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“Timothy Leary came to town and spoke at Washington University, and he came in to the shop there. And I had a real good picture of him sitting in my love seat. He had a real white robe on and everything. And I lost the damn picture somewhere. We never did find that picture. Finally I said, ‘No use holding on to this love seat.’ So I finally sold the love seat and I told one of the buyers, ‘Yeah, Timothy Leary sat in this.’ And he said, ‘Who is that?’”

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Renter Beware

Inside Asprient’s 1,000plus apartments in St. Louis: some very unhappy tenants.

Written by KATELYN MAE PETRIN Cover by KELLY GLUECK

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Born in St. Louis, a Big Disrupter in Malaysia

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Side Dish

Kavahn Mansouri sees what’s growing at Orion Genomics

Woody Allen’s Cafe Society is a minor affair, concludes Robert Hunt

David Sandusky found salvation in barbecue

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For Camp Zoe, a Bitter End

They paved paradise, and we paid for the parking lot, reports Sarah Fenske

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Born in St. Louis, a Big Disrupter for Malaysia Written by

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St. Louis startup is on the brink of saving hundreds of thousands of acres of Malaysian rainforest, even while saving millions of dollars for companies that harvest palm oil — all through the science of DNA. Orion Genomics has discovered how to tell during a palm tree’s infancy if a seedling, which takes nearly 30 years to grow to a harvest-ready palm tree, will yield the right type of fruit.

Palm fruit can come in three forms: with a thick shell, a thin shell or with no shell at all. The three forms all give different amounts of palm oil. Thin-shelled fruits yield 30 percent more palm oil, but until now, during the tree’s three decades of growth, it was unclear which trees would produce that type of fruit. That was a major headache for one of the world’s largest palm oil exporters, Malaysia, and a waste of land and water.

Orion has found a way, through examining early stage samples, to ensure only thin shell seeds with the maximum amount of palm oil are planted, saving harvesters huge amounts of time and money.

Orion’s technique allows Malaysian growers to weed out the bad trees before they take up valuable resources, increasing yield and, by making existing farms more efficient, sparing acres of rain forest from destruction.

The list of products that use palm oil is incredibly long: toothpaste, dish soap, beauty products, soda, crackers, chips, cosmetics, cookies and ice cream. Palm oil alone provides half of the edible vegetable oil sold worldwide. Orion Genomics president and CEO Nate Lakey says most Americans use palm oil

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Orion Genomics is helping palm tree growers get more oil from palm fruit — a game changer for Malaysia. | KAVAHN MANSOURI throughout their entire day without even knowing it.

“A lot of people don’t know what palm oil goes into,” Lakey says.

“There’s a lot of palm oil in daily things. The New York Times wrote once that it touches you all day.

When you wake up and brush your teeth, guess what? Then you put on makeup, guess what?”

That means Orion’s discovery has major repercussions.

“Of all the land on the earth, only five percent of the world’s oil lands have palm oil planted on them.

But that five percent provides forty percent of the world’s oil,” Lakey says. “Already this tree is crazy productive, and that’s given that ten percent will be duds. And we’re increasing the yield.”

Lakey has been developing Orion’s technique since 2003. Palm trees were just one of the many crops the company was working on at the time. In late 2011, he discovered the gene that controls the shell thickness of palm fruit,

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Orion’s most successful find yet.

The company only recently moved into the distribution phase, which sends Lakey to Malaysia on a recurring basis. But most of his work takes place in St. Louis.

He says it was important to have Orion in the Midwest, and to be close to the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University.

“We are the heart of agriculture in the United States,” Lakey says.

“We wanted to be in an area where agriculture was really the primary economic focus. All these massive food companies … it’s a big food economy.”

So how does it work? Growers will put a new palm tree into a pot, instead of the ground. When it sprouts its first leaf, the growers will use one of Orion’s punch tabs to collect part of the leaf and send it to Orion’s labs.

There, the lab technicians take the hundreds of samples and determine if they have the thin shell strain that will provide high yield.

They send back the results, and the growers know which trees to put in the ground and which to throw out. The process has near-perfect accuracy, Lakey says.

Orion is now working to sell its methods to harvesters in Malaysia.

It’s estimated that if even one percent of the low-yielding trees can be eliminated, the nation’s annual Gross National Income would increase by $251 million.

Not surprisingly, the breakthrough has garnered the local company some international attention. Orion was named a disruptive company by the BBC, meaning its innovation is likely to change the rules of an industry.

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abins that rent for $339/night.

A lodge with expansive suites, complete with in-room Keurigs and flat-screen TVs. A restaurant featuring “local wine and artisan-crafted beer.” A children’s adventure playground, float trip rentals and trails for mountain biking.

Last weekend, Missouri unveiled Echo Bluff State Park, a new 430-acre state park that boasts $52 million in upgrades and amenities. But old hippies, young partiers and jam band fans of all ages may find the site looks familiar — as Camp Zoe, it was their playground for a half-dozen years.

The park was owned by musician Jimmy Tebeau, who bought it in 2004 and ran a series of wildly popular music festivals there called Schwagstock until the feds put an abrupt end to the fun. Charging that the events on site amounted to an open-air drug market, they seized the land and charged Tebeau in federal court with “maintaining a drug-involved premises.” (Originally sentenced to 30 months, he was released early, in March 2014, for good behavior.)

The feds later sold the land at auction to the state of Missouri for $640,000.

The state added another 100 acres of land and invested heavily in amenities, also attracting $10.5 million in federal grants to pay for bridges and roadways, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Governor Jay Nixon is calling the new park a “key” part of his legacy: “In essence, we turned it from a drug haven to a jewel of our state park system. It’s going to pay off huge dividends for a lot of years to come.”

But it’s safe to say that for many state residents, the park’s legacy is quite a bit more complicated. The Camp Zoe seizure left a bad taste in many people’s mouths — you don’t have to be a fan of bands like the Schwag to view the government’s case against Tebeau with trepidation.

The RFT detailed the concerns of Tebeau’s attorney, Dan Viets, back in 2011: “It’s a terrible thing to think that the government could just march in and take someone’s money, take someone’s property … They can’t blame the property owner just because some people who are present break the law any more than they can blame the city because crimes take place in city parks.

That obviously would be fundamentally unfair.”

To the end, Tebeau maintained his innocence — he reluctantly took

Jimmy Tebeau pled guilty to avoid nine years in prison. | JENNIFER SILVERBERG

Camp Zoe in its heyday. | COURTESY JIMMY TEBEAU a plea bargain only because he was facing nine years in prison. As the RFT’s Keegan Hamilton reported at the time, “The plea agreement explicitly states that the government could not prove Tebeau himself ever bought or sold drugs. Prosecutors say the circumstances of the case are unique, but civil-liberties advocates warn that targeting a musician and venue owner sets an ominous precedent for festivals and concert sites nationwide. Tebeau is believed to be the first artist or festival organizer ever imprisoned for widespread drug use at a music

festival. ‘Club owners should be fearful,’ says Daniel Abrahamson, director of legal affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group working to reform American drug laws.”

But hey, at least now Missouri has fancy four-bedroom cabins and another spot for mountain biking and float-tripping? It’s a centerpiece to tourism in the region, after all.

In short, they paved paradise and forced the owner into federal prison — and we paid for the parking lot.

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peers through his thinly rimmed glasses into a bag of punched palm tree leaf samples and smiles.

The entrepreneur gets noticeably excited when he talks about his work, beaming as he introduces each lab technician and each piece of equipment, all the way down to the lab’s simplest, but perhaps most important, piece: the company foosball table.

A biochemistry major at the University of Texas at Austin, Lakey received an MBA from Washington University’s Olin School of Business. He has worked on the Orion project since 2003. Before founding the company, he spent four years as the director of DNA sequencing at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Massachusetts before it was sold for $8.8 billion.

He says his love for genes stretches back to his childhood in Texas, when he was fascinated by the idea of cryogenics. His grandfather, who was a scientist and professor as well as a radio host, was also a big inspiration.

“I think, for science to be successful, you also have to be able to tell a compelling story,” Lakey says. His grandfather read children’s stories on his radio show, which still inspires Lakey today. “His passion for communication and for telling a great story, and his passion for the poor and feeding the world were two things that really inspired me as a young man.”

Orion’s next project is the development of a test that would show a person’s risk of colon cancer based on DNA signals. Lakey says he also plans to continue using tech to improve food growing efficiency, something his grandfather dedicated his life to.

“Our one and only commitment is to DNA technologies and to utilize them to improve healthcare and food production,” Lakey says. n

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Inside Asprient’s 1,000-plus apartments in St. Louis: some very unhappy tenants Tenants have raised complaints about Asprient’s apartments in the Central West End, including the Michelangelo. | HOLLY RAVAZZOLO

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magine: a newly renovated onebedroom loft apartment with granite countertops and in-unit washer/dryer located in the heart of the Central West End. Advertisements for “The Michelangelo” boasted a fenced dog park and free WiFi. It could be yours for just $800 per month.

When Leah Dublin, 25, started looking to move from Kentucky to St. Louis for graduate school two years ago, that’s the apartment she says Asprient Properties described to her.

She signed the lease remotely. But when she arrived, she says, she found something quite different.

The moment Dublin walked in the door, the apartment seemed much smaller than she had been told. There was no washer or dryer in the unit, just a coin laundry in the basement. Dublin wasn’t convinced that the countertops were granite — unless granite tiles, complete with caulking between them, are now a thing.

And outside, the “dog park” was a courtyard. Tenants paid for their own WiFi. Dublin began to suspect that the photos in those advertisements had been touched up.

The Riverfront Times spoke to Dublin and four other residents who lived in the Michelangelo at the same time.

All report similar experiences, from the company’s initial enticements to the arguments over the security deposit at the end of their leases. Some mention they were promised a game room and a fountain in addition to the dog park

and free i i. ut the fountain was apparently a ower pot. The game room was the basement laundry area.

Dublin recalls a series of interactions that began early in her leasing process. “I should have known that something was up,” she says. When she hesitated to sign the lease, an Asprient rep warned that she wouldn’t get an apartment unless she committed immediately.

At one point, Dublin asked to see the floor plan for her new apartment. She says they told her that because of the renovations, they didn’t have current blueprints.

Someone offered to draw the layout for her, she says, but never delivered.

