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The Day Riverport Rioted An oral history of the Guns N' Roses show that sated St. Louis' appetite for destruction

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The Day Riverport Rioted An oral history of the Guns N’ Roses show that sated St. Louis’ appetite for destruction Written by

CHRISTIAN SCHAEFFER Cover by

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Seven days worth of great stuff to see and do

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RIP, Social House II

Fourth of July Guide

Sarah Fenske goes deep on the legal battle that led to the sports bar’s sudden closure

This year’s best spots to see the fireworks

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Film

Gun Storage a Go for Downtown

Cards fans can start packing heat, thanks to a startup setting up shop in the shadow of Busch Stadium

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In The BFG, Robert Hunt likes the way Roald Dahl’s sharp humor cuts through all that Spielbergian saccharine

Glory Days

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The best concerts in St. Louis every night of the week

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For Cards Fans, Gun Storage Is a Go Written by

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n less than a month, the dream of being able to safely stow your gun in downtown St. Louis while you’re seeing a baseball game will become a reality.

Justin Hulsey, founder of Weapon Safe Armory, is eyeing a ten-day Cardinals home stretch starting July 15 to deploy his armored truck to a parking lot owned by the bar Paddy O’s (618 S. 7th Street).

The company hopes to offer safe, convenient storage for anyone who believes they need a firearm for their personal protection — but is visiting a downtown venue like Busch Stadium where guns are not permitted. They hope for a quick, secure solution for fans wanting their guns at their side as they walk to their parking space before or after a game.

“We need to be able to get somebody in the truck and out of the truck every ten seconds,” says Hulsey.

Back in November, shortly after a tragic shooting near Busch Stadium, the National Guard veteran grabbed headlines with his plan to provide gun-toting sports fans a secure location to check and retrieve firearms.

Over the past seven months or so, Hulsey has busied himself ironing out a business plan, which involved tweaking his original vision. Hulsey initially hoped to begin sending the truck to Busch Stadium in April, and from there he imagined seeing the vehicle stationed outside concerts and public events, essentially operating like a food truck for guns — only instead of buying them, customers would be paying to check them before going into gun-free zones.

But Hulsey says the city’s business regulations and zoning laws bar him from fully adopting the mobile food truck model.

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Owner John Racanelli (right) at Social House II’s “grand opening” June 3. Two weeks later, the bar closed for good. | STEVE TRUESDELL

HOW A COSTLY LEGAL FIGHT DOOMED SOCIAL HOUSE II Written by

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n Friday, June 17, University City Mayor Shelley Welsch posted on social media that Social House II would be closing its doors after last call Saturday. Her short statement referred only elliptically to the city’s lawsuit against the bar — “the parties have resolved their differences” was the extent of it — and city officials declined further comment.

But the terse announcement came after months of drama and legal wrangling over the four-month-old bar, known for its servers wearing pasties and body paint. Social House II had found itself embroiled in a fight not

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only with city officials, but also with its landlord and one of St. Louis’ most prestigious law firms — which accused it in an explosive filing June 10 of lying to city officials and creating shell companies to conceal its true ownership.

Owner John Racanelli vehemently denies the claims in the filing, saying that a lengthy complaint from attorneys at Bryan Cave LLP led to the bar’s closure only in one way: It was one more costly battle in a war being waged on far too many fronts.

“How could anyone operate a business the way you should when you are getting attacked by everyone every day for a different reason?” he asks. “Between the street closures, the crime down there and the legal battle on top of the normal everyday business fundamentals, we just had enough.”

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hile Social House II opened its doors in March, defying University City officials, it wasn’t until June 3 that the bar threw its official grand

opening celebration. But in hindsight, the party meant to indicate that “Social House II is here to stay” instead marked the beginning of the end.

The signs were there from the beginning, of course. When John Racanelli announced last winter that he was replacing his failed sports bar, the Market Pub House, with a spinoff of Soulard’s Social House, U. City officials argued that it was a dramatic change in use — and that Racanelli needed a new liquor license. They then began to hastily revise the city’s code to bar sexually suggestive businesses.

But Racanelli and his always-quotable attorney, Albert Watkins, knew a good First Amendment case when they saw one. They pointed out that other businesses in the Loop had hosted burlesque — how were their servers’ costumes any different?

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Isaac Porch, with Weapon Safe Armory’s portable unit, will be spearheading security for the startup. | DANNY WICENTOWSKI

WEAPONS Continued from pg 8 That’s where Paddy O’s comes in. Located next door to Busch Stadium, the bar is reserving space in one of its adjacent parking lots for Hulsey’s 22-foot-long step van, which is painted black with the words “Mobile Safe Storage” stenciled on the front and side.

(A Paddy O’s general manager onfirmed the bar s involvement.

Thanks to the bar’s participation, the truck doesn’t need to be mobile; customers can stash their pieces before the game and then return to the same spot after it.

The truck will also accept other valuables like purses, garments and electronics.

Hulsey couldn’t be more stoked for the debut. After months of frustrating delays, he’s ready to see his plan in action.

“We’ve ordered the armor,” he continues, ticking off the vehicle’s still nfinished feat res. ameras on the van will be running the entire time in operation; there will be 360-degree security and body cameras on all the guards there.”

On Sunday, Hulsey joined two fellow veterans from his National Guard unit in their newly leased garage on Chouteau, which is less than a mile from Paddy Os. Rodney Sebaugh, a hulking former supply sergeant, emerges from the truck in a sweat-stained t-shirt.

He’s been preparing the vehicle for its armor upgrades.

“We just got to be able to make the back of the truck secure, so that we don’t have to worry about any issues with that,” Sebaugh says. “The biggest thing is how

you process that many people in a timely manner, but still keep 100 percent accountability of all items.”

Hulsey and Sebaugh are understandably cagey about disclosing details of the truck’s armor and security layout, lest any criminals decide to target a vehicle full of guns and valuables.

Guarding the truck and its precious cargo will fall to an in-house team of licensed (and armed) security guards wearing body cameras.

Issac Porch, also a veteran of Hulsey’s National Guard unit, joined Hulsey and Seabaugh earlier this year and is heading the security side of the operation.

They’ve made around a dozen hires so far.

“We have this bad perception of St. Louis city,” says Porch, an infantryman who worked in private security after completing his military service. “We want to be physically there so people can come here, spend their money at the bars, have a good night out and not worry about being mugged or their car getting broken into.”

Pricing for storage starts at $10, or $15 if you pay with a credit card.

Hulsey believes that’s a pittance compared to the peace of mind of knowing your valuables or firearms are safe. He’s already thinking about expanding.

“If this prototype works, the next one might be a 6-by-18-foot trailer that we can park in certain locations,” he says. “We could park a trailer at Paddy O’s, and then get the truck off to another spot. And then another spot and another spot.” n

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Social House II servers’ painted-on attire angered University City. | STEVE TRUESDELL new liquor license was needed. Social House II could open whenever it wanted ... and so, on March 4, it did.

In court, the city sought a restraining order to close the bar and, at City Council, stripped the bar of its liquor license. Ultimately those efforts were unsuccessful: Judges both denied the restraining order and forced the city to give back the liquor license, suggesting there was a likelihood Racanelli would ultimately prevail on the merits.

For awhile after that, all was quiet — but unbeknownst to patrons, the city wasn’t giving up. Behind the scenes, it was doubling down.

Early on in the litigation, the city hired Bryan Cave, one of St. Louis’ legal heavy hitters. And as Social House II continued to serve drinks, the firm’s attorneys were deposing its principals, subpoenaing records and delving into its ownership structure. n June 10, the ryan Cave attorneys filed a detailed, 3 page brief in St. Louis County Circuit Court, alleging that Racanelli wasn’t the bar’s true owner — by insisting in city paperwor he owned 100 percent of the business, they wrote, he’d used a “shell game” to deceive both the city and the legal system.

In essence, they alleged, all dayto day operations since ebruary 10 had been managed by a company called HRM, and all proceeds were going into its coffers. That compa10

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“They tried to portray us like a bunch of gangsters — ‘shell game,’ like we were bad people.” ny, the Bryan Cave attorneys wrote, was a joint operation between longtime nightlife impresario Anthony “Tony” Trupiano (whose sister owns the original Social House in Soulard) and hotshot criminal defense attorney Scott Rosenblum, in partnership with a woman named Amy Kostecki.

Why the concealment? Racanelli’s company, the petition argued, “had to keep the liquor license in its name because Tony Trupiano had previously had a liquor license revoked, which precluded both him and HRM from holding the liquor license for Social House II, and [Racanelli] was hoping to avoid the scrutiny that a new liquor license would bring.”

The court was scheduled to take up the petition on June 17. Faced with its lengthy allegations, hun-

dreds of pages of exhibits and just one week to ready a response, Racanelli’s lawyers asked Judge Nancy Watkins for more time.

On Monday, June 13, she denied the request. The hearing would go on that Friday.

Racanelli, Rosenblum and Trupiano all vehemently deny Bryan Cave’s assessment of the ownership situation. In essence, they say, Racanelli owned the business, but was licensing the Social House name and franchising the concept. Trupiano says HRM was the “management company” hired to operate the place; Rosenblum says he was merely an investor in that management company. (As for Trupiano, he says he wasn’t even aware that he was ineligible to have his name on a liquor license. If that’s all this was about, he says, why didn’t he just use his sister’s name, or another family member? After all, the original Social ouse operates ust fine “They made a mountain out of a mole hill,” Rosenblum says of the allegations. “It’s really simple. I made a loan because I wanted to see if [Social House] was a franchisable situation. And I think it is a franchisable concept. The only problem is that University City wanted to spend 00,000 to put us out of business Adds Trupiano, “They tried to portray us like a bunch of gangsters — ‘shell game,’ like we were bad people. We were up front about our involvement! I’m out there shaking hands, busing tables — I wasn’t hiding anything. You want to know who the gangsters are? These people at City Hall. They’re taking your money and spending it for no reason!”

