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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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Lust for Crust: Katie's ain't your typical St. Louis pizza joint
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Tegan and Sara find their sister act soaring with The Con
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University of Missouri biology professor Frederick vom Saal has been sounding the alarm about bisphenol A for a decade. Has he got your attention?
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Say It Ain't So: Joe's Café Has Closed Down
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Radio Active: What has Patty Wente done to create such a meltdown at KWMU? (40)
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2007 RFT Music Showcase (6)
Week of May 31, 2007
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Music Showcase Schedule (6)
The complete low-down on this year's nominated acts
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2006 RFT Music Awards (3)
Dean C. Minderman|Kristyn Pomranz|Andrew Miller|Kristie McClanahan|Christian Schaeffer|Andrew Miller|Ben Westhoff|Annie Zaleski|Brooke Foster|Jaime Lees|Roy Kasten
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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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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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Van Halen
8 p.m. Saturday, April 26. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue
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Last Night Review: Kids in the Hall at The Pageant
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Update: Mow Your Lawn, Mister McKee?
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R.I.P. Hi-Pointe, Hello Par
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Show Review: Armin van Buuren at Dante's, Tuesday, May 20
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Heaven = Strawberries + Beer
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Poll: Which Cheesesteak Cheese Do You Prefer?
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Recent Articles By Roy Kasten
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B-Sides grooves to the global sounds of DeVotchKa and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
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Slaid Cleaves
7 p.m. Thursday, May 15. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue
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Chicago Afrobeat Project
9 p.m. Saturday, May 17. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue
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Low's Alan Sparhawk finds comfort in noise with the Retribution Gospel Choir
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The Brakes
9 p.m. Tuesday, May 13. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University Cit
National Features
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SF Weekly
The Price of Truth
Deanna Johnson agreed to testify about a murder suspect. In return, she lost her home, her son, and her dog.
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Dallas Observer
Terrain of Grief
At the Gold Star Family Support Center, families of fallen soldiers will never be told they need to stop mourning.
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Houston Press
We Got Us a Convoy
Back in the good old days, truckers didn't need to carry chihuahuas in their cabs.
By Paul Knight
The Dirtbombs
8 p.m. Saturday, May 24. The Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.
By Roy Kasten
Published: May 21, 2008
The Dirtbombs have achieved the improbable with We Have You Surrounded, its fifth full-length over a decade of destroying decibel meters and garage rock conventions. With apologies to Sly & the Family Stone, call it There's a Riot Goin' On Revisited, as the double-bass and double-drum Detroit band goes for the jugular — politically and sonically — and reserves their best hook for "La Fin du Monde," an apocalyptic fuzz-out sung entirely in French. At every ear-rending opportunity, ex-Gories singer Mick Collins takes the piss out of society and scene. "We're all handy, so handy to keep you happy and free," he snarls on "Pretty Princess Day," "from learning that everything outside of you is burning!" The Dirtbombs don't say whether the world ends in a rock & roll party or an urban riot — but either way they have the soundtrack.
