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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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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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A to Z (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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Coming Soon to Midtown: FUBAR
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Recent Articles By Ryan Wasoba
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Bad Dudes
8 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue
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Tegan and Sara find their sister act soaring with The Con
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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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Van Halen
8 p.m. Saturday, April 26. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue
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Rogue Wave
8 p.m. Sunday, April 20. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive
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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Seattle Weekly
Being Gary Busey
Everybody thinks Jeff Swanson is somebody famous. And he does nothing to dissuade them of the notion.
By Aimee Curl -
SF Weekly
Party Crashers
If you think Ralph Nader won't screw the Democrats again, you're not paying attention.
By John Geluardi
MU330
3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue
By Ryan Wasoba
Published: May 7, 2008
If the third wave of ska is over, either nobody told MU330, or it simply doesn't care. The latter option must be true; in the fourteen years since their first album, the greatest hyperactive horn-tooters in St. Louis have unapologetically crafted a brand of highly damaged ska. Fueled by Dan Potthast's twisted guitar chords and sharp tongue — Weezer and Oingo Boingo are obvious reference points — the band displays a maturity and depth rarely seen in the emo-by-numbers bands that most musicians formed after quitting their ska bands. It's been a while since MU330's last album (2002's Ultra Panic), but the band is proving its disinterest in slowing down at an afternoon barbecue show at Off Broadway. After all, nothing says "summer" like grilled meats and up beats.
