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St. Louis

  • News

    May 2, 2012

    Our Military Has a Gambling Problem

    Combat veterans fall prey to gambling addictions at an alarming rate--where's the military when the chips are down?

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Make Smart Cool

    Rapper Prince Ea from St. Louis just put (...okay put out a month ago [h/t Ricky Pharoe]) this video that I've played quite a few times this morning, trying to catch Ea slipping on the lyrics, but I can't, because he doesn't. The reborn conscious lyricist (a couple of years ago he was rapping "Some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Get Motivated! Seminar Heads to Seattle, Promising Big-Name Speakers and Fine-Print Swindlers

    ​This June, for a mere $1.95, you can get a ticket to KeyArena where you'll see Joe Montana, Laura Bush, Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and six other mythic names of American leadership discuss all the ways that you can achieve just as much as they have in life. What a deal! Now you might be as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    The Best Place To Drink While Waiting To Pick Your Friends Up at the Airport

    You don't need a TSA groping to drink here!​The Stop: Sea-Tac Airport. The Vibe: Who doesn't love an airport during the holidays? Harried parents drag over-sugared children to baggage claim only to discover that the giant box of toys they had to check in St. Louis ended up in Tampa. Exhausted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Musicians, Friends Honor Teresa Butz at The Angel Band Project CD Release Show, Last Night at the Tractor

    ​The Angel Band Project, with Sintonía The Tractor Tavern Sunday, Dec. 5 The music community continues to mourn the tragic loss of Teresa Butz, who was stabbed to death last year after she and her partner were raped and held captive in their South Park home. Last night, Butz's partner, a con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Superfans: They Love You First. They Book You Shows. It Gets Complicated

    John Roderick is the singer and songwriter responsible for Seattle's The Long Winters. His column runs every Tuesday on Reverb.​I got a letter the other day from a friend and self-professed "superfan" asking my advice in navigating some indie-rock politics. A local band that she loved dearly w ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2010

    Dog Beat Dog

    To pull off the biggest dogfighting bust in U.S. history, investigators went deep undercover. So did their dogs.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Kudos For Menomena, "New" Music From Elvis, Gorillaz In Syria, and Kings Of Leon Eat Shit

    ​-- Pitchfork: Menomena's new record, Mines, gets a generous rating of 8.2. "Mines, more than any of their previous work, really sounds like the trio did as much conventional songwriting as jamming, looping, and editing." -- CNN: Kings Of Leon had to bail on their St. Louis gig after just thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Reader: Leaving Seattle Was the Best Thing I've Ever Done for My Family

    A rough interpretation of how the author says he and his family were treated in Seattle.​Reader Steve Gibson responds to In Defense of Seattle's Kid-Friendliness. "My son was born in Seattle and we moved to St. Louis when he was almost three, after spending 10 years in West Seattle and Kirkla ... More >>

  • Food

    November 25, 2009

    Bottomfeeder: The 5-Spot Celebrates St. Louis’ Cuisine

    It’s about damn time.

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    5-Spot's St. Lou Menu Has Port Steaks Too, and Throws a Sausage in the Slinger

    "It's difficult for me to act like a heterosexual poonhound, but man did i nail this role."​Last week, I expressed extreme enthusiasm for the 5-Spot's latest regional menu, which features the cuisine of my onetime home, St. Louis. A couple amendments: (1) I neglected to mention that on the din ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    King Khan & BBQ Show Skip St. Louis Gig

    Renee McMahonKing Khan at Sasquatch 2009.​Our friend and former scribe Keegan Hamilon is reporting over at Riverfront Times that King Khan & BBQ Show were no shows for their gig at Off Broad in St. Louis last night. The rumor? That Khan and Mark Sultan are chatting with the cops somewhere betw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    5-Spot's Regional Menu Currently Focused On St. Louis Cuisine (That's Right, St. Louis).

