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41. Critics' Picks

    Robert Randolph and the Family Band

    8 p.m. Thursday, December 20. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

    By Rick Mason

    Published: December 19, 2007

    If the sacred steel movement has a visionary leader, it's Robert Randolph, a ferocious, enormously talented steel guitarist who has deftly overseen his band's...

42. Critics' Picks

    Koffin Kats

    9 p.m. Friday, December 21. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Jaime Lees

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Instead of feeling cornered or trapped by its "psychobilly" label, the Koffin Kats embrace it. The tattooed, mohawked and pompadour-sporting trio possesses endless energy,...

43. Critics' Picks

    Elsinore

    9 p.m. Saturday, December 22. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Elsinore vocalist Ryan Groff's singing voice is pure '70s AM Gold (think James Taylor or Cat Stevens), which perfectly matches the crisp and pensive Americana on the...

44. Critics' Picks

    Hyperbubble

    8 p.m. Saturday, December 22. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street.

    By Kristyn Pomranz

    Published: December 19, 2007

    If your motherboard could play hooky, this is the concert it would crash. Electroduo Hyperbubble — the self-professed offspring of kitchen appliances born with computers...

45. Critics' Picks

    Swamp Cabbage

    10 p.m. Saturday, December 22. Broadway Oyster Bar, 736 S. Broadway.

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Expectations sink to a murky bottom at the mere mention of the band name: Swamp Cabbage. But the name ZZ Top was already taken by the Texas trio — which just so happens...

46. Critics' Picks

    Roma 79

    9 p.m. Wednesday, December 26. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: December 19, 2007

    In 2005 San Francisco's Roma 79 quietly released a very underrated album called Gold. Recorded by Carl Amburn (Traindodge, Riddle of Steel) and released by St. Louis'...

47. Critics' Picks

    The Livers

    9 p.m. Tuesday, December 25. Way Out Club, 2525 South Jefferson Avenue.

    By Jaime Lees

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Up-and-coming locals the Livers put on one of the most interesting live shows in St. Louis. Though the band consists of just two members — Scott Freeman and Luke Roulston...

48. Cafe

    Fat City, Baby!

    Is a meal at Niche better than sex?

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: December 19, 2007

    A chilly September night. My girlfriend and I are standing outside Niche, waiting for a cab that won't arrive. We're tipsy from the wine pairings that accompanied...

49. Drink of the Week

    Yule Tide Latte

    City Coffeehouse & Crêperie
    36 North Brentwood Boulevard, Clayton
    314-862-2489.

    By Kristie McClanahan

    Published: December 19, 2007

    The jagged circumflex accent over the "e" in "City Coffeehouse & Crêperie" reminds us of the angry eyebrows we seemed to encounter at every turn from passersby in Paris,...

50. Keep It Down

    Three-Day-Old California Roll

    $6.99
    Straub’s
    302 N. Kingshighway

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Not unlike spaghetti and meatballs, tacos or sweet-and-sour pork, the ubiquitous California roll really is a gateway food. Of course, these days there aren't many...

51. Film

    Savage Love

    Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time.

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Simmering below the squeamish elder-care euphemism "uncharted territory" is a fearful awareness that when it comes to dealing with the growing army of senile parents, we have...

52. Film

    Hock the Line

    Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox.

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: December 19, 2007

    As an actor, John C. Reilly is the opposite of Mr. Cellophane. He doesn't disappear into a role; roles disappear onto him — the unlikely porn sidekick of Boogie...

53. Stage

    Wicked Good — or Wicked Better?

    Dennis asks the burning theatrical question.

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Wicked's dazzling success makes it wonderfully review-proof. Anyone who waits for the reviews before deciding whether to see the show at the Fox has waited too long. (Try...

54. Stage

    Flying Nun

    Nonie Newton-Breen sails into the Playhouse at West Port Plaza with a keen, mean Sister.

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Every actor must find his own way into a role. It might be a telling line of dialogue or a putty nose. For Nonie Newton-Breen, who's currently regaling audiences in...

55. Stage

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene.

    By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Greetings! In keeping with the nostalgia of the holiday season, St. Louis Actors' Studio summons up fond memories of the long-gone dinner-theater era, when the likes of Van...

56. Game On

    Xmas Present & Past

    How yesterday's games spawned today's best-sellers.

    By Gary Hodges and Chris Ward

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Nothing says "holiday spirit" quite like stabbing a terrorist or hammering a goombah, as the hottest games this season invite us to do. But no matter how cutting-edge the stars...

57. DVDish

    Singular Sensation

    By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper

    Published: December 19, 2007

    Once (FOX) Easily the year's most perfect pop album — damned good movie too, the finest "musical" of the past 20 years. The disc's making-of refers to it as a...

58. What Else Is New?

    Top DVD Picks

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

    Published: December 19, 2007

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Two — The War Years (Paramount) Alien Apocalypse (Anchor Bay) Balls of Fury (Universal) Black Moon Rising (Anchor...