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Three All-Nighters at the Eat-Rite Diner

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he Missouri Highway Patrol sergeant who spoke out in the case of an Arizona State student who drowned in May 2014 while handcuffed and in his department’s custody at the Lake of the Ozarks has been demoted and transferred. Sergeant Randy Henry is a veteran of the department with more than 29 years of experience, says his attorney, Chet Pleban. He has no history of serious infractions. But on June 10, just one week after being deposed in a civil case filed by the dead man’s family against the highway patrol, Henry was informed that he was being demoted to corporal. Henry was also told he would be transferred to the Truman Lake area — an hour-and-a-half drive from his family’s home. “He has a son in high school where he’s living now,” Pleban says. “I suspect this is an effort to force him to retire as opposed to moving his family.” But Henry isn’t giving up. “He’s going to continue to fight it,” Pleban vows. The decision to demote Henry is the latest twist in the high-profile drowning death of Brandon Ellingson, a twenty-year-old from Iowa. Ellingson was boating with friends near his family’s vacation home in the Lake of the Ozarks in May 2014 when a Missouri Highway Patrol officer, Anthony Piercy, pulled over their boat. After Ellingson failed a sobriety test, Piercy handcuffed him, telling the others in the boat that he’d be taking Ellingson to a patrol station for a citation. It was the last time Ellingson’s friends saw him alive. A witness would later report seeing Piercy’s boat speed at more than 30 mph — and then, later, seeing Ellingson bobbing in the water, with Piercy allegedly making no effort to fish him out. The case was the subject of an RFT cover story in February. Sergeant Henry, who was Piercy’s supervisor, would testify to what Piercy had told him in the immediate aftermath of the incident, a story that Piercy later changed. Among other things, Henry would tell investigators that Piercy had confessed to going much faster than he later admitted to them — and using the wrong type of life vest on the handcuffed man. Henry also told investigators he was “befuddled” by Piercy’s ignorance of proper use of flotation devices.

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Brandon Ellingson (left, with friend Brody Baumann) at the Lake of the Ozarks in 2012, two years before his tragic drowning death.

Henry would later post a message on the “Justice for Brandon Ellingson” Facebook page, writing: My main focus is, and has been from day one, to let this young man rest in peace, to clear his name, and to let the Ellingson family know exactly what happened before, during, and after that horrendous day. There are people in my inner circle who have the same feelings that we all have, and who I believe will step up when it’s time to. Did those actions anger Henry’s superiors? Lt. Paul Reinsch, a spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Pleban notes that the department first ordered Henry to undergo a mental-health evaluation — and gave no reason for the directive. “When Compass Health Wellness found no cause for concern and more specifically that Sgt. Henry did not meet the criteria for any diagnosis, he was directed to respond to Compass Health Wellness again with the same response: no issues or problems,” Pleban wrote in a letter to Henry’s supervisor, Colonel Ronald K. Replogle. “It is not lost on me or Sgt. Henry that his mental fitness was challenged after he engaged in protected whistleblower activity.” Ultimately, Compass warned the highway patrol that it would be unethical to subject

Henry to a third evaluation, Pleban says. “This was solely an effort to discredit him,” he says. (Unusually, Pleban notes, the department didn’t even bother to take away Henry’s service revolver before the evaluation: “That suggests to me they were not acting in good faith.”) Soon after that, Henry was served with a complaint notification, alleging he’d disseminated confidential information, and was subjected to a “professional standards” investigation. On June 10, he was advised that the investigation had resulted in his demotion and transfer. Because Henry signed a document of confidentiality, Pleban says, he cannot discuss the specifics of the investigation — saying only that it’s related to the Ellingson case. “Given their behavior to date, I suspect they’ll hang him by his thumbnails if he says anything,” Pleban says. Henry will appeal the discipline. And what about Anthony Piercy, the trooper who took Ellingson into custody and later admitted to using the wrong lifejacket on him? Pleban notes that the highway patrol doesn’t seem that concerned. “He has not been transferred,” Pleban says. “He is still working out of the same troop and same zone as prior to [Ellingson’s death].” —SARAH FENSKE

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Three All-Nighters at the Eat-Rite Diner IF YOU’RE DOWNTOWN AT 4 A.M. AND CRAVING A SLINGER — OR A REASON TO LOVE ST. LOUIS AGAIN — THERE’S ONLY ONE PLACE TO GO BY N IC H O L AS P H I L L I P S

n the right rear corner of the Eat-Rite Diner, up by the security camera, there’s a cluster of holes in the porcelain tile. A robber blasted those into the wall with a shotgun in the 1980s. He came in one night trying to hold up the place, but the cooks were too busy to notice — at first. So he fired off a round. That got everyone’s attention. What happened next — how much he stole, whether he truly pistol-whipped someone, whether he got caught — depends on which staffer you ask. Eat-Rite lore is like that. Details get added or elided over time. But it’s a decent yarn, and a decent yarn can pull you through the night shift. Last week, Riverfront Times sat through three consecutive night shifts at the Eat-Rite Diner at Chouteau

Avenue and Seventh Street. It’s fair to wonder why. The menu hasn’t changed much in 45 years. The building is just a 516-square-foot dive a few blocks south of Busch Stadium. Only thirteen customers can eat at the counter at a time. It grosses maybe a few hundred bucks on an average night. Yet Eat-Rite is unique in our city’s nocturnal ecosystem. It’s the sole kitchen within a three-mile radius of the Arch that stays open all night and lets you dine in — making it a sort of bottleneck, a place through which the peckish must pass to get their after-hours pancakes or omelets. It attracts St. Louisans of all moods: the drunks and demons, clowns and curmudgeons, philosophers and philanthropists. At Eat-Rite, continued on page 12

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you chow down next to folks who didn’t attend your high school and don’t care about your career. Black, white, 99 percent or 1 percent — sometimes the only trait you share is a craving for the slinger, that hot wreckage of breakfast foods that the owners, the Powers family, claim they developed three decades ago. In that sense, Eat-Rite is nothing like Nighthawks, Hopper’s romantic rendering of a latenight diner. It’s not a spare, glassed-in cavern in which you brood at arms length from your neighbor. It’s a bunker, your neighbor’s arm is draped around your neck, and he’s eating your fries. The daytime crowds are tamer. Cops and postal workers order carryout. Local celebrities Chuck Berry, Jack Buck, Jim White, Francis G. Slay, Claire McCaskill, Mike Shannon and David Freese have all hunkered down at the Formica counter. But if you endure three overnight shifts, like we did, you’ll watch a whole city cycle through. You’ll see St. Louisans on their worst behavior, and their best. You’ll see the ways in which Eat-Rite’s staff are models of civic patience, and you’ll witness the acts of kindness they perform on the sly. We could use more citizens like them. St. Louis has had a rough year. Just like the Eat-Rite bandit’s warning shot in the ’80s, the policeman’s shot that killed Michael Brown in Ferguson last August seized everyone’s attention. The fallout reminded us that residents here don’t enjoy protection, power and money in equal measure — and that we don’t agree on who’s to blame for that, let alone how to fix it. Eat-Rite itself had a rough 2014. Twice its exterior was smacked by vehicles. The first time was so bad the owners had to shutter for a month to replace a wall. Inside the eatery, the atmosphere tightened as unrest gripped the city. But the staff kept pouring cups of coffee. Regulars kept coming back to sip them. Everyone soldiered on. The diner, we predict, is going to make it. Just like the city that surrounds it.

ity records are vague, but the brick walls of 622 Chouteau Avenue were likely laid in the 1930s. The nearby Maronite church of St. Raymond’s was a hub for Lebanese immigrants back then, and two of them, Elias and Elizabeth Mahanna, began grilling burgers at the shack in 1935. They called it White Kitchen. As a concept, the diner soon took off across America. With the postwar economy churning, blue-collar families found themselves with extra cash to splurge on eating out. In St. Louis, L.B. Powers’ family rode that wave. His uncle ran the Courtesy Diner at Olive and 18th streets. Employed there at age sixteen, L.B. fell in love with a customer — a receptionist named Dorcas, whom he quickly married. (Years later, Universal Pictures would film a romance in that same eatery — although White Palace, starring James Spader and Susan Sarandon, was based on a novel, not their courtship.) Before long, the couple had five kids and had amassed six diners dotting south city and county. They started calling the chain Eat-Rite after 1963. By that time, America’s middle class was fleeing the city for the suburbs, so diners followed them. Restaurateurs labored to gussy up their eateries by adding booths and waitresses, by hiding their kitchens, and by cordoning off sections for teens, as Andrew Hurley reported in his cultural history Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks. But the shack at 622 Chouteau stayed oldschool: just a kitchen, counter and stools. Bucking the suburban trend, the Powers bought it in 1970. Dorcas cringed at the slummy locale. “It was a terrible disgrace,” she recalls. “People were squatting in these shacks with no electricity or water.” Yet the couple stuck it out, and their gamble paid off in the 1980s, when Ralston-Purina started cleaning up the area. The Powerses eventually sold off their other Eat-Rites to employees and friends, but they held onto 622 Chouteau. To this day, the decor inside is quaint yet unsentimental. There’s a cigarette machine, plus a Can-Can pinball game from 1961. But no memorabilia adorns the walls. Just a “NO

Cooks Kevin Hadley and Pat Fell doubleteam the weekend night shifts. Fell’s preferred target, though, is co-worker Kevin Hadley. At work, they both don white aprons, paper side caps and shirts with the slogan “EAT-RITE OR DON’T EAT AT ALL.” But Hadley is shorter, with thick hands and a toothy grin. He’s five years Fell’s junior, but Fell still considers him a fogey. “Sorry for the wait,” Fell faux-apologizes to Hadley’s customers. “As you can see, we hire senior citizens.” “Hey,” replies a guest. “We’re senior citizens!” “Not like Kevin,” says Fell. “He’s 94!” Then Hadley chimes in: “Ninety-four and I can still get it on!” Staff say Hadley used to drift around the neighborhood until a former Eat-Rite cook, Betty Rutter, pulled him off the street. Rutter was famous for her beehive hairdo and take-noshit demeanor in the kitchen. At first she paid Hadley out of her own pocket to sweep floors at the diner, but now he’s a regular employee. Hadley himself says Rutter was like a mother to him, and to others. “She taught me how to cook,” he adds. “I think about her all the time.” Hadley lived for a while in a group home, and that’s where he met his girlfriend. The couple now lives together in Fenton, where Fell also lives.

