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41. What Else Is New?

    Top DVD Picks

    Here's what's scheduled for release this week.

    Published: October 24, 2007

    The Adventures of Aquaman (Warner Bros.) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One (Paramount) Battleship Potemkin (Kino) Breathless: The Criterion Collection ...

42. Ask a Mexican

    Flirty Versus Filthy

    Does it matter who's doing the cat-calling? Should it?

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Dear Mexican: Why do so many of my peers assume I must have low self-esteem just because I'm dating a Mexican guy? I finally found someone with my same values and who treats me...

43. Critics' Picks

    Beatallica

    8 p.m. Friday, October 26. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

    By Ryan Wasoba

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Many bands have existed under the "Wouldn't-it-be-funny-if..." premise, but few subscribe to their own novelty like the world's only Beatles/Metallica hybrid, Beatallica. It's...

44. Critics' Picks

    Melt Banana

    7 p.m. Saturday, October 27. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street.

    By Jaime Lees

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Not everything that comes from Japan is cute. In fact, Melt Banana seems to be doing everything it can to deny the naturally adorable output of its birthplace. Formed fifteen...

45. Critics' Picks

    Bald Eagle

    9 p.m. Saturday, October 27. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Too rockin' to be indie, too independent-minded to be punk, Columbia's Bald Eagle makes music that soars above the usual "we're loud, we're fast, now we're outta gas" rock &...

46. Critics' Picks

    Lyrics Born

    8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue.

    By Dan Leroy

    Published: October 24, 2007

    If you don't know Lyrics Born's rhymes — and that possibility is diminished, thanks to the presence of his signature song, "Callin' Out," in Diet Coke and Motorola ads a...

47. Critics' Picks

    Fiery Furnaces/Pit Er Pat

    9 p.m. Monday, October 29. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: October 24, 2007

    On Widow City, the Fiery Furnaces continue to assume the role of the 21st-century Sparks — a pair of siblings creating keyboard-based, time-shifting pop songs with...

48. Critics' Picks

    Tony Bennett

    8 p.m. Saturday, October 27. Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: October 24, 2007

    At 81 and with over 50 years of recordings under his belt, Tony Bennett is still swinging around that eternal American lamppost — and still keeping it lit with pop fire....

49. Rotations

    Jimmy Eat World

    Chase This Light (Interscope)

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: October 24, 2007

    The first lyric on Jimmy Eat World's new album Chase This Light is a very self-assured — if not presumptuous — one-word imperative: "stay." But an enormous wall of...

50. Rotations

    Nellie McKay

    Obligatory Villagers (Hungry Mouse)

    By Kristyn Pomranz

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Nellie McKay's third album Obligatory Villagers is only 30 minutes long — which is a mere hiccup when compared to her previous two lengthy albums. But while Villagers is...

51. Rotations

    Manu Chao

    La Radiolina (Nacional)

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Trying to define the work of Manu Chao — who has finally followed up his 2001 disc Prxima Estacin: Esperanza — is certainly not easy. The Franco-Spanish musician...

52. Homespun

    So They Say

    Life in Surveillance (Fearless Records)

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: October 24, 2007

    The local quartet So They Say sounds at home in its chosen format on its second full-length for respected indie label Fearless Records. Life in Surveillance features...