    ​The 5-Spot, like all of its Chow Foods brethren, is perhaps best known for its rotating regional menu, which typically focuses on the cuisine of well-known locales like Italy and Jamaica; or stateside, Chicago and New Orleans. But through mid-January, the 5-Spot is currently spotlighting the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Are Seattleites Really the Nation's Worst Tippers?

    According to a blurb in the Puget Sound Business Journal, Zagat just came out with the results of its 2010 America's Top Restaurants Survey. And apparently, of the 45 urban areas polled, Seattle scored at the bottom of the ranks when it came to the percentage of the check that Zagat contributors adm ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 30, 2009

    I'm a Mexican-American, and I Hate Canadians!

    According to a blurb in the Puget Sound Business Journal, Zagat just came out with the results of its 2010 America's Top Restaurants Survey. And apparently, of the 45 urban areas polled, Seattle scored at the bottom of the ranks when it came to the percentage of the check that Zagat contributors adm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Putting Seattle's Heat Wave In Perspective

    ​ Yes, it's hot for Seattle. Real damn hot. Record hot, maybe. And the Seattle Times, predictably, can't get enough of it. We're not pointing fingers here: Such flood-the-zone weather coverage has been a club in many a daily's bag for decades, if not centuries. The local network affiliates' ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    The Food Section: Outer Skirts and Bluefin Stockpiling

    A few of the food news stories making their way around Webland: Sacrificio, Houston style: Fajitas are traditionally made with a cut of beef called the outer skirt steak, but when Robb Walsh discovers 90 percent of it is exported to Japan, he goes in search of what's currently being marketed as "fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Former P-I Staffer Calls Farewell Globetrot "Bloody Idiotic"

    Occasionally I trade notes with Ellis E. Conklin, a former P-I staff writer who's now the managing editor at my St. Louis alma mater, the Riverfront Times. Today, I asked him what he thought of his former colleagues being let on the roof for a final gander at the paper's iconic revolving globe. "Sou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    BREAKING NEWS/SW EXCLUSIVE: TheStranger.com Serves Seattle Ads in St. Louis, Denver, and Possibly Salem, Ore.

    TheStranger.com pushes Seattle ads in markets like St. Louis. SeattleWeekly.com has learned from credible Midwestern sources that if you log onto TheStranger.com in St. Louis, you will be served ads for the 5th Avenue Theater, Eyes on Fremont, and other Seattle establishments of little interest to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Seattleites Are in Very Good Shape

    So sayeth Men's Health and Women's Health magazines. The only metropolis above us on both lists is Salt Lake City, and they don't drink. After digging my car out with a garden shovel after the snowplow blocked it in on Delridge, I'm certainly in much better shape than I used to be. The complete ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Seattle Sinner Expanding to St. Louis

    In a move that mirrors Denver-based Modern Drunkard magazine's appropriately haphazard national growth strategy (Philly, anyone? Okay, cool), the Seattle Sinner will soon be expanding to St. Louis, where it will also have an "office" (i.e., a staffer's living space). Here, the gothy, irreverent alte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Last Night: Death Cab & Fleet Foxes in St. Louis

    In a move that mirrors Denver-based Modern Drunkard magazine's appropriately haphazard national growth strategy (Philly, anyone? Okay, cool), the Seattle Sinner will soon be expanding to St. Louis, where it will also have an "office" (i.e., a staffer's living space). Here, the gothy, irreverent alte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    No Depression's New Website Has Launched!

    In a move that mirrors Denver-based Modern Drunkard magazine's appropriately haphazard national growth strategy (Philly, anyone? Okay, cool), the Seattle Sinner will soon be expanding to St. Louis, where it will also have an "office" (i.e., a staffer's living space). Here, the gothy, irreverent alte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Excited About the Robert Plant-Alison Krauss Show?