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SMOKING” sign, a pocket Cardinals schedule, and two hand-written notices: “CASH ONLY” and the unfortunately worded, “We cannot service you while on your cell phone.” Prices have increased slowly here, and the menu, barely at all. An order of six slider-style cheeseburgers costs $7.50. The famous slinger — hashbrowns, eggs, bacon or sausage, cheese, chili and onions — will set you back $7.70. (Family members claim that around 1985, customers at the Eat-Rite in Murphy, Missouri, asked for chili, cheese and onions to top their eggs, so waitresses told the kitchen to “sling” the order. Variations on this mishmash abound throughout the United States, but only St. Louisans call it a “slinger.”) The restaurant gene has fused into the family’s DNA. L.B. and Dorcas have relegated EatRite’s bookkeeping to their daughter, Tina. Two of their sons married Eat-Rite waitresses; one of them, David, works the morning shift, sometimes with his son, Josh. Many Eat-Rite employees have stuck with the family for decades. A few speak of L.B. and Dorcas as adoptive parents — including Pat Fell, who works weekend night shifts. Fell, 55, has the creased face of a man who works (and smokes) more than he sleeps. He and L.B. were both volunteering at a church kitchen in south county five years ago when L.B. offered him a job. Fell accepted. When Fell ribs his regulars — “Come back when you can’t stay so long!” — he drawls out the words Florida-style (he lived there for 30 years).

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A party of six takes up half the restaurant. Fell jokes. With great relish he recounts one night in the wee hours when a “450-pound woman” took a shine to Hadley, who grew nervous and hid, begging Fell for a ride home. Toward the shift’s end, Fell went out back to smoke. Sure enough, the woman was waiting for her crush. “Where Mr. Eat-Rite at?” she asked. Fell only smiled and said, “I’ll be happy to go find him for you.” continued on page 14

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holding it together. Sometimes they don’t. He has seen folks passed out face-down in slingers. Once, a man tumbled off his stool three times and smacked his head on the candy machine all three times. On this particular weekend, a young woman tries to walk out of the jukebox, then corrects herself and stumbles out the door. Fell remembers one gal who climbed atop the counter and flashed Hadley — prompting him to drop whatever he was holding. Another came clad in only fishnet stockings from the waist down. A different lady once asked the male patrons if they believed in aliens, then offered each a blow-job in exchange for a cheeseburger. (All declined.) Then there was the drunk woman who entered and threw a tantrum, snatching up cups and sugar shakers to chuck across the room. Before Fell could even react, customers pushed her back outside. She bolted, leaving behind a shoe and a hair weave. The darkest moment at Eat-Rite in recent years occurred on August 16, 2009. A customer named Deangelo Tate got into a squabble with his friend Shevette Chambers at the counter. They adjourned to the parking lot, where Tate shot Chambers four times, killing her. In 2011 a jury convicted him of second-degree murder and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. But those episodes are the exception. “People say St. Louis is fucked up,” says Dave Jones, one of the last to dine before dawn breaks on Sunday. “But I ain’t never come in here and met anybody whose vibe was anything less than admirable. Or respectable. I’m using a lot of the wrong words right now, but it’s true!”

t 1:25 a.m. on Saturday, the bars are closing and Eat-Rite is ramping up hard. Hadley claws at the flat-top grill with his spatula; frozen meat hisses back. Guests crane their necks and bite sideways into sandwiches to catch spillage. They scald a fingertip on fresh bacon, argue a point in Bosnian, drag on an e-cig. The scent of industrial soap wafts off Fell, who is towel-drying plates. He spots someone waiting at the glass front door and buzzes him in — a late-night security measure. A bachelor party of white dudebros piles inside. They are tanked. One of them, in flip-flops and shorts, crashes onto a stool between two rotund black men gulping sliders and shares with them the chorus of Sheriff’s 1982 power ballad “When I’m with You.” “O-OH, BAY-BAAAAY” he brays. His face is a broiling tomato. The victims just grin and offer him fries. Then two couples in suits and dresses file in and stand against the wall, awaiting stools. “HOW TALL ARE YOU?” a dudebro calls out to one of the men. “Seven feet!” the man calls back right away, as if it’s natural to launch this dialogue across a crowded public space. “HOLY SHIT!” the dudebro says and scrambles over to chat with him. He later picks up their check. It’s common for Eat-Rite customers to pay for strangers, whether out of drunkenness or late-night camaraderie. Fell claims there’s a clutch of regulars who, as a matter of routine, treats half the counter. (This counterbalances jerks like the dude in the Hawaiian shirt who ran up a $20 tab earlier that night and ditched without paying.) Regulars also have their “usuals.” The staff knows them without being reminded. For many it’s just a coffee or cup of ice, though one guy always gets ten orders of bacon, four orders of sausage and ten scrambled eggs. He recently tacked on a sirloin dinner. He’s called “The Bacon Man.” He’s kind of a legend. As the crowd thins out, eyes grow bloodshot, and lids get heavy. Fell reports that on rare occasions, he’s found pot (and even heroin) in the parking lot. The guests tonight are basically 14

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ate Sunday evening an unkempt black gentleman in a baseball cap shuffles into EatRite and drops himself on a stool. He sprinkles coins on the counter. Pat Fell, the cook, asks for his order. The man stares at his coins. Fell says, “Do you want a bowl of chili?” The man nods. Fell ladles him up a bowl. He eats it, thanks the cook, and ambles out. Fell pays for it himself. But he doesn’t do that for everyone. “If you have enough to get drunk,” he ex-

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plains, “you have enough to eat.” Nor does he do it for gamblers. Earlier that evening, a portly blond guy with a flushed face came in, asking Fell to spot him $20 because he’d just lost big at the casino. Fell balked. So the man retrieved a crate from his car and tried to sell Fell Aerosmith and Nickelback CDs for cash. Again, Fell declined. He’s not made of money. He works odd jobs on his days off. At Eat-Rite, Fell earns minimum wage plus tips — that’s not a lot, but it’s better than most restaurants, which pay servers less than minimum wage knowing they’ll make it up in gratuity. There’s a bill right now in the St. Louis Board of Aldermen that would raise the minimum wage to $15, but Fell knows it won’t help him even if it passes. It exempts places like Eat-Rite that have fewer than fifteen employees. Still, he was tickled to spy one of his regulars on KSDK (Channel 5) speaking out in favor the bill. “Hey, you’re famous!” Fell says when the guy walks into Eat-Rite for a burger on Monday night. It’s Mikey Carrasco, owner of the new restaurant Taco Circus in Bevo Mill. “It’ll get negotiated down,” Carrasco tells Fell as he takes a stool. “A lot of people are up in arms about it. But if somebody’s working fulltime, they should be able to afford the basic shit they need!” A girl in a Wendy’s shirt overhears Carrasco as she waits for her carryout order. She nods her head. It’s about an hour later when 21-year-old James Harrison walks in. “An old woman came in here looking for you,” Fell teases him. “Said you were late on child support.” “Why you gotta do me like that, Pat?” Harrison says. Fell serves him a slinger. Pouring sugar on it, the young man explains that two years earlier, he’d been homeless. He would drop into Eat-Rite and Fell would feed him. Harrison found his way into a jobs program and is now a line cook at Angry Beaver on South Broadway (he proudly shows off his kitchen clogs). Some nights, Harrison hangs out for hours at Eat-Rite after work, waiting to catch the first bus back to Walnut Park.

“People say St. Louis is fucked up. But I ain’t never come in here and met anybody whose vibe was anything less than admirable.” “Pat’s a cool guy,” Harrison says. “He watches out for me.” Fell says he almost quit Eat-Rite late last year. The tension from Ferguson poisoned the diner. Some black patrons copped an aggressive attitude with him. “It got really bad,” he says. “For a week they called us racists and demanded I give them free stuff. When I said no, they kept saying ‘Michael Brown, Michael Brown.’ I said, ‘What the heck does Michael Brown have to do with cheeseburgers?’”

James “Mr. Finesse Bootygang” Harrison, a regular, ponders the menu. At one point, Fell says, six customers came behind the counter and physically threatened him. He pulled out his .45 handgun and warded them off. That week, Fell says, he started saying a little prayer each day before going into work. One youth got bold during that period and tried to steal the diner’s Pot O’Silver coin game. It was too heavy to budge, so he gave up and ran out the door. The next day, the same kid returned to order food. They recognized him, but they served him anyway. Those patrons and that atmosphere gradually fell away, though. Fell isn’t bitter about what happened during that time. “That kind of stuff,” Fell explains, “it could turn you into a racist. Or you just learn to flow with it.” As he stands there, with dawn glowing blue behind the Arch, a semi-trailer roars south on Seventh street. The whole diner trembles, but only for a brief moment, then steadies itself. ■

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A Row on Antique Row THE BATTLE OVER THE ST. LOUIS SWAP MEET WAS REALLY A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF CHEROKEE STREET

Above: Cranky Yellow, one of many vendors at the swap meet. Right: Another vendor. decades, the antique dealers have tried to brand their blocks as an alcove where tourists and collectors can browse through the furnishings of yesteryear. Until recently Cherokee’s wild western half hadn’t really encroached on the serene eastern half. Then along came a proposal to drop the wild element — New Cherokee — right in their back yard. The arrival of the St. Louis Swap meet launched a debate about fair competition. It also brought one question to the fore. If the forces of renewal in New Cherokee are now unstoppable, as they appear to be, how will historic Antique Row manage to fit in?