University City Manager Lehman Walker declined to comment on the city’s reasons for pursuing the litigation e confirms that he earmar ed 300,000 for ryan Cave’s representation, although the final bills haven’t been tallied.

Regardless, in light of the lengthy petition and the rapidly approaching hearing, Trupiano and Racanelli says they decided to reenter settlement talks — and a deal was reached not long before the scheduled hearing on June 17.

But they were still shocked when friends began to call later that afternoon, saying they’d just seen a an RFT story citing the mayor’s announcement on social media. No one was supposed to be putting the news out there, they say, on either side. “She breaks the contract be-

fore the ink was even dry,” Trupiano marvels.

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he battle in court wasn’t the only one Trupiano and Racanelli were fighting in recent wee s al to them about the case, and it’s clear they’re equally wound up about the battle they found themselves in with Social House II’s own landlord.

Racanelli’s landlord, Dan Wald, has extensive holdings in University City — and found himself in the hot seat with his peers after Racanelli closed Market Pub House and landed on the idea of reopening as a Social House spinoff. But according to Trupiano and Racanelli, the awkward relationship turned downright hostile in the bar’s final wee s of operation.

In fact, two weeks ago, Racanelli came in to wor to find the ocial House II sign had been taken down.

Reviewing security footage, he says, he was shocked to see his own landlord, with another man, up on a scissor lift removing it. (Wald did not respond to an email seeking comment.)

After a few other provocations, Racanelli says he sought a restraining order against Wald. When Wald showed up to the building this week, the conversation turned hostile and Racanelli says he asked him to leave.

The police ended up coming and informing Wald there was a restraining order against him, Racanelli says.

Wald was then asked to leave the premises.

Ultimately, Racanelli says, “we’re going to have to settle our differences with him ut he confirms he won’t be reopening on site. He’s moving on.

And Trupiano and Rosenblum are as well. They say they’ve gotten interest in Social House franchises in other cities.

For all its troubles in University City, the bar didn’t lack for customers — Trupiano estimates sales tax alone tallied ,000 to 1 ,000 a month. The partners say they’ve gotten interest in Nashville, in Las Vegas, even in Columbia and Alton.

“I’m sure they’ll write their little ordinances like Richmond Heights tried to do,” Trupiano says, referencing the municipality that, inspired by University City’s travails, proactively passed a new law that would ban businesses like Social House. But, he adds, that shouldn’t be a problem: “We follow the state law. We’re not doing anything illegal.” n riverfronttimes.com

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THE DAY RIVERPORT RIOTED

An oral history of the Guns N’ Roses show that sated St. Louis’ appetite for destruction

Axl Rose, captured on camera in the middle of the Riverport crowd, July 2, 1991.

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n 1991, few bands could rival Guns N’ Roses in either record sales or in reputation for mayhem. The LA band’s 1987 debut record, Appetite for Destruction, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, and in the summer of 1991, GNR was touring the world in advance of its most ambitious project, the double album Use Your Illusion I & II, set to be released that September.

The North American leg got off to a rocky start as the band was two hours late to the stage at the kickoff show in East Troy, Wisconsin.

But the negative press that trailed GNR — delayed start times, frontman Axl Rose’s combative on-stage rants s es ith fans and se rity — only burnished its reputation as legitimate rock & roll bad boys.

The St. Louis date of the Use Your Illusion tour would be only the third event at the brand-new Riverport Amphitheater (now Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre). Local concert promotion heavyweights Contemporary Productions were 50 percent owners of the Mary-

land Heights venue and had sole ri hts to its boo in hi h filled a longstanding need for presenting concerts too big for spaces like the Fox Theatre beyond the cavernous (now demolished) Checkerdome.

For the band’s July 2 Riverport date, 17,000 tickets were sold, nearing capacity for the 20,000seat venue. After an opening set

by Skid Row, Guns N’ Roses took the stage to the strains of Leonard Cohen’s “Everybody Knows.” The band played for nearly 90 minutes before chaos broke out.

Rose, reportedly agitated by the contraband camera snuck in by hard-rock fan and Saddle Tramps motorcycle club member Bill “Stump” Stephenson,” leapt angrily into the crowd. After a few moments, Rose returned to the stage, blamed the “lame-ass” security, threw his mic down and left. His bandmates, seemingly confused by the melee, followed suit.

What happened after has long since passed into St. Louis conert lore and be ome a definin moment in GNR’s legend. The “Riverport Riot” left more than 60 people injured, caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to

the brand-new venue and saddled Rose with arrest warrants, lawsuits and hefty settlements.

On the 25th anniversary of the aborted concert and its aftermath — and as a reconstituted Guns N’ Roses tours the United States — the Riverfront Times presents an oral history of the Riverport Riot from those ho sa it firsthand the romoters, security guards, radio DJs, music critics and teenage fans who were there when the house lights went up and the shit went down.

“You know that movie Escape from New York? I guess they filmed a lot of it here or something? So that was kind of my first experience of knowing where I was. Do you know where you are? Do you know where you are? All I know is when I was here and I was seventeen, I was in the middle of the fucking jungle baby!”

— Axl Rose introducing “Welcome to the Jungle,” July 2, 1991 On June 14, 1991, Riverport Amphitheater hosted its first concert.

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county, the venue is the jewel in the crown of Steve Schankman and Irv Zuckerman’s Contemporary Productions. The company has been booking concerts since 1969.

Steve Schankman, co-founder of Contemporary Productions: We opened Riverport in June, and the first sho as teve in ood and Robert Cray. I think that went off without a hitch. When Mannheim Steamroller played, we got an incredible amount of wind; it was The Wizard of Oz visiting St. Louis. And we weren’t set to have that kind of weather, so all the stuff on top of the pavilion was starting to blow over. I mean, they left roofing up there and metal stuff. They hadn’t gotten it cleaned up yet. The foundation was settling, trees were just planted, so everything was a lot more vulnerable that early on.

The Guns and Roses show would be only the third concert at Riverport — and everyone was geared up for something big.

Walter Wright, B & D Security: I was running security for the barricades. Everybody had known the hype of GNR — they were the Continued on pg 14 biggest thing

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RIVERPORT RIOT Continued from pg 13 out there. You had heard of him starting late, being temperamental. There was a lot of hype, but it was no different than Metallica or AC/DC. Schankman: When it was booked, it was in January, so we weren’t seeing the problems he was having in other venues, coming on stage late. So I asked the manager who was there, I said, “What is it gonna be like tonight?”

He said, “He’s calming down but don’t plan on him being onstage on time. You think you’re gonna see him at 9 o’clock but he’s not gonna be there at 9 o’clock.”

“This is something that a lot of you may already fucking own si e it sold three to fi e millio bootlegs. Impatient motherfuckers!”

— Axl Rose introducing “November Rain,” July 2, 1991 nticipation was high for the show, which found uns ’ Roses at both its creative peak and on the precipice of forces drug addiction, combative personalities,

unprofessional behavior that would eventually scuttle the band’s interpersonal dynamics. one of that mattered to its many fans.

Jon Feraro, fan: I remember how good of an album Appetite for estruction was. It blew the doors off everything else. It was incredible. All the bands you saw on MTV were wearing makeup and super poppy — bands like Poison. GNR came along and just killed the glam show. Their rock was so powerful and dirty and good.

Thomas Crone, then-staff writer, Riverfront Times: They were the biggest band in the world.

Guy “Favazz” Favazza, KSHE DJ: I had officially started at KSHE two weeks before. I had been an intern for 6 months. I had bought tickets with my high school friends, and we were dying to see ’em.

Schankman: It was just another show — there was a list of shows for the summer printed out, and here was GNR. I didn’t know what GNR was — I thought it was a record company. I mean, Irv Zuckerman, who was my partner for 30 years, he did all the

booking. That was his department. I ran all the operations.

Feraro: We were stoked and stoned and super ready.

Scott Bahan, fan: I was sixteen in 1991. It was my first official concert I went to on my own. I was starstruck by the whole thing.

I thought Axl Rose and Slash and those guys were larger than life, and they looked that way with these two huge screens that they had on each side of the stage. We were out in the grass. I was taken back by the spectacle of the whole thing.

Crone: It was a very dudeheavy crowd too, as might be assumed. It was just dude after dude, shirtless and hanging out and sort of loud. It was a loud crowd; people were ready to rock.

Favazza: It was an awesome show. I was a big Slash fan. I was sitting on his side. I can’t say I really had an inkling what was going on.

Axl Rose, for the most part, seemed like himself — or as much himself as l Rose can ever be. ccording to the professionally shot video of the show, widely accessible online, Rose makes no overt complaints to the crowd about cameras or security issues.

Schankman: He looked a little agitated to me, but I’d never met the guy.

Dan Durchholz, then-Riverfront Times music writer: Most of the on ert ent off fine ithout incident. It was almost over when it all went down.

Favazza: He was kind of a jerk on stage, I thought. He told a story about being molested in St. Louis.

I remember that part and have seen that online. He was just setting the stage.

Rose told the crowd, St. Louis I’ll tell you a little something about this city. I was seventeen, and I left Indiana because I had a disagreement with one of the juvenile detectives. I had about bucks and I took a bus to St. Louis. That was cool. I had about a half a joint and I went down by the rch and smoked half a joint. nd then I went out by whatever freeway I was closest to and I hitched a ride with some air conditioning repair man in a van. It all seemed pleasant and safe enough and nothing really much happened. I was, like, e hausted and beat and never been out of my fucking town on my own in my life. nd we went to some fucking hotel and I crashed out and this guy crashed out, and I

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woke up and this guy was trying to fuck me. I don’t care you can be male, female, you can be a fucking dog I don’t care what you are, man, that shit ain’t right. It took everything I had not to slash his jugular vein.

Schankman: Show goes on, and I’m walking the audience, and during “Live and Let Die” everythin as fine. al ed all the way up to his protruding stage.

He brought his own thrust that ent into the fifth or si th ro .

The audience was tame as could be. We were extra-precautionary and brought in more security than usual, only because it was a hard rock show. We’d do the same for Metallica. Do the same for Lollapalooza.