    In a move that mirrors Denver-based Modern Drunkard magazine's appropriately haphazard national growth strategy (Philly, anyone? Okay, cool), the Seattle Sinner will soon be expanding to St. Louis, where it will also have an "office" (i.e., a staffer's living space). Here, the gothy, irreverent alte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    DVD Review: Grey's Anatomy Season Four

    In a move that mirrors Denver-based Modern Drunkard magazine's appropriately haphazard national growth strategy (Philly, anyone? Okay, cool), the Seattle Sinner will soon be expanding to St. Louis, where it will also have an "office" (i.e., a staffer's living space). Here, the gothy, irreverent alte ... More >>

  • Food

    September 3, 2008

    The Blizzard With the White Center

    Warren Buffett’s ass-expanding meal-in-a-cup lies just beyond city limits.

  • Diversions

    July 23, 2008

    Special Tortilla Contest Edition

    Warren Buffett’s ass-expanding meal-in-a-cup lies just beyond city limits.

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    RoRo Your BBQ

    Warren Buffett’s ass-expanding meal-in-a-cup lies just beyond city limits.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    On The Eve Of The Indiana Primary...

    Warren Buffett’s ass-expanding meal-in-a-cup lies just beyond city limits.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2007

    Time to Put a Fork in Amtrak?

    Warren Buffett’s ass-expanding meal-in-a-cup lies just beyond city limits.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2007

    Rocky on the Road

    Warren Buffett’s ass-expanding meal-in-a-cup lies just beyond city limits.

  • Food

    October 3, 2007

    Grubz Grill: Fear of a Black Sandwich

    The employees are the sort of dudes who populate a Curtis Mayfield song.

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2007

    I Wanna Know What Blight Is

    The employees are the sort of dudes who populate a Curtis Mayfield song.

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2007

    Tap It, Don't Scrap It

    The employees are the sort of dudes who populate a Curtis Mayfield song.

  • News

    April 11, 2007

    There Was a Time When Seattleites Cheered for Pro Sports

    Heading toward San Francisco Jr. has taken care of that.

  • Arts

    March 21, 2007

    Rehashing Bashing

    SPT makes insightful work of a gay love story/crime drama.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2007

    Recall Shmeecall

    SPT makes insightful work of a gay love story/crime drama.

  • Food

    November 15, 2006

    Wild Irish Rose

    Shay's on Aurora offers an unexpected antidote to the Sunday morning blues.

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2006

    Beer Gardens & Duck Tanks

    Shay's on Aurora offers an unexpected antidote to the Sunday morning blues.

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    Foiled Again!

    Shay's on Aurora offers an unexpected antidote to the Sunday morning blues.

  • Arts

    May 10, 2006

    The Return of Art (Chantry)

    Famed poster artist is back in the Northwest. Plus: Opera and ballet news.

  • Music

    January 25, 2006

    Out of the Past

    Famed poster artist is back in the Northwest. Plus: Opera and ballet news.

  • Diversions

    December 22, 2004

    Clay Bait

    Famed poster artist is back in the Northwest. Plus: Opera and ballet news.

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    We're No. 13!

    A mere state championship will have to suffice for nationally overrated Rainier Beach High School.

  • Arts

    September 4, 2002

    Rant! Everything's Fine, Dammit

    Wishing the classical doomsayers would clam up.

  • Music

    September 4, 2002

    Hello Dolly

    Wishing the classical doomsayers would clam up.

  • News

    November 28, 2001

    Convert to Christmas

    Raised Jewish but pining for ornaments, the author finally gets to embrace her favorite holiday.

  • Diversions

    November 21, 2001

    Hot or not?

    Raised Jewish but pining for ornaments, the author finally gets to embrace her favorite holiday.

  • Arts

    January 10, 2001

    Second chances

    Two St. Louis music hounds take reissues into the DIY realm.

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    Letters

    "The Weekly's review of The Phantom Menace was not only stupid, but actually a display of the real problem with the movie: the audience, the critics, and the media."

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