She signed anyway, but her unease continued even after moving in. Dublin and her fellow tenants say they had trouble reaching Asprient employees by phone or email. Voice mails and messages were rarely returned.

(Dublin was told that the staffers she needed to reach were changing departments; another tenant was told his contact was on vacation — only after two weeks of radio silence.) aintenance re uests were filled slowly u lin’s promised in-unit washer/dryer wasn’t installed for a full month.

Although tenants noted that the maintenance workers themselves were friendly and helpful, the property managers didn’t seem on board.

“I feel like once they realized, ‘This is a young woman moving in from out of town,’ they played to that,” Dublin says.

Dublin found herself feuding with her landlords over parking: They told her it was optional, but kept charging her even after she tried to cancel the spot — and even though

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ASPRIENT Continued from pg 11 she later found out they’d leased her parking space to another person at the same time.

Roaches were another problem.

“It was hard to sleep knowing that there were cockroaches around,” she says. “It was just awful.”

An Asprient representative told Dublin that the building-wide roach problem was her fault. Another tenant in the building provided emails showing she was also told it was her fault and charged for pest control. (Meanwhile, a third tenant says she requested more thorough bug spraying for weeks efore sprient finally moved her dishwasher and determined that construction crews hadn’t closed up the holes behind her kitchen appliances and cupboards — apparently that’s how the bugs were getting in.)

But for sheer pettiness, nothing could top the toilet seat.

When Dublin’s toilet seat broke, maintenance replaced it — with a seat that had clearly already been used, to the point it was speckled with both paint and dried urine, she says. Adding insult to injury, they charged her $20 for the honor,

Leah Dublin says Asprient charged her $20 for a used toilet seat. | HOLLY RAVAZZOLO only removing the charge when she complained repeatedly.

“It was very obvious that they were there for my rent check, that was all,” Dublin says.

All told, between the not-reallyfree WiFi, surprise laundry costs,

mouse traps and bug spray, and parking fees charged while she didn’t have a car, Dublin estimates she lost $800 while living with Asprient. And that’s not counting the security deposit, which the company failed to return. She

calculates that she spent around twenty hours arguing with Asprient on the phone or in person.

But some of the costs of living at the Michelangelo couldn’t be tallied in terms of time and money.

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Elif Ilhan says “surprise fees” plagued her during her time renting from Asprient. | HOLLY RAVAZZOLO hard ecause it was my first year of graduate school, but not having a home where I felt safe and secure and in control made it a much more trying year,” says Dublin.

At the end of her lease, Dublin moved across the street. She recalls

several young couples making the exact same change.

“Only after moving into a better space managed by a much more honest company did I feel my life in St. Louis really take off in a positive direction.”

Leah Dublin and her neighbors aren’t the only St. Louis residents to have tangled with Asprient.

Since its founding in 2002, the privately held St. Louis-based company has grown from a small concern to a big landlord in some

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increasingly sought-after neighborhoods, including the Central West End. Asprient now boasts more than 1,200 units that attract young, lower-income and student tenants.

The company maintains a low profile other than founder id Chakraverty being named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s “30 Under 30” list in 2012, Asprient has engendered little press coverage.

But it’s garnered dozens of onestar Yelp reviews claiming mismanagement and shady dealing, several Reddit threads devoted to warning prospective tenants to “stay away from Asprient,” 34 complaints with the Better Business Bureau in three years, and at least lawsuits filed against the company or its agents.

While some of these renters’ complaints are less extreme than Dublin’s, many share common themes. As just one example, Elif lhan and her fiance signed a lease in the same building as Dublin, starting July 1, 2014. But an Asprient agent contacted them to say the apartment building was full and they couldn’t move in until August. fter some finagling, the couple got an apartment on July 14.

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ASPRIENT Continued from pg 13 The next year of their lives was full of surprise fees and often-broken appliances. “I don’t understand how they still have any business at all,” Ilhan says. “I have never heard anything positive about them since living there.

Almost everyone I knew in their complex was unhappy with how things were going with them.”

Some of the stories have drawn the attention of the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council, or EHOC, a local not-for-profit fair housing enforcement agency that takes complaints relating to potentially illegal or discriminatory actions by landlords.

Zachary Schmook works as the managing attorney for EHOC, where he’s seen clear patterns in the complaints the agency receives about Asprient.

“They take over and clear a property to gentrify it,” Schmook explains. The people who get hurt are often the current tenants, who signed leases to other landlords — and then find their rents increased

by Asprient after the purchase. “It seems like they have a motto of: ake over a new property, ip it, try and charge [more] rent.”

Based on the reports Schmook has seen, tenants who don’t sign a new Asprient lease allege that they’ve had their locks changed illegally, or been threatened with lock changes and otherwise inconvenienced — until they move out, leaving room for someone who will pay a higher rent.

Those people are often grad students or transplants, like Dublin and her neighbors at the Michelangelo. And once they move in, their concerns often trigger a whole new round of complaints.

Since 2013, Schmook says, Asprient has been named in the second highest number of complaints against any individual landlord in EHOC’s jurisdiction, which covers all of metropolitan St. Louis in both Missouri and Illinois. The company is topped only by the St. Louis Housing Authority, which manages about 3,000 units and 7,000 additional vouchers for those seeking public housing. Asprient, by its own accounting, has closer to 1,300 units. Yet EHOC has received only two more complaints about the housing authority than Asprient.

“Most of the worst landlords we deal with tend to be very small

landlords who just don’t know what they’re doing,” Schmook says.

“Most of the bigger landlords can be expected to follow the regular procedure and go through court processes. It’s unusual to have someone who is big like they are, but also, based on report, at least, taking these extralegal means to accomplish the evictions.”

Through its attorney, Asprient declined to comment for this story.

The complaints made to Schmook’s agency show multiple concerns, including utility shut-offs by the landlord, illegal evictions, improper termination notices, problems with security deposits and even one allegation that a tenant was coerced into renewing a lease. Reports about Asprient make up seven percent of all complaints EHOC has received about landlord utility shut-offs.

The complaints come from six different Asprient properties, all in the Central West End. Schmook notes that it’s important to understand that these complaints only re ect calls that EHOC has received, not the general tenant experience city-wide.

Schmook also notes that additional complaints may have been filed under Asprient’s multiple aliases, and as such could be excluded from the data he’s surveyed.

EHOC has found that Asprient uses aliases that include variations on “Kilamanjaro” (spelled incorrectly in several limited liability company names), K2, Alps, Katmai, Mauna Kea, Himalaya, Yukon, SLU Apartments and Ludwig Partners.

Lawsuits and consumer complaints have been filed against several of these names; others have een filed against sprient or Chakraverty himself.

One such lawsuit was filed y a tenant named Nancy Cunningham. In 2015, Asprient purchased her building. Several months later, Cunningham sued Chakraverty and Asprient for constructive eviction, negligence, trespassing and in iction of mental distress.

Cunningham had lived in her building for seventeen years before Asprient bought it, during which time she was an “ideal tenant” — never once late on her rent, according to the petition filed by her lawyer, Eric Banks.

Then came the day described in her lawsuit.

Banks writes that Cunningham returned from a “grueling day of work” to “enjoy the peace and comfort of her home and pets and to

Zachary Schmook has seen clear patterns in complaints against Asprient. | HOLLY RAVAZZOLO nurse a potentially chronic medical condition.” But when she reached her door, she found that her key no longer worked.

She had received no notice from Asprient that her locks would be changed, the suit says.

When she called the company, its agent “said that the lock on the Plaintiff’s front door has been changed because they thought she was a squatter,” wrote Banks. “It strains credulity to believe this tale.

Plaintiff has a lease that allows her to peacefully live in her building.

Squatters don’t have leases. Plaintiff has a wreath on her door and a welcome mat in front of her door.

Squatters generally prefer not to call attention that they are occupying their premises. Plaintiff has thousands of dollars of expensive furniture in her home. Squatters generally are not so well heeled.

Plaintiff has two cats. Squatters generally cannot afford pets. You cannot imagine a plain, a world, a universe or a dimension where any of this makes sense. Defendants’ explanations for their illegal acts are fruitless, worthless and without merit.”

While Cunningham left the building, seeking help for her medical condition, the suit says, Asprient unlocked her door. But staffers never notified unningham her neighbor found the door unlocked.

And when Cunningham was

forced to take off work to get new keys from her landlord, the employee handling the transaction “behaved in a surly manner, as though all of this was somehow Plaintiff’s fault.” As Banks writes, she “never received the courtesy of a response not to mention an apology.”

Cunningham’s petition suggests mere incompetence as the cause: “Competent employees don’t confuse fully furnished apartments with that belonging to a squatter.” But Schmook notes that Cunningham’s case looks similar to multiple other complaints coming from individuals who did not sign new leases after Asprient purchased their building.

The suit has since been settled out of court.

It’s not just Asprient’s eviction tactics that cause concern. “The leases themselves are problematic,” says Schmook. “They give Asprient a lot of authority over the tenants that may or may not actually be legal.”

One lease obtained by the RFT included clauses that allow the landlord to terminate the lease if the tenant breaks any of 23 listed rules, and also gives the landlord the right to change those rules at any time. These rules bar tenants from operating their own thermostats, swearing or leaving grease

The landlord “behaved in a surly manner, as though all of this was somehow [the tenant’s] fault.” on their stove. Another clause deducts a non-refundable $75 for “administration fees and inspection fees” from the security deposit. The same clause permits the use of that security deposit to pay $50 to $90 towards government inspections.

According to a class action lawsuit filed by St. Louis attorney Cyrus Dashtaki, the last two clauses are explicitly illegal. According to Missouri law, security deposits can only be used to pay for damages and late rent. (Dashtaki declined comment, saying he does not discuss pending cases.)

Those security deposits have been the subject of dozens of complaints, both to the BBB and in lawriverfronttimes.com

suits. Several tenants who talked about their Asprient experience with the RFT say they were told verbally that their apartment was in great condition. But not one of them received their full deposit refund.

One “move-out” receipt provided to the RFT says, “$165 lease charges & $45 unit charges = $255 charges.”

That’s a math error that one tenant says cost him a $40 refund. (That same tenant says he spoke with maintenance, who told him he should receive his entire deposit back because his apartment was in good condition.)

