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1. Feature

   The Death of Father Kaiser

   Was it a Kenyan assassin who killed the St. Louis missionary -- or was it madness? Seven years later, the verdict is in.

   By Aimee Levitt

   Published: October 24, 2007

   Just before dawn on an August morning seven years ago, John and Henry Kanbo drove toward the market town of Naivasha to buy cattle. The Naivasha-Nakuru Highway is usually one...

2. Web Extra

   Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

   Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaios Home Address

   Published: October 24, 2007

   Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaios Home Address BY The Association of Alternative...

3. Music

   A Pug's Life

   Menomena's manager is a bitch. No, really.

   By Brooke Foster

   Published: October 24, 2007

   Look, the Billiken Club is the jam. Not only does the SLU venue book amazing bands (cf. The Twilight Sad), but the college-food court atmosphere lends itself to hilariously...

4. Cafe

   Spice Is Nice

   Ian likes it hot -- way hot.

   By Ian Froeb

   Published: October 24, 2007

   A running joke among aficionados of Thai cuisine is that no matter how hard you beg, plead, wheedle, boast or threaten, the kitchen won't serve your red curry or tom yum soup...

5. Film

   Unknown Pleasures

   Joy Division portrait proves the exception to the rock biopic drool.

   By Tim Grierson

   Published: October 24, 2007

   Rock films come in two forms. The first is the concert/documentary variety, the best of which dynamically pinpoint a band's musical moment within the context of its era: the...

6. Night & Day

   House of the Holy

   (And the damned)

   By Amy George

   Published: October 24, 2007

   Are you a habitual wrongdoer or a virtuous hero? Does your Halloween costume involve leather, metal studs and pyrotechnics, or are you working on your Al Gore impersonation?...

7. Night & Day

   Don’t Question the Duke

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: October 24, 2007

   The Duke Bluebeard shows his new wife, Judith, his expansive castle. She thinks it’s too dark and wishes to let in a little light. Duke Bluebeard objects, but his bride wins...

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   Sleeper Awake!

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: October 24, 2007

   A man -- let’s call him “Man in Chair” -- seeks comfort in his oldest, truest friend: the original cast album of the 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. As the record...

9. Night & Day

   The Illusion of Safety

   By Paul Friswold

   Published: October 24, 2007

   To call Keith Jozsef a magician is to understate his skill. Magicians perform tricks; Jozsef creates illusion, causing the audience members to question their physical senses...

10. Night & Day

    Quadrophenia

    By Paul Friswold

    Published: October 24, 2007

    You saw Murderball, the documentary on wheelchair rugby players; now see all the chair-rattling action in person, as the St. Louis Rugby Rams take on five other teams in the...

11. Night & Day

    The Place Is a Ghost Town!

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: October 24, 2007

    It always feels a bit creepy in Alton, Illinois. Maybe it’s because the town is so close to the dark, ever-rolling waters of the Mississippi, or perhaps it’s because the...

12. Night & Day

    The Haunted House of Ideas!

    By Mark Fischer

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Face Front! A Sensational Sheaf of Simply Spectacular Spandex-Sporting Super Heroes Surround St. Louis, Soundly Supplying Style, Scares and Signings! Halloween’s a scary time,...

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    The Costumes Are a Treat

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: October 24, 2007

    The Central West End Halloween Party, which centers around the intersection of North Euclid and Maryland avenues, has long been one of the area’s top costumed celebrations. The...

14. Night & Day

    Thrill-Seekers Wanted

    By Nicole Beckert

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Despite the infamous scandals that have shadowed Michael Jackson’s career, it’s not the hooded babies dangled over ledges, drawn-out trials or other controversies for which he...

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    Your Cup Runneth Over

    By Amy George

    Published: October 24, 2007

    October weekends at Missouri or Illinois wineries can be amazing: a scenic autumn drive followed by a relaxing afternoon spent sipping wine and picnicking on a grassy, deserted...

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    Spirits and Spirits

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Nothing stinks more than spending weeks and weeks planning out and tracking down all of the parts of your Halloween costume, only to arrive at the party and find just two other...

17. Night & Day

    A Perfect Ten

    By Jeanette Kozlowski

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Ten years ago, Bob Cassilly thought it’d be totally awesome to take random parts of St. Louis city and haphazardly (yet artfully) strew them about in a 600,000-square-foot...

18. Night & Day

    Blast from the Past

    By Jeanette Kozlowski

    Published: October 24, 2007

    If you’ve been daydreaming of cryonics (the science of freezing dead people in hopes of future resurrection), you’d better start saving your shining pennies -- prolonging your...

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    The Great Pumpkins

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Carving pumpkins is awesome in theory, but it’s kind of a pain in the Halloween mask when you really get down to it. First, you have to choose a perfect pumpkin, which always...

20. Night & Day

    Extra! Extra!

    By Alison Sieloff

    Published: October 24, 2007

    Yeah, so, we’re not trying to freak you out or anything, and we know that Halloween hasn’t even happened yet, but there are only two more months until Christmas. Unbelievable,...