AltWeeklies Wire
Trash Talknew
St. Louis is way behind the recycling curve -- don't expect that to change.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
02-27-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
One Swill Gamenew

The road to the World Series of Beer Pong is long and tipsy.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
02-13-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Aerial Eroticanew

Three St. Louis-area women take burlesque to new heights.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
01-23-2006 |
Performance
Kafe Kiboshnew
St. Louis' the Hip Hop Kafe, rap's answer to the Hard Rock Cafe, dies before being born.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
01-10-2006 |
Food+Drink
When Is a Political Blogger a Journalist?new
In his blog, Fired Up! Missouri, true-blue Democrat Roy Temple takes potshots at Republicans. Some advocates of campaign finance reform are unhappy that the site was granted a press exemption by the Federal Election Commission.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
12-20-2005 |
Politics
The Mad Bloggernew
Armed with keyboard and modem, the Internet's most controversial hip-hop blogger, Byron Crawford, is waging war with celebrity rapper Kanye West.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
11-09-2005 |
Music
Pick Your Brainnew
Missouri-made zombie comedies gnaw their way through flyover country.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
11-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rap vs. Rapturenew
Christian hip-hop is on the march, but some say it's the Devil's music.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
09-22-2005 |
Music
Cold as Icenew
Rappers Huggie Brown and Alphonzo Cowper deconstruct an early-'90s classic about a group of Los Angeles gangbangers who flee to St. Louis to escape the heat on them.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
09-06-2005 |
Music
Dead Reckoningnew
Police and prosecutors say they know who brutally murdered a young St. Louis woman. But no one has answered the question: Why?
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
08-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Blogger Charged With Cyberstalkingnew
Online paeans to a Kansas City newscaster's breasts landed a registered sex offender in jail.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
07-06-2005 |
Media
The Basement Tapesnew
Kenautis Smith, the hardest-working producer in St. Louis hip-hop, knows how to create a beat.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
05-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kenautis Smith
Men Still Aren't Welcome at Annual Art Shownew
Bill Russell, a 56-year-old chiropractor and acupuncturist, decided to flout the Venus Envy art show's only rule: that exhibitors must be female. He submitted photos of his work under the name Chalot Douglas-Book, and Venus Envy bit.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
04-26-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Human Hands at Work for Wolf Babiesnew
It's electrojaculating season, which means that help is on the way for the endangered Mexican gray wolf.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
04-26-2005 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Falling Tydenew
Nowadays, Soul Tyde appears about as likely to re-form with all its original members as the Ramones. Group members who were once tight with each other now talk trash; stacks of Soul Tyde's latest album sit unsold in a closet somewhere, going out of style.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
02-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews