AltWeeklies Wire
Black-Owned St. Louis Ad Firm Stirs the Political Potnew
Fuse advertising agency in St. Louis, Mo., has produced a series of racially charged ads that accuse the Bush administration of opposing civil rights, wanting to eliminate overtime pay, and attempting to suppress black-voter turnout.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
09-29-2004 |
Politics
Where the Boys Arenew
Lee is 28 years old, lives at home with his parents and will let you jerk him off for $25. He says his line of work is even more dangerous than a female prostitute's.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
09-23-2004 |
Sex
Young Businessman Sees His Empire Collapsenew
It wasn't long ago that Bill Stallings seemed to have it all: real estate holdings, a successful nightclub and a bright future. Last month, he began serving time for his second felony conviction in the past four years.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
09-21-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Ten Most Hated Men in Rock (Besides Sting)new
McCartney, Santana, Buffett, The Adams Family, Elton John, Johnny Rzeznik, G.E. Smith, Oberst-Carrabba, Fred Durst and Bob Weir: Meet the men who've taken irrevocable turns for the worse and learn why they're still way cooler than Sting.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
09-08-2004 |
Music
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
Tall Boysnew
Tyler Hansbrough, who starts at center for the Poplar Bluff High School Mules, last year's Missouri state Class 5 champions, drives a big red GMC pickup truck with a giant sticker of a bucktoothed jackass on its rear window -- homage to the Poplar Bluff High mascot. The top pro prospect in his class, he may be the answer to Larry Bird's prayers.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
09-02-2004 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Best Political Rap Attacks to Battle Bushnew
Just in time for the Republican National Convention, Jordan Harper gathers some of the best political ammo in hip-hop history.
Riverfront Times |
Jordan Harper |
08-27-2004 |
Music
Bishop Takes a Queennew
In LaCrosse, Wis., Bishop Raymond Burke was known not only for his neo-conservative eccentricities but for gathering fringe religious orders, including one that a parishioner alleges included a transgendered nun.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
08-27-2004 |
Religion
Immaculate Deception: The Archbishop's Dirty Little Secretsnew
Raymond Burke, the new archbishop of St. Louis, seemed to have tended his garden well while bishop of the Diocese of LaCrosse, which reported a low rate of clergy convictions for sexual misconduct. But some members of his former flock say if clergy sex abuse cases were few and far between, it was because Burke was a master at keeping a lid on them.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
08-27-2004 |
Religion
Wild Oatesnew
For John Oates, turning over a new leaf meant shaving off his Freddie Mercury moustache. Oates still ain't as pretty as his taller, blonder, better-known partner, Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates, but for our money, the pint-size David Starsky doppelgänger has got to be a better sport than, say, Andrew Ridgley, the silent half of Wham! Better yet, judge for yourself via this exclusive Q&A.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
08-25-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hall & Oates, Wild Oates
Man Killer? 20 Years Later, Patty Prewitt Maintains Innocencenew
The mystery surrounding Bill Prewitt's death has lingered for 20 years. His widow sits in prison, convicted of pumping two bullets into his head.
Riverfront Times |
Shelley Smithson |
08-16-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Rug Burnnew
For a quarter-century and counting, ex-high school teacher Ron Jeremy -- Guinness World Record holder for most adult-film appearances -- has lent his wit and wiener to scores of cinematic gems. But the porn man's recent star turn in a 30-second television commercial for a St. Louis adult sex-accessory retailer may be the most controversial entry in his oeuvre to date.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
08-04-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Dirt Track Nationnew
In the sport of baseball, if you throw a 96-mile-per-hour fastball and a wicked curve, you are going to get your chance with the big club. In auto racing, however, if a terrific driver doesn't have the connections or resources necessary to upgrade his equipment, he's relegated to the dirt ovals for life. If there's a baseball parallel to be drawn here, it's to the Negro Leagues, whose stars shone in relative obscurity owing to circumstances beyond their control.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
07-28-2004 |
Sports
The Great VH Debate: Hagar or Roth?new
Shortly before leaving on a vacation, I asked a member of each VH camp -- calendar editor and Roth fan Paul Friswold and staff writer and Hagar-hugger Mike Seely -- to settle the Sammy Hagar v. David Lee Roth argument once and for all. Here, edited for length, libel and sanity, is that debate.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely & Paul Friswold |
07-23-2004 |
Concerts
Road Rules: The Cloudy Constitutionality of Police Drug Roadblocksnew
At face value, it would appear that the "K-9 Drug Checkpoint One Mile Ahead" sign operated near Interstate 55/70's Black Lane exit in Collinsville, Ill., is baldly unconstitutional. But looks can be deceiving, and in the still-emerging field of law-enforcement-checkpoint constitutionality, deception can often be better than playing it straight.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
06-16-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
