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Cock and Awe
St. Louis pickup artists rule the roost.
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The strange and violent world of St. Louis' bail bondsmen
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A Village Runs Through It: The RFT unveils its big bold plans for that big damn hole
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All In A Name
Did the Post-Dispatch deliberately give its new blog the same title as the competition?
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Heat Rises: Pappy's Smokehouse elevates humble barbecue to ethereal heights
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Was it Colonel Mustard or Professor Plum who killed MLK? (4)
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Too Many Cooks (3)
Missouri’s days as the nation’s Meth Lab Capital are numbered. So what’s next?
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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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Heat Rises: Pappy's Smokehouse elevates humble barbecue to ethereal heights (3)
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The strange and violent world of St. Louis' bail bondsmen (2)
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Tegan and Sara find their sister act soaring with The Con
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Fifteen things you might not know about the Bottle Rockets, on their fifteenth birthday
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B-Sides gets personal with Alicia Keys, as she is, and examines the parallels between Metallica-worshippers Apocalyptica and Harptallica
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Using Their Illusion: Ferocious — and funny — locals the Livers hope video builds the radio star
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Slice of Life
John Vanderslice celebrates warmer weather with an exclusive mix of tunes.
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Recent Articles By Shae Moseley
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Velella Velella
9 p.m. Wednesday, April 30. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue
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Blue Mountain explores the Southern-rock roads less traveled while the Mars Volta tries to shed its bad voodoo on the way to releasing The Bedlam in Goliath.
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The Cops
9 p.m. Saturday, April 19. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street
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The Alice Rose/The Blind Eyes
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Inspiration: For Justin Vernon, it comes from solitude. For others, Morrissey
National Features
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
Last Step to Redemption
Drug counselor Richard Entrekin swam a little too easily in a sea of sharks.
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Village Voice
The Cro-Mag Diaries
Remembering the brutal life and times of John "Bloodclot" Joseph, New York hardcore icon.
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Miami New Times
Class Warfare
At a Florida school, kids threaten teachers, whose bosses look the other way.
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SF Weekly
Party Crashers
If you think Ralph Nader won't screw the Democrats again, you're not paying attention.
By John Geluardi
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
8 p.m. Wednesday, May 7. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue
By Shae Moseley
Published: April 30, 2008
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's frontman Richard Edwards' trembling vocal style has always been likened to other heart-on-sleeve indie troubadours such as Conor Oberst — while the seven-piece musical collective which backs him will always draw knee-jerk comparisons to the Arcade Fire. But a song like "Vampires in Blue Dresses" (from 2006's spectacular, overlooked The Dust of Retreat) packs an emotive punch and heart-wrenching honesty that validates his band's often melodramatic chamber pop. With the recent move to a major label and the full-length Animal! due in July, the band has a lot to prove to its new corporate overlords. Still, live footage of new song "Love Song for a Schuba's Bartender" — with its ethereal keyboard drone, lonely harmonica and sparse orchestral drum-bursts — should satisfy Margot's loyal indie fan base.
