AltWeeklies Wire
The St. Louis Symphony is Ready to Hit the High-Tech Notesnew
The symphony took its first, albeit tentative, foray into online digital music distribution after a handful of symphonies across the country have begun offering recent and archival recordings online.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
05-11-2007 |
Music
The Tango Effectnew
Two researchers believe they may have found a new treatment for Parkinson's disease.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
01-30-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Next Big Thingnew
A middle-aged couple have a million dollars and a big dream: To make St. Louis a pop-music hub.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-14-2006 |
Music
Last Year's Modelnew
It might be the last dance for St. Louis' independent record stores.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
06-12-2006 |
Business & Labor
Udderly Creamednew
As the St. Louis Department of Health sours on the sale of raw milk, how are dairy farmers coping?
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
01-23-2006 |
Food+Drink
Top Pool Sharks Fight for the Game's Respectabilitynew
Professional players can't survive on the meager tournament winnings pool offers, and their reputation as renegades hasn't helped the sport's image.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
10-25-2005 |
Recreation
Pearls from an Overlooked Oeuvrenew
Down in his basement, along with a shitload of his mom's old crap, is the makeshift recording studio where Bruce Cole recorded hundreds of songs beginning in the mid-1960s. Much of the material never saw the light of day.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bruce Cole
Won't Be Worried Longnew
Friends and family gather to mourn the suicide of St. Louis' Hunter Brumfield III, aka Toast, who was, depending on whom you ask, a great rapper, bassist, drummer, DJ, graffiti artist, lover, poet, breakdancer, bookworm, conversationalist, drunk or folk guitarist.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-15-2005 |
Music
Tags: Hunter Brumfield III
Find the Rivernew
Bill Callahan discovers new sounds and voices -- and cleans up with Chloe Sevigny -- on Smog's latest album.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-01-2005 |
Reviews
A Brazilian Wax? Not So Fast, Kiddonew
A bill awaiting Missouri Governor Matt Blunt's signature would forbid waxing salons from removing hair on or near the genitalia for clients under 18 without parental permission.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
07-06-2005 |
Politics
University Museum Cancels Showing of Film on Star's Anorexianew
A copyright lawsuit led museum officials to decide it didn't have the right to show the controversial film, in which Ken and Barbie dolls act out the story of singers Richard and Karen Carpenter.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
02-02-2005 |
Movies
The Tattoo Artist as Perfect Canvasnew
At age 12, Brad Fink was struck with a rare genetic malfunction that caused all his hair to fall out. Today he's St. Louis' pre-eminent tattoo artist, nationally acclaimed for his parlor magic -- his hairless skin an inker's dream.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
01-19-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Deer, Guns & Violencenew
The thrill of the kill is the name of the game for the Drury brothers, stars of America's most breathless hunting videos.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
Extreme Makeover: Hotshot City Planner Does St. Louisnew
Rollin Stanley is learning that the hurdles he faces in St. Louis are far taller than those he encountered during his 21 years as a well-respected planner in Toronto. There, innovation was the rule. St. Louis is more cautious.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
10-19-2004 |
Politics
Bitter Brewmeister Starts Rival Art Fair in St. Louisnew
Tom Schlafly says the Saint Louis Art Fair wrongfully banished his company from selling beer at the open-air art market, favoring instead sponsor Anheuser-Busch. This year, he's going to fight back by inviting artists to join him at a rival fair, Art Outside.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
09-07-2004 |
Art