Wright: It didn’t seem uncontrollable at all. Most of the evictions were alcohol-related. Back then, the ’80s/early ’90s, a lot of times you did let the crowd release a little bit. We weren’t having a particularly hard time keeping the crowd out of the aisles.

Bill Stump Stephenson, a longtime rock roll concert-goer with a penchant for shooting shows without permission, had worked his way to the front of the stage.

Bill “Stump” Stephenson, concert-goer and contraband photographer: I handed him a card saying “Welcome to St. Louis,” with my motorcycle emblem, which I had done in the past, and they always gave me a thumb’s up. He just kind of read it and threw it to the side.

Schankman: By the way, Stump came to all those shows. We never had a problem with Stump. My thought is maybe Axl had a problem with Stump. He had been to St. Louis before, and rumor has it that the Saddle Tramps [motorcycle club] and Rose had some confrontation. Rumor — I cannot onfirm that. t seein him ta ing a picture was like an insult.

Rose, mid-song, pointing out amateur photographer Bill “Stump” Stephenson.

Durchholz: I’m not a believer in any sort of supernatural bullshit or anything like that, but there was something in the air that night, this general ugly feeling. I can’t put a name to it; it felt like something was gonna happen. I don’t know if it was the weather, I don’t know if it was the band, I don’t know if it was the crowd.

“Hey! Take that! Take that!

Get that guy and take that! I’ll take it, goddamn it!”

— Axl Rose during “Rocket Queen”

In the middle of Rocket ueen, Rose stopped singing to point out Stephenson and his camera. e then jumped into the crowd. The entire e change, from Rose’s e hortations to his diving into the crowd, took nine seconds.

Wright: People still brought in small point-and-click cameras. I didn’t know anything was going wrong until he stopped in the middle of that song.

Stephenson: I had taken pictures throughout the show. It was during “Rocket Queen.” After I took the picture he just started

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Wright: At first we weren’t sure who he was pointing too; he was already leaving the stage in mid-air. He landed on Stump and pretty much knocked him out.

Stephenson: I moved a little to the left, a little to the right, and he was following me with his hand and fin er. t rned and handed the camera to my friend, who was in a row behind me. When I handed the camera off, as I’m turning back, he was already in i ht omin at me. e hit me blind-sided Continued on pg 16

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RIVERPORT RIOT Continued from pg 15 and we went over the chairs.

Wright: That’s where he turned around and slapped one of our guys. A couple of us grabbed Axl and threw him back onstage to get him out of there. He made his rant about lame-ass security, and then he left.

Bryan Pollard, fan: It was a great show up until then. It was so out of nowhere. In the middle of “Rocket Queen,” he jumped in and started grabbing cameras. He reali ed he as tryin to fi ht a St. Louis biker gang.

Bahan: I didn’t feel that it was complete, or that I would have been satisfied. obody as ready to go home; people were still ready to indulge in it, be a part of it. And they were playing my favorite song when it started — oh man, “Rocket Queen”!

Joe Stickley, fan: One thing that was disappointing was that it was during “Rocket Queen.” On my way to school when my dad would drop me off, I would listen to that song. I always loved the end, that ballad part. I was bummed because we never got to hear the end.

William Sawalich, fan: Our

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seats were toward the rear of the covered section. After the lights went up and we all — or most of s started filin o t retty bummed out. We’d been hearing stories from this tour of these long, epic, three-hour shows. So to have it cut short was even more of a bummer since our expectations were higher than usual.

Durchholz: He claims that there were glass bottles thrown at him. He said that was the last straw, with the guy taking pictures of it.

Schankman: What people didn’t have were guns, knives and cans, which they claim were thrown at them onstage. We confis ate that ind of st ff. m not saying there wasn’t one can or one bottle — you’d be surprised what women do; they’ll sneak something in in places we can’t even talk about, and we certainly can’t look at.

Pollard: e inda fi red o t that you don’t want to jump into a crowd of really drunk hoosiers in the middle of heat wave.

Stephenson: The medics come out and duct-tape me all down at ith my ba do n my ne down, my arms down. I had obviously been laying there for a while because I started seeing

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debris y by. said o either need to i me over fa e do n or loosen my hands so I can block my face!’

“Well! Thanks to the lame-ass security, I’m going home!”

— Axl Rose, July 2, 1991 fter Rose left the stage, confusion settled over the crowd. The band had played thirteen songs over minutes before Rose jumped into the audience. representative of the band promised that uns ’ Roses would return if the crowd settled down, but once the house lights came on, patrons knew there would be no encore.

Schankman: All of a sudden we hear from Robin Tate. Robin Tate was my VP of production.

Robin is calling Cindy [Schroeder, Contemporary’s box office and house manager], and we hear that Axl has left the stage. Well, that’s not unusual. Maybe he’s gone off and is gonna come back on. I can hear him telling her he’s not gonna come back on.

Favazza: You just figured they’re gonna come back. When the lights came on, that’s when the show was over. From what I remember, when the lights came

on, that’s when the shit started yin . o ldn t believe eo le were acting the way they were.

Feraro: It was just silent, then it was like a plane taking off — there was this build to the crowd, for lack of a better term. The tour buses started pulling away, and you could see the facade of the backdrop of the stage. It was the whole train, but all their equipment was on stage. The crowd started chanting “bullshit” and it escalated from there. nce fans reali ed that the show was over, hundreds rushed for the front of the stage. any were successful in breaching the barricades and reached the stage.

Durchholz: he o s or fireman had bro ht o t a firehose to spray the audience from coming on stage, and the water pressure as not s ient to deter eo le from coming. This guy pulled his pants down and waved his dick at the cops as they sprayed this soft stream of water at him.

Schankman: The problem with water is that when you’ve got pyro, we shut the water system off. Nobody turned the water system back on, so all you got was a little spurt.

Wright: It’s not like it was a total mob scene — it was prob-

ably on 1,500, 2,000 people that were really hardcore going at it.

We had a lot of security that we started calling down there. Maryland Heights Police and a few of us got onstage to stop people from getting on stage.

Stickley: There were SWAT teams, there were shields and there were physical altercations.

I remember crouching under the i ni tables a se thin s were moving fast. I remember people pulling the seats out — it was amazing to me to see people pulling out entire sections of seats. And then my next memory is walking out and hearing a lot of the rational-minded people exclaiming that this was bad and we’re not gonna get another show, that GNR is never gonna come back here.

Pollard: By then I’d already gone to punk shows, so I wasn’t too scared of chaos breaking out.

But right then they started throwing full rows of seats, I realized that I didn’t want to explain to my girlfriend’s parents why she had a concussion, so we started to head out to the truck.

Crone: Once people got access to the stage, it was wild; it was like they were wrecking a pirate ship and hanging off the sails.

People were literally hanging off the video boards and trying to climb the scaffolding. It was very striking.

Bahan: I remember watching people hanging from the cables and hearing the rip of the screens on each side. Just sheering from the weight.

Pollard: It was like the fall of Rome. You could see there were fires on the la n. here ere eople fucking in the grass.

Stickley: I remember people rolling up entire sections of sod.

Wright: Doing it in-town, these [security] guys were making $7 an hour. It’s a hobby, getting paid to see a free show. We had to start findin o r em loyees and accounting for them. We found security shirts on the ground — people had just taken them off — and we found people in their cars.

Sawalich: In the parking lot, I reconnected with a friend I’d seen on the way in. He had an armful of piano keys and a microphone cover. “Some guy was selling the piano keys for $5 each!” he said. I think he had six of them. He said the guy threw in the microphone cover for free. For some reason I was compelled to smell the microphone cover. It totally smelled of stale cigarettes. How rock & roll

is that?

Pollard: It still amazes me to this day the amount of actual gear they walked out with. GNR just grabbed the vintage guitars they had and that was it. People were rolling out four-by-twelve cabinets and monitor mixing boards.

That part was just hilarious. It was some sort of white trash Fellini film.

Durchholz: It’s funny how m h li e a film the hole riot played out in front of me. It had aspects of unreality; I couldn’t believe what was happening in front of me.

Crone: Almost anything that was available to be moved was moved. I remember chairs being passed forward, almost like an ant colony, with chairs riding atop hands up to the front of the stage, and then they’d get thrown. If anyone had a beer in their hand, it was flying. Everything was coming forward.

Wright: I had one guy take twenty stitches in the head from a seat someone had thrown as a frisbee.

Bahan: Some guys in front of us, we watched them break the chairs, the seats of the chairs. They broke pretty easily; I didn’t weigh anything, maybe 115 pounds or

whatever, but I said, “Let’s take a chair to commemorate.” So we both took the chair we were standing on — you kicked at it once or twice and it broke.

Feraro: We went to a party that ni ht one of those bonfire things that every high schooler used to attend. People had seats from the amphitheater and people were sitting on them around the bonfire. lmost li e ey this is a trophy. I have this and you don’t.” Everyone else was sitting on the ground.

Favazza: The guy that took the picture, Stump, he brought one of the chairs to KSHE, and he signed it to us. We had it up on the wall for a long time.

Bahan: I get home at 3 o’clock in the morning; my parents have no idea where I am. I remember my dad waiting on the sidewalk.

I jump out of the truck and I have my chair with me. So my dad is hot; he is pissed. I’ve never seen him that upset before. He points at the chair and says, “What the hell is that?” I said, “Dad, there was a riot, you gotta turn on the news. There was helicopters and cops and shit everywhere!” He didn t ant to have any of it “What the hell is that?” I said, “Dad, this Continued on pg 18

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RIVERPORT RIOT Continued from pg 17 chair is from Riverport. I think this gonna be an important part of my childhood, my life — an historical event just happened!”

He said, “Throw it in the garbage can right now!” I didn’t want to throw this away.

“We have tape of one guy on stage with a knife. And we lost a million dollars worth of equipment in that show, and I don’t see anybody else taking any responsibility for anything.”

