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Deadbeats Ho!: Did you pay your tax bills last year? Of course you did — unless you’re called out in this story.
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OldestProfession2.0: A new generation of local "providers" and "hobbyists" create a virtual red-light district
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Cheesesteak Quest: Can Ian find a decent Philly cheesesteak in St. Louis? Yes, he can!
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Bad Buzz: King Bee building residents have turned on downtown St. Louis developers Sam Glasser and Dave Jump
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Rant Radio: RFT readers weigh in on the meltdown at KWMU
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Radio Active: What has Patty Wente done to create such a meltdown at KWMU? (41)
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Paintless in St. Louis? St. Louis Alderwoman Donna Baringer wants to treat cans of spray paint like they're handguns. (11)
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Rare On Air: St. Louis' own RiverfrontRadio.com is changing the way Web radio is done (8)
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Cheesesteak Quest: Can Ian find a decent Philly cheesesteak in St. Louis? Yes, he can! (6)
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Bad Buzz: King Bee building residents have turned on downtown St. Louis developers Sam Glasser and Dave Jump (5)
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Stone Temple Pilots
2 p.m. Sunday, June 8. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.
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Midwest Mayhem
7 p.m. Thursday, May 22. City Museum, 701 North 15th Street
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RFT Music Awards Nominees: St. Louis' Best and Brightest
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B-Sides takes a Jazz Journey and says hello to Ne-Yo
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Rare On Air: St. Louis' own RiverfrontRadio.com is changing the way Web radio is done
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Study: St. Louis Among Most Polluted in the Country
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Hear the RAC Stereogum Mix here!
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Vashon Fouls Out: Wolverines Stripped of Three Missouri State Basketball Titles
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This Week's Poll: Tacos!
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Recent Articles By Annie Zaleski
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B-Sides makes sense of Iron & Wine while Lemuria continues to Get Better
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Mates of State/Headlights
9 p.m. Sunday, June 8. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.
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Twangfest: Charles Walker and the Dynamites
9 p.m. Thursday, June 5. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.
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Twangfest: Ha Ha Tonka
Opening for Waco Brothers. 9 p.m. Saturday, June 7. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
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Midwest Mayhem
7 p.m. Thursday, May 22. City Museum, 701 North 15th Street
National Features
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City Pages
Harassing the Harassers
Avenging attorney Pete Barry turns the tables on aggressive debt collectors.
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Houston Press
Bootlegging Dr. Pepper
Eight bucks a six-pack? A small price to pay for authentic, cane-sugar soda.
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Phoenix New Times
The Wrath of Wal-Mart
The giant retailer screws over an elderly greeter who made the mistake of drinking a Coke at work.
By Paul Rubin -
Cleveland Scene
Another Thing Comin'
Rock Star painted him as a wannabe, but Ripper Owens is doing better than ever.
By Denise Grollmus
Ladytron/Datarock
8 p.m. Monday, June 16. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard
By Annie Zaleski
Published: June 11, 2008
Ladytron's music both reflects and drives its fashion-forward image and DJ-culture celebrity. Whispery vocal detachment and burbling analog instruments on tunes such as "Playgirl," "Seventeen" or "Blue Jeans" conjure sophisticated snapshots: the seductive curl of smoke rings, the glacial coldness of Teutonic disco, the menace of a spy-noir film. The Liverpool quartet's new album, Velocifero, doesn't capture the futuristic synthpop of yore, but thanks to help from NIN collaborator Alessandro Cortini and Justice pal Vicarious Bliss, hints of industrial stuttering and glacial funk abound. Datarock — a shambling, Devo-meets-Bloc Party group of Norwegian electro-punks — is a worthy opening act.
