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41. You Are Here

    Make Your Own St. Louis

    All new Crazy Dude!

    By Timothy Lane

    Published: April 2, 2008

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42. Music

    Feeling Gravity's Pull: R.E.M. hurtles toward the future on Accelerate

    By Annie Zaleski

    Published: April 2, 2008

    At what point in a band's career is it impossible to evaluate its new album without referencing its back catalog? Just ask R.E.M., whose albatross is its past — at least,...

43. B-Sides

    Inspiration: For Justin Vernon, it comes from solitude. For others, Morrissey

    By Shae Moseley and Annie Zaleski

    Published: April 2, 2008

    When his former band DeYarmond Edison called it quits in 2006, Justin Vernon moved from North Carolina to his home state of Wisconsin, in order to clear his head and be near...

44. Critics' Picks

    The Everybodyfields

    8 p.m. Thursday, April 3. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: April 2, 2008

    The Everybodyfields hail from the high and lonesome terrain of Johnson City, Tennessee, which sits 100 miles east of Knoxville in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. With some of...

45. This Week's Cover

    Cover of April 3 Print Edition

    Published: April 2, 2008

    Cover Photo of Martin Luther King Jr.: American Stock/Getty Images Click here for larger version

46. Critics' Picks

    Blue Man Group

    8 p.m., Friday, April 4. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue

    By Julie Seabaugh

    Published: April 2, 2008

    A wise frog once said, "It's not easy being green." Blue, however, is another story — at least for the bald-headed, cobalt-covered trio of percussionists known as Blue...

47. Critics' Picks

    The Safes

    9 p.m. Saturday, March 5. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

    By Jaime Lees

    Published: April 2, 2008

    The Safes groove a familiar sound that is wholly unoriginal but entirely excellent, by nodding to Brit-garage, Mod and all kinds of power pop. (Think early Kinks spliced with...

48. Critics' Picks

    Cursive

    8 p.m. Sunday, April 6. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University at Forsyth and Skinker boulevards

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: April 2, 2008

    Tim Kasher rivals his Saddle Creek Records homeboy Conor Oberst for the title of the hardest-working man in indie rock. When he's not busy writing concept albums about drunken...

49. Critics' Picks

    Mark Pickerel

    8 p.m. Sunday, April 6. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue. $10. 314-773-3363

    By Roy Kasten

    Published: April 2, 2008

    If you're the original drummer for the Screaming Trees, you either resign yourself to being the answer to a trivia question, or you do what umpteen ex-punks and alt-rockers...

50. Critics' Picks

    Eisley

    7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois

    By Shae Moseley

    Published: April 2, 2008

    The Tyler, Texas, pop-rock quintet Eisley is exclusively a family affair. With three female siblings (Sherri, Stacy and Chauntelle) lending their voices, and a brother (Weston)...

51. Critics' Picks

    Musiq Soulchild

    8 p.m. Wednesday, April 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard

    By Kristy Wendt

    Published: April 2, 2008

    Musiq Soulchild's only complaint about three 2008 Grammy nominations for Luvanmusiq (including one for Best R&B Album) appeared to stem from semantics. "Personally, I call what...

52. Homespun

    Beth Bombara

    Abandon Ship
    (self-released)

    By Christian Schaeffer

    Published: April 2, 2008

    The songs on Beth Bombara's Abandon Ship EP don't mess with the standard singer-songwriter fare — stories of busted love, personal perseverance and romantic hopefulness...

53. Cafe

    Want Boba with That?: Fast and good Vietnamese food at BBC Banh Mi, Boba Tea & Crêperie

    By Ian Froeb

    Published: April 2, 2008

    They are laughing at me. I'm sure of it. Two young women. College students, I think, home for spring break. They are looking at me — not even trying very hard to be...

54. Drink of the Week

    Budweiser

    Booches Billiards Hall
    110 South Ninth Street, Columbia
    573-874-9519

    By Kristie McClanahan

    Published: April 2, 2008

    We're unsure if Booches' walls are yellow by design or are yellowed from decades of smoke that's accumulated here since it opened in 1884. The dank residue lurks between layers...

55. Keep It Down

    Jellied whitefish sets Malcolm to thinking about a nuclear winter white-out

    By Malcolm Gay

    Published: April 2, 2008

    "To maximize the enjoyment of this product, chill for 30 minutes." That's it. That's the only advice my 8.8-ounce can of International Fish Whitefish in Jelly offers about...

56. Film

    Leatherheads, George Clooney's ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: April 2, 2008

    When Time recently featured George Clooney on its cover accompanied by the headline "The Last Movie Star" — note not even a question mark at the end — you didn't...

57. Stage

    Eire Apparent: A pair of Irish productions reign over soggy St. Louis

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: April 2, 2008

    It poured ferociously last week during the opening-night performances of two current productions that are both set in Ireland, a land known for incessant rainfall. The...

58. Stage

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

    By Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold

    Published: April 2, 2008

    Bluish A woman who grew up thinking she was Christian discovers that her long-deceased mother was Jewish. Overnight she realizes how wonderful life can be. Her Jewish...

59. Art

    St. Louis Art Caps

    Malcolm Gay encapsulates the local art scene.

    Published: April 2, 2008

    Openings The Annual Juried Photography Exhibit Each year Webster University presents a juried show featuring the work of its photography students in the School of...

60. Game On

    Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records

    By Chris Ward

    Published: April 2, 2008

    As a kid, I spent countless hours thumbing through a dog-eared copy of The Guinness Book of World Records, determined to find just the right stupid human trick to vault me into...