Another tenant, Lisa “Ann” Teren, took Asprient to court over her security deposit. Her lawsuit details many of the same problems as other tenants reported to the RFT — poor communication, unrefunded deposits — as well as some bigger ones, including piles of trash in hallways that contractors didn’t clean up.

EHOC has reviewed Teren’s complaints, and several similar ones.

Schmook says, “They don’t take a lot of consideration for folks that are actually living there when they start stripping stuff off the walls or changing the oors. eople are asically living in the middle of a construction zone unless they agree to be moved to an already renovated site, often at a higher rate.”

But that’s not what Teren sued over. She sued because Asprient charged her, among other things, $500 for a bleach stain on her unit’s carpet. That’s even though her move in form filed with her original landlord, who owned the building when she moved in) listed the stain as pre-existing.

In her lawsuit, Teren says she twice requested her security deposit, in addition to a reimbursement for the costs of representing herself in court. Her suit also cites the law at issue in the class action suit filed y ashtaki.

She won when a circuit court judge ruled in her favor in April.

She didn’t get the full amount she sued for — just a refund of her original security deposit. Even then, Asprient appealed the case.

“I think it’s not about the money for them,” Teren alleges. “They don’t want it to show on record that I won so that they can take advantage of other people. They get off easy even if I do win all my money, because there’s numerous other people that they have taken advantage of.”

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To Teren, the refund didn’t cover everything she lost pursuing her claim. But in the end, she says, she just didn’t want to lose any more time to the company. She decided to cash the check.

The 34 complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau about Asprient reflect what tenants have told the RFT: They were promised things that were never delivered, blamed for maintenance problems, ignored, and taken advantage of.

The BBB retains complaints on its website for a three-year period.

One complaint reads, “I feel since I was from out of town I was severely taken advantage of. …

Landlord messaged me saying the apartment was cleaned & ready; apartment was filthy with dirt, dust de ris everywhere, paint peeling in bathtu , fruit ies everywhere. He told me he’d waive the $60 cleaning fee since the apartment wasn’t cleaned. … [Then] I found mouse droppings on personal clothes & belongings, which had to be thrown away, in winter time, & they put mouse traps everywhere. Heater didn’t work in winter, they tried getting money for me for that, accusing me of breaking the wires (I didn’t even know where the heater was) & took 2 weeks for them to repair — I was without heat for that long.”

Asprient responded to the complaint in writing. The company wrote, “I will say, It is VERY convenient that we are just now receiving this complaint and hearing about these issues when she is getting ready to move out next week! It is obvious that she is preemptively positioning herself for a security deposit refund when she knows she has trashed the place and won’t be receiving a full refund. … If she leaves the unit in bad shape she will be charged

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for the damage. We are quite confident it will e in poor shape considering when we visited last year to fix the window she roke, we found dog feces and urine all over the apartment oor. t is a shame that in this day and age that tenants feel the need to preemptively complain to the BBB in an attempt to extort a higher deposit refund right before they are to move out.”

Asprient has responded to every visible complaint on the BBB website, with strikingly detailed (and feisty) replies in every case.

Only four of the 34 claims have been marked as “resolved” on the BBB website, meaning that tenant and landlord have come to a mutual agreement.

A representative from the BBB says that A s p r i e n t ’s B rating is “not the best,” but that complaint volume “is a p a r t o f w hy they have a B rating.” As far as the BBB is concerned, there are no red ags indicating that sprient is an illegitimate business, which is one of the agency’s chief concerns.

And the company does have its defenders. Tom S. writes on Yelp, “Although I have read some complaints in prior reviews. I can honestly say that my experience has een a great one. am confident that with any future dealings they will be dealt with professionally and quickly. Thanks Asprient! I couldn’t be happier at this point.”

And Marissa B. writes, “I have rented from a few different agencies in the St. Louis area, and this one is by far the best I’ve dealt with. I highly recommend this agency.”

But on Yelp, Asprient has received about twice as many onestar reviews as five star reviews.

Several one-star reviews note that the writer was contacted by the company and offered money in exchange for a better review.

Two tenants, one of them Ilhan, confirmed to the RFT that they

“They don’t take a lot of consideration for folks that are actually living there when they start stripping stuff off the walls or changing the floors.”

personally were offered discounts or maintenance for a good review (or to change a bad review); all five tenants who spoke to the RFT confirmed that they knew someone who had that experience.

The Riverfront Times contacted Asprient to discuss the various claims against them. The company was given thirteen specific questions about various lawsuits and complaints.

In response, Asprient’s attorney, Ira Berkowitz, provided this statement, included in its entirety: “A s p r i e n t P r o p e r t i e s i s committed to providing quality apartments at affordable prices. We take our renters’ concerns seriously and encourage them to work with us to resolve any individual issue. With nearly 1,300 units located in vibrant neighborhoods where young professionals and graduate students want to live, Asprient Properties has many satisfied renters who en oy living in a property that has been totally renovated and offers a great value.”

Two hours later, Berkowitz sent an additional email. “As Asprient’s attorney I will be carefully reviewing and researching your article. I trust you will not take liberties or misrepresent the facts; that you will make sure your sources are accurate and if quoting private or public sources, such as Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council, that they can back up their statements with accurate data — otherwise my client will not hesitate to take legal action against you, them and the RFT. I would appreciate that instead of using words like ‘most complaints for a landlord of this size,’ that you will publish the actual numbers of complaints and total number of units.

“I have had success in the past in claims against authors and publishers of articles written that were not fully and accurately factchecked and sourced.”

The lawyer then directed us to an article about his success in a $10 million suit against a newspaper in Florida. He did not mention that the verdict had been overturned by the judge, a decision that was later upheld in appellate court.

Even as tenants complain, Asprient continues to increase its holdings.

The company has gotten into the development business — in 2014, the Post-Dispatch reported that Victor Alston, identified as Asprient’s company manager in

usiness filings and an owner, signed on as an investor in the Polar Wave project, a renovation of an old ice plant bringing 43 apartments to Soulard.

Last year, Asprient gained city approval for a seven-story, $29 million building in the DeBaliviere neighborhood near its current holdings. The Post-Dispatch also reported that Asprient had recently gotten city approval to uild a five story edifice with apartment units right next to the Polar Wave building. Though a permit denial halted the project temporarily, it is now proceeding.

Alderman Jack Coatar says he is excited for the newest development. “I think it’d be great for the neighborhood. It’d bring some density to the southeast corner of the neighborhood,” Coatar says. “I think a building like this would be would be well-suited there.”

Coatar was unaware of the lawsuits and complaints against Asprient.

“I’ve toured his existing project in Soulard; it looks great. I’ve talked to some tenants there; they seem happy — so no, it doesn’t concern me at this point,” says Coatar.

Alston and his partners could be getting plenty of help from taxpayers. The Post-Dispatch reported that the completed Polar Wave project was eligible for state and federal historic preservation tax credits. It also received a tenyear tax abatement. Asprient’s newer Soulard project is also being considered for a ten-year tax abatement, according to city records.

For former tenants like Dublin, that’s a problem. “Tax rebates should be given to businesses that care about the community in which they operate and the people that live there,” she says. “Asprient has done very little to convince me they do.”

She adds, “I just wish people knew the truth about Asprient. And not the truth they touch up, like the photos they use to advertise their apartments. I wish people knew how Asprient will treat them after they sign their lease.”

Dublin still lives close to an Asprient building. She recalls seeing people getting their keys after signing their leases, looking like young, excited college students — just like her a few years ago — may e getting their first apartment.

She says, “I want so badly for them to know what they could potentially be getting into.” n

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Now at the St. Louis Art Museum: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828; plates from portfolio The Disasters of War, 1810-1820, published 1863; etching and lavis; 8 1/2 x 14 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, The Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and Drawings 7:2015

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THURSDAY 0804 Bat Boy Hope Falls, West Virginia, is atwitter with news that one of the Taylor children has been attacked by something neither fully animal nor human. The doctor’s wife takes pity on the half-bat, halfhuman thing. She begins teaching him about Christian morals and the importance of education. But people are skeeved out, and become more agitated when their cattle start dying in strange ways. The show Bat Boy: The Musical draws inspiration

from a Weekly World News story and deals with our fears of the other and our twin addictions of hypocrisy and violence. Stray Dog Theatre closes its current season with the offkilter musical. Performances take place at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday (August 4 to 20) and 8 p.m.

Wednesday (August 10 to 17) at Tower Grove Abbey (2336 Tennessee Avenue; www.straydogtheatre.org).

Tickets are $20 to $25.

FRIDAY 0805 Brew Madness

St. Louis Craft Beer Week is in full swing, but we’d bet you’re not tapped out just yet. This is St. Louis, after all — we order a beer to keep us hydrated while we peruse the beer menu. Venture out to the Morgan Street Brewery (721 North Second Street) tonight between 6 and 11 p.m. and you can sample great local brews while helping a charity during Brew Madness. All you need to do is make a donation to Backstoppers, the group that assists the families of fallen police and firefighters. dmission is free, so give what you can afford and have a good time. For the full Craft Beer Week schedule, visit www. stlbeerweek.com. riverfronttimes.com

First Friday: Middle Earth You’ve probably grown up believing that martial arts are the sole provenance of the Far East, but that’s just not true. Plenty of wars were fought in Europe, and the men who prosecuted them needed to know more than just how to swing wildly with a sword.

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CALENDAR Continued from pg 19 that the West has a well-developed martial history. You can see modern practitioners demonstrate various techniques for unarmed, up-close fighting tonight at p.m. at the Saint Louis Science Center (5050 Oakland Avenue; www.slsc.org). It’s part of the First Friday celebration Journey to Middle Earth. The event also offers free screenings of The Fellowship of the Ring, the first episode of the BBC’s Merlin series, the “Fires of Mordor” science demo and a performance on the Celtic harp by Melissa Purves. Admission is free, but some events require a small fee.

SATURDAY 0806 Great Regional Puppet Festival Puppets in the American consciousness range from the Muppets to Crank Yankers, with very little in between. But puppets were the original mass entertainment in the pre-literate era. (Punch and Judy’s brutal escapades were the Big Bang Theory of the Middle Ages, after all.) The Great Regional Puppet Festival showcases many types of puppets engaged in a variety of shows. Mike Sandbank’s Shadow Factory presents the mostly nonverbal performance Still Life at p.m. at the Saint Louis University Theatre (3733 West Pine Boulevard; www.puppetfestivalstl.org), using shadow puppets. Mike Horner’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Death Star follows at p.m.

