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Village Voice
Scientology 's Celebrity Defector
TV star Jason Beghe reveals secrets of the controversial church.
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The Pitch
Spirited Away
Can't get a Catholic exorcism in Kansas City? James Vivian is here to help.
By Peter Rugg
The Matches/All Time Low/Sonny
7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois
By Julie Seabaugh
Published: April 16, 2008
For two albums now the Matches have been toiling as under-the-radar mad scientists, suturing together various components of rock, punk, indie and cabaret to create a rollicking, exuberant sound as innovative as it is intense. The band's recent third effort A Band in Hope somehow magnifies its flair for theatricals, with catchy-as-the-plague choruses pervading not only the optimistic fist-pumpers, but also the Broadway-, R&B-; and folk-influenced numbers as well. It's rare to discover something this musically unique, rarer still to find it attached to such playfully quirky and highly intelligent lyrics. But an opportunity to see the Matches up close, for comparatively cheap and alongside four additional Next Big Things to boot (including All Time Low and Sonny)? That sort of opportunity is rarest of all.