ARTIN CASAS, 34, HAS BEEN ACTIVE in local Democrat circles since the midaughts, but he grew up in Orange County, California. There, flea markets are called “swap meets.” They’re sprawling affairs where, he recalls, “you could buy socks, a car, a jacuzzi, clothes, furniture, a dog.” Inspired by that memory (as well as the Nirvana song “Swap Meet”), Casas put together a proposal last summer. His plan went beyond a typical flea market. He envisioned a weekly event with music and food trucks that would also serve as a small-business incubator for artists, farmers, craft-makers and entrepreneurs. Each vendor would pay $25 per day for a ten-by-ten space. Those with vintage items might compete with Antique Row, Casas knew, but the extra foot traffic along Cherokee would make up for it. Casas pitched his idea to several nearby

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business and neighborhood bodies. They warmed to it. He failed, however, to woo any merchants right next door to his planned project: the dealers in the Cherokee Antique Row Merchant Association (CARMA). This failure would come back to haunt him. Feeling sidelined, a few merchants penned letters of opposition to Casas’ permit application last December. CARMA’s then-president, Bruce Schrier, was among them. The 63-yearold owner of Interior Accents wrote that by approving the swap meet as proposed, “the city would be turning its back” on Antique Row. Schrier tells Riverfront Times that he and his fellow merchants pay $50 each year to be members of CARMA. They also pay a business license fee based on their number of employees, plus an additional 50 percent of that amount to join the Cherokee Lemp Special Business District (which largely overlaps with CARMA’s boundaries). All those funds, Schrier says, go to marketing and promoting Antique Row — everything from a website to special street signs to event posters to brochures to ads in the Post-Dispatch. “We’ve worked hard to polish our image,” he says. A market that offered only “junk” could tarnish it and siphon away business. “There are only so many dollars people will spend on Cherokee.” Schrier believes, too, that it’s a “struggle between generations.” “When younger people come in and say, ‘We want to fix the street, you guys are just trying to block us,’ it’s like, ‘Hey, the only reason there’s anything to fix is that we hung in there and

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rom the outside, the first St. Louis Swap Meet looked like a score. Some 5,000 souls swarmed the placid Marine Villa neighborhood on Sunday, May 17. Trekking to the eastern end of Cherokee Street, they found 91 vendors who had set up booths in the old Lemp Brewery’s gravel parking lot. There they milled among new and used goods, and even some produce. The metro area’s newest flea market couldn’t contain the bustle. Shoppers spooled onto adjacent Antique Row, where more than a dozen red-brick shops sell vintage merchandise in the shade of zelBY kova and oak trees. Most dealers N I C H O L A S are closed on Sundays, but some opened their doors that afterP H I L L I P S noon and saw a bump in traffic. The Mud House, a café/restaurant five blocks west, was open too. Its line grew out to the sidewalk. Co-owner Jeremy Miller later said it as one of the highestgrossing Sundays in his café’s six-year history. “The St. Louis Swap meet was a great success,” Miller’s wife and co-owner, Casey, wrote a few days later on the Cherokee Antique Row Facebook page. But then she clarified: “Please know that the majority of the businesses on the street are not opposing the market.” “Haters gonna hate,” she continued. “The rest of us will continue to do business in harmony with everybody else.” “My thoughts exactly,” Jovanka Hammond, co-owner of Hammond’s Antiques & Books, wrote in a reply to Miller’s post. She lamented unnamed “mischief-makers” with a “negative” agenda who “misinformed” people. “We all have a lot to lose if we don’t wake up,” Hammond wrote. “In a more perfect world, my choice would be to keep this private rather than public, but the line has to be drawn somewhere.” Haters? Mischief makers? Over a flea market? Below the surface of the St. Louis Swap meet, a skirmish over the future of Cherokee Street is underway. While “Cherokee” is often uttered in the singular, it’s actually two distinct worlds. To the west of Jefferson Avenue lie the Mexican eateries, art spaces and bars/clubs that have sprouted in the last fifteen years. Call it New Cherokee: The clientele there is young, inclusive, often pierced or dyed or tattooed, and undeniably growing. New shops are popping up practically overnight. To the east of Jefferson sits Antique Row. It’s a cozier, more buttoned-down place. For

stuck by our stores.’” Schrier resigned from CARMA on January 1 to move to St. Petersburg, Florida. Five days later, the city’s board of public service approved Martin Casas’ conditional use permit. But in early May, Casas received a summons to city hall. Someone else had appealed his permit.

ASAS SHOWED UP TO THE BOARD OF adjustment’s appeal hearing on May 20, fresh off the success of his first swap meet. More than a dozen supporters joined him. Four of them testified, including Jeff Vines, who along with his brother Randy owns STL Style, a locally inspired apparel shop fifteen blocks west of the market site. “We had a record sales day for a Sunday,”

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said Vines. He pointed out that the alternative to the event was an idle parking lot. “Activating that empty space is bringing life to the neighborhood.” Speaking in partial opposition, Debra Beatey of Ruth’s Vintage Clothing on Antique Row told the board she wished only to ensure the vendors did two things: secure a business license and pay sales tax, just like a brick-andmortar store. “We want a fair playing field,” she said. When Casas himself testified to the board, he countered that he’s just a landlord. If the board burdens him with ensuring his vendors paid city and state sales tax (which adds up to 8.679 percent), it would be placing him at a disadvantage vis-a-vis the other 39 outdoor markets in the metro region. They aren’t required to police their vendors, he said. (Indeed, organizers of flea markets in Belleville, Illinois; St. Peters; and the Tower Grove Farmers’ Market all confirmed to Riverfront Times that they do not take on the role of tax enforcer.) As for the special business district fee Antique Row veterans pay, Casas pledged to personally kick in money “to help compensate for whatever they feel they’ve been slighted by the vendors.” In theory, Casas tells the RFT, he could check for licenses or limit what’s sold at his market. “But I can’t be held responsible for every vendor that doesn’t make smart decisions,” he says. The appeal to Casas’ permit, as it turns out, was filed by Mark Overton. Overton is a co-owner of Saxquest, a woodwind instru-

ment shop on Antique Row. He’s the sitting president of CARMA. He couldn’t attend the appeal hearing because he was out of town. Overton says CARMA has since voted to support the Swap meet, provided that Casas brings his vendors into compliance with city laws. Casas and CARMA have not yet agreed on what exactly that would look like. “I’m all for the swap meet,” Overton says. “It seems like everyone’s making a big deal

about semantics.” The only other document in opposition in the board of public service’s file on the Swap meet is a letter from Patricia Dorn. In the letter, Dorn says that she bought the building on the 1900 block of Cherokee 34 years ago. It’s now her home and the site of her long-time antique shop, Remember When. “I hope [the swap meet] keeps bringing people down here,” Dorn says. “I wish them

the best. I just think they should pay for a license like we do.” But hadn’t she written in her letter that the swap meet would have “a negative effect” on the value of her building? Dorn replies: “I didn’t write that letter. The lady who works for me wrote it.” That lady is Shirley Wallace. As the only person to testify against the swap meet at two public hearings, continued on page 18

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Wallace has become its most vocal adversary. Wallace has a history of resisting change on Cherokee. In fact, in 2007, the Cherokee Station Business Association, or CSBA, which is CARMA’s counterpart on the west side of Jefferson, requested that the Gravois Park neighborhood stop sending Wallace as a liaison to their meetings. Wallace had called them “drug dealers and anarchists,” the CSBA complained in a letter, and opposed both the Cinco de Mayo festival and public art installations (one of which she ripped off a building with her bare hands). According to the minutes of Casas’ conditional use hearing back on December 18, Wallace testified that the swap meet “will not be a good fit for the area” and that “mostly bar owners are in support of the market.” At the May 20 appeal hearing, she defended the veteran dealers: “If you’re going to charge all these people that are already there and that spent 50 years building this street so that it would be attractive to a flea market on the corner, then somebody needs to make sure that you follow city rules.” Wallace herself does not own any real estate or businesses on Antique Row, a public records search shows, although she is the current treasurer of CARMA and publicly represents Dorn. Asked several times for an interview, Wallace e-mailed her response: “No.”

AST WEEK, THE CITY’S BOARD OF adjustment issued a letter officially upholding the swap meet’s occupancy permit. The board’s decision essentially allows the swap meet to carry on as before, meaning that Casas will not be responsible for making sure his vendors follow the rules — just like flea markets in other cities and neighborhoods. An appeal is still possible. Opponents have 30 days to file a petition in circuit court if they think the ruling is illegal. On a recent Sunday during the swap meet, a

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“I hope [the swap meet] keeps bringing people down here. I wish them the best. I just think they should pay for a license like we do.” half-dozen customers flip through LPs at Tim Hendrickson’s Dead Wax, a tiny record store on Antique Row. “I’m really out of patience with the naysayers,” says Hendrickson, who also reports record sales during the swap meet. “It’s illogical to the point of downright stupidity to be against this.” One of his shoppers is Jose Estela, who handcrafts leather goods such as wallets. Estela has rented a booth at the swap meet to launch his new business, Smith & Kings. He has a license, pays taxes, and aims to scale up. The swap meet, he says, “teaches me how to do it it on a small scale first.” If artisans like him attract new foot traffic to the street, he says, that’s not stealing. “If it wasn’t there before,” he says, “it wasn’t yours to lose.” Jovanka Hammond, the antique dealer just two blocks from the swap meet, says she isn’t afraid of competition anyway. “I know I can stand up to them,” she says. Hammond has been selling books and antiques on Cherokee for 35 years. Hammond welcomes the newcomers. “The more the merrier, and the bigger the pie is. “You always have to bring in new people,” she continues. But she has no plans to get swallowed up by the swap meet: “I’ll probably have to die to leave here.” ■

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Knights of Columbus Park 50 St. francois Street, Florissant, MO Near Lindbergh & Washington St.

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Hispanic Arts & Crafts Car Show on Saturday Folklore Dancers Authentic Food Booths Live Latino Bands Los Ninos Kids Corner For Information: (314) 837-6100 www.hispanicfestival.com

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LAURA CARELESS: LOST GODDESS

Laura Careless performs Lost Goddess on Thursday.

