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21. Unreal

    Sno Luck

    Man is it nice to kick the ol' crapola out of Louisville, Grand Rapids and Roanoke at something!

    Published: November 14, 2007

    It's the best press release we've received in a long, long time: Hostess Sno Balls, America's most famous pink snack cakes, are celebrating 60 years as one of America's...

22. You Are Here

    Apropos of Nothing...

    By Timothy Lane

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Apropos of nothing...

23. Columns

    ¡ASK A MEXICAN!

    America: We're #2!

    Gustavo Arellano

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Dear Mexican: Is Lou Dobbs right when he says that close to 80 hospitals in California have been closed down because of the illegals, or is he lying? Cabrónes No...

24. Music

    Darkness on the Edge of Town

    Nashville singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier embodies the word "intense." And that's a good thing.

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Maybe it was when Lester Bangs marked James Taylor for death, or maybe when Bob Dylan found religion and damned to hell all the hipster song-strummers he sired, but at some...

25. B-Sides

    Strummin' with the Devil

    B-Sides walks a Mean Street, is saved by the Apostlez.

    By Shae Moseley and Keegan Hamilton

    Published: November 14, 2007

    The usual conflict among Van Halen fans in St. Louis is the age-old Dave vs. Sammy argument. But with the recent postponement of the band's show here — on top of years of...

26. Critics' Picks

    John Mellencamp

    7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 15. Scottrade Center, South 14th Street and Clark Avenue.

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: November 14, 2007

    At this point, you probably want to smash your TV the second the Chevy truck ad featuring John Mellencamp's "Our Country" flashes onscreen. But although the loping, back...

27. Critics' Picks

    Saturday Looks Good to Me

    9 p.m. Saturday, November 17. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Songwriter and guitarist Fred Thomas leads the rotating cast of Saturday Looks Good to Me, a band that supplements its low-key indie rock with touches of genteel Motown soul...

28. Critics' Picks

    All That Remains

    6 p.m. Sunday, November 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

    By Ryan Wasoba

    Published: November 14, 2007

    In the first few seconds of an average All That Remains song, the harmonizing guitar riffage and machine-gun bass drum make you think you know what you're in for: metal. A few...

29. Critics' Picks

    Neil Young/Pegi Young

    7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 18. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: November 14, 2007

    The eternal enfant savant Neil Young calls Chrome Dreams II "a form based on some of my original recordings, with a large variety of songs, rather than one specific type of...

30. Critics' Picks

    Of Montreal

    8 p.m. Monday, November 19. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Longtime Of Montreal fans are probably still scratching their heads over the band's transformation from paisley-printed jangle-popsters to day-glo disco saviors. The about-face...

31. Critics' Picks

    Fishbone

    7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 21. City Museum, 701 North 15th Street.

    By Ryan Wasoba

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Ska will never die, because Fishbone will never let it. Formed in 1979, the Los Angeles band has survived at least two waves of the genre and continues to tour and release...

32. Critics' Picks

    Treaty of Paris

    7 p.m. Wednesday, November 21. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: November 14, 2007

    On "Why Am I Still Broke?" Treaty of Paris lead singer Mike Chorvat laments, "Where did all my money go/If I sold out long ago/Then why am I still broke?" — a catchy but...

33. Rotations

    Vanessa Carlton

    Heroes & Thieves
    

    By Michael Gallucci

    Published: November 14, 2007

    On her third album, the piano-pounding Carlton hooks up with hip-hop mogul Irv Gotti's record company, enlists various producers and makes a CD about NYC. (No, she's not...

34. Rotations

    Ryan Bingham

    Mescalito

    By Tom Finkel

    Published: November 14, 2007

    On Mescalito, 25-year-old Ryan Bingham has the right folks in his corner: Sometime Lost Highway labelmate Joe Ely provides the CD equivalent of a jacket blurb, and Terry Allen...

35. Rotations

    Xasthur

    Defective Epitaph

    By Andrew Miller

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Xasthur's albums are like the musical manifestation of the dementors, the cloaked Harry Potter ghouls whose mere presence robs people of happiness, hope and, with extended...

36. Homespun

    Jon Hardy & the Public

    Working in Love
    

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Jon Hardy's voice is both strong and soft, which means he's able to belt out full-bodied declarations with vocals that are like the texture of warm, worn flannel. In places on...

37. Cafe

    The Secret Is Out

    Starrs is great for wine — and for dinner. Who knew?

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Starrs might have had the least flashy opening of any area restaurant this year. Regular patrons of Bud Starr's spacious Richmond Heights wine shop and gourmet market probably...

38. Drink of the Week

    2006 Black Opal Cabernet Merlot

    Somewhere in the Caribbean

    By Kristie McClanahan

    Published: November 14, 2007

    When the woman seated across from you at dinner reveals she's a nurse at a Supermax prison, you've got a couple options. You can look at her beatifically, voicing your...

39. Keep It Down

    Double Cheeseburger

    $2.49
    QuikTrip
    2851 Gravois Avenue

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintinnare! Really, there's no better slogan to describe the party we've been having here in St. Louis ever since government researchers reported that...

40. Film

    Badlands

    Coen brothers transcend themselves with No Country for Old Men.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: November 14, 2007

    Hold still" — it's what the hunters say to the hunted in Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men. The first time we hear it, it's the out-of-work Vietnam vet...