Axl Rose, interview with MTV’s Kurt Loder, July 12, 1992

Liner notes on Use Your Illusion I & II reference St. Louis; in the video for “Don’t Cry,” Rose’s shirt has a similar message.

n-site security was overmatched by the crowd, and for the first time in St. Louis County history, a Code 1 was called, summoning all available police o cers to Riverport. n estimated o cers from police departments descended on the venue.

Wright: The police told us to leave the stage and leave the area and get our staff to safety. We got a fe ys h rt five or seven of our guys ended up going to hospitals. We tried to get people to the medical building. A few of us went backstage with the police.

Favazza: I will never forget all the police cars going the other way. We all looked at each other like, “Holy shit.” That was my lasting visual — sirens, lights going past us. Quite honestly, it was scary. That crowd was a bunch of drunk assholes. They love their rock, but GNR brings out the rowdy, rowdy crowd.

Schankman: Here’s what we’re l y abo t e had oli e o ers ode means from anywhere you can hear it, you gotta come — and not one gun was pulled. I didn’t see anyone hit with a stick. They practiced incredible restraint.

Durchholz: We were there watching them sweep everybody out. The cops rushed toward us — I may have watched too many movies from the s b t yelled “We’re the press! We’re the press!” The cop replied, “Fuck you, cocksucker!” and shoved us down the steps. One of them jabbed Crone in the kidney with a baton. had to ta e him to a first aid tent to lay down for a while.

These guys were not in the mood for Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen to be on the scene.

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hurt as I thought I was, and also maybe hurt more than I thought, if that makes any sense. My adrenaline was on such a rush that I don’t even know how hard I got hit.

“For the last few days, I’m watching CNN and reading this shit in the St. Louis papers about how I incited a riot, and they’re talking about ‘And in the band they have a recovering heroin addict…’ What the fuck does that have to do with St. Louis?” — Axl Rose on-stage in Dallas, Texas, July 8, 1991 The riot became international news. T ews uickly appeared at the venue and interviewed show-goers, and press clippings from USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and other outlets spread the story.

Durchholz: I just burned up my Rolodex and called everyone I knew — MTV News, Rolling Stone.

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story got out. I wound up telling the story in other media before I could tell it in the paper I wrote for.

Feraro: We happened to be where MTV was interviewing people. My brothers put a VCR tape in and maybe a couple months later, my mom accidentally taped over it with a soap opera. I was so pissed.

Favazza: After that, the guy that was on the air [that night, on KSHE] — Jim Ellis, who’s dead now — Axl called in to give his side of the story. Good old Jim didn’t record it. I don’t think Jim realized what had happened an hour or two beforehand.

Schankman: Next thing we heard was him reporting on KSHE how the promoters didn’t know what they were doing. I promoted my first concert in ’69 — this was ’91. I had probably done 10,000 shows. I think I know what I was doing. But I can’t control an act jumping off the stage.

“I’m saying, yeah, I jumped off-stage and, yeah, things went haywire after that, and maybe I could have handled it better or whatever, but no one was really handling anything at that point.

So I took it into my own hands with what I could do … because I had been pretty much pushed to the limit by their lack of security. But I don’t see anybody else in St. Louis really taking any responsibility for anything that happened.” — Axl Rose, interview with MTV’s Kurt Loder, July 12, 1992 fter the dust settled, nearly all the blame fell on Rose. Contemporary filed a lawsuit claiming destruction of property. Stephenson filed suit too, seeking more than million in damages over injuries to his back and ear. Twenty additional personal injury claims were levied against Rose by other show-goers.

Durchholz: The thing that

touched off the powder keg was Axl’s reaction to that specific moment. If he hadn’t reacted so strongly to Stump taking a picture of him — if it hadn’t happened in that way, I don’t think it would have unfolded as it did. I lay the fault of the whole thing at Axl’s feet.

Pollard: It certainly turned me off of arena shows, to sit outside and get sunburned for someone to get sand in their pussy and leave the stage.

Bahan: I was grounded for the whole rest of the summer. That was the last time I ever saw that girl. I always say that Axl Rose, he too it all a ay from me lost my girl, I lost my freedom, and I lost my innocence. I broke property and brought it home, all to be thrown in the waste basket. I did go back out the next day and took the bolts off it. I kept those.

Schankman: There was no doubt in my mind. I know exactly whose fault it was. We didn’t start the problem and we certainly didn’t start a riot. The big damages were the millions of dollars we sued them for, which had to do with defamation of character. He kept spouting off in all the trade magazines that we’re a new facility and the security didn’t know what they were doing. So the real loss was in that. And it got settled several years later for an undisclosed sum, but it was seven fi res.

Wright: I would lay most of it at the feet of Axl for being an artist and leaving the stage. He had professionals that should have handled that for him. I think at the time they were touring with four security body guards and his security was really good back then. At the same time, on the road when you work for someone like that, you don’t question them a lot.

Feraro: He’s had other riots he could have prevented, where he’s walked off the stage. He’s been a dick in his shows. It’s like, “Come on, man. Because someone threw a bottle you’re gonna incite a riot over it?” The guy is a huge, epic tool. He is very talented at controlling, not only entertaining — the guy has a lot of power in his performance. That just doesn’t go into his performance; that’s in his resen e. eo le are fi ated on him. He draws huge reactions from people in the audience.

Schankman: He’s not Axl Rose, he’s Bill Bailey. He’s putting on a show, he has a costume on. And I think it was entertaining. I was

Axl Rose: He’ll always have St. Louis

entertained. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with his talent.

“Fuck you, St. Louis!” — liner notes to Use Your Illusion I & II, 1991 n arch , 16, uns ’ Roses released a teaser video promoting an upcoming reunion tour. It included a promised show in St. Louis.

Later promotional materials for the tour made no mention of the city.

Favazza: They owe us a show; they were gonna come here up until a few months ago. The day the shit broke, we had been promoting the fact that GNR was coming — they had it on their video teaser.

They were gonna play the [Edward Jones] Dome, and we were all ready to announce. Some people never believed that GNR would ever play here. I was texting Richard [Fortus, St. Louis native and longtime GNR guitarist] back and forth. He said Axl would do a show here; they said they want to make it the last show on the tour, just to make it up and close that wound.

Schankman: It took its toll on me; I couldn’t watch that video for awhile. What I was scared about was the next city. I didn’t want other promoters — we’re all very close — I didn’t want other theaters going through what I went through.

Durchholz: It was one of the first shows at Riverport. I think

that added to a lot of the drama surrounding it. St. Louis has never had a venue like that, and was this the new normal now? Obviously it wasn’t, but I think it gave everyone pause. I think it gave the guys at Contemporary who had built Riverport heart attacks. Is this the kind of of thing that was gonna happen?

Stickley: I think I was more sad than anything. I wanted to see the show and at that age, even more than now, I looked up to rock & rollers and it just seemed in bad taste even then. I also look back now and think, these adults who were rioting were most likely intoxicated. Back then I didn’t have any concept of what it meant to be inebriated to the point that you would do things you wouldn’t do normally.

Schankman: I think it hurt his career; I think it was the beginning of the downfall of his career.

I think he had to pay some of the money to his insurance company.

The settlement was a multi-million dollar settlement. It could have gone either way; we could have gone down, but we went up to be-

come one of the biggest amphitheaters in the country.

In ctober 199 , fter three weeks of trial, Stephenson and Rose settled for an undisclosed sum Rose was uoted in the Post-Dispatch calling it a very minimal figure.

Stephenson: I asked my lawyer, “Is this done and over with now?” and he said, “Yeah.” So I grabbed my book up with my photos of [Axl] — I said, “I’m going over to et my a to ra h a se he o es me an autograph.” I walked over to the table and all the news media people were around him. I set my book down in front of him and said, “I think you should autograph this picture.” He just looked at me, like, “Are you crazy?” It’s people like me that buy your albums and come to your shows and put you where you’re at. I think you got a little bit away from where you came from.

Durchholz: Let’s think about the absurdity of how it looks from the modern ers e tive y in the audience had a camera. Now, there’s no way to stop people from taking photos. n

All quotes come from RFT interviews in 2016, except Axl Rose (sources noted throughout) and Stephenson, which comes from the mini-documentary “Welcome to the Riot Show,” produced by Blue Ocean Media Group for the KSHE Real Rock Museum. Interview conducted by Guy Favazza. riverfronttimes.com

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A Space Program documents Tom Sachs’ hand-built space project. | JOSH WHITE

BY PAUL FRISWOLD

FRIDAY 07.01 First Friday: Enter the Matrix Theorists are debating if we’re already in the matrix, the simulated reality depicted in the 1999 film starrin ean eeves. t o ld e even be able to tell if we are? First Friday: Enter the Matrix hallen es yo to find o t. rom .m. to midni ht at the Saint Louis Science Center (5050 a land ven e .sls .or yo an follo the hite abbit through a series of challenges and hopefully come out on the other

side a free h man bein . here will be a panel discussion on the topic and talks with entreprene rs in the field of a mented reality and virt al reality. o an also play in the Makerspace area and at h the film that started it all at .m. dmission is free b t some a tivities re ire a small fee.

A Space Program Artist Tom Sachs audaciously created his own bricolage space program command center, rocket, s a e s its the or s. he finished project, Space Program 2.0: Mars, was a gallery installation in New or . an eistat s film A Space Program documents the project

from conception to construction, showing how Sachs and his team worked toward their ultimate goal putting two women astronauts on Mars in order to determine if e re alone in the niverse. A Space Program s reens at .m.

Friday through Sunday (July 1 to at ebster niversity s oore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood ven e . ebster.ed film series . i ets are to .