Musician Curt Bright imagined what Star Wars would have looked like with puppets instead of pioneering special effects, and puppeteer Mike Horner brings Bright’s fever dream to life. Admission to both shows is $5.

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that he installs her as his fianc e’s handmaiden. Can love broach the culture gap and give these two a happy ending? Maybe — but it’ll take a while. Aida is performed at onday through unday (August 8 to 14) at the Muny in Forest Park (www.muny.org).

Tickets are $14 to $90.

TUESDAY 0809 Impressions of War War is often commemorated in statues and portraiture with a political slant. Our generals are heroic and our troops are manly, while the other guys are Julius Caesar and his friends and enemies (same thing). | AUTUMN RINALDI all slobs and monsters. But some artists document war without an missed payments, poor people go popularity with the common official commission. Francisco to jail just for being poor. Blake man to become a tyrant. (Anyone de Goya made his print series Strode, a staff attorney for ArchCity else getting a weird, deja vu type The Disasters of War during Defenders, discusses the problem in feeling? No?) These conspirators Napoleon’s occupation of Spain, the program Re: Debtor’s Prison. eventually convert Julius’ good and de Goya pulled no punches in Strode is joined by Qiana Williams, friend Brutus to their cause by depicting the inhumanity, cruelty who has been caught in the wheels getting inside his head. Is Brutus and depredations wrought in the of the debt/prison/bail cycle in St. a patriot, or a man consumed name of conquest. These 80 prints Louis for years. The talk is held in by unproven fears? It’s this big are part of Impressions of War, conjunction with Los Angeles artist question that will be answered the new exhibition in galleries Mark Bradford’s mural, Receive in St. Louis Shakespeare’s season- 234 and 235 at the Saint Louis Art Calls on Your Cell Phone From Jail. opening production of Julius Museum in Forest Park (www.

This grid of paintings is made from Caesar. The drama is performed slam.org). Impressions of War posters that inform detainees of at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and also includes Max Beckmann’s the difficulties of receiving prison at 2 p.m. Sunday (August 5 to 14) at portfolio Hell, which he created in phone calls on a cell phone — many the Ivory Theater (7620 Michigan Berlin in the immediate aftermath jails restrict collect calls. The piece Avenue; www.stlshakespeare. of World War I. Jacque Callot’s sheds light on another way poor org . here is one p.m. series on the religious wars that people are drained of money, time performance on Thursday, August rent apart Europe in the mid-1800s and Daniel Heyman’s Amman and their freedom through systems 11. Tickets are $15 to $20.

Portfolio — the story of what no one is allowed to vote down. e occurred in Abu Ghraib prison, as Debtor’s Prison takes place at 1 p.m. told by Iraqi inmates — are also at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington Boulevard; part of the exhibit. Impressions of www.camstl.org). Admission is War is on display from August 5 to free, but the museum asks that you February 12, 2017. The museum is register through the website if you open Tuesday through Sunday, and wish to attend.

The Muny closes season 98 in admission is free. monumental fashion by staging Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida.

Planning an event, exhibiting your art or The musical is based on the Verdi putting on a play? Let us know and we’ll opera of the same name, but John include it in the Night & Day section or and Rice plunder the world of publish a listing in the online calendar — for free! Send details via e-mail (calendar@ music for the songs. You’ll hear riverfronttimes.com), fax (314-754-6416) or reggae, Motown, gospel, pop and mail (6358 Delmar Boulevard, Suite 200, St. William Shakespeare’s The West African melodies in the story Louis, MO 63130, attn: Calendar). Include Tragedy of Julius Caesar is less of proud Nubian princess Aida and the date, time, price, contact information about the assassination of Rome’s her Egyptian captor, Radames, who and location (including ZIP code). Please great man than about the men is also the pharaoh-to-be. Despite submit information three weeks prior to the who commit the murder. Caesar Radames’ impending marriage date of your event. No telephone submissions will be accepted. Find more events has many enemies in the senate, to Amneris, he finds himself online at www.riverfronttimes.com. all of whom fear he will use his attracted to Aida — so much so

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Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg in Café Society. | SABRINA LANTOS © 2016 GRAVIER PRODUCTIONS, INC. ts closest companion might e the film Radio Days, ut that film played up a comic nostalgia to hold together an episodic family history. es, llen has made films set in the s efore, ut Café Society uses the past for period color more than historical material. Hollywood names are dropped fast and furiously, ut purely at random they’re simply a sign of some of the characters’ narcissism. llen has adopted the voice of a straightforward storyteller, so concentrated on pushing his characters through the steps of a ittersweet love story that he even takes on the role of off screen narrator. his is a romance, pure and simple, and while there are some intriguing distractions ewish family usiness, high powered movie insiders and gangsters it’s surprisingly violent for an llen film they remain distant from the central love story, as if protagonist o y orfman esse isen erg can arely acknowledge their presence. here’s lots of Old Hollywood glamour, ut in this period piece our hero is too lost in his own emotions to connect with his surroundings. n ungrounded young man, orfman arrives in in the mid

s with few am itions and no connections aside from his uncle hil teve arell , a self a sor ed movie agent. hough he never ecomes completely attuned to the est oast atmosphere, o y egins working in his uncle’s office and falls deeply in love with his secretary, onnie risten tewart , who encourages his interest despite eing attached to an oft mentioned off screen oyfriend. One ma or plot twist and heart reak later, o y returns to ew ork to manage one of anhattan’s swankiest nightclu s, owned y his gangster rother. his eing a love story, he and onnie continue to cross paths. ut this is a love story in which a happy ending or any kind of resolution is constantly deferred.

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take on the usual llen surrogate hero, downplaying the comedy ut leaving the neuroticism intact. risten tewart, who is meant to convey a kind of idwestern innocence at odds with Hollywood glamour, is uncalculatingly natural, proving that her stunning performance in Clouds of Sils Maria wasn’t a uke. ut isen erg and tewart, good as they are, are overshadowed in almost every scene y an off screen performer cinematographer ittorio toraro. He contrasts the desert tones and opulence of os ngeles with the ur an modernism of anhattan. espite a modest udget, toraro and production designer anto o uasto have captured the era so vividly that the actors look perfectly comforta le in their surroundings, en oying the su tle extravagance without eing overwhelmed y it. eaving the visuals in their relia le hands, llen and his cast were free to concentrate on the modest emotions of his script. es, it’s minor llen, ut a minor work from a ma or artist remains more honest and human than most of the ma or lock usters ellowing around it. n

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The Great Escape The Drowsy Chaperone is back — and it offers the perfect reprieve from the hell of 2016 Written by

PAUL FRISWOLD The Drowsy Chaperone

Presented by Stages St. Louis through August 21 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre (111 South Geyer Road, Kirkwood; www. stagesstlouis.org). Tickets are $20 to $59.

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don’t know what we collectively did to deserve The Drowsy Chaperone, but I’m grateful for it. This year has been nothing but death, destruction and the longest presidential campaign season in memory. We were due for some levity, some froth and some silliness, all wrapped up in a string of nonsense songs.

But don’t let the pretty package fool you. The musical (by Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin and Don McKellar) may appear to be nothing more than inconsequential escapism, but there’s more to this show than you think.

Stages St. Louis’ current production, directed and choreographed

by Michael Hamilton, argues that finding solace in our favorite diversions is a necessity in these troubled times. In other words, if you’re going to survive what feels like seventeen years of campaign coverage, you need to disappear into your own little world every now and then. You could do much worse than submerging yourself in The Drowsy Chaperone.

For the Man in the Chair (David Schmittou, reprising his role from Stages’ 2009 production), the only safe place comes with his beloved copy of the 1928 musical The Drowsy Chaperone. Holed up in his apartment, he enjoys a cup of tea while losing himself in the record — at least until the phone starts ringing, or someone starts pounding on his door.

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Edward Juvier (Aldolpho) and Steve Isom (Feldzieg) in STAGES’ 2016 production of The Drowsy Chaperone | PETER WOCHNIAK, PROPHOTOSTL.COM Schmittou gets laughs with his frequent asides on the perils of going to see a show (intermission, everybody’s non-stop love affair with their phones, etcetera), but he’s at his best when he actually inserts himself into the action.

As the whirlwind romance of Broadway star Janet Van De Graaff (Laura E. Taylor) and solid American Robert Martin (Andrew Fitch) threatens to implode under the weight of numerous schemes plotted by various friends, chmittou its ehind the lovers, sits in the middle of a dance number to admire it and steals a hug from the un appa le o ert.

Both Taylor and Fitch do excellent work as the troubled couple, she in the spectacular “Show Off ” (she sings! she dances! she does a quick costume change and then juggles plates!), while Fitch roller skates blindfolded during “Accident Waiting to Happen,” coming precariously close to the edge of the stage and various bits of scenery.

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The previously mentioned complications include Janet’s boss, theater impresario Feldzieg (Steve Isom), who fears his show is doomed without his star. He conspires to break up the couple by co-opting a pair of goons (twin brothers Ryan Alexander Jacobs & Austin Glen Jacobs) sent by his mob investors.

The Jacobs brothers are not tall, but their Brooklynese is strong and their highly choreographed threats to give Feldzieg the “Toledo Surprise” are delivered with comic menace thanks to their disguise as pastry chefs.

And then there is Aldolpho, the Latin lover nonpareil played by the incomparable Edward Juvier. The audience spontaneously applauded when he leapt onstage, which he acknowledged with a cocked eyebrow and a gallant toss of his cape. Juvier coos, trills, undulates and blusters his way through his scenes like a lascivious comet, his brightness matched by the incandescent Corinne Melançon, who plays the eponymous Drowsy Chaperone. Charged with keeping Robert and Janet from seeing each

other until the wedding, she instead busies herself gobbling up all the woo Aldolpho pitches her way in his mating song, “I Am Aldolpho.”

Melançon writhes on the bed while he pumps himself up, then grows bored and begins a series of stretches that test the bounds of decency. (She later descends the stairs with a wantonness that defies description.)

