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21. Unreal

    Unreal is smarter than you. That is all.

    Published: March 12, 2008

    It's official: Unreal is smarter than you. "But," you may say, "I am a doctor who has the power to save lives and you are a mere newspaper column that exists for the sole...

22. Letters

    Readers sound off about today's traffic-light cameras and yesterday's red-hot hip-hop nights.

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Feature, March 6, 2008 Stop, Thief! riverfronttimes.com readers comment on Chad Garrison's "Red Alert" feature story about traffic-light cameras: St. Louis gets everything...

23. Amazing Facts & Beyond

    The Adventures of Leon Beyond

    By Kevin Huizenga

    Published: March 12, 2008

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24. Music

    LA punks X celebrate turning 31 in style

    By Jason Toon

    Published: March 12, 2008

    There was a period where I wouldn't tell people I was a musician," Billy Zoom says of the time right after he left X. "I'd say I was an electrical engineer. I'd say I was a...

25. B-Sides

    B-Sides is in a Party Dream, chillin' with José González

    By Kristyn Pomranz and Roy Kasten

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Freeze up the shot luge: Gil Mantera's Party Dream is about to blitzkrieg St. Louis! Due to "conflicting schedules" (read: totally partying), B-Sides interviewed the...

26. Critics' Picks

    Matt Pond PA

    9 p.m. Thursday, March 13. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Consider Matt Pond PA to be the Honda Accord of the rock & roll superhighway: not flashy or sexy, but consistently dependable. The New York City quintet's latest record, Last...

27. Critics' Picks

    Cloud Cult

    9 p.m. Monday, March 17. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Cloud Cult's recorded output over the past few years feels like a naturally progressing spiritual journey, a search for the meaning of life and the significance of death....

28. Critics' Picks

    An Albatross

    7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street

    By Ryan Wasoba

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Given that the average An Albatross track clocks in at a minute or less, "progressive" may seem like an odd tag for the band. But these short songs and vocal shrieks (reference...

29. Critics' Picks

    Tally Hall

    6 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

    By Kristyn Pomranz

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Tally Hall — a Michigan quintet often identifiable by its rainbow of ties — weaves glistening pop with crisp, classical touches in the manner of a modern-day Queen....

30. Critics' Picks

    Clutch

    7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Not every band gets a cake specially made for them during the Food Network show Ace of Cakes, but Clutch recently did. (Of course, it probably helps that frontman Neil Fallon's...

31. Rotations

    Big George Brock

    Alive At Seventy Five
    (Cat Head)

    By Dean C. Minderman

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Big George Brock is in fine form on this set, which was recorded in May 2007 at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Alive brings the electric style defined...

32. Critics' Picks

    Islands

    8 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 . Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

    By Keegan Hamilton

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Although Montreal's turn-of-the-century indie-rock renaissance produced a host of now-iconic bands (The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, etc.), the short-lived, ill-fated trio the...

33. Critics' Picks

    Delta Spirit

    8 p.m. Wednesday, March 19. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Out of indie rock's trends, the stylized reemergence of the sounds one's parents and grandparents once owned is the most perplexing — and inevitable. Southern...

34. Critics' Picks

    Cancer Bats

    7 p.m. Monday, March 17. 2 Cents Plain, 1114 Olive Street

    By Julie Seabaugh

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Cancer Bats may have one of the dumbest band names of all time, but judging by the Toronto quintet's monstrous metal riffs and aggressive lyrics, it's not the smartest move to...

35. Rotations

    Magnetic Fields

    Distortion
    (Nonesuch)

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: March 12, 2008

    The earliest albums released by the Magnetic Fields (in particular, 1995's Get Lost) featured burbling synthpop in the vein of OMD and Soft Cell, long before such new-wave...

36. Rotations

    Various Artists

    Juno: Music From the Motion Picture
    (Rhino)

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Too many movie tie-in collections put profits before cohesion. Tunes by widely disparate performers, most of whom just happen to record for companies affiliated with the film...

37. Cafe

    Grand Old Patty: Ian goes on a beefy binge at Burger Bar and Sub Zero New American Burger Restaurant

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: March 12, 2008

    If you order the "Rossini" burger at Burger Bar in Lumière Place, expect a little extra attention. The runner who brought the burger to my seat gave me a look equivalent...

38. Gut Check

    Say Goodbye, Say Hello

    Farewell to Dooley's — and Hi, Pi!

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Did this week's review put you in the mood for a burger? If your favorite is served at Dooley's Ltd., you'd better head to 308 North Eighth Street this weekend for one last...

39. Drink of the Week

    Pacifico

    Sol
    4241 Lindell Boulevard
    314-534-1300

    By Kristie McClanahan

    Published: March 12, 2008

    As we were leaving the grocery store, an older gentleman scowled at us and said, "Put a jacket on," in a tone usually reserved for conversations about unpopular dictators. And...

40. Keep It Down

    Malcolm mixes up a fraudulent batch of black-eyed peas and pork neck bones in honor of literary liar Peggy Seltzer. Read all about it!

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: March 12, 2008

    I'm all out of whack. I usually reserve Tuesdays for opening some canned bit of nastiness, ingesting it and then writing about it for the world (or at least you, dear reader)...