SATURDAY 07.02 Fair St. Louis The 2016 Fair St. Louis is once again in spacious Forest Park, riverfronttimes.com

Saturday through Monday (July 2 to .fairsaintlo is.or . he only e e tion is the arade which takes place downtown at eventh and ar et streets at a.m. at rday. ests are not allowed to bring food or drinks into the fair zone, but there will be n mero s vendors inside and beer sales, as well as a new market-style bazaar called the air ay. ntertainment o tions include the high-energy dogs of the Purina Pro Plan Performance team and demonstrations by the a e t. o is ater i l b in the rand asin. ive m sic includes Show-Me Country the th rmy o ntry band Fire for Effect (the 135th Army

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CALENDAR Continued from pg 21 o ro band ee ri e .m. at rday ddie oney and ammy a ar and at rday res e tively and eor e linton and arliament n adeli at rday . ll three nights end with the biggest fire or s dis lay on this side of the state. dmission is free.

O’Fallon Heritage & Freedom Fest If you’re looking for a family-friendly Fourth, the O’Fallon Heritage & Freedom Fest has yo overed ith its family day from to .m. at rday ly 2 at the Ozzie Smith Sports Comle hes o levard allon .herita eandfreedomfest. om . t s an old fashioned arnival om lete ith a midway, rides, games, cotton andy and arnival food. he ne t two nights (Sunday and Monday, ly and are for o ntry and ro roll res e tively. ove and heft hase ryant and the and of id meri a lay roots and bl es on nday. on os Trixie Delight and Sister Hazel ro o t onday. here are side sho s rafters and vendors both days. dmission is free all three days b t the arnival rides reire ti ets.

All-American Weekend he iver ity as als and the ate ay ri lies lay their ann al ross to n rivalry series over the o rth of ly ee end and while both may be minor league teams, they’re doing it in ma or ay. ll fo r ames .m. riday thro h onday ly to d rin All-American Weekend include post-game fire or s l s hat ivea ays on Friday and a jersey auction on onday. riday ni ht also features a special appearance by Olympic gold medalist and former ham ion rt n le. ll ames are at the ri lies stadi m all ar ri lie ear o levard a et . ate ay ri les. om . i ets are to ith seats at the i ni tables and arty or h from to .

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Fair St. Louis takes over Forest Park this weekend. | CAROLINE YOO

MONDAY 07.04 Cardinals vs. Pirates There’s nothing more American than watching a ballgame while en oyin a beer and brat. nd the Cardinals just so happen to start a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Ameria s birthday. he f n starts at .m. onday esday .m. ednesday and h rsday ly to at s h tadi m road ay and o lar treet .stl ardinals. om . he onday ame includes a throwback pillbox cap ivea ay ins ired by the one the ards ore d rin the season. ednesday s bi ivea ay is a ohn oodman bobblehead he s dressed as Walter Sobchak from The Big Lebowski ith oodman also making an appearance at the ame. i ets are to . .

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from his host, Jack, at the end of Fight Club, but the future for a is far from bri ht. Chuck Palahniuk returns to the story in the ra hi novel Fight Club 2, ith art by ameron te art. o going by his real name Sebastian and married to Marla and father to a son, Sebastian works a whitecollar job and seems to lead a normal life. t ho lon an that last before you-know-who starts talking to him again? Palahniuk si ns o ies of the ra hi novel Fight Club 2 at .m. today at eft an oo s orth lid ven e or . left ban . om . o need to b y a o y thro h eft an to et in the line.

WEDNESDAY 07.06 Thrashin’ ave yo ever finished at hin West Side Story and thought, “Man, if the Jets and Sharks were on s ateboards that film o ld have been erfe t omeone thought it, because the skate flick Thrashin’ is essentially that. ory osh rolin heads to LA to compete in a big downhill competition with his crew “The

am o als. e meets the bea tif l hrissy amela idley and s ar s y. t she s the sister of oo obert sler leader of the Daggers, a group of punk skaters (who are actually skate le ends ony lva hristian osoi ddie eate i and esse artine . he ne t thin yo know he’s skate-jousting in a ditch as one does and ory brea s his arm. ven orse the a ers b rn do n ory s ram . f he on the downhill race he’d win enough money to build a better ramp, b t ho do yo solve a roblem like Chrissy? The Webster Film Series screens Thrashin’ at .m. toni ht at hlafly ottle or s o th est o levard a le ood . ebster.ed film series . dmission is .

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FOURTH OF JULY LISTINGS Continued from pg 23 & crafts, a fire truck, a face-painting clown and a special veterans recognition ceremony. The Great Godfrey Maze’s theme will be unveiled to the public, with fireworks at 9:15 p.m.

Mon., July 4, 5-9:30 p.m. Robert E. Glazebrook Park, 1401 Stamper Lane off Route 67, Godfrey, 618-466-1483.

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All-American Weekend The River City Rascals and the Gateway Grizzlies play their annual crosstown rivalry series over the Fourth of July weekend, and while both may be minor league teams, they’re doing it up in major way. All four games (6:35 p.m. Friday through Monday, July 1 to 4) include post-game fireworks, plus hat giveaways on Friday and a jersey auction on Monday. Tickets are $6 to $15, with seats at the picnic tables and party porch from $36 to $55. July 1-4, 6:35 p.m., $6-$55, www.gatewaygrizzlies.com. GCS Ballpark, 2301 Grizzlie Bear Blvd., Sauget, 618-337-3000.

Chesterfield’s Fireworks Celebration Celebrate Independence Day with a party on the west parking lot of Chesterfield Mall. Mclovin plays on the main stage from 7 to 9:30 p.m., and there will be food trucks and a variety of activities for the kids. Fireworks start at 9:30 p.m.

Mon., July 4, 7 p.m., free. Chesterfield Mall, Clarkson Road & Chesterfield Parkway S., Chesterfield, 636-532-0777.

Edwardsville’s Independence Day Celebration Festivities starts at 2 p.m. with the raising of the flag followed by an old-time carnival slate of activities beginning at 3 p.m. The fun includes a ring toss, balloon darts, duck and fish ponds, plinko and much more. There will also be inflatables, face painting and even a hot dog eating contest at 6:30 p.m. The fireworks show begins at dusk. Sat., July 2, Free. American Legion Post Golf Course, 58 S. State Route 157, Edwardsville, 618-656-9774.

Fair St. Louis The 2016 Fair St. Louis is once again in Forest Park, Saturday through Monday (July 2 to 4; www.fairsaint-

louis.org). The only exception is the VP Parade, which takes place downtown at Seventh and Market streets at 10 a.m. Saturday. Live music includes Show-Me Country (the 135th Army country band), Fire for Effect (the 135th Army pop/rock band), Lee Brice (8:45 p.m. Saturday), Eddie Money and Sammy Hagar (6:25 and 8:35 Saturday respectively), and George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (6:25 Saturday). All three nights end with the biggest fireworks display on this side of the state. July 2-4, free admission, www.fairsaintlouis.org. Forest Park, Highway 40 (I64) & Hampton Ave., St. Louis.

Fireworks on the Waterfront Local businesses offer food & drink special, games for children and live music. Watch the fireworks over the confluence from the many decks and patios. Sat., July 2, free admission, call 618-786-7000. Grafton Riverfront, Water & Market St., Grafton.

Fourth of July Fireworks in Highland Bring your blanket and lawn chairs to enjoy an evening of family fun at the park. Entertainment will include music, inflatables for children and fireworks. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Coolers will not be permitted in the park. Mon., July 4, 4-9 p.m., free admission, call 618651-1386. Glik Park, 12525 Sportsman Road, Highland.

The City of Alton presents this annual Fireworks Festival along the Alton Riverfront. Gates for the event at the Liberty Bank Amphitheater open at 5 p.m. Enjoy food, drink, live music from Hudson & the Hoo Doo Cats and a fireworks display over the Mississippi River. A special VIP ticket can be purD RIV E-THRU chasedWIND for OW an upgraded experience, 2 2 4 9 WOOD ROAD parking close to the whichSON includes ( 31 4 venue. ) 5 5 1 -2 The 0 9 9 fireworks display is set to take off around 9:15 p.m. Sun., July 3, 5 p.m., free, call 618-465-6676. Alton Riverfront Amphitheater, 1 Henry St, Alton.

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If you’re looking for a family-friendly Fourth, the O’Fallon Heritage & Freedom Fest has you covered with its family day from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 2. It’s an old-fashioned carnival, complete with a midway, rides, games, cotton candy and carnival food. The next two nights (Sunday and Monday, July 3 and 4) are for country and rock & roll, respectively. Love and Theft, Chase Bryant and the USAF Band of Mid-America play roots and blues on Sunday. Kongos, Trixie Delight and Sister Hazel rock out Monday. There are side shows, crafters and vendors both days. Admission is free all three days, but the carnival rides require tickth 2-10 p.m.; Sun., July ets. Sat., July 2, 3, 2-11 p.m.; Mon., July 4, 12-10 p.m., free admission, www.heritageandfreedomfest.com. Ozzie Smith Sports 900 TR Hughes Blvd., Saint TheComplex, Main Stage is Charles.

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Watch St. Charles’ Riverfest 2016 fireworks from the spacious patio at Llewelyn’s Pub, which overlooks the Missouri River. The BBQ buffet includes pork steaks, brats and hot dogs. Your ticket comes with three drink tickets. Mon.,

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FOURTH OF JULY LISTINGS Continued from pg 23 & crafts, a fire truck, a face-painting clown and a special veterans recognition ceremony. The Great Godfrey Maze’s theme will be unveiled to the public, with fireworks at 9:15 p.m.

Mon., July 4, 5-9:30 p.m. Robert E. Glazebrook Park, 1401 Stamper Lane off Route 67, Godfrey, 618-466-1483.

Granite City’s Independence Day Festivities Granite City Park District celebrates the Fourth with carnival rides, a concert and carriage rides, plus food. Fireworks start at 9:15 p.m. Mon., July 4, Free admission, call 618-877-3059. Wilson Park, 2900 Benton St., Granite City.

Mississippi River Fireworks Festival louis.org). The only exception is the VP Parade, which takes place downtown at Seventh and Market streets at 10 a.m. Saturday. Live music includes Show-Me Country (the 135th Army country band), Fire for Effect (the 135th Army pop/rock band), Lee Brice (8:45 p.m. Saturday), Eddie Money and Sammy Hagar (6:25 and 8:35 Saturday respectively), and George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (6:25 Saturday). All three nights end with the biggest fireworks display on this side of the state. July 2-4, free admission, www.fairsaintlouis.org. Forest Park, Highway 40 (I64) & Hampton Ave., St. Louis.