Persephone was the goddess of the underworld in Greek mythology. She was initially abducted by Hades, king of the dead, who took her home and tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds. (If you eat anything in the underworld, you have to stay forever.) Persephone’s mother, Demeter (goddess of the harvest), successfully freed her, but only for part of the year; Demeter’s sorrow at her daughter’s part-time absence resulted in the poor growing season of winter. The Greeks worshiped Persephone through a combination of dance and ritual performance. Tonight at 8 p.m. at the Gaslight Theater (358 North Boyle Avenue; www. brownpapertickets.com), dancer Laura Careless celebrates Demeter through the ritual performance Lost Goddess. The piece combines dance, drama and music to explore the myth’s themes of mother-daughter relationships and seasonal cycles. Tickets are $10 to $20. — PAUL FRISWOLD

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PINK FLAMINGOS

Drag queen Divine always considered himself a man — transgressive, not transgender. And if he hadn’t stepped up to the plate to consume freshly deposited dog doo during the filming of John Waters’ Pink Flamingos, the world may not ever have been exposed to his — and Waters’ — unique talents. In the film, Divine plays Divine, “the filthiest woman alive,” according to a local tabloid. Connie and Raymond Marbles want that title for themselves and attempt to destroy Divine and her extended family to get it. What follows is a bunch of messed-up stuff that made the film infamous. Pink Flamingos is shown at midnight Friday and Saturday (June 26 and 27) at the Moolah Theatre & Lounge (3821 Lindell Boulevard; 314-446-6868 or www.stlouiscinemas.com/moolah). Tickets are $5, and you must be eighteen or older to enter. — MARK FISCHER [MUSICAL]

BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL

Cheerleaders generally get a bad rap. People are either jealous of them, or cast them as empty-headed bullies who don’t care about community, volunteerism or your feelings. And that may be true from time to time. But as with any group, there is diversity in spirit, capacity for compassion and all of the other good stuff. Bring It On: The Musical — which is performed by the COCA Theatre Company this weekend — is about Campbell, a high school cheerleader who will be cheer captain continued on page 22 riverfronttimes.com riverfronttimes.com M OJ N UT NH E X 2 4X–X - 3 0X, , 2200105X RRI IVVE ERRF FRROONNT T T TI IMME ES S 211

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in the new school year. Thanks to redistricting, she ends up at Jackson, an inner-city school that doesn’t have a cheer squad. Can she build a new squad and maybe make some new friends in the process? Ultimately, Bring It On is less about cheerleading and more about about friendship and being true to oneself, which is important for the cheery and the non-cheery among us. COCA Theatre presents the musical at 7 p.m. Friday, and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday (June 26 and 27) at the Edison Theatre on Washington University’s campus (6445 Forsyth Boulevard; 314-725-6555 or www.cocastl.org). Tickets are $16. — ALISON SIELOFF [BURLESQUE]

BABES IN BRASSLAND

The irresistible forces of the Randy Dandies burlesque company meet the traditional New Orleans jazz of the Funky Butt Brass Band in Babes in Brassland. Mimi Le Yu, Lola Van Ella and Roxy Red Rockets and the rest of the Dandies shimmy and shake while the band swings and stomps — what’s not to love

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about that? It’s an old-fashioned treat with new-look styling, all in the friendly confines of Jazz at the Bistro (3536 Washington Avenue; 314-571-6000 or www.jazzstl.org). There are shows at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday (June 26 and 27), and tickets are $10 to $20. A word to the wise — if you wear your St. Lou Fringe badge, you get in for just $15. — PAUL FRISWOLD

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SOULARD GARDEN TOUR

Each year the citizens of the kingdom of Soulard open up their private gardens, greeneries, parlors and galleries to the general public for the annual Soulard garden tour. This year nine stops highlight the best, boldest and brightest in local botany, set against the backdrop of this historic neighborhood. Sponsored by the Soulard Alliance to benefit the Soulard Restoration Group, this day of garden creations and decorations begins at Mad Art Gallery (2727 South Twelfth Street; 314-542-0400 or www.

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soulard.org) with tour destinations including an exclusive wine garden, Monet-inspired art, music at Soulard Station and a special viewing of the 9th Street Abbey’s secret garden. The tour runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. Admission is $12 to $15. — ROB LEVY [ART EXHIBIT]

SENUFO: ART AND IDENTITY IN WEST AFRICA

The Saint Louis Art Museum (314-721-0072 or www.slam.org) celebrates the rich artistic heritage of West Africa with Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa, a new retrospective featuring more than 170 works of art on loan from museums and private collections from around the world. This first contemporary exhibition of Senufo artwork in North America explores how the figures, masks and decorative arts of many Sub-Saharan societies were academically classified and how cultural labeling has changed their perceived context since the 1930s. Léger and Picasso were both influenced by these civilizations whose artwork requires a serious gander to better understand their signifi-

cance. Senufo is on display through Friday, September 18. Admission is $6 to $12, but free on Friday. — ROB LEVY [L GBTA]

PRIDEFEST

Every summer, PrideFest turns downtown St. Louis into an affirmation of progress and a celebration of love. Each iteration is better and brighter than the last: It’s a massive street party with a major social conscience. This year’s festival takes place 4:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday (June 26 to 28) at Soldiers’ Memorial (Fourteenth and Chestnut streets; www.pridestl.org). Saturday’s entertainment includes the Gateway Men’s Chorus and Kim Massie, with Dev headlining the evening. At 3 p.m., meet the winners of the 2015 Pride Royalty Pageant. Throughout the day, enjoy a variety of comedy acts, musical performances, and family-friendly activities including arts and crafts and a bounce house. Do bring the kids — you’re never too young to learn that love is love. Admission to PrideFest is free. — BROOKE FOSTER

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BATTLE ON THE BOARD

COMPTON HEIGHTS CONCERT BAND

THE BREAKFAST CLUB

World War II wasn’t an off-to-the-margins conflict that affected primarily young working-class men and women. This blowup was colossal. Besides the terror of actual combat, there were hours of stultifying, anxious downtime. What to do with all those empty hours in the pre-TV, pre-Internet age? The soldier’s friend, chess, filled the need. A new exhibit at the World Chess Hall of Fame (4652 Maryland Avenue; 314-367-9243 or www.worldchesshof.org) illuminates this facet of chess’ history. Battle on the Board: Chess During World War II lends insight into chess’ therapeutic value for military members and includes POW chess sets from the collections of the National Museum of the Marine Corps and the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The exhibition is open Tuesday through Sunday through January 17, 2016. Admission is free but donations are appreciated. — ALEX WEIR

In every band, some musicians are relegated to less celebrated instruments, such as the cowbell or triangle, while their peers tackle the woodwinds, brass and strings. But in the 1812 Overture, those celebrated instruments all play second fiddle to the percussive power of the cannons, which composer Tchaikovsky included in his score to commemorate the Russian Army’s defense of Moscow against Napoleon’s French forces. The Compton Heights Concert Band’s free Fourth of July tribute features a rousing performance of the 1812 Overture complete with firing cannons and Civil War re-enactors (unencumbered by cowbells or triangles) ready to lock and load. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Tower Grove Park ( 4256 Magnolia Avenue; 314-776-2227 or www. chband.org). — MARK FISCHER

As the laws of time dictate, some people are teenagers now, some individuals were teenagers long ago, and most of us still feel like teenagers, at least every now and again. Maybe that’s what makes The Breakfast Club so special. Sure, in some ways, it’s a time capsule of suburban high school in the 1980s, but it’s also so much more than that. John Hughes’ film endures over time — even among people who were born long after the 30-year-old film was made — because sometimes we all feel like, and are, the brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess (or prince) and the criminal. The Breakfast Club is shown at 8 p.m. tonight at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood; 314-241-2337 or www.schlafly.com) as part of the Webster Film Series’ Strange Brew program. Admission is $5. — A LISON SIELOFF

Right: See the gardens of Soulard. Left: Face mask, probably Côte d’Ivoire; wood, brass tacks; h. 14 3/16 inches; National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. A gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of the Walt DisneyCompany, 2005-6-50.

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The Wolfpack Directed by Crystal Moselle. Starring Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Krsna Angulo, Mukunda Angulo and Narayana Angulo. Opens Friday, June 26, at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Boulevard, University City. Call 314-727-7271 or visit www.landmarktheatres.com.

A sketch of adolescent angst in When Marnie Was There.

The Strangeness of Life STUDIO GHIBLI’S LATEST IS A BEAUTIFUL AND AFFECTING STORY OF A GIRL LEARNING HOW TO LIVE When Marnie Was There Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Written by Keiko Niwa, Masashi Ando and Hiromasa Yonebayashi from Joan G. Robinson’s novel. English adaptation by David Freedman. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Kiernan Shipka and Geena Davis. Opens Friday, June 19, at Plaza Frontenac Cinema, 1701 South Lindbergh Boulevard, Frontenac; 314-995-6285 or www.landmarktheatres.com.

