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Riverfront Times |
November 2, 2005
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More by Ben Westhoff
Anarchy in the Ozarks: A Hardcore Punk Scene in the Missouri Backwaters?new
Springfield and Joplin once served as Missouri's primary nexus for punk. Those relatively populous cities harbored the region's most popular bands and, despite their remote locales, national touring acts considered them a perfect stopping point while driving from, say, Chicago to Dallas.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
01-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Vokal Criticsnew
In the cutthroat world of urban fashion, there's lies, damn lies -- and sales statistics.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
02-12-2007 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Doomsday Disciplesnew
Be it nuclear holocaust, quake or hurricane, St. Louis' Zombie Squad is ready for anything -- even an attack from the living dead.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
02-12-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
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Striker's Guiltnew
St. Louis-area writer Paul Guyot feels isolated from his fellow picketers in Hollywood.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
12-14-2007 |
Movies
Julie Delpy's '2 Days in Paris' Explores the Hard Parts of Romancenew
Delpy's zippy romantic comedy is all entanglement: It's what happens when you’ve spent the past few days in Venice with explosive diarrhea, and the next 48 hours brings only language barriers, close quarters with the parents, and a virtual Yellow Pages of ex-lovers.
Riverfront Times |
Jim Ridley |
09-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 2 Days in Paris, Julie Delpy
New Kurt Cobain Doc Creates a Mixtape for His Lifenew
Director AJ Schnack tells Cobain's story by using music that influenced his career and personality, not Nirvana's biggest hits.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
09-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: AJ Schnack, About A Son
What Does a Munchkin Have to Do to Land on the St. Louis Walk of Fame?new
Mickey Carroll is one of just nine surviving Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz, who were inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week -- no similar honor awaits Carroll in his hometown of St. Louis, but it's not for lack of trying.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
06-29-2007 |
Movies
Horse & Scissorsnew
Bryant "HairKutt" Johnson's attempt to quit heroin cold-turkey is the subject of an hourlong documentary that elicits tears, cheers and laughs.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
11-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Scholle, Best Social Documentary at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival, Curtis Elliott and Ben Scholle, Great Smoky Mountains, HairKutt, Maurice Reese Bradley, St. Louis International Film Festival., top documentary feature honors at Cinema St. Louis' Independent Filmmaker Showcase