Melançon also delivers the show’s raison d’être, “As We Stumble Along.” It’s the sort of rousing spirit-lifter that requires marching in place with out-thrust arms before she can take it home, but inside the bleak imagery (“It’s a dismal little world in which we live. It can bore you ‘til you’ve nothing left to give”) is the show’s ultimate truth: “As long as we can hear that little blue bird, there’ll be a song as we stumble along.” Music, theater, the arts — they’ll take you away from the pain for at least a little while.

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The proliferation of digital cameras has done nothing to snuff the ardor some photographers have for film. The Film Shooters Collective is a loose coalition of fine art photographers who love what is possible with a well-trained eye and the rich grain of film. The group exhibition NSEW: Divided by Land | United by Film features work that was included in the third edition of the collective’s anthology NSEW (the title refers to the cardinal directions). The only thing that links the work is each artist’s use of film, whether 35mm, large format or instant. All disciplines are highlighted, from abstract work to classical landscape photography —Paul Friswold

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A Star Is Born At Big Baby Q and Smokehouse, Ben Welch proves that his barbecue belongs in the city’s top tier Written by

CHERYL BAEHR Big Baby Q and Smokehouse

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hen first met en elch two years ago, he had some old words a out his ar ecue skills ’ve heard ike merson is my competition.

thought he was trying to e funny. elch, after all, was a virtual unknown in the t. ouis ar ecue scene, on my radar only ecause he’d een called in to revamp the menu at a downtown ar, the recinct, that had een savaged y critics. merson, the pit master at appy’s mokehouse, is the town’s undisputed king of cue, with ri s so renowned they’ve een served alongside ichelin starred cuisine. or elch to compare himself to such ar ecue greatness wasn’t ust ra en it was orderline comical. hen had elch’s risket, a gloriously fatty piece of meat cooked so perfectly ’m still shocked it didn’t singlehandedly save the recinct from o livion. He called it his a y, and man was that smoke swaddled eauty a special delivery. wo things were clear His words were not hyper ole and he

needed a igger stage. ast forward two years, and elch is finally getting his ig reak. o longer a chef for hire, the ohnson ales graduate opened his first venture, ig a y and mokehouse, in aryland Heights in pril. t’s a long time in coming. elch egan his career decades ago as a dishwasher and not long after found himself in meril agasse’s O kitchen. ore recently, he’s een a fixer of sorts in the t. ouis dining scene, offering chef consulting services to restaurants in need of new direction randt’s, the ta le, the recinct . His last gig found him as the opening chef and menu architect at infield’s athering lace, which closed last month. ike the recinct, infield’s was owned in part y former ardinal im dmonds, and there riverfronttimes.com

too, elch’s smokehouse menu was the clear highlight. t makes sense, then, that elch’s first solo restaurant would e a smokehouse. t also makes sense that he chose his father, ennie elch, to e his usiness partner. ad was the reason he started smoking risket in the first place. ears ago, the elder elch called his son for some advice on smoking meat for a dinner party, ut the young chef missed the call. hey talked after the party, and elch shared his thoughts on what he would have done differently to the meat. he conversation inspired him to start smoking once a week to perfect his process and if what he’s serving at ig a y is any indication, he’s gotten pretty darn good at it. n fact, he’s gotten so good at it

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BIG BABY Q Continued from pg 25 that you’ll have a hard time seeing for yourself. he tiny ar ecue shack, which sits in a strip mall on orsett ust northeast of estport la a, is not much more than a two man takeout show. t’s ust the two elches, two picnic ta les and a smoker. he younger elch is no nonsense ehind the rustic wooden counter. ou’d etter have your order ready in full when you get to the front of the line during lunch hours there’s guaranteed to e one and when they run out, they run out. recently got there at noon on a ednesday to order some risket. t was already too late. ortunately, there were other items to keep me occupied. moked chicken wings, large and finger licking uicy, are encrusted with elch’s secret spice ru , which starts out warm and savory ut finishes like a cinnamon sugar doughnut. hey were meant to e an appeti er, ut there was no slowing down we devoured every last one as if it was our last meal on earth. ll sense of fullness went out the window, though, when the main courses arrived. ig a y ’s pork steak is a classed up version of the t. ouis ackyard classic thicker, smokier and with a more sophisticated sauce. t’s a touch tougher than the fall apart meat you’ll find sopping in a disposa le, aull’s filled sheet pan, ut that extra heft is mitigated y generous mar ling. he spicy rown sugary sauce forms a gla e that clings to the eautifully smoked meat. elch’s t. ouis style ri s are

e ually worthwhile. he cherry wood smoke and secret spice ru draw out the pork’s natural sweetness the layers of flavor render sauce unnecessary, though ig a y provides an excellent sweet and spicy version whose heat and tang cut through the fatty meat. elch smokes the ri s until they are tender, ut these still have some significant chew and pull to them. hose who think ri s should fall of the one may e disappointed. urists will recogni e that elch knows his stuff. s much as en oyed the steak and ri s, ig a y ’s est porcine offering is the hum le pulled pork. elch’s lack gloved hands shred this gloriously smoked shoulder to order faster than a . . diplomat shredding documents in revolutionary ehran. his is not your average, stringy pulled pork it’s torn into massive hunks so that each piece has a perfect ratio of meat, char and ru . arolina who was a le to order the risket on my second visit it was worth the wait. hough ’m admittedly partial to exas risket, elch’s emphis style version impressed. he meat had een slow smoked at an even degrees for approximately fourteen hours. he result was a hunk of pull apart meat, interspersed with luscious fat cut y a itter char ark around the exterior. s such, you get ust a out every avor on the palate the smoke from the wood, the lack pepper heat, salt. t’s no wonder they sell out almost daily. he straightforward risket is not the only way to en oy this cut of meat, though. elch cures his own pastrami, and it’s as good as what

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you’d find at a traditional ewish deli. he tender meat, infused with the avor of aking spices, is encased in a lack pepper crust. t’s fantastic. he ig surprise came in the form of the turkey a meat that tends to dry out so much at smokehouses that rarely order it. elch assured me his was worth trying, and he made good on that promise. his turkey was so uicy could’ve sworn elch was in ecting it with roth as he served it. t’s so simple ust a little salt and smoke ut anything more would have een a distraction from this pure poultry liss. t’s not the hanksgiving ird of your dreams it’s the etter, smokier version of it. oming off such a simple pleasure, the ig a y sandwich seemed o scene. risket, turkey, pickles, coleslaw, la ama hite sauce and the house sweet and smoky ar ecue sauce are heaped together onto a aiser roll. t’s a wonderful hot mess an eating challenge in the waiting though didn’t need anything this gratuitous to impress upon me how wonderful this place is.

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elch doesn’t reak the mold with his sides ou’ll find well executed versions of the smokehouse staples on his menu. oleslaw, pasta salad, potato salad and aked eans are pretty standard. His house pickles, crisp with oral and dill notes, are a standout, as is the tangy, cracker crusted mac and cheese. erhaps was too stuffed after indulging the menu’s savory side to appreciate the sweet offerings. ecan pie, aked into a shockingly flaky crust, has a pleasant, salty crunch. he dulce de leche raisin read pudding, however, needs to e served warm. t room temperature, as it was presented on my visit, it lacks the goo factor that gives this style of dessert its appeal. he chocolate candied acon crunch ar, too, did nothing for me. t sounds like heaven, ut it tasted like a stale, low car meal replacement ar. ut with so much eauty on the smokehouse side of things, does it really matter if you’re not completely wowed y the sweets elch’s smoked meats are the star of the show here. hances are you’ll e stressing over how to finish every last morsel of pulled pork rather than asking what’s for dessert. nd you’ll pro a ly also e stressing a out whether you’ll make it in time to guarantee your order of risket. t turns out en elch has more in common with ike merson than ust ar ecue prowess he’s also got a line out the door. n Big Baby Q and Smokehouse

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David Sandusky Found Salvation in Barbecue Written by

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avid Sandusky of Beast Craft BBQ (20 S Belt W, Belleville, Illinois; 618-257-9000) was well on his way in the fine dining circuit, working under top chefs as he mastered classical tech ni ues. ight in and night out, he’d compose elegant plates. He worked with so much foie gras it may as well have een raunschweiger. hen he reali ed he ust didn’t care anymore. ust got to the point where didn’t understand why we did it, andusky recalls. hen you’re a kid, it’s fun to e the most pre tentious guy hey, can do all these cool sauces and fancy plates’ ut that’s not what regular peo ple relate to. t ust didn’t hit me anymore. andusky wasn’t disillusioned with food ust the pomp and circumstance of the fine dining in dustry. The food scene had drawn him in years efore, as a teenager waiting ta les. nlisted to step in as a line cook after someone called in sick, “I fell in love with the back of the house, andusky says. t was a lot of fun, you could be yourself and there was so much more cama raderie there. It came naturally to me. never looked ack.

Sandusky attended culinary school, though he got more of an education on the line. He left his program and focused on learning ack of the ook style, as he calls it. was the guy who learned to cook a hour demi glace efore learned how to cook rice, he

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David Sandusky’s philsophy is simple: All killer, no filler. | MABEL SUEN laughs. ust always placed myself in positions that challenged me. ut as he progressed in fine dining, he reali ed that it wasn’t a challenge he was looking for, ut rather an authentic way to relate to diners. He researched culinary genres and was struck y the deep cultural significance of ar ecue. ’m a ministry school dropout, admits Sandusky. “I love to see the cultural aspect of food why peo ple cook what they cook, where they get it, how it impacts their families and their lives. Barbecue is a religion to people. t totally made sense to me.

Sandusky knew that he was en tering a competitive industry, so he set out to nail the asics. eople half ass pulled pork ecause it’s the most popular dish and they take it for granted that it’s going to sell, he explains. e turned that on its head. f that’s the item that the most people are going to eat, then why don’t you make it the est that it can e He calls his attitude all killer no filler, a philosophy that focuses on the barbecue fundamentals. “Peo

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ple think east’ is a noun ’ve heard so many people refer to us as he east,’ andusky says of his elleville restaurant. ’ east’ isn’t a noun. t’s an ad ective. t’s how we do things here.

Sandusky took a break from cooking the est pork steak on the planet to share his thoughts on the i state area dining scene, the silly way he gets his daughter to laugh and which local chef’s food makes him weak.

What is one thing people don’t know about you that you wish they did?