hose who think of anime as a medium suited only for science-fiction heroes with bad haircuts and neurotic animals competing in repetitive card-playing games may be surprised and quite likely charmed by the down-to-earth quality of When Marnie Was There, the BY latest — and some fear the ROBERT last — offering from Japan’s revered Studio Ghibli. LongHUNT time Ghibli fans may find it a little less ambitious than earlier milestones such as Spirited Away, but what Marnie lacks in adventure or fantasy is compensated with a convincing depiction of

adolescent angst with a gothic twist. It’s a deliberately low-key tale set (well, mostly) in the real world and guided by the self-conscious emotions of youth — but filtered through a Henry James-like ghost story. Based on a 1967 young adult novel by British author Joan G. Robinson (which Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki once named as one of his favorite books for children), Marnie is the story of Anna, a depressed, asthmatic twelve-year-old girl sent to live with relatives in the country. With plenty of free time to wander the area, she becomes fascinated with an old mansion at the side of a marsh, and also with Marnie, a young girl she occasionally sees behind the mansion windows. An intense friendship develops between the two girls, despite indications that Marnie may not actually exist. She seems to wander between the present and a Gatsby-style past where her wealthy parents host a never-ending party, and many of her meetings with Anna end with the latter either collapsing or waking up from a dream. Marnie is even drawn just slightly out of style with the rest of the film, with pale features and slightly outdated clothes recalling John Tenniel’s depiction of Alice in Wonderland, and the film subtly lets the viewer — but not Anna — become aware of her otherwordliness. Its supernatural elements aside — and they’re so understated as to barely register for the first half of the film — most of When Marnie Was There is a quiet and thoughtful film about Anna growing up and discovering herself. Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi devotes much of the film to simply following Anna’s almost plotless explorations of the world around her. This

is, oddly, a film that delights in the sights and sounds of the natural world: A compulsive artist, Anna spends many scenes with pencils and sketchbook in hand, and her realistic drawings of Marnie, the mansion and the town provide a black-and-white reflection of the film’s own realist/animated world. So if Marnie celebrates the natural world, why make it as anime? There’s hardly a scene that doesn’t provide an answer. This is, as one has come to expect from Ghibli, a visually beautiful film, with subtle touches in atmosphere and design that would be heavy-handed in a real film. Animation allows the ordinary to startle with its vividness, from hidden depths in a landscape to rich, vibrant details from nature. (There are times when I had to stare closely at the backgrounds to confirm that the filmmakers hadn’t slipped in photographic elements.) Compared to the sameness of so many recent hyperactive CGI adventures, Marnie is an anomaly, a film in which every landscape or cloud calls for contemplation. And yet the naturalness of the graphic design complements the simplicity of the plot and the single-mindedness of its heroine. Passionate without becoming hysterical, emotional without becoming melodramatic, When Marnie Was There ultimately favors Anna’s growth over its gothic ghost story with a conclusion that is slightly contrived but, by young-adult fiction standards, completely satisfying. Spirits are put to rest, mysteries are explained, and life, which Anna has learned to embrace, is just a little strange sometimes. As strange and beautiful as the collision of animation and realism in this film. ■ riverfronttimes.com

t begins with a flurry of activity — six young men with waist-length hair, mostly teenagers, wearing dark suits and running back and forth in a narrow apartment hallway. They carry a variety of homemade prop guns elaborately constructed from cardboard, aluminum foil and duct tape. It will not take long for most viewers to recognize that these young men are enthusiastically restaging their own version of Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. We’ve all heard of cult movies, but what we seem to be witnessing is a reversal, a movie-based cult. The young men are the Wolfpack, six brothers who used their passion for movies to escape — both figuratively and literally — from a strange and abusive childhood. When filmmaker Crystal Moselle saw them on the streets of New York in the Reservoir Dogs garb, she became interested in their story; in making her film, she pushes that narrative toward an ending. The Wolfpack is the story of the Angulo family, nine people living together in a single apartment in New York’s Lower East Side. The father, Oscar, was a tour guide in Peru when he met and married Susanne, an American tourist. Oscar appears to be a quasi-cult leader who found a rather gullible partner. He convinced Susanne that they should have ten children (they had to stop at seven) and gave them all Sanskrit names (Bhagavan, Govinda, Jagadesh, Krisna, Mukunda and Narayana; their daughter is named Visnu). After a vague plan to move to Europe fell through, the Angulos ended up in New York, where the children were home-schooled. Out of paranoia or a need to control his family, Oscar ruled that the children couldn’t cut their hair, leave the apartment or even move from one room continued on page 26

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A rare trip outside of film — and outside of the house — for Jagadesh and Mukunda Angulo.

to another without his permission. But in the absence of any social life, the children were encouraged to watch movies from their father’s extensive collection. For the Angulo boys, movies became their primary window to the outside world. They began by transcribing the dialogue of their favorites, then made their own reproductions of the cover art and eventually remade these films with a home video camera. Re-creating the experiences of the characters in Pulp Fiction and The Dark Knight became a way to experience life by surrogate; watching the brothers in “real life” in the film, one senses that in their mannerisms and vocal patterns they’re still relying on cinematic role models, unconsciously imitating Jack Nicholson or Harvey Keitel as a kind of protective cool to keep the real world at bay. Watching The Wolfpack, I was reminded of another documentary about a dysfunctional family who turned their lack of socialization into a kind of performance art, Albert and David Maysles’ classic Grey Gardens. But where Edie Beale and her mother seemed to feed on their isolation, the Angulos use their only outlet — their love of movies — to learn how to rebel. Moselle doesn’t really take much time explaining the Wolfpack’s story. She’s more

concerned with acting as an observer and a confidante. She accompanies the brothers on one of their rare excursions into the outside world and, although the film doesn’t make the point obvious, appears to have been a major factor in their eventual break from confinement. Documentary purists — do they still exist? — may have misgivings about Moselle’s methods, but her film depicts the Angulo family not from the position of an observer but from that of a guest. She wins the confidence of most of the brothers and, perhaps even more significantly, also that of their mother, whose evolution during the film is in some ways even more startling that that of her sons. (Moselle even manages to get father Oscar in front of the camera, but only briefly.) As a story of both popular culture and of a dysfunctional family, The Wolfpack rises above the potential fan-boy/freakshow aspects of its subject matter. Perhaps most interesting is its reversal of one of the most of the most familiar culture war issues of our time: the conservative nightmare of how the secular, media-dominated world threatens the family. The Wolfpack turns this upsidedown to show how secular media provide one family with a much-needed escape. — ROBERT HUNT

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eorge W. Bush famously stated that he looked Vladimir Putin in the eyes and could see his soul. Even if the former president famously misjudged Putin’s character, I imagine the dinner party that might have precipitated those comments would have been a lot like dining at HandleBar: an odd blend of Russian fare BY and Southern-inspired comC H E RY L fort food. Here is borscht as well as pork-belly hash, and BAEHR Eastern European ground pork and bacon dumplings served alongside pimento cheese. And hummus. And…St. Louis-style pizza? Yes, that too. This — a menu that does not hew closely to a region or cuisine — shouldn’t work. But just like the relationship between the two leaders, it somehow does. HandleBar is the brainchild of Tatyana Telnikova, a Moscow native who moved to the United States in the late 1990s. Telnikova has embraced her new life in the States, but, like most expats, she’s deeply homesick for the familiar foods of the motherland. In her quest to share her culinary heritage with St. Louis diners, she could have gone the stereotypical route and opened a red-leatherswathed Russian-themed vodka lounge. Instead she decided to do things differently, opening a good ol’ American bar and serving Russian food in place of standard pub fare. Though it’s been a successful formula for the past five years, Telnikova shuttered HandleBar for a week this past February to update the bar’s look and revamp the menu. Aesthetic changes were minimal. Really, it was more of a good scrub-down than a remodel. HandleBar still looks, first and foremost, like a place for doing shots of Fernet and hitting the dance floor. A few refinished wooden booths line one of the walls, and a handful of tables dot the adjoining rooms. The large bar, stocked with craft beer, is still the focal point, and the open dance floor remains, albeit with a fresh coat of varnish, after having been previously destroyed by revelers dancing all night to MGMT. Russian and Eastern European dishes remain the centerpieces of HandleBar’s menu, but it’s now sprinkled with American comfort food. The reason for this mashup is

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Though borscht is listed on the menu’s Telnikova’s heritage shines equally bright introductory write-up as a “thing you must try,” in the gravlax blinchiki. A thin, beer-battered I did not see it on the board of fare. The server crêpe is topped with smoked salmon, dill checked with the kitchen for me, and I was sour cream, arugula and diced red onions, presented with a steaming bowl then rolled up and drizzled of delectable soup. The beetwith more sour cream. The Handlebar infused broth was clear and malty sweet dish is like a Brussels sprouts ........ $5 delicate like a consommé, while delicious Baltic burrito. Russian flat bread ...... $9 a few hunks of the sugary root I preferred this version Gravlax vegetables provided a subtle to both the “Ukranian” and blinchiki (2)............... $9 thickening effect. Diced green beef blinchiki. The mild onions contributed as much sausage in the former was flavor as the beets, giving a pungent punch overwhelmed by strong mustard, and the that balanced the broth’s earthy sweetness. diced steak in the latter continued on page 30 riverfronttimes.com IV ER FR IM E S 291 riverfronttimes.com M JOUNNT EH 2X4X–X - 3 0X, ,22001 0 5X RR IV ER FR OO NN T TT T IM ES

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was chewy. Another Russian specialty, the dumplings called “pelmini,” would have been a success if they were seasoned better. Both the cumin-scented pork filling and broth begged for salt. The menu then takes an abrupt turn South, and I don’t mean toward Sochi. A dish, simply titled “Hash,” finds roasted potatoes covered in rich, braised pork belly, mildly spiced chorizo and a sunny-side-up egg. Though seemingly out of place, I can’t imagine a better option for a night of overimbibing. Pimento cheese also makes an appearance — though the fact that it’s sometimes called the “caviar of the South” makes it seem less out of place than you might assume at first glance. The gooey cheese and sweet red chile dip needed more punch and salt, but it was a fair enough riff. Some of HandleBar’s best offerings come in the form of vegetable-centric dishes. A simple salad of whole baby carrots served atop arugula is brightened with fresh mint and diced pickled onions. The ginger-spiked vinaigrette pairs well with the peppery greens. Meanwhile, the earthy roasted Brussels sprouts in another salad are tossed with hunks of bacon and sweetened with burnt honey vinaigrette. A light sprinkling of goat cheese adds just enough funk without being overbearing. I headed back to the USSR for what turned out to be my favorite dishes. The first, a Russian flatbread, was an opportunity to eat more of the luscious house-smoked salmon. This time, it was served atop thin, crispy shell that had been spread with dill crème fraîche. Pickled onions and arugula cut through the richness, and a few dollops of caviar gave it a salty pop. I equally enjoyed the “Baltic Banh Mi,” a twist on the quintessential Vietnamese

Pimento cheese makes an appearance — though the fact that it’s sometimes called the “caviar of the South” makes it seem less out of place than you might assume at first glance. sandwich. HandleBar’s version stuffs a light but crusty baguette with smoked whitefish. Dressed in creamy mayonnaise, the smoked fish mimics the pâté that’s traditionally served on a banh mi. Pickled peppers, thinly sliced jalapeños, cucumber and cilantro add refreshing crunch to this excellent sandwich. Telnikova wants HandleBar to be known as much for its food as for its raging dance parties. Sitting out on the back patio on a weeknight around 7 p.m., I could forget I was in a bar. Even dining inside a little later on a Saturday night proved low-key, though once the crowds begin to filter in the scene may become too distracting for diners hoping simply to enjoy a meal. Yet the retooled menu does a good job at showing a side to HandleBar beyond its hipster-watering-hole reputation. U.S.Russian relations may have cooled since the days of Bush and Putin, but Telnikova’s reset is going just fine. ■ For more about food and St. Louis restaurants, visit Gut Check: blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck.

