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Our Top 10 List
Bummer, the summer concert season is almost over. Look back through the smoke at our Top 10 Summer Concerts. See the List.

"Wednesday night’s Nas concert at the Pageant was well worth the wait -- the show’s date had been pushed back twice -- as "God’s Son" himself performed before an anxious crowd. Not only did fans have a chance to get familiar with his latest album Untitled (which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts on July 15), but the rescheduled concert added Talib Kweli to the lineup." Read More.
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Bravo, Boss: Springsteen may have been late, but man, was he great
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Cannon Fodder: The mystery of the Spanish gun in Forest Park
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Unreal plumbs the flavor of French vodka, consults our advice-giving pastor and ponders the Tao of Patrick Swayze
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Music
Two writers debate the pros and cons of indie-rock/Afropop sensations Vampire Weekend, who are making their St. Louis debut on September 10
By Jason Toon and Ryan Wasoba
B-Sides
An Under Cover Weekend at the Bluebird tackles the '60s and '70s, while electronic up-and-comer Deadmau5 worms his way into town
By Annie Zaleski and Eric W. Saeger
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Stage

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: The perils of reading too much into a theater review
By Dennis Brown
St. Louis Stage Capsules
Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene
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Thursday, September 4
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