Brought to you by the fine folks at Click here to continue....]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/news/you-are-here-graham-s-invincible-wardrobe http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/heavier-than-heaven-oakland-metal-heavyweights-saviours-prepare-to-assault-st-louis-with-crushing-music-while-a-new-golden-smog-greatest-hits-cd-highlights-the-best-of-the-rootsy-supergroup Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/heavier-than-heaven-oakland-metal-heavyweights-saviours-prepare-to-assault-st-louis-with-crushing-music-while-a-new-golden-smog-greatest-hits-cd-highlights-the-best-of-the-rootsy-supergroup http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/southern-culture-on-the-skids It's not often that a band, after twenty years together, releases its best album; it's even less probable that said album would be a set of covers. But that's the case with Southern Culture on the Skids and last year's Countrypolitan Favorites. The Chapel Hill, North Carolina, count...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/southern-culture-on-the-skids http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/cardinals It's the start of October and our St. Louis Cardinals have already settled into their long winter's nap, after a season punctuated by bouts of illness, inconsistent pitching and the oft-maddening moves of coach Tony La Russa. As skipper of his own crew of Cardinals, Ryan Adams has made som...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/cardinals http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/strolling-cones-cock-amp-bull-sonic-circus We're not sure how to parse the title of this multi-band bill — bets are it's a play on words involving the Rolling Stones — but judging from the participants, it appears to be code for "music incorporating elements of pop, shoegaze and psychedelic rock." That's certainly the case wit...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/strolling-cones-cock-amp-bull-sonic-circus http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/ricky-skaggs-bruce-hornsby Somewhere in the bluegrass beyond, Bill Monroe is wondering just what the hell happened to Ricky Skaggs, the blue-eyed Kentucky boy he once lifted on stage to play the mandolin for the faithful, thereby baptizing a great country career. If traditionalists can forgive (and even secretly sav...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/ricky-skaggs-bruce-hornsby http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/street-dogs Boston's Street Dogs makes music that's fit for throwing back pints, raising sturdy fists into the air and singing along to working-class battle-cry pub anthems. Founded by vocalist Mike McColgan (an ex-firefighter who's also a former lead singer of Dropkick Murphys and a Gulf War vet), th...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/street-dogs http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/tesla The police reports say suicide and conspiracy theorists suspect Courtney Love, but has anybody thought to check Kurt Cobain's shotgun for the fingerprints of a member of Tesla? The motive is there: Nevermind is credited as the nail in the pop-metal movement coffin. But it's hard to ...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/tesla http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/heart-amp-soul Rock Band counts, right?), hosts a DJ night, writes for a music publication/blog or owns a "recording studio."

B...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/heart-amp-soul http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/homespun-leslie-sanazaro-on-your-roof-ep On Your Roof,...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/music/homespun-leslie-sanazaro-on-your-roof-ep http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/dining/d-eacute-j-agrave-vu-all-over-again-there-s-something-a-little-too-familiar-about-mike-johnson-s-latest-creation-bici Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/dining/d-eacute-j-agrave-vu-all-over-again-there-s-something-a-little-too-familiar-about-mike-johnson-s-latest-creation-bici http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/dining/drink-of-the-week-vineyard-estate-zinfandel Wine 101 Essay Question: Tonight you've learned about tannins and the effect they have on wine. Discuss, citing examples from Juniper Grill proprietor, Steve Hughes.

After a couple of glasses of wine with Hughes, even the most inexperienced wine drinker could come away with enough edu...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/dining/drink-of-the-week-vineyard-estate-zinfandel http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/dining/gut-check-the-restaurant-shuffle Riverfront Times' "Best of St. Louis" 2008, but the news continued. Let's begin in Maplewood, where the restaurant lineup is in a state of flux. Now open at 2733 Sutton Boulevard in Maplewood is Deluxe, serving comfort food. The restaurant is open for dinner ...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/dining/gut-check-the-restaurant-shuffle http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/film/oh-god-you-devil-s-advocate-bill-maher-makes-an-adolescent-case-against-religion Religulous rolls pleasingly off the tongue. But Bill Maher's one-man standup attack on religious fundamentalism is a dog that has more bark than bite — a skeptical, secular-humanist hounding of the hypocrites, amusingly annot...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/film/oh-god-you-devil-s-advocate-bill-maher-makes-an-adolescent-case-against-religion http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/rail-splitter-country-uniter Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/rail-splitter-country-uniter http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/archon-32-is-go Archon 32 to hear you. Archon, the St. Louis Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, returns to the Gateway Cent...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/archon-32-is-go http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/feel-the-fall Best of Missouri ...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/feel-the-fall http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/it-s-showtime Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/it-s-showtime http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/journey-undersea-via-balloon Jason Hackenwerth has been inflating the number of bizarre and unusual creatures for years. Hackenwerth takes balloon animals to the nth degree, breathing life int...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/journey-undersea-via-balloon http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/worlds-within-worlds edisontheatre.wust...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/worlds-within-worlds http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/excelsior-star-clipper Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/excelsior-star-clipper http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/beuys-will-be-beuys Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/beuys-will-be-beuys http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/listen-up River Styx readings, this town teems with spoken- and written-word art. Now, there's a new monthly series that celebrates our local writers: the River Valley Readings, which are presented by the Chesterfield Writers Guild o...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/listen-up http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/st-louis-style Saint Louis Fashion Week aren't for you. But we're betting that at tonight's Project: Design! fashion show, held at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington Boulev...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/st-louis-style http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/it-s-stein-to-party Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/it-s-stein-to-party http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/road-to-everywhere Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/road-to-everywhere http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/the-brasil-thrill Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/the-brasil-thrill http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/that-s-incredible Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/that-s-incredible http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/wake-and-lake understand the water. The new O...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/wake-and-lake http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/pictures-at-an-exhibition Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/pictures-at-an-exhibition http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/phantoms-of-the-theatre Theatre o...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/calendar/phantoms-of-the-theatre http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/culture/off-with-his-furry-little-head-the-rep-s-lt-i-gt-lieutenant-of-inishmore-lt-i-gt-defies-description-just-go-see-it Lieutenant of Inishmore, which the St. Louis Rep is currently presenting at the Grandel Theater, is not the play's plot or theme or whether it has been well directed and performed. The first thing you need to know is the box-offi...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/culture/off-with-his-furry-little-head-the-rep-s-lt-i-gt-lieutenant-of-inishmore-lt-i-gt-defies-description-just-go-see-it http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/culture/firing-lines-stuart-carden-director-of-lt-i-gt-the-lieutenant-of-inishmore-lt-i-gt-on-knockin-em-dead Lieutenant of Inishmore is no ordinary play. Before the current Repertory Theatre of St. Louis production opened, I spoke with director Stuart Carde...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/culture/firing-lines-stuart-carden-director-of-lt-i-gt-the-lieutenant-of-inishmore-lt-i-gt-on-knockin-em-dead http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/culture/local-st-louis-theatre-reviewed-in-short

Antigone The first act of Jean Anouilh's Antigone (adapted by Lewis Galantiere) is all setup, with much exposition about who's here (ancient Greeks in a film-noir world, right down to the 1940s-era costumes) and what their motivations are. Antigone (Emily Baker...]]> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-10-01/culture/local-st-louis-theatre-reviewed-in-short