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DOWNTOWN Death in the Afternoon 808 Chestnut Street; 314-6213236. Death in the Afternoon is a culinary oasis set in downtown’s idyllic Citygarden. The weekday lunch spot is the brainchild of Adam Frager and TJ Vytlacil of the members-only restaurant and bar Blood & Sand. Death in the Afternoon features impeccably presented soups, salads, sandwiches and snacks. From kimchi and pickled vegetables to housemade pastrami served on a pretzel, the menu offers something for everyone’s palate. The mahi mahi sandwich is spectacular: The fresh grilled fish is so moist it’s as if it were poached. Served with Meyer lemon and dill aioli, pickles and fennel salad, it’s an excellent lunchtime treat. The restaurant’s signature entrée is the tonkotsu ramen, a bowl of mouthwatering pork broth teeming with housemade noodles, mushrooms, pork loin and belly, a soft-boiled egg and garnished with black garlic oil. It’s comfort in a bowl. And lest the kids romping in Citygardens’ fountains have all the fun, Death in the Afternoon serves a rotating selection of cotton candy for dessert. It’s a whimsical end to a perfect meal — a great way to kill an afternoon. $$-$$$ Eat-Rite Diner 622 Chouteau Avenue; 314-621-9621. “Eat Rite or Don’t Eat At All.” So it says on the coffee cups (and the souvenir T-shirts) at this no-frills 24-hour greasy spoon amid the industrial wasteland between downtown and Soulard. Folks come from miles around to fill up on the breakfast-and-burgers T H IS C O D E menu: bar-hoppers and club TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE kids finally coming down from RIVERFRONT TIMES their late-night-into-earlyIPHONE/ANDROID APP morning highs; factory workers FOR MORE RESTAURANTS OR VISIT and blue-collars getting off riverfronttimes.com graveyard shifts; curious newcomers who’ve heard about the bizarro vibe that pervades these cramped counter-only environs. To call the food at Eat-Rite cheap is an understatement — six burgers (real-size, not White Castle-size) run $4.50. And many swear by the Eat-Rite’s redoubtable slinger (for the uninitiated, that’d be fried eggs, hash browns and a burger patty, avec chili). $ Maurizio’s Pizza & Pasta Bowl 220 S. Tucker Boulevard; 314-621-1997. Dives usually aren’t this spacious; there are enough tables and chairs set up in Maurizio’s to make it look like a cross between a sports bar and a corporate cafeteria. Dives also never boast menus this expansive: New York-style pizzas, strombolis, lasagna, manicotti, rib-eye steak, lemon chicken, pork steak, subs, burgers, salads and — the icing on the cake — tiramisu. And while getting tons of food at cheap prices is great and all, what makes Maurizio’s a don’t-miss is the late-night people-watching. Open till 3 a.m. seven days a week, Maurizio’s is the place to cap off a night of downtown debauchery — and to witness all walks of Lou life in their after-hours glory. $ Pizzeoli 1928 South 12th Street; 314-449-1111. Before a recent expansion, Pizzeoli occupied a tiny, shotgun-style storefront on the first floor of one of Soulard’s historic buildings. Signaling how seriously Scott Sandler takes his pies, the authentic, wood-burning, Neapolitan oven took up roughly a third of the restaurant’s precious real estate. Now there’s room to sit: In addition to the small bar and a sixtable dining area, Sandler has added a second dining room, which was previously its own restaurant. A few vintage travel posters of Naples dot the walls, and some Hindu-inspired décor, including a photograph of Sandler’s guru, is scattered about the interior. Sandler makes his dough fresh daily with

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finely ground “00” domestic flour (he’s decided it’s better than the Italian version) and a little bit of yeast. After it’s cooked in the 900-degree wood oven, the result is a pale gold crust speckled with small black dots of char that looks like a cheetah’s coat. Toppings are simple — and entirely vegetarian — ranging from the classic Neapolitan pies to some of Sandler’s own creations. The Margherita, the only true way to measure a Neapolitan pizzeria’s authenticity, is perfectly on point. Crushed and salted pear tomatoes, basil leaves and pearls of fresh mozzarella topped the impeccably cooked crust. The sauceless “Affumicata” pie is brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with halved cherry tomatoes. Smoked mozzarella is melted over the top, and its flavor mingles with the char on the crust for a pleasantly bitter taste. Peppery arugula blankets the dish after it came out of the oven and provides a final, pungent punch. $-$$ Rooster 1104 Locust Street; 314-241-8118. This charming crêperie brings a little bit of Paris to downtown. Savory crêpes feature both the hearty (“German-style” sausages, bacon, roasted sirloin) and the delicate (brie with roasted apples, egg with Gruyère). Fans of owner Dave Bailey’s Lafayette Square hot spot Baileys’ Chocolate Bar won’t be surprised by the excellent sweet crêpes, from a simple lemon one dusted with sugar to the indulgent “Peanut Butter Cup,” which is even richer than its namesake. The menu also features soups, salads and sandwiches, as well as Serendipity ice cream and Kaldi’s coffee. $ Tony’s 410 Market Street; 314-231-7007. In St. Louis, many restaurant discussions begin and end with Tony’s, for very good reason. The Bommarito clan, which owns the restaurant, is positively fanatical about perfection in every aspect of the meal. Entrées are not particularly elaborate but are perfectly balanced. Lobster Albanello is considered something of a signature dish, but nowhere will you find a better veal chop. There is generally something available either on or off the menu to please any mood, including a layering of roasted fresh vegetables for the non-carnivore. Throughout the meal, patriarch Vince Bommarito wanders and schmoozes. $$$$

L A FAY E T T E S Q UA R E 33 Wine Shop & Tasting Bar 1913 Park Avenue; 314-2319463. Though unassuming and simple from the outside, 33 Wine Shop & Tasting Bar provides outstanding hospitality, more than 700 wines and one of the best beer lists in the city. The result is a relaxing yet engaging opportunity to sip, contemplate or just plain drink your vino. Though lacking a full menu, there’s a nice array of cheese, cured meats and crackers to hold you over. Pricing is great, with bottles marked up just $9 over 33’s very competitive “take home” prices (it is a wine shop, too), which makes it a great place to go big on a specialty bottle. The oft-rotating draft selection, along with the list of bottled brew, highlights great beers both American and imported, many of which are rarely available on tap locally. $$-$$$ Baileys’ Chocolate Bar 1915 Park Avenue; 314-241-8100. Located at 1915 Park in the heart of the idyllic Lafayette Square neighborhood, Baileys’ Chocolate Bar serves up some of the city’s best desserts and cocktails, in addition to a small but stellar selection of savory offerings. Thanks to its dim lighting and the rich browns and reds that dominate the interior, Baileys’ Chocolate Bar is deservedly known as one of the city’s most romantic spots. Selections range from classic desserts like crème brûlée and Baileys’ strawberry sundae to more contemporary creations like its vegan banana split made with strawberry sorbet, as well as a variety of housemade ice creams and truffles. Savory offerings include sandwiches, salads and pizzettas, and a sizeable selection of fine cheeses. The bar serves up a bevy of beers, wines and specialty cocktails — your sweet tooth will thank you. $-$$ Element 1419 Carroll Street; 314-241-1674. Element serves up hearty rustic American food in a beautifully restored historic brick building. The two-story, warmly rich space is filled with glass and wood and features an open kitchen in the lower level restaurant area so that every table feels like a chef’s table. The top floor offers small plates and a gorgeous full bar in an urban-chic lounge area. Both levels offer outdoor seating with stunning views of downtown St. Louis. Notable dishes include a pork-belly small plate — so creamy it is almost spreadable — served with tangy blue-cheese mousse, plums, French prunes and walnuts. The short-rib large plate is equally decadent, the meat falling apart with the slightest prodding of a fork. Served with a rich sweet potato ale, rutabaga and Swiss chard, the short ribs are tailor-made for a chilly day. The wine list is small but thoughtful, the beer list features local craft selections and the bartenders are up to the challenge of customizing a cocktail based on mood. $$$ Planter’s House 1000 Mississippi Avenue; 314-696-2603. Finally, master mixologist Ted Kilgore gets a house of his own with Planter’s House. This Lafayette Square temple to mixology is a showroom for Kilgore and company’s (his wife, Jamie, and business partner, Ted Charak) inspired cocktail artistry. Drinks run the gamut from the approachable “Planter’s House Punch” to the esoteric wormwood-laden “Unusual Suspect.” The joint is, first and foremost, a cocktail room, but it features an inspired food menu. The poutine is magnificent — thick, red-wine pork gravy covers a platter of fried and smashed fingerling potatoes. Or try the duck burger, a mammoth mix of ground duck, pork and bacon served open-face on a pumpernickel bun with Gouda and a fried duck egg. It’s quite possibly the perfect way to soak up all of that booze. $$-$$$

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The Beat Goes On A STAGE IV CANCER DIAGNOSIS WON’T STOP KEN MCCRAY Ken McCray Benefit Show with Joe Dirt, Trixie Delight, Jimmy Griffin and Superjam 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12. Mile 277 Tap & Grill, 10701 Watson Road, Sunset Hills. $20. 314645-3277.

eff Gallo and Ken McCray are sitting in a Starbucks in south city, sipping coffee as they reminisce about the bands they’ve played in together over the years. Gallo wears a Faust trucker hat and a white shirt that doesn’t quite cover the giant “Missouri Route 55 South” tattoo that stretches across his forearm. Across from him, McCray wears a light blue Superman T-shirt. He has bright blue eyes and clean-cut blond hair. He looks strong and healthy. At a glance, you would have no idea that he has been battling cancer for the past three and a half years. McCray has been on chemotherapy and other invasive treatments for practically the entire time that he has been playing with Gallo in SuperBY jam, a well-regarded local cover band. Despite his illDEREK ness, the drummer has only S C H W A R T Z missed two shows. One of them was on the weekend that the surgeons cut out his colon cancer, leaving him under sedation. The other time, he had a blood clot in his leg that swelled up so much he couldn’t use his foot pedal. He still drove out to the show to give his fill-in some pointers. “He was still there, scowling,” remembers Gallo with a smile. “That is one thing I’m actually kind of proud of,” says McCray. “Even on my sickest days — the days when I feel like I’m literally going to throw up in my lap — I’m still playing the show. That’s kind of selfish. I do it for myself. At the end of the night it’s like, ‘I did it. That’s one for me. Fuck you, cancer. I did it.’” McCray grew up down the street from Benton Park and started playing drums professionally at age fourteen. With the exception of a four-year stint in the Navy, he has lived in St. Louis his entire life, and has been performing in bands around town for more than 25 years. In addition to Superjam, he is the drummer for Tilts, a local hard-rock band with two LPs and a national following. His chops are formidable — in 2014, Riverfront Times even named McCray the best drummer in St. Louis.