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The City of Alton presents this annual Fireworks Festival along the Alton Riverfront. Gates for the event at the Liberty Bank Amphitheater open at 5 p.m. Enjoy food, drink, live music from Hudson & the Hoo Doo Cats and a fireworks display over the Mississippi River. A special VIP ticket can be purchased for an upgraded experience, which includes parking close to the venue. The fireworks display is set to take off around 9:15 p.m. Sun., July 3, 5 p.m., free, call 618-465-6676. Alton Riverfront Amphitheater, 1 Henry St, Alton.

O’Fallon Heritage & Freedom Fest If you’re looking for a family-friendly Fourth, the O’Fallon Heritage & Freedom Fest has you covered with its family day from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 2. It’s an old-fashioned carnival, complete with a midway, rides, games, cotton candy and carnival food. The next two nights (Sunday and Monday, July 3 and 4) are for country and rock & roll, respectively. Love and Theft, Chase Bryant and the USAF Band of Mid-America play roots and blues on Sunday. Kongos, Trixie Delight and Sister Hazel rock out Monday. There are side shows, crafters and vendors both days. Admission is free all three days, but the carnival rides require tickets. Sat., July 2, 2-10 p.m.; Sun., July 3, 2-11 p.m.; Mon., July 4, 12-10 p.m., free admission, www.heritageandfreedomfest.com. Ozzie Smith Sports Complex, 900 TR Hughes Blvd., Saint Charles.

July 4, 4 p.m., $50. Llywelyn’s Pub-St. Charles, 100 Main St., St. Charles, 636-724-6823.

Red, White and You Celebration Destination America and USA Today present a special Fourth of July party.

Enjoy a kids’ zone, a salute to fallen Marine Riley Baker and food trucks.

That 80s Band plays at 8:15 p.m. and the fireworks start at 9:30 p.m. Sat., July 2, 5 p.m., free admission, www.eureka.mo.us/visitors/special-city-wideevents/july-4th/. Legion Park, 333 Bald Hill Rd, Eureka.

Red, White, & Brew Howl at the Moon is celebrating America’s birthday with a non-stop live show. Expect lots of dancing, drinks, fun games, and prizes. Sun., July 3, 3 p.m.-midnight, 314-736-4695, hubs. howlatthemoon.com/red-white-brewparty. Howl at the Moon, 601 Clark Ave Unit J, in Ballpark Village, St. Louis.

Riverfest 2016 Four days of fun, food and fireworks take place in Frontier Park, with live music every day from bands such as Cree Rider Family Band, John Henry and the Funky Butt Brass Band. A children’s area features art projects

by Foundry Art Centre, the Bubble Bus cranks it up every day, and food and craft vendors will be on hand. Parade starts at 10 a.m. Monday. Fri., July 1, 5-10:30 p.m.; Sat., July 2, 12-10:30 p.m.; Sun., July 3, 12-10:30 p.m.; Mon., July 4, 12-10:30 p.m., free admission.

Frontier Park, First Capitol Dr & S Riverside Drive, St Charles.

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: There’s nothing more American than watching a ballgame while enjoying a beer and brat, and the Cardinals just so happen to start a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on America’s birthday. The fun starts at 1:15 p.m. Monday, The Monday game includes a throwback pillbox cap giveaway inspired by the one the Cards wore during the ‘76 season. Wednesday’s big giveaway is a John Goodman bobblehead, with Goodman also making an appearance at the game. Mon., July 4, 1:15 p.m.; Tue., July 5, 7:09 p.m.; Wed., July 6, 7:15 p.m.; Thu., July 7, 12:45 p.m., $5-$295.90. Busch Stadium, Broadway & Poplar St., St. Louis, 314-345-9600.

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Troy’s Fourth of July Fireworks

Watch St. Charles’ Riverfest 2016 fireworks from the spacious patio at Llewelyn’s Pub, which overlooks the Missouri River. The BBQ buffet includes pork steaks, brats and hot dogs. Your ticket comes with three drink tickets. Mon.,

Bring your blanket and lawn chairs to enjoy an evening of family fun provided by the Troy Fire Department at at Tri Township Park. Mon., July 4, 4-9 p.m., free admission, call 618-651-1386. Tri Township Park, 409 Collinsville Road, Troy.

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A Surprisingly Light-Handed Giant Steven Spielberg finally cuts loose and gets playful in The BFG Written by

ROBERT HUNT The BFG

Directed by Steven Spielberg. Written by Melissa Mathison from Roald Dahl’s book.

Starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill and Penelope Wilton. Opens Friday, July 1, at multiple locations.

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oald Dahl is best-known for whimsically dour children’s books, which present beleaguered children facing an adult world that is at best indifferent to them and at worst just plain malicious. The child (more than likely an orphan) who lets his or her guard down in a Dahl book is likely to be thrown into servitude, eaten by giants or turned into a giant blueberry.

Steven Spielberg is known (among other things) for sentimental adventures where children live in sterile suburban neighborhoods, women (i.e., mothers) seldom have jobs, and crane shots lead directly into his protagonists’ faces to let us know they’ve seen something aweinspiring. The BFG places Dahl’s disruptive humor head-to-head against Spielberg’s effects-driven, family-friendly instincts. Guess what? Dahl wins.

The BFG is the story of a young girl, Sophie, and yes, she’s an orphan. She’s seized by a giant as he wanders through London late at night and taken to his home in Giant Country, where he’s bullied by his larger neighbors.

Ruby Barnhill, the eleven-year-old actress who plays Sophie, is very good; Mark Rylance’s giant, created by a combination of motioncapture and computer imaging, is exceptional, bringing humanity and depth to Dahl’s considerably

Ruby Barnhill and Mark Rylance are excellent in The BFG. | ©2016 STORYTELLER DISTRIBUTION CO., LLC. less defined fi re. ylan e even manages to recreate some of the elusive charm of Quentin Blake’s original, scratchy illustrations.

I suppose that Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison could have found some way to insert the tear-jerking Old Yeller bathos of their earlier E.T., but Dahl’s story seems particularly resistant to it. Their successful compromise is to create a convincing friendship between Sophie and the BFG — Big Friendly Giant — without resorting to mawkishness or dulling Dahl’s comic edge.

The BFG is one of Dahl’s shaggier stories: For about two-thirds of the book, the title character simply lectures Sophie about the ways and habits of his race. Unlike his larger neighbors, who tend to go around the world eating children, the BFG prefers to collect dreams and blow them into the bedrooms of children. It’s heavy on exposition, punctuated with wordplay (the giant uses the words “disgusterous” and “rotsome”), and includes a lengthy digression in which the title character reads from his collection of dreams and

suffers episodes of flatulence.

Dahl wraps up things with a more plot-driven sequence in which Sophie and the giant enlist the Queen of England to help them defeat the bigger and less friendly giants.

Spielberg’s film stays close to the structure of the book, but it’s the rambling, expositional portion that works best. The climactic sequence, while not without its charm, suffers from indifferent casting (was Helen Mirren unavailable?). Up until then much of the film ta es la e in the s home a cross between an enormous cave and a ea mar et ith a sailboat (which he uses for a bed), waterfalls and miles of exotic fauna and antique debris.

Spielberg lets his camera soar through Rick Carter’s exhaustingly clever production design, following Sophie as she moves through its seemingly endless nooks and crannies and playing with the constantly shifting perspectives of the many-sized characters. Spielberg has tried to create this kind of playground environment before, less successfully (think of the Neverland set in Hook), but this time riverfronttimes.com

the combination of imaginative de oration a id amera and a sense of perspective make it a joy to watch even when the narrative slo s do n. his is the rare film in which 3-D is almost a necessity.

Here’s the odd thing: Steven Spielberg has been a major presen e in meri an films for at least 41 years. He’s made a few good films and st as many medio re ones, but for most of his work (notwithstanding the obvious leaning toward weighty historical subjects), his celebrated childlike wonder masks an inability to look or think like an adult. Once you look beyond the special effects and action scenes, he doesn’t have much to say beyond a few Reader’s Digest platitudes and talking points about family values: Listen to your parents, watch out for bad aliens, don’t be a Nazi. The BFG doesn’t have the heavy-handedness of most ielber films. t s as if, confronted by Dahl’s unrestrained nonsense, the director finally lost his inhibitions and went with the playful current. ielber s inner hild has finally released its inner child. n

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Element’s Colorado lamb chops come with a curried cauliflower salad and couscous. | MABEL SUEN [REVIEW]

Glory Days The brilliant young chef Josh Charles restores Element to the city’s must-visit list Written by

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the i ith lement harles served as hef de isine for ames eard nominated hef en oremba at the a laimed laia and lio. ri inally ta ed to be the e e tive hef for oremba s ne layton eatery ari i harles left last fall to pursue other oport nities. fe ee s later he made it o ial e as ta in over the it hen at lement. ersonnel han es rarely neessitate a se ond revie b t the ones at lement are s bstantial eno h to ma e it orthy of another loo . ot only is it an entirely different resta rant than hen last revie ed it b t harles is s h a risin star in the lo al food s ene as rio s to see hat he o ld a om lish ith his first solo vent re. ad he been sim ly the e e tor of oremba s vision r as he a bona fide linary talent in his own right?

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rian Pelletier of Kakao Chocolate had a successful, twenty-year career in the marketing and public relations field ntil an off the ff comment changed his life.

“I knew that I wanted to do something different, but I didn’t know what that was,” Pelletier recalls. “I was at a dinner party and a friend told me she had all of this chocolate equipment and was selling it. As soon as she said it, I knew that was it.”

Pelletier was comfortable with the business side of opening his own chocolate shop, but there was one problem: He didn’t know how to make his product. Luckily, the friend he bought the equipment from was willing to help and gave him her recipes.

