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21. News Real

    Drug Free

    Clinics that treat the poor rely on free medical samples, but pharmaceuticals say there's got to be a better way.

    By Keegan Hamilton

    Published: December 5, 2007

    It seems the drafty old Methodist church off South Grand Avenue that houses La Clinica wasn't made to withstand a cold snap, which might explain the chattering teeth of the two...

22. Unreal

    Secret Santa

    Snag part of Unreal's crapucopia of gifts for your office gift exchange!

    By Unreal

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Shopping for the office gift exchange? In search of a stocking stuffer for your mother-in-law? A steal of a deal? If you answered "Hell yes!" to any of these questions, step...

23. Letters

    Hold Your Fire

    Readers sound off on policing of the internet, the Catholic church and Wash. U.

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Feature, November 29, 2007 Vigilante Warning A point well made: I enjoyed reading Keegan Hamilton's story, "Broken Lives on Waterford Crystal Drive," but his penultimate...

24. You Are Here

    Broke

    (Delmar & Skinker boulevards, November 21)

    Published: December 5, 2007

    The man stands next to the traffic signal, crooked and gaunt, holding a piece of cardboard that says: BROKE. Matt can read it from the driver's seat with no trouble, even in...

25. Ask a Mexican

    Cheese Dip

    Why do U.S. restaurants use lower-quality non-authentic queso?

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Dear Mexican: I was born in beautiful El Paso, and my parents are from Juaritos. I always wondered why Mexican restaurants en los Estados Unidos use queso Amarillo —...

26. B-Sides

    Smooth Operators

    Schoolhouse Rock's songwriter celebrates a few special birthdays in St. Louis while we pit Kenny G vs. Trans-Siberian Orchestra in a fight to the holiday death.

    By Ryan Wasoba and Dean C. Minderman

    Published: December 5, 2007

    This week, two Christmas music powerhouses will be taking the leap from the elevator to the stage in our town. On December 9, the 33-piece Trans-Siberian Orchestra will perform...

27. Music

    Commit This to Memory

    The Minneapolis-based pop-punk act Motion City Soundtrack proves that its success is no novelty.

    By Jonah Bayer

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Jesse Johnson isn't the typical keyboardist for an upbeat pop-punk band whose latest album was partially produced by the Cars' Ric Ocasek. Instead of worshipping the Beach Boys...

28. Critics' Picks

    Flee the Seen

    7 p.m. Friday, December 7. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

    By Ryan Wasoba

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Gender-bending has been a rock & roll trademark for years — and continues to be one, especially in today's guy-liner drenched Warped Tour market. But Kansas City's...

29. Critics' Picks

    Straylight Run

    7 p.m. Friday, December 7. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Well-executed sibling harmony — see the Beach Boys, Fiery Furnaces and the Carpenters — is generally one of the most direct routes to the heart of any music...

30. Critics' Picks

    Pokey LaFarge

    9 p.m. Friday, December 7. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: December 5, 2007

    His guitar sounds like a ukulele, his voice like a transgendered punk Bessie Smith, and his style suggests a hobo Pee-wee Herman. But Pokey LaFarge isn't just messing with the...

31. Critics' Picks

    Bodisartha

    8 p.m. Saturday, November 8. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

    By Mike Warren

    Published: December 5, 2007

    "Nirvana-like" has become shorthand for any band both noisy and melodic. The word fits Kansas City's Bodisartha (born in the wilds of Springfield, that name can't be an...

32. Critics' Picks

    VHS or Beta

    8 p.m. Saturday, December 8. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University at Forsyth and Skinker boulevards.

    By Jaime Lees

    Published: December 5, 2007

    The dance-rock craze just won't end, but that's cool with us: We like to stagger home after a long sweaty night of clappin' and vibratin'. VHS or Beta is one of the best...

33. Critics' Picks

    The Treasury

    9 p.m. Monday, December 10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: December 5, 2007

    The Treasury probably likes George Harrison quite a bit — and probably also listens to Revolver more than the other Beatles albums. But while these are unfair...

34. Rotations

    Alicia Keys

    As I Am
    (J)

    By Dan Leroy

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Like many of her R&B contemporaries, Alicia Keys comes up short in the melody department: they've got the chops, the feel and even the look of their predecessors, but just...

35. Rotations

    The Hives

    The Black and White Album
    (A&M/Octone)

    By Michael Gallucci

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Hip-hop producer Pharrell Williams steps behind the boards for a pair of songs on the Hives' fourth CD. But The Black and White Album is no makeover: The band pretty much...

36. Rotations

    Duran Duran

    Red Carpet Massacre
    (Epic)

    By Dan Leroy

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Duran Duran had two options when it set out to make Red Carpet Massacre, its first album in three years: Try to reclaim new-wave disco from contemporary disciples like the...

37. Rotations

    Keyshia Cole

    Just Like You
    (Geffen)

    By Lee Hildebrand

    Published: December 5, 2007

    The heartbreak of a fractured romance that brought such intense emotion to Keyshia Cole's 2005 debut, The Way It Is, remains much in evidence on her follow-up. "No one knew all...

38. Homespun

    Various Artists

    A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Vol. 6
    (Bert Dax Cavalcade of Stars)

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: December 5, 2007

    For six years running, Bert Dax honcho Matt Harnish has curated a Christmas compilation that's served a dual purpose: spreading a little holiday cheer while providing a tip...

39. Cafe

    Study in Scarlet

    Decadence colors the Washington Avenue loft district Red.

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: December 5, 2007

    A thumbnail sketch of Red sounds like a Saturday Night Live skit circa 1992. The three-month-old loft district restaurant-slash-lounge is a surreal riff on Soviet Bloc-era...

40. Drink of the Week

    Asian Persuasion

    P.F. Chang's China Bistro
    25 The Boulevard
    Richmond Heights
    314-862-2624

    By Kristie McClanahan

    Published: December 5, 2007

    Today our apartment has transformed into Biosphere where we will dwell for at least the next four months. One day each fall — when we resign ourselves to the reality that...