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“He’s just one of the absolute best musicians at what he does, and everybody knows it,” says Gallo, who plays bass in Superjam. “He’s really in the upper echelon of musicians.” Gallo first met McCray in 2008 when he auditioned to play bass in McCray’s band, Shame Club. McCray had a different look back then — about 50 pounds heavier than he is now, with a scruffy beard and long hair that he pulled back into a ponytail. Gallo says he was a little intimidated by McCray at first but knew almost immediately that they were going to get along. “When I went to audition for Shame Club, [guitarist] Andy White and I were sitting in the rehearsal space and Ken came in,” Gallo remembers with a laugh. “Andy had his ashtray on Ken’s kick drum and Ken says, ‘Andy, are you fucking kidding me with the ashtray?’ He totally went off on him. It was my first day and I was like, “‘This is going to work good,’ because I’m used to that kind of shit. I’m used to bands arguing as soon as they walk in the door.”

Gallo says that he only got the part in Shame Club because he had the coolest-looking bass, but McCray reminds him that he nailed the audition. In 2011, McCray started feeling a sharp pain in his abdomen when he ate or drank. He went to a doctor who diagnosed him with diverticulitis and prescribed antibiotics. But the pain only got more severe; sometimes it was so bad that he would drop to the floor. He remembers playing a string of shows that year with Pay the Cobra and feeling so sick onstage that afterward he would rush to the bathroom to throw up, or sit in front of a fan until the feeling passed. On January 1, 2012, McCray joined Superjam, who by then had already earned a reputation as one of the strongest cover bands in town. Then, on January 12, he was diagnosed with colon cancer. If the doctors had run a colonoscopy when McCray first started complaining about the pain in his abdomen, they may have caught riverfronttimes.com

Superjam, with Ken McCray and Jeff Gallo on the right.

the cancer in its early stages. Unfortunately, the disease had already developed to Stage IV and spread to his liver. “I was so resentful of his doctors,” Gallo says when McCray remembers receiving his diagnosis. “Like, ‘Why didn’t they check that shit a year ago? Are you fucking kidding me?’” “There are times when I get a little bit upset by that,” McCray adds, interrupting Gallo. “Sometimes I wonder, ‘If they would have caught it a year earlier, would it have spread to my liver? If we caught it earlier, would I be in a different position right now?’ It was a little too easy to say, ‘It’s diverticulitis; take some antibiotics,’ but whatever. That doesn’t change what’s happened. You have to deal with what you have.” The doctors started McCray on chemotherapy right away, and at first it seemed like it was working. His numbers continued on page 40

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Record Breaker VINTAGE VINYL PARTNERS SPLIT; LEW PRINCE MOVING ON

om “Papa” Ray is now the sole owner of Vintage Vinyl. After more than three decades of sharing duties with cofounder Lew Prince, Ray assumed full ownership on June 15, as Prince moves on to new adventures. The reason for the split? As Prince says, “I did this for 35 years. My kids graduated from college, and it’s paid for. My house is paid for. Now I get to do something different. It’s just that simple.” Vintage Vinyl started in 1979 when Ray and Prince began selling used records out of a booth at Soulard Farmers’ Market. The business thrived and eventually put down roots on the west end of the Delmar Loop in University City. “Tom and I very much wanted it to be the musical center in St. Louis,” Prince explains. “We wanted it to be a place where people who were interested in a certain kind of American music or world music could find each other.” Their plan worked. The store was recently named as one of the ten best record stores in the United States, which only confirmed what locals already knew. Vintage Vinyl has long served as a hub of St. Louis music culture — in addition to supplying the expected musicstore wares, it is also a friend of the local scene. The shop stocks tons of St. Louis music, frequently hosts bands for in-store performances and boasts a thriving paper-fliers section just inside the front door, Internet be damned. In keeping, Ray credits the shop’s success to St. Louis’ rich musical history.

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were dropping, and the cancer went into remission. That summer, surgeons believed they had successfully removed the last of the colon cancer. Still, the treatment was expensive, and not all of it was covered by McCray’s health insurance. In that first year, Gallo suggested that Superjam play a benefit concert, but McCray said no. “There are people who really need a benefit,” McCray says of his initial hesitancy. “Up until recently, I didn’t really feel like I needed one as much as someone else could need it. I just felt weird. It’s hard taking money.” But then the cancer started to resist treatment, and it spread to his lungs. His doctors were forced to shift their approach. Instead of trying to eradicate the disease, they would try to contain it. McCray was devastated, but he didn’t let the cancer keep him from playing music. In addition to performing with Superjam, in 2013, McCray and his bandmates from Tilts went into the studio to record their second album, Cuatro Hombres. The band only had a small window of time — and the days happened to line up with a particularly grueling week of chemotherapy — but McCray didn’t miss a beat. “The record turned out great, but when I listen to it, all I can remember really is how I was feeling when we recorded the songs,” says McCray. “On some of them my hands hurt so bad I could barely hold the sticks. I’m glad that people can hear the goodness out of it, but it was incredibly painful to record.” It wasn’t until a month ago, after he had to go to court because he couldn’t pay a medical bill, that McCray finally gave in and agreed to let Gallo throw a benefit for him. Gallo has never organized an event like this before, but he says that planning has been easy because of how eager McCray’s friends and family are to help. “It just came together so effortlessly. If it came together so effortlessly, it must have been meant to be,” Gallo says. “It really did lay itself out really quickly. Everybody wanted to help.” McCray still has some mixed feelings about accepting donations, but he has been touched by the overwhelming support that he has received from friends, family and fans. He says that he is looking forward to the benefit, not because of the money, but because he will get to spend a full day giving waist hugs to his friends and loved ones. “For us, coming from the cover-band world, when we play a gig, we want a packed house,” McCray says. “We want a lot of people there. Forget that it’s a benefit, forget the auctions — we just want a lot of people to show up to our gig. For me, its not about the money. It’s about having my friends that I’ve never met and my friends that I’ve known my entire life all in one place.” “It’s a fact that he’s a badass,” Rallo adds, “and people know it, so they’re going to show up for him.” ■

Lew Prince and Tom “Papa” Ray.

“We saw that there was a responsibility to not only serve our customers, but to understand how important of a foundation city St. Louis is in American music — which is something that I often saw ignored by other store owners,” he says. “It was almost like they were oblivious to the fact that, you know, we have musical greatness in our DNA here in St. Louis.” Vintage Vinyl ownership isn’t the only venture in the life of Tom Ray. He’s also a longtime DJ at KDHX who currently hosts the Monday drive-time slot with his show, Soul Selector. He was also recently tapped to curate a compilation released by Trojan Records, and is known to play a bit of harmonica with blues acts around town and on tour with Los Angeles band Vintage Trouble. But his shop remains a top priority. “I’m looking forward to continue working with the best staff that we’ve ever had in the 35-year history of the store,” Ray tells us. “And

being a part of the musical community in St. Louis as well as the record store mothership in the Delmar Loop.” Prince, meanwhile, will continue his work with political organizations Business for Shared Prosperity and Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, two organizations in favor of higher wages and better benefits for workers. That, and a bit of traveling. “Pretty much every year or so I take a month or two off and go hiking in the Himalayas, go hiking in the Andes,” he says. “I go up a river in Thailand. I spent months and months walking around China in the late ’80s. I spent months walking around Tibet in the early ’90s. And this job is what freed me to do that.” Ultimately, the split is simply due to Prince’s desire to try something new. “I’m inside of twenty years from the end,” he says. “And it’s part of the reason that I don’t want to go to work every day doing retail. “I want to do something else. I don’t know what it is yet, but I’ll find it.” —JAIME LEES

HOMESPUN TOYMAKER Toymaker toymakermusic.com

he nexus of jazz, jam and funk music has long been a rich intersection for instrumentalists; depending on which end of the spectrum a musician comes from, this type of fusion allows the freedom of improvisation or the stricture of patterns that slowly modulate with each repetition. Toymaker, an instrumental trio that just released its first, self-titled LP, takes liberally from both sides of that equation: The improvisational elements are earned only through a thorough exploration of each song’s main theme. Keyboardist Ryan Marquez (also of Fresh Heir) is the trio’s sole melodic instrumentalist, so each song’s lead lines fall on his rig, which favors a vibrant Fender Rhodes in the left hand and a buzzy monophonic synth in the right. But while his contributions remain suitably measured, his bandmates Christian Kirk (drums) and Matt Harris (bass) go further afield as each song progresses. The overall effect is pretty smooth, a little funky and plenty cosmic. Kirk, who formerly played with local reggae/rock hybridizers Lojic, wastes no time introducing himself on opening track “Padded Room,” using a flurried breakbeat to herald the album. He becomes the

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engine driver for most of these songs, using kinetic energy to double and re-double his efforts until his beats have sprung a few more limbs. Bassist Harris has done time with the winsome folk-rock group Dear Vincent, but here he’s able to stretch out a bit. “Odd Purple” kicks off with a swoopy, languid bass line and Marquez’s music-box piano plinks and squelchy synth parts. When the organ swells in the background, those same synth lines remain relatively staid, but the rhythm section kicks into overdrive with fancier fills and a few slapped-bass passages. A ring modulator distorts Marquez’s electric piano into atonal pings as Kirk’s fills turn martial on “Backwards Walking Tiger,” though even these distortions retain their lushness. The trio explores such textures in each song — tight and snappy drums, dark-tinted bass tones, analog keys — and the palette changes only in subtle ways. That leads to a certain similarity from track to track, especially since most tunes follow a familiar arc, but Toymaker’s style of slightly cerebral grooves adds a new twist to the local funk/fusion scene. —CHRISTIAN SCHAEFFER Want your CD to be considered for a review in this space? Send music c/o Riverfront Times, Attn: Homespun, 6358 Delmar Boulevard, Suite 200, St. Louis, Missouri, 63130. Email music@riverfronttimes.com for more information.