“I have a background in math, so I put her recipes into a spreadsheet and looked for patterns,” Pelletier explains. “I played around a bit and realized that there were just a couple of standard rations she was using to make the chocolates. From there, I started getting creative and thinking outside of the box as to what different ingredients I could use to come up with more. I just started playing and immersing myself in ho olate to fi re o t ho things would work.” elletier o ened his first storefront on Jefferson Avenue in 2009 without any idea of how far he could take his chocolate business.

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Brian Pelletier turned his math knowledge into a culinary career. | HOLLY RAVAZZOLO Jefferson Avenue shop), he is both surprised and humbled by the success he’s found. He has absolutely no regrets, he says.

“I think the most common things I heard when I went to do this were, ‘If I didn’t have a mortgage’ or ‘If I didn’t have kids I would totally do this,’” Pelletier says. “You’re never going to do it then, because there is always some reason why you’re not going to be able to do it. It makes me so sad because there are a lot of people out there who want to take the leap but are never going to. It’s a hell of a lot of work, but it’s so rewarding to do something for yourself rather than pushing a time clock for someone else.”

Pelletier took a break from Kakao to share his thoughts on the St. Louis food and beverage community, the must-try dinner expe-

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rience in town and why he can’t imagine doing anything other than making chocolate.

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

Lots of people know that I own Kakao Chocolate, but they don’t know that I also own Larder & Cupboard, a specialty food shop in Maplewood, where my business partner Cindy Higgerson is general manager and “food huntress,” bringing all kinds of amazing things to eat and cook with to St. Louis.

What daily ritual is non-negotiable for you?

I’d like to say that would be running through Tower Grove Park in the morning, listening to NPR and greeting the day, but I’m not able Continued on pg 32 to do that as

hurman Grill & Provisions (4069 Shenandoah Avenue, 314-772-8484), the ten-yearold Shaw spot known for its live music and low-key patio, will be closing its doors after last call June 30.

But the news is actually good — the closure will allow for renovations from its new owner, with a planned reopening date in early August.

Longtime owner Larry Weinles made the announcement on the NextDoor app yesterday, saying he’d enjoyed his decade running the place.

“It’s been an interesting ten-year run here on the corner of Thurman and Shenandoah,” he wrote. “I’ve made lots of friends, watched folks get together, enjoyed weddings, shared in births, mourned deaths.

I watched the neighborhood turn from a war zone to the most desirable, livable neighborhood in the City. Now it’s time for me to ride off into the sunset.”

Reached yesterday at the neighborhood bar and restaurant, Weinles said he’d decided to sell because “I’m tired,” explaining, “I’ve been working since I was eleven years old. I’m 64 now.”

Formerly the tour manager for Alice Cooper and stage manager for Warren Zevon, Weinles said he’s thinking of going on the road again ... or maybe, he says, just getting some sleep.

He said on NextDoor that the new owner, Doug Fowler, is planning “a new menu, a renovated interior and continuation of live music.” Fowler declined comment, saying he’d have more to say once the changeover is complete.

Thurman Grill has long offered a menu of St. Louis-style pizza, sandwiches and “blue plate specials,” in addition to a full bar. The restaurant’s final wine dinner was held June 28, with music by the Jazz Troubadours.

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often as I’d like.

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

With things happening at three different stores, I wish I could instantly transport from one place to another.

What is the most positive thing in food, wine or cocktails that you’ve noticed in St. Louis over the past year?

I love that chefs, and even people cooking at home, are focusing on good quality ingredients, using local foods and supporting local farmers. We vote with our money, and when we spend money at farmers markets and local companies, we are voting for more of those things, just like when we spend money at big box stores.

Who is your St. Louis food crush?

So hard to decide! I love Anne Croy’s granola and everything she does at Pastaria and Porano. I think Rebecca Schranz is doing amazingly creative things at Earthbound Beer and I love that she rarely does the same thing twice.

Who’s the one person to watch right now in the St. Louis dining scene?

If you haven’t been to Liz Schuster’s “dinner and a movie” interactive cinema at Tenacious Eats, you really need to check it out. They’re incredibly inventive, the food is wonderful and the experience cannot be compared to anything else in St. Louis.

Which ingredient is most representative of your personality?

We use a local lavender in one of o r tr es and it s easily one of most popular confections. But because so many people aren’t accustomed to the flavor of lavender, some people think it tastes like soap. (Rest assured, there’s no soap in it.)

If you weren’t working in the food business, what would you be doing?

I honestly can’t imagine working anywhere that doesn’t have a food or cooking component to it.

Name an ingredient never allowed in your kitchen.

At Kakao we don’t use any artificial sweeteners, flavors, preservatives or colors, and I try to minimize those as much as possible at home, too.

What is your after-work hangout?

Honestly, I just enjoy going home after work.

What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure?

I have weaknesses for ice cream and French fries, and every so often et a ba of b ffalo sa e avored pretzels.

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A burger and fries from any number of local restaurants that serve them with a fried egg, and where the fries are hand-cut and well-seasoned. With ice cream for dessert, of course. n

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ouie’s Wine Dive (16 S. Bemiston Avenue, Clayton; 314-8759373), the newest restaurant to open in downtown Clayton, is the sort of chain restaurant you wish more chains were offering. It’s not breaking any new ground, but it’s a good place for a business lunch or a glass of wine, all executed with friendly good cheer.

The seventh outlet in a concept that began in Kansas City and has been steadily marching in all directions from there the first t. o is area location for Louie’s Wine Dive fills the s a e that sed to be ani Sushi Bistro. It’s a relatively small storefront, but there’s a lot going on here. A big bar takes up most of the front half of the room, with smaller tables to the right of it. The back half of the space is split into thirds, with a half-open kitchen, booths and more of those smaller tables. he la yers ho o e in layton may be the only people left in America who regularly take lunch breaks away from their desks, and as a result Louie’s has been packing in diners ever since it opened a few weeks ago. The servers do a great job of keeping things moving; you could easily get in and out in under an hour here, even if drinks were involved.

And they’re certainly hoping drinks will be involved. True to its name, the wine list is fairly big for a place of this type, and built to

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The “Coconut Street Noodle,” available for $14 with shrimp, comes loaded with crunchy cabbage and a creamy sauce. | SARAH FENSKE be user-friendly, with both white and red organized so you start with varietals that pair well with lighter foods (salads and nuts on the hite side fins hi en and pasta on the red one) and end with fins and heese or i s and o s.

You can choose from a lengthy list by the glass or an even longer one by the bottle, so long as you’re willing to commit to two glasses — and once opened, our server explained on our visit, everyone in the bar benefits he rest of the bottle is then offered by the glass, too. The result is an endless opportunity for wine lovers to try something new.

If you’re not into wine, there’s also a smart list of “libations,” each for $9 and each featuring the sort of trendy ingredients Applebee’s

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has yet to cotton to (“Sage Bramble,” anyone?). This list, too, will be proffered at lunch, whether or not you ask.

But you needn’t come here just to drink: Even though the menu is exactly the same from location to location, the food is better than that setup would lead you to expect. For either lunch or dinner, you can choose from shared plates, greens, a burger and pasta, including the coconut street noodle, which wowed us on our visit with incredibly bouncy shrimp and crisp cabbage atop pasta.

At lunch, you could also try a rilled heese or fish and hi s dinner features additional entree choices, including a tandoori Atlantic salmon, a roasted chicken or a atiron stea . othin even

the steak, is more than $22.

For fun, and because wine calls for cheese on all occasions, there’s both a cheese flight and, separately, fried cheese curds, served with both marinara and a serrano e ed aioli. hy don t more places outside Wisconsin serve cheese curds? They are insanely tasty as a rule, and the ones here don’t disappoint.

You will also see a poutine on the menu here, because hey: Everyone needs a poutine in 2016, even chain restaurants. Here it omes to ed ith bl e fin rab which seems highly unnecessary.

But maybe that’s just our sobriety talking. After a few glasses of a good white Burgundy, we’re sure we could get on board with that too.

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“What would the Clash have done during the ‘80s? They probably would have sucked.” | DANNY CLINCH tin tively ras y voi e. allon says he started sto ilin solo songs a few years ago when he be an ritin material that asn t s ited for the asli ht nthem.

When the band went on hiatus, he reassessed the material he had t on the ba b rner. ll of a sudden, I was without a job. I had to do somethin . as oin to see if elsh arms as hirin he i s. he demos ere se do o ntry son s. hat s here they didn t fit in. One of the real secrets of asli ht is the dr mmin . t s ro dr mmin . t s st ild. asli ht dr mmer enny oro it isn t the ind of y yo ant to t in a cage. He would be bored out of his mind. hat s the only time ever t son s aside didn t do that before. When I did the solo record, it did sound different to me. allon says he isn t s r rised the son s ended havin some t an to them allin the o ntry infl en e the ty i al sin er son riter thin to do. ven the faster heavier asli ht nthem songs started out as country tunes in his mind. he transition as a natural one.

hen the son s stri do n to the ore from hen as very young to now, they were always these n rsery rhyme y o ntry son s he e lains. hen yo re layin that ohnny ash rhythm it s nat ral to lay by yo rself. t has a dr mbeat and a melody and it has everythin there and yo don t need a band. thin that s hy it s the nat ral fallba . t st ree s in allon adds. t s li e o er altrey is ma in a solo re ord. here did he move to em his t s st hat yo do. ho h most of the son s feat re ba in vo als allon didn t hire o tside sin ers to hel him o t. ather he and al er too the lead on rovidin the harmonies es he in modern re ordin te hni es by not layerin m lti le ta es b t instead ro din to ether aro nd a miro hone hear enin ba to sim ler time. e st san harmonies. e ere tryin to be the ravelin ilb rys. t h said they did it like that,” Fallon says. e ere learnin o r arts. t was like Peter, Paul and Mary. had never done that before. riverfronttimes.com

had been in a n ro band and there ere no harmonies. f yo have a voi e li e mine and yo re st ith that om aits thin yo have to dress the m si retty and it has to be a ta osition nless yo re doin somethin really heavy. t too Fallon twenty years to get back here he started ritin and re ordin m si as a solo artist tryin to ma e a name for himself. al in a ay from a band at the to of its ame ta es ts. tartin from s rat h in a enre of m si that isn t yo r home base an be da ntin . hat motivates him to ee shin even tho h he hasn t a hieved the fame of other sin er son riters? “I think the feeling of not ite a hievin anythin lose to what you wanted to do,” he says. veryone ho is ritin son s is tryin to o for somethin . thin r e rin steen is tryin to rite somethin that stands to lvis. nd ob ylan is doin hatever he s doin . m st tryin to rite somethin that fits ith those ys. don t thin have yet. n

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estus, Missouri is not all that far from the blast radius of St. Louis proper; the city in Jefferson County is a pretty easy drive down I-55 with its own claim to the St. Louis musical tapestry, most notably in the form of the mighty Bottle Rockets. But for the Langaleers, a hard-charging quartet with an ear for garage rock rawness and crunchy, slow-burn vibes, being removed from the south St. Louis center of the area’s rock & roll universe offers its own challenges and rewards.

