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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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Stone Temple Pilots
2 p.m. Sunday, June 8. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.
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Bet the Ranch: What were the odds? Lumière Place has a steak house!
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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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Magnum Pi: Can Ian make peace with Provel? Solve for Π. (4)
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OldestProfession2.0: A new generation of local "providers" and "hobbyists" create a virtual red-light district (4)
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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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Rare On Air: St. Louis' own RiverfrontRadio.com is changing the way Web radio is done
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Forever Changes: Chick Corea's Return To Forever reunites and shows neo-jazz fusion groups how it's done
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Loop's Moonrise Hotel to Open April 2009
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Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: The Pointer Sisters, "Slow Hand"
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Jumbling Towers
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Chicago/Doobie Brothers
7 p.m. Sunday, June 22. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverfront Drive, Maryland Heights
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: June 18, 2008
Lead singers serve as a visual and aural focal point for their bands, but they can also be a total pain in the ass when they have successful solo careers, split acrimoniously from their band mates or die prematurely. So it's fitting that in a touring season filled with replacement singers fronting classic-rock acts (such as Styx, Boston and Journey), long-time survivors Chicago and the Doobie Brothers will share the stage. Chicago has always rotated lead vocalists, but the honey-throated Peter Cetera helmed most of their biggest hits of the '70s and early '80s. Cetera is long gone, but bassist Jason Scheff has kept the dream alive since 1985. Likewise, the Doobie Brothers have long labored without St. Louisan Michael McDonald's inimitable pipes, but the remaining Doobies plug the gaps admirably. Truth is, these AM Gold chestnuts sound pretty good from the lawn at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, no matter who is singing them.