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Best in Show(case) CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S RFT MUSIC AWARD WINNERS

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t was simply meant to be. After what felt like weeks of continuous rain in St. Louis, the clouds finally parted on Saturday, June 20, just in time for the annual RFT Music Showcase. Held for the second time in the Grove district of Manchester Avenue, this year’s event saw record numbers in attendance and in performance, with nearly 90 acts sharing their art with St. Louis’ most in-the-know music fans over the course of twelve hours. The sunshine, frankly, was just a bonus. But we’re not done yet. There’s still the little matter of the RFT Music Awards, for which members of the public cast their ballots to support their favorite local artists. Thousands of votes later, the results are in. Aside from a few instances of ballotstuffing (tsk tsk, cheaters), this year’s winners prove that you all have been paying attention, with many artists who have been making big waves in the last year coming out on top. Lion’s Daughter, which signed to the prestigious Season of Mist label in March, was voted Best Metal Band. Bruiser Queen, which has had a year of touring and pushing hard after signing with St. Louis’ Boxing Clever Records, takes the top honors in the Rock category. Rapper Tef Poe, who has made quite a name for himself as a highprofile Ferguson activist, takes home the gold in the Best Hip-Hop (Solo) category. But the winners weren’t the only talented musicians on the ballot. After all, many of the acts that performed on Saturday didn’t win their respective categories, but clearly they had the chops to show the masses a good time. In keeping, we are reprinting the entire list of 150 nominees this year. You will see the winners at the top of each category in bold — tell them congratulations! Then go check out the ones that aren’t in bold. We assure you, they are well worth your time. See you all next year!

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SLOAN 8 p.m. Thursday, June 25. Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City. $15. 314-7272277. Having twenty years, a dozen albums, some 30 singles and a small library of critical praise behind you does tend to cloud the judgment. But who was going to tell Sloan a double album, with four sides evenly split between the band members, wasn’t exactly a next-level maker? As it turns out, Commonwealth is like a greatest-hits collection with no hits, packed with the Toronto (by way of Halifax, Nova Scotia) band’s bracing, near-synthesis of psychedelia, power-pop and evocative balladry — and a single side that stretches to eighteen minutes of jamming abstraction (the drummer’s concept). It’s been far too long since Sloan has played St. Louis. Seize the night. The Sloan Remains the Same: Though the band has varied its sound from album to album, the lineup of Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland, Jay Ferguson and Andrew Scott has been consistent since the beginning. — ROY KASTEN

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7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28. Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market Street. $23 to $53. 314-241-1888. It seems crazy to think that Weird Al is presently at the top of his game — the celebrated parody performer is usually thought of as an ’80s relic, albeit a beloved one. But at age 54, just shy of 40 years into his career, the man born Albert Matthew Yankovic just released his first No. 1 album, July’s Mandatory Fun. A deft marketer and skilled director, Yankovic achieved this feat thanks in part to a well-received viral campaign in which he released eight music videos in eight days, proving that his chops are just as sharp and relevant today as they ever were. Put Down the Chainsaw and Listen to Me: Yankovic has said that Mandatory Fun would likely be his last proper album, and that in the future he will instead release singles and EPs in order to keep up with the accelerated pace of the Internet world. Give thanks for those fourteen goofy, fun records by going to this show and singing along. — DANIEL HILL

8 p.m. Saturday, June 27. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street. $18. 314-535.0353. A spring announcement of two Mates of State releases suggested that the long-standing duo was both embracing and rejecting the traditional modes of album-making. Early April saw the release of Greats, an eleven-song best-of compilation, an achievement long seen as a brass ring for recording artists. That announcement was paired with the news that the pair’s latest EP, the just-released You’re Going to Make It, would signal the end of proper full-length albums; from here, Kori Gardner (keys) and Jason Hammel (drums) would only issue EPs. No matter: The shorter format will likely serve as a trim vessel for the band’s sweetly barbed pop songs about love, marriage and the elbow grease it takes to make both work. Crowded House: The six-member opening act Hey Marseilles will effectively triple the amount of bodies onstage while opening up for Gardner and Hammel. Make room. — CHRISTIAN SCHAEFFER 46

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1 p.m. Saturday, June 27. 2720 Cherokee, 2720 Cherokee Street. $10 to $13. 314-276-2700. The St. Louis Underground Music Festival — also known as S.L.U.M Fest by acronym aficionados — really should require no explanation at this point. Now in its sixth year, the event is the largest hip-hop festival in the region, with more than 70 performers celebrating all four elements of the genre in a twelve-hour time span. Yeah, that’s right, four elements — graffiti artists will be doing live displays and breakdancers will be tearing up the dance floor alongside the event’s emcees and DJs, making for an all-inclusive affair. Who’s Who? S.L.U.M Fest’s lineup is, as always, overflowing with a staggering amount of talent. Anyone interested in learning more about St. Louis’ underground hip-hop community should regard this show as a must-see. — DANIEL HILL

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Rat Rod Kings CD Release: Fri., June 26, 9 p.m., $7. Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-7274444, www.blueberryhill.com. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Fri., June 26, 9 p.m., $10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314773-3363, www.offbroadwaystl.com. Wicked Inquisition: w/ the Judge, FreeThinker, Fri., June 26, 7 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-2899050, www.fubarstl.com.

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Beth Bombara: w/ the Loot Rock Gang, the River Kittens, Sat., June 27, 8 p.m., $10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363, www.offbroadwaystl.com. Fred Lonberg-Holm: w/ Ghost Ice vs. Dave Stone, Vernacular String Trio, Sat., June 27, 9 p.m., Free. Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust St., St. Louis, 314-241-2337, www.schlafly.com. House of Lightning: w/ Wrong, Hell Night, Dibiase, Sat., June 27, 8 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-2899050, www.fubarstl.com. Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October: w/ Ashleigh Stone, Sat., June 27, 5:30 & 9 p.m., $32.50/$35. Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444, www. blueberryhill.com. Mates of State: Sat., June 27, 8 p.m., $18-$20. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353, www.firebirdstl. com. S.L.U.M. Fest 2015: Sat., June 27, 1 p.m., $10-$13. 2720 Cherokee Performing Arts Center, 2720 Cherokee St, St. Louis, 314-276-2700, www.2720cherokee.com. Spaceship: Sat., June 27, 9 p.m., $5. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100, foamvenue. com/.

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M O N DAY Animal Children: Mon., June 29, 8 p.m., $5. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100, foamvenue.com/. Blind Willie & the Broadway Collective: Mon., June 29, 8 p.m., $5. BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222, www.bbsjazzbluessoups.com. I the Mighty: w/ Hail the Sun, Too Close to Touch, LifeWithout, Ursa Major, Mon., June 29, 7 p.m., $12. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353, www.firebirdstl.com. Them Are Us Too: Mon., June 29, 10 p.m., $5. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100, foamvenue.com/. Wriggle: w/ Bad Eric, Mon., June 29, 9 p.m., $7. Melt, 2712 Cherokee Street, St. Louis, 314-771-6358, https://www. facebook.com/meltoncherokee.

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savage love Better Off Without Hey, Dan: I am a male grad student who is technically engaged to a female grad student. She has numerous positive qualities, but she is repulsed by sex. She says that even the thought of doing anything sexual with me elicits a panic attack. She also insists that she is “broken” because, in the hopes of preventing me from leaving her, she forced herself to go further than she felt comfortable. We are both virgins, and the furthest that we ever went sexually was cunnilingus. She has never seen me completely naked or expressed any interest BY in making love to me. When she revealed that any form DAN of sexual affection prompted panic attacks and psychologiS AVA G E cal distress, I decided to call off our engagement. She proceeded to threaten to kill herself and blame me for her aversion to sex. I agreed to continue the relationship but insisted that we postpone marriage. She refuses to go to couples counseling. I love her and enjoy her companionship, but my sexual self-esteem is devastated. I feel rejected and bitter, and I am still with her mainly because of guilt. Although she denies that this contributes to the situation, she also holds strong religious convictions. Finally, despite her use of oral contraceptives, she fears pregnancy. She also disapproves of my family and friends, my interest in science, my distrust of religion and my use of antidepressants. My questions: (1) If I did cause or contribute to her sexual aversion, do I have a lifelong obligation to remain with her? (2) Barring cheating, the impetus for her decision to break up with a previous boyfriend, what other options do I have? (3) Could her sexual aversion ever dissipate? (4) Could her sexual aversion stem from asexuality? Gradually Escalating Threats Obligate Unending Togetherness

1. You are not obligated to stay with this unpleasant woman for the next 50 years just because you made the mistake of proposing to her. And even if she started fucking you, GETOUT, do you really want to be with her? 2. Why bar cheating? If taking herself hostage is so intimidating that it prevents you from breaking up with her (threatening to kill herself = taking herself hostage), then go ahead and cheat on her, or pretend to cheat on her, and let her break up with you. 3. Her sexual aversion may dissipate over time. Or it may not. But someone who doesn’t want to fuck someone — and she clearly doesn’t want to fuck you — rarely starts wanting to fuck that someone down the road. So she may get over her sexual aversion in time, but she’ll probably be fucking someone else when she does…even if she’s married to you. 4. Could be that, sure. But unless you’re

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