I was bullied most of my child hood, until high school when real i ed it wasn’t the ully’s fault, it was mine. was never ullied again.

What daily ritual is non-negotiable for you? have to smell my four year old’s feet on a daily basis. Weird, yes, but it gets her to laugh uncontrolla ly.

If you could have any superpower, what would it be? he est villains don’t need su perpowers to make waves.

What is the most positive thing in food, wine or cocktails that you’ve

noticed in St. Louis over the past year? here’s a new passion for making simple foods really well. ine din ing is dying, and micro culture is making a come ack. peciali ation is reeding change and growth.

Who is your St. Louis food crush? ick ewis’ hot chicken makes me weak.

Who’s the one person to watch right now in the St. Louis dining scene? e. o one’s ceiling is as high as mine.

Which ingredient is most representative of your personality? lack pepper.

Name an ingredient never allowed in your kitchen. hite pepper worthless crap.

What is your after-work hangout?

Home love eing with family.

What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure? nything salted caramel.

What would be your last meal on earth? y mother’s eef stroganoff. can never get enough of it. n

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ON MENUS NOW: CHANTERELLES Written by

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he season for chanterelle mushrooms has begun in the Midwest, and St. Louis chefs are taking advantage of a slightly early harvest.

Chanterelles are only available in the wild, generally in the late summer and fall. They have a yellow-orange hue and range in size from quarter-rounds to five-inch beauties. Their earthy, slightly peppery flavor pairs well with butter and cream, white wine and fresh herbs in pasta, soup, and risotto with light proteins such as eggs, tofu, fish, poultry and pork.

We’ve rounded up seven St. Louis restaurants offering wild-harvested chanterelle dishes on their menus for a limited time. Head over to one of these hotspots to taste these delicious flavors soon, or you’ll just have to wait ‘til next year. Please call to verify availability; these dishes won’t last.

Randolfi’s 6665 Delmar Boulevard, University City Mike Randolph’s acclaimed new Italian spot is offering a chanterelle, mozzarella, garlic scape pesto, preserved lemon and grana padano pizza. Available for a limited time.

Element Restaurant and Lounge 1419 Carol Road, Lafayette Square At this stylish restaurant just east of Lafayette Square, chef Josh Charles is serving a grilled pork chop with chanterelles, fresh peaches and peach butter, polenta and nasturtium. Available for the next week.

Element’s pork chop comes with chanterelles and fresh peaches. | COURTESY OF ELEMENT RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Farmhaus 3257 Ivanhoe Avenue, Clifton Heights James Beard finalist Kevin Willmann is serving corn and goat’s milk ricotta agnolotti with foraged chanterelles, venison stock, Farmhaus bacon, minced shallot, thyme flowers, opal basil and oregano flowers. Available for the next week.

Cielo Restaurant & Bar 999 N. 2nd Street, downtown The restaurant at the Four Seasons St. Louis is serving a cotto crudo of chanterelles with herb-roasted tofu, summer heirloom baby vegetables, pickled watermelon and beets.

Available for two months.

Reeds American Table 7322 Manchester Road, Maplewood At this wildly popular one-year-old Maplewood spot, chef Matt Daughaday is serving roasted chanterelles with herbs and smoked-whipped lardo on country wheat bread. Available for a limited time.

Byrd & Barrel 3422 South Jefferson Avenue, Cherokee District Bob Brazell’s hipster haven is serving a melange of chanterelles, tomatoes, green beans, goat cheese, bacon, smoked corn puree and carrot

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I Am the Only Person I Know Who Loves Korn A confession. (And an explanation, too.)

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THOMAS CRONE KORN 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 9. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights. $25 to $69.50. 314-2989944.

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n a daydreaming moment, I imagine walking down the middle of Cherokee, all the way from Fort Gondo to Foam, wearing only a dashiki, two left shoes and a monocle for my right eye. Playing Hawkwind covers in the style of Pharcyde on a ukulele, I wouldn’t get heckled once, not even by the kids shooting hoops at Love Bank Park. Bystanders would simply assume I was working up an act for next week’s open mic at the Venice Cafe and, maybe, a few would tip a pint of Earthbound’s Tree Bark Double-Pilsner in my general direction.

On other days, I dream of walking into the Mud House at 12:30 on a Sunday afternoon, this time sporting baggy cargos, a beat-up pair of Adidas shell-toes and a three-quarter-sleeve Korn T-shirt.

My guess is that the line, stretching halfway to Off Broadway at that hour, would part naturally, allowing me to walk right up to the register like Moses striding across the muddy floor of the Red Sea. But before I could make an order of humanely harvested potatoes, the clerk would simply, wordlessly point me to the back door, through which I’d dejectedly walk — but only after members of So Many Dynamos pelt me with hyper-local tomatoes.

These are real visions, born of a torture complex deeply rooted in the fact that I Am the Only Person

You probably think of a Korn fan as a sixteen-year-old kid from Warrenton named Kyle. I want to let you know that there are more of us. | MSOPR I Know Who Loves Korn.

You probably think of Korn fans as something like sixteen-year-old kid from Warrenton named Kyle, who works the same afternoon shift at Dairy Queen as his pregnant girlfriend Amber. But I want you to know there are more of us. That for every 15,000 Kyles, there’s Thomas, a middle-aged, tea-drinking, Tower Grove East-living, Sanders-voting, former liberal arts college adjunct who, even during Korn’s most popular days in the s, couldn’t find a single student with whom to swap Korn stories.

It’s likely that you think of yourself as Someone Who Doesn’t Know Anyone Who Loves Korn.

But you’d be wrong. You do know someone, and now you know it. So let me share with you my sad story, in easily digestible bullet points.

– I discovered Korn by taking up boxing, about twenty years after the age you can effectively take up boxing. While working out at stinking, sweltering gyms in my early 30s, I rocked out to early era Korn cassettes like Issues and Follow the Leader.

– This time period locked in one of the few truths upon which I’d

stake my life: The best music for boxing training isn’t rap, or blues, or jazz: It’s nu-metal.

– Here, you might wonder if listening to Korn is a gateway drug to other nu-metal. From my own experiences: yes and no. Of course, I can hum along to the hits from POD or Crazy Town, and, sure, I own some Linkin Park CDs, but it’s not like I can drop Slipknot quotes into random conversations. So don’t assume the worst; you can live a quality, Breaking Benjamin-free life after repeated exposure to Korn. With discipline, it’s doable.

– A small group of you might know someone who throws around references to Korn — noting, for example, that they were born of an earlier band called Neidermayer’s ind, circa the akersfield, alifornia, metal scene of 1993. That’s nice trivia to bat around, but is this person really a Korn fan? A few simple questions will sort that out.

Are they on Team Silveria or Team Luzier? Were they fans before or after Woodstock ‘99? Do they understand that even within the dumpster fire of an al um that was Korn III: Remember Who You Are, riverfronttimes.com

you can find the genius of Oildale (Leave Me Alone)?” If they have answers, you have yourself a Korn fan — even if they’re the wrong answers. If you want the right answers, ask me.

– What gives me the ability to provide you with the right answers? Well, I once spent ten minutes on the phone with longtime Korn drummer Ray Luzier, and he complimented the quality of my questions before the band’s publicist cut the line. So that’s my experience, thankyouverymuch.

– Also, I have friends, a pair of schoolteachers and good family men. They work for local music production companies during the summer months and occasionally serve as personal assistants for members of Korn when the group is here on tour. While I’ll keep the really good stuff to myself, I can confirm that vocalist Jonathan Davis is, in fact, introspective and keeps to himself, while bassist Reginald ieldy rvi u is more gregarious and enjoys making Korn fans happy.

– (In that spirit: HEY, FIELDY! If you’re reading this, can I get a

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backstage pass? HEY, FIELDY!) – Speaking of spirit: While most of Korn’s members have been born again, the band’s recently been playing songs from its first al um, including tracks like all ongue, aget and lown, which aren’t exactly filled with lyrics a out the Coming Rapture. I’m not on the same team as Korn when it comes to the God stuff, but Korn’s seemingly OK with us heathens keeping our places under the tent.

– To deviate back into the big picture, it’s important to note here that friends matter. Just in general life purposes, not just Korn purposes.

And, as you know, I Am the Only Person I Know Who Loves Korn.

So it’s hard to talk about some things, like why Zac Baird’s not a full member and is always hidden from photo shoots. There’s no one in my life to commiserate with about that weird period (during rian Head elch’s too long hiatus) when the band made all the side players wear animal headgear — what was up with that? I can’t argue with anyone I know about why ’d include volution and ever ever on a classic orn mixtape, while dropping ’ ll ant a ingle and hoots and Ladders.” Does this aloneness ever hurt? You know the answer.

– Now, here I am making a fuss about being TOPIKWLK, but that doesn’t mean that no one knows I love Korn. A select few do. Often, when they find out, they send me a hilarious video from YouTube titled uy with cornrows eats corn while listening to korn.” Even my editor sent me the video when greenlighting this piece. And that’s totally cool. Every time I watch it, it’s like I’m a baby watching the dancing waves of the sea, or a kitten introduced to a ball of yarn. ’m transfixed, ecause it’s ust that good. You can send it to me now and I’ll watch it and it’ll feel like the first time, like the very first time.

– On August 9, Korn will be in St. Louis, along with Rob Zombie, for the eturn of the reads our.

I imagine going to the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre that night in a pair of baggy cargos, a beaten-up pair of Adidas shell-toes and a three-quarter sleeve Korn T-shirt.

There, thousands of Kyle-and-Ambers won’t give me so much as a second thought — other than to find it cool that old people listen to Korn, too. n

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“I knew I had to go back to the drawing board and create my good luck in a different way.” | ALYSSE GAFKJEN

Central Time After overcoming a brain tumor, Andrew Leahey returns to St. Louis with a new outlook on music Written by

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t was the mid-summer of 2013, and Andrew Leahey was on the cusp of his big break. His band, Andrew Leahey & the Homestead, had been around for a handful of years and was showing real potential to blow up in the rock & roll world. Leahey had just returned to Nashville for some much-deserved downtime with his wife. It was there, back at home after around 100 shows, where things began to go wrong. It started with a drop of hearing in his right ear, followed by trouble with balance. After a misdiagnosis of a viral infection, a boatload of steroids and a fateful nosedive in a Kroger parking lot, Leahey received disheartening

news: He had a brain tumor on one of his hearing nerves.

The diagnosis was particularly ugly for Leahey, who has been inuenced y music for his entire life.

“My family has cassette tapes from when I’m three years old, singing along to my mom playing the piano,” he says. “I couldn’t hold a conversation, but I could hold pitch and sing nursery rhymes for sure.” Surgery was his only option, but it carried the risk of losing his hearing and, consequently, his livelihood. The fact that Leahey never had any other goal in life made the potential for health complications all the more bleak.

Luckily for him, the surgery was a success. Although it took more than a year to fully recover, Leahey hit the road just two and a half short months after going under the knife. “I didn’t want to give the impression that my career was over, so I went on tour for three weeks against the wishes of my doctors,” he says. “It was a good tour, but it left me in a ton of pain. I knew I had to go back to the drawing board and create my good luck in a different way.” The new approach to music sparked

the creation of Andrew Leahey & the Homestead’s most passionate album yet: Skyline in Central Time. Leahey came together with producer Ken Coomer to create this album, and the two shared much more in common with him than just love of the craft. Coomer was halfway through a recovery of his own when the two met; he’d suffered a heart attack onstage during a concert in Nashville.

Together they created a powerful ode to looking back on life while constantly moving forward. The album features four of Leahey’s previous songs that were remastered, as well as seven new ones, all written from his couch in the immediate wake of his operation. In fact, Skyline in Central Time was finished a out a year and a half ago, but Leahey chose to hang back in order to perfect the release process.

“Given what I went through, I didn’t want to do what I had done in the past when it came to releasing albums,” he says. “I wanted to make sure I could do it right this time.”

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good, guitar-driven pieces with slower, emotional tunes that truly capture the essence his struggle.

The album’s release is set for August 5, the same day that Andrew Leahey & the Homestead will open for Amanda Shires and Billy Joe Shaver at Off Broadway. St. Louis isn’t just another city on Leahey’s tour schedule. It also happens to be the first place he performed after his tumor was removed. “We played on Cherokee Street, and everything about it was awesome,” Leahey says. “I remember a big onfire in the ack after the show that people were throwing chairs into. It was chaos, but a great way to get back into the swing of things.” He anticipates the band’s return to St. Louis to be just as memora le as the first time they performed here. With his health, band and new album behind him, Leahey is moving forward with a new outlook on music and life in general. “It’s been a good story because it has a happy ending,” he says. “Playing music now resonates with me much more than it used to.

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hen the schedule for 2016’s LouFest was finally revealed a few months ago, there was much to love foremost, the festival oasted a more diverse and representative lineup that encompassed rock, country, soul, hip hop and lues. ut looking past the mar uee names, local music fans likely felt validated y the increased num er of t. ouis ands on the ill. any hometown ands helping put the ou in ou est have een on the grind for years ands such as oxing, ruiser ueen, aron amm the One rops and llphonics have hustled oth in and out of town to spread their music.

One local act, though, was a it of a sleeper pick he leepy u ies, the acoustic folk act helmed y mily allace and li u y, has ust released its first . he pair aren’t exactly new to local stages the two have performed around town, together and separately, for years and the leepy u ies’ five song Great Big Love shows the singers’ prowess at crafting oth sensitive and powerful songs a out creative and romantic ueries. allace and u y are sisters, first y adoption and later y harmony and musical intuition. Over email, the pair talked a out their evolution, eginning in infield, issouri, where they used to s uare off against each another at talent shows. e started singing and playing shows at fifteen and sixteen in t. ouis and the surrounding cities, u y says. mily and li, that’s what we called ourselves. he sisters have drifted in and out of other musical pro ects allace in particular is fre uently seen performing solo gigs and singing with l Holliday’s ast ide hythm and. ut earlier this year, u y and allace decided to re rand their act and record with ason c ntire at awhorse tudio. Our family’s last name is u y and our music is laid ack, so we started calling this pro ect the leepy u ies, u y explains. ith all of our musical history, think we wanted something fresh and new and easy. he egins with something akin to a mission statement with outh ity, a rumination on personal success and artistic fulfillment. he song suggests that while few on the south side are striking it rich, the simple pleasures of love, fellowship and music more than make up for some elusive windfall. e have this eautiful, supportive community in south city t. ouis of musicians, artists, chefs, mail carriers, mechanics, artenders and so on, allace says. e have some pretty perfect pets and dudes. e are sisters that get to make music together and play awesome shows with awesome people. his is a great life. he song outh ity re ects that whole attitude, she continues. eing grateful for what we have and letting this new musical ourney go carefree and easy has helped on the happiness front tremendously.

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s efitting their origins as a duo, the leepy u ies’ material is centered around the sisters’ voices and allace’s guitar. olorado, the ’s second track, thrums with the interplay etween vocal stridency and gentleness in a song a out lovers’ wanderings and reclamations. t’s a simple arrangement, and one that enefits from not sounding overstuffed, and im eters’ og ights, the rovels lead guitar line gives folksy counterpoint to the pointed rhythmic strums. ince we’ve een playing music in t. ouis for so long, we are lucky to have a massive amount of talented friends, u y says. here are some incredile players in this town. n addition to eters, ony ar ata, ark Hoch erg and hawn Hart contri ute to the recording, which features a dramatic grand piano on the title track and sensitive string work on arlin. hose colla orations have led onto the stage as well, as the and’s late uly release show was filled in with accompanying players. laying Off roadway for our release show ust reaffirmed that we are so lucky to have four rilliant performers making music with us, u y says. s the leepy u ies prepare to play ou est in eptem er, allace and u y have had to pinch themselves again and again over the opportunity. fter receiving the invitation, we umped around uite a it, punching the air and dry humping lamps, coffee ta les and different things around our homes, allace says. t was super mind lowing. ven if they are the newest and on the ill, allace and u y will rely on their decade plus of performance, songwriting and sisterhood to make a strong impression. e plan on writing, practicing and really trying to make our hour slot e as adass as possi le, allace says. eing a rand new group, it might seem like we are out of our league to some, ut we are all seasoned players. e are ust so thankful and pumped.

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5TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY: w/ DJ

1155 S. Rock Hill Road, St. Louis.

Charlie Chan, DJ AJ 9 p.m., $10. The Ready

THIRD SIGHT BAND: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues

Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-

& Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-

833-3929.

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ABOVE & BEYOND: w/ Rob Lemon 9 p.m., $35$45. Ameristar Casino, 1 Ameristar Blvd., St.

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THE EAST SIDERS: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues

ANDY HUMAN AND THE REPTOIDS: w/ Shitstorm

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9 p.m., $5. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.

BILLY JOE SHAVER: w/ Amanda Shires 8 p.m., $20-$30. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

THE BUNNY THE BEAR: w/ Roots Like Mountains, Colonist 6 p.m., $12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

CHRIS O’LEARY BAND: 10 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

DEMI LOVATO: w/ Nick Jonas 7 p.m., TBA. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Ave., St. Louis, 314-241-1888.

FUNKY BUTT BRASS BAND: 7 p.m., free. Paul Schroeder Park, Old Meramec Stn between Manchester & Big Bend roads, Ballwin, 636391-6326.

HILLBILLY AUTHORITY: 5 p.m., free. Saint Louis Zoo, Forest Park, St. Louis, 314-781-0900.

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Broncho 8 p.m. Thursday, August 4.

Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue. $15. 314-773-3363.

Local musician and promoter John Henry has continued to expand the scope of his annual late-summer Open Highway festival, and 2016’s lineup offers a good mix of country legends, pop weirdos and stand-up comedians. The five-day fest hits its fuzzy, indie-fied stride on Thursday with a headlining set from the Norman, Oklahoma-based quintet Broncho, whose just-released Double Vanity casts its languid, swampy jams through a lens of

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& Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-4365222.

HIATUS KAIYOTE: 8 p.m., $25-$27.50. The

light psychedelia. Local outfit American Wrestlers will continue its evolution from Gary McClure’s self-recorded project to an increasingly formidable live band, with likely previews of songs from its upcoming sophomore release.

Sets from LA-based lo-fi pop artist Billy Changer and STL’s Whoa Thunder will round out the night.

But Wait There’s More: Open Highway continues through this week with sets

by Billy Joe Shaver and Amanda Shires (Friday), comedian Todd Barry (Saturday) and Pokey LaFarge (Sunday), all at Off Broadway. – Christian Schaeffer

Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314726-6161.

JAMAICA LIVE TUESDAYS: w/ Ital K, Mr. Roots, DJ Witz, $5/$10. Elmo’s Love Lounge, 7828 Olive Blvd, University City, 314-282-5561.

KORN: w/ Rob Zombie, In This Moment 6 p.m., $25-$69.50. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944.

MODERN CONVENIENCE: 9 p.m., $5. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.

THE STILLHOUSE SHAKERS: w/ The Lonely Mountain String Band, The Galleons 7 p.m., $7-$10. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.

VIOLENTOR: w/ Peucharist 7 p.m., $12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

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Slipknot, Marilyn Manson 6 p.m. Thursday, August 4.

It is nu-metal week in St. Louis, and everybody’s celebrating. Well, everybody who came of age in the mid ‘90s anyway — those clad in gigantic pants and ball-chain necklaces, wallets securely attached to the hip, the scourge of mall security guards all across the county: This, my friends, is your time.

Four titans of the genre — Korn, Rob Zombie, Slipknot and Marilyn Manson — all make appearances at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre this week, the

former two on Tuesday, the latter two on Thursday. Take yourself back to a simpler time, when shock-rock was still just a little shocking and salacious rumors of removed ribs were still unSnopes-able. Close your eyes and you’ll still be able to hear your parents disapproving.

The Tradition Continues: Orange County’s Of Mice and Men will open the Slipknot show, itself a relatively new (nu?) group that formed in 2009, proving that nu-metal is still alive and well twenty years later — for better or for worse.

-- Daniel Hill

WEDNESDAY 10

& Coyote Scream, Dear Genre, Sat., Aug. 6,

BIG RICH MCDONOUGH & THE RHYTHM RENE-

9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois

GADES: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups,

Ave., St. Louis, 314-352-5226.

700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

DAN VAPID AND THE CHEATS: Sat., Oct. 1, 7 p.m.,

BOB “BUMBLE BEE” KAMOSKE: 8 p.m. Beale on

$10-$12. W/ HipShot Killer, Guy Morgan, Eat-

Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-

en Back To Life, Sat., Nov. 12, 7 p.m., $10-$12.

621-7880.

Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

COP CIRCLES: 9 p.m., $5. Foam Coffee & Beer,

THE DEFEATED COUNTY: Tue., Oct. 4, 11 p.m.,

3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.

free. Halo Bar, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis,

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Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights. $25 to $79.95. 314-2989944.

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EDUCATED IMBECILES: W/ Powerline Sneakers,

The Demo, 4191 Manchester Ave, St. Louis,

the Skagbyrds, Fri., Aug. 12, 9 p.m., $7. The

314-833-5532.

Heavy Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St. Louis,

FATPOCKET: 5 p.m., free. Downtown Clayton,

314-352-5226.

Forsyth Blvd. & S. Brentwood Blvd., Clayton.

EMBRACER: W/ Gardens, Chapters, Angelhead,

GWEN STEFANI: w/ Eve 7 p.m., $29.95-$149.95.

Ursa Major, Sat., Nov. 19, 7 p.m., $12-$14. The

Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 & Earth

Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-

City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-9944.

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LAMAR HARRIS: 11:45 a.m., free. Citygarden,

EMMYLOU HARRIS: W/ Steve Earle, Patty Grif-

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ERIC JOHNSON: Wed., Nov. 2, 8 p.m., $35. Old

AMERICAN OPERA: W/ I Could Sleep In The

Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-

Clouds, Thu., Aug. 18, 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy

0505.

Anchor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, 314-352-

GRIZ: W/ Haywyre, Brasstracks, Thu., Nov. 17,

5226.

8 p.m., $20-$30. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar

BAGHEERA: W/ Foxholes, Bad Cover Band Sam,

Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

Sat., Aug. 20, 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor,

THE GROWLERS: Sat., Oct. 8, 8 p.m., $20. Off

5226 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, 314-352-5226.

Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-

BLIND GUARDIAN: W/ Grave Digger, Sat., Sept.

3363.

24, 8 p.m., $30-$35. The Ready Room, 4195

I ACTUALLY: W/ Mountain Doom, Grand House,

Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

Fri., Aug. 19, 9 p.m., $7. The Heavy Anchor,

BOB PLANT: Tue., Aug. 23, 8 p.m., $8. Fubar,

5226 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, 314-352-5226.

3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

INTER ARMA: W/ Call Of The Void, Mon., Oct.

BREAK NIGHT: Thu., Oct. 13, 11 p.m., free. Halo

3, 8 p.m., $12. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St.

Bar, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-

Louis, 314-535-0353.

1414.

JJ GREY & MOFRO: W/ Parker Millsap, Wed.,

BRONZE RADIO RETURN: Sun., Oct. 9, 8 p.m.,

Nov. 23, 8 p.m., $25-$30. The Pageant, 6161

$13-$15. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St.

Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

Louis, 314-726-6161.

JOE: W/ Vivian Green, Sat., Sept. 24, 9 p.m.,

BRUISER QUEEN: W/ Twins, Jessie Johnson

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thurs. aug. 4 9PM Lynn Drury from New Orleans

fri. aug. 5 10PM Marquise Knox

mon. aug. 8 9PM Soulard Blues Band

wed. aug. 10 9:30PM Voodoo Players Tribute to the Eagles

thurs. aug. 11 9:30PM Big Sam’s Funky Nation from New Orleans

fri. aug. 12 10PM John Gros’ Band Formerly of Papa Grows Funk from New Orleans

sat. aug. 13 10PM Jake’s Leg

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Lake Street Dive 8 p.m. Thursday, August 4.

The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard. $27.50 to $25. 314-726-6161.

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.

Unknown band has a buddy hold a camera to record its Jackson 5 cover on a street corner. A year later the video has millions of YouTube views, so the band signs and start filling theater-sized venues around the country.

So it was with Boston’s Lake Street Dive and its version of “I Want You Back” in 2012. But this isn’t just any band: Singer Rachael Price recalls everything about Amy Winehouse

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that stopped the world in its tracks, and her band is loose and goosey enough with vintage R&B styles to win the allegiance of Stephen Colbert and Nashville super-producer Dave Cobb. Some bands really are worthy of insta-buzz. Lake Street Dive is one of them.

That’s EE-fuh to You: Pronounced just like that, Aoife O’Donovan, best known as singer for post-old-time band Crooked Still, opens this evening with her own exceptional voice and songs.

– Roy Kasten

$35-$55. Ambassador, 9800 Halls Ferry Road,

ROLAND JOHNSON: W/ The Provels, Fri., Sept. 2,

North St. Louis County, 314-869-9090.

8 p.m., $10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St.

MAC MILLER: Sun., Oct. 23, 8 p.m., $30-$35.

Louis, 314-773-3363.

The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis,

SAMANTHA CRAIN: W/ Matthew Milia, The Fog

314-726-6161.

Lights, Sat., Aug. 27, 9 p.m., $10. The Heavy An-

MACHINE GUN KELLY: Fri., Nov. 11, 8 p.m.,

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$30-$35. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St.

SEVENDUST: W/ Crobot, Wilson, Wed., Sept. 28,

Louis, 314-726-6161.

7 p.m., $20-$23. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Monsan-

MR. GNOME: W/ CaveofswordS, Thu., Oct. 20, 8

to Ave., East St. Louis, 618-274-6720.

p.m., $10-$12. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St.

TOUCHE AMORE: W/ Tiny Moving Parts, Culture

Louis, 314-535-0353.

Abuse, Wed., Nov. 2, 8 p.m., $15. Off Broad-

OLD DOMINION: Sat., Oct. 1, 7 p.m., $15-$20.

way, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

Ballpark Village, 601 Clark Ave, St. Louis, 314-

WAGE WAR: W/ Torn At The Seams, We Are De-

345-9481.

scendants, Behold My Enemy, Mon., Sept. 12,

POUYA: Tue., Aug. 16, 8 p.m., $20-$50. Fubar,

6 p.m., $15. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis,

3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

314-289-9050.

RETOX: W/ He Whose Ox Is Gored, Silent,

ZEDS DEAD: Mon., Oct. 17, 8 p.m., $25-$30.

Mon., Sept. 12, 8 p.m., $15. Fubar, 3108 Locust

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SAVAGE LOVE POKÉMON NO

BY DAN SAVAGE Hey, Dan: I can’t believe this is why I’m finally writing you. My husband is using Pokémon GO as an excuse to stay out until 5 a.m. with another woman. She is beautiful and about a decade younger than him, and he won’t hear me out on why this is bothersome. Pokémon GO until 5 a.m. alone with a twentysomething for four straight weeks?! It’s driving me crazy. I told him how I feel, and he says it’s my fault for “never wanting to do anything.” (I don’t consider walking around staring at a phone “doing something.”) I told him I feel like he doesn’t even like me anymore, and he didn’t even acknowledge my feelings with a response. I don’t think me enabling his actions by joining the game is the answer, but I’d be absolutely gutted if this game was the straw that broke up our ten-year relationship.

Please help.

Pokémon GO Means No Second Life, SimCity, Quake, Counter-Strike, World of Warcraft, Minecraft — it’s always something.

By which I mean to say, PGMN, Pokémon GO isn’t destroying your marriage now, just as SimCity wasn’t destroying marriages fifteen years ago. Your husband

is destroying your marriage. He’s eing selfish and inconsiderate and cruel. He doesn’t care enough about you to prioritize your feelings — or even acknowledge them.

When a partner’s actions are clearly saying, “I’m choosing this thing — this video game, this bowling league, this whatever — over you,” they’re almost always saying this, as well: “I don’t want to be with you anymore, but I don’t have the courage or the decency to leave so I’m going to neglect you until you get fed up and leave me.”

Let him have his ridiculous obsessions, and when he comes to his senses and abandons Pokémon GO, just like people walked away from Second Life a decade ago, you’ll be in a better position to decide whether you want to leave him.

Hey, Dan: I am currently separated.

A few months after I moved out, my estranged wife found out that I cheated on her before we got married. I was a CPOS. I feel horribly guilty and would like to think I’ll never do it again. The question is: When and what should I disclose to future partners?

No Clever Acronym There’s no need to disclose this to future partners. Everyone makes mistakes — and the mistake you made, while a deeply painful betrayal of your then-girlfriend

and presumably a violation of a premarital monogamous commitment, is a thoroughly common one.

Human beings aren’t used cars — we aren’t obligated to disclose every ditch we drove ourselves into before we resell ourselves. You didn’t fuck around on your ex habitually, you’re not a serial cheater, and you never violated your marriage vows. So there’s that. Resolve not to make this mistake again — make only new ones — and stuff that incident down Ye Olde Memory Hole.

Hey, Dan: I hooked up with this hot married couple. We’d done it before, and my expectations were shaped by previous (fun) experiences with them. But the sex wasn’t good this time. That would be fine but for the specific reason it wasn’t good: The husband came on my face after I specifically told him not to do that.

I used my words. He still blew a load in my face and then sheepishly kinda apologized afterwards. He said he didn’t mean to do it and that he was aiming at my boobs. I do not believe it for a second. It was an “ask for forgiveness, not for permission” kind of thing — I could see that on his face. He looooves facials. So that sealed my decision to not sleep with them again, which I told them about. I consider a load in my face against my will to be a big violation of my trust/friendship. The couple

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thinks I’m overreacting and that a load in your face should be a forgivable offense. I’m not going to change my mind, but I am curious what you think about sneaky facials.

Unwanted Semen Angers! Unicorn Seeking Advice!

Sneaky facials are sneaky, and I don’t approve of sneakiness in the sack. People should be straightforward and direct; they should communicate their wants, needs, and limits clearly; and we should all err on the side of solicitousness, i.e., drawing new sex partners out about their wants, needs and limits, because some folks have a hard time using their words where sex is concerned.

You used your words, USA!USA!, and this dude violated your clearly communicated wants, needs and limits. I’m glad you let them know you were upset and why you weren’t going to see them again.

Single women who want to hook up with married couples are hard to come by and in — that’s why you’re called unicorns — and his selfish disregard for your limits, his clear violation of your trust, cost them a unicorn.

Listen to Dan’s podcast at savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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