“I’ve had this conversation with [Maness Brothers’ drummer] Jake Maness before abo t the different di lties of havin a band not constantly in St. Louis,” says guitarist and lead singer Kory Meyer. “That’s definitely a thin that s di lt for bands that aren’t submerged in the culture.”

Despite the relative distance, the group has been making inroads on local stages in the six years of its existence. A 2014 self-titled album was recorded at Suburban Pro Studios with Matthew Sawicki, an experience Meyer recalls with fondness while acknowledging the Langaleers’ relative greenness in the studio: he first alb m e did tra by tra that t rned out great, but there is a difference to doing it live.” or the five son Creepyeepy, to be released this weekend, the band worked at Native Sound with Ben Majchrzak. Songs were cut live in the room, save for vocals and a few guitar solos, which goes a long way to translating the band’s bash-‘em-out live sets.

“Nothing was really smoothed out; it had a rough sound we were looking for,” Meyer says of the recording. “It was all very loose. We’ve been playing the songs long enough, so we just went through ‘em and did a couple of takes.”

That live energy translates immediately on the new EP. Opening track “Green Lightning” seemingly picks up in the middle of a drum roll, as if the listener is dropping into a perennial summery, good-time jam.

Lead guitarist Dylan Clubb dials in a lead tone that plays well against the plucky upticks of Meyer’s chugin rhythm. rainy or an art of the ear lo er at ative o nds rovides a arm ballast for eyer’s spirited, slightly weathered vocals.

Garage rock doesn’t often leave much room for the rhythm section to move around, but the wheels can fall off a song pretty much immediately if the bass and drums aren’t locked in. Drummer Sean Kennedy and bass player Cory Pruneau are unfussy players and remain nimble enough to cut a path for the guitarists, especially on a song like “Where Does It End,” which features Clubb’s most ambitious solo.

“On that song we were just trying to make it not too identical to other stuff on the album,” he says. “The way the intro comes in is a throwback to our earlier stuff, but I was really trying to go for a Lou Reed-type strumming pattern, kind of a driving thing.

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“Whenever the solo came up, we had it going, but it wasn’t doing what we want,” Meyer continues.

“We wanted a more psychedelic thing. I went to where Dylan was recording and started turning on guitar pedals to make a really big tone.”

Meyer’s reference to Lou Reed and the Velvet nder ro nd is one of several overt in en es on these tracks. The slightly atonal twin guitars and a push/pull drum pattern recall golden era Strokes, while Meyer credits the unpredictable garage/punk quartet the Black Lips for inspiring “Living Dead,” a track with the most swagger on this collection, though he is quick to namecheck Dylan sideman i e loomfield for ins irin the itar so nd on other tracks. “We were really going for that Highway 61 Revisited so nd really basi bl es rogressions,” Meyer says of the track “Worrying the Night Away.”

The Langaleers likewise take inspiration from their friends, fellow Festus natives and frequent show-mates Tok in releasing this EP instead of another full-length, and Meyer says the band hopes to continue putting out shorter spurts of music to represent the band’s continual evolution. Creepyeepy also finds the band more s re of its footin on local stages while remaining true to its Festus roots.

To that end, the band is planning an October music festival at Festus’ Main & Mill Brewery featuring a handful of live bands that regularly share the sta e and share the same itar ro aestheti s as the an aleers. ”It does create an uphill battle,” Meyer says of being from outside of the immediate St. Louis metro area, “but it does make us that much better. We have to try harder to make an impact.”

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THURSDAY 30 CHRIS STAPLETON: 7 p.m., $49.50-$79.50. The

JUNIOR BROWN: 10 p.m., $25. Beale on Broad-

[CRITIC’S PICK]

way, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.

Fox Theatre, 527 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis,

LINE BRAWL: w/ Freak Out 9 p.m., $5. Foam

314-534-1111.

Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis,

CON BRIO: 8 p.m., $10-$12. The Demo, 4191

314-772-2100.

Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-5532.

THE MANESS BROTHERS: w/ Miss Molly Simms and

DRAKE VS. KANYE TRIBUTE PARTY: 9 p.m., $15-

.m.

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$20. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave,

St., St. Louis, 314-241-2337.

St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

MUSIQUE ACOUSTIQUE: w/ Ben Wheeler’s

RADIO BIRDS: w/ Apex Shrine 8 p.m., free. Off

Sketch Book, Todd Mosby, New Horizons En-

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

semble 6 p.m., $20. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups,

773-3363.

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

SHALLOW SIDE: 7 p.m., $12-$14. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

SUNDAY 3

SPACEFACE: w/ Demonlover, CaveofswordS,

FAIR ST. LOUIS DAY 2: w/ Sammy Hagar and

Mikaela Davis 9 p.m., $10. The Heavy Anchor,

the Circle, Eddie Money, Cowboy Mouth, Fire

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

for Effect 3 p.m., free. Forest Park, Highway

THE VANILLA BEANS: w/ Spoken Nerd, Su-

40 (I-64) & Hampton Ave., St. Louis.

perfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship 9 p.m., free. hla y a

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314-241-2337.

LOVE JONES “THE BAND”: 8 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

WILD CHILD: 8 p.m., $12-$15. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.

ZACH & THE HEART ATTACKS: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

FRIDAY 1 AFROMAN: w/ Dank Puffs 8 p.m., $15-$20.

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

ALANNA ROYALE: 9 p.m., free. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

THE CUBAN MISSILES: w/ Guy Morgan, Captain Dee and The Long Johns, Grave Neighbors 7 p.m., $6. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

HEYROCCO: w/ Modern Vices 8 p.m., $10-$12.

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

Chris Stapleton 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30.

The Fabulous Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard. $79.50 to $49.50. 314-534-1111.

A little over a year ago, Chris Stapleton’s St. Louis show at the Firebird sold out almost instantly. It was the first of many indications that the Nashville songwriting veteran and leader of bluegrass supergroup the SteelDrivers was on the brink of something big. Stapleton’s solo debut album, Traveller, brought pure country soul and riveting lyrics to the country main-

stream, and he now receives top billing at decidedly non-country festivals such as LouFest. It may seem corny to say, but his success proves that pure talent and soul-stirring music really can cut through the noise. He’s no country music savior, but he has fulfilled the best of the music’s promise.

Coal Miner’s Son: Stapleton hails from a family of Kentucky coalminers, and that Southern working class experience, both explicitly and implicitly, fuels the stories in his songs.

–Roy Kasten

535-0353.

NEQUIENT: w/ Grand Inquisitor, Railhazer 7 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

SIDNEY STREET SHAKERS: 9 p.m., $10-$12. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314773-3363.

THE WHISPERS: 8 p.m., $35-$55. Ambassador, 9800 Halls Ferry Road, North St. Louis County, 314-869-9090.

MONDAY 4 FAIR ST. LOUIS DAY 3: w/ Flo Rida, George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic, Here Come the Mummies, Dirty Muggs 3 p.m., free.

Forest Park, Highway 40 (I-64) & Hampton Ave., St. Louis.

RIVERS OF NIHIL: 7 p.m., $12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

[CRITIC’S PICK]

KEVIN GRIFFIN: 8 p.m., TBA. Blueberry Hill -

SOULARD BLUES BAND: 9 p.m., $5. Broadway

The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., Universi-

Oyster Bar, 736 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-

ty City, 314-727-4444.

621-8811.

THE LANGALEERS EP RELEASE SHOW: w/ Tok, o oby

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Fair St. Louis 1 p.m. Friday, July 2 through Sunday, July 4.

THIRD SIGHT BAND: 8 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-

With each year that passes, Fair St. Louis’ lineups seem to get stronger and stronger — especially ever since the event relocated from the foot of the Arch to Forest Park in 2014. That move brought with it greater numbers of attendees, filling the park with record-breaking crowds. The lineup for

2016 will pack ‘em in as well: From Lee Brice to Cowboy Mouth, Eddie Money to Sammy Hagar, George Clinton to Flo Rida, there is something for everyone here, for free.

Consider the Commute: If you don’t want to hike a thousand miles to and from your vehicle or get stuck waiting in traffic for hours, might we suggest a bicycle? You’ll thank us when you’re riding past a never-ending line of cars on your way out.

–Daniel Hill

BASSAMP & DANO’S 6TH ANNUAL DRINKIN’ FOR

p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S.

(I-64) & Hampton Ave., St. Louis.

Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis,

AMERICA BEER PARTY: w/ The Spiders, Sweat

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

JEREMIAH JOHNSON BAND CD RELEASE: w/ Tom

314-436-5222.

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

FAIR ST. LOUIS DAY 1: w/ Lee Brice, Bobby

Ray, Frank Bauer, Nate Hershey 7 p.m., $20.

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

Bones and the Raging Idiots, LoCash, Mo

Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis,

WEDNESDAY 6

BOO BOO DAVIS & BUMBLE BEE TRIO: 10:30

Pitney 2 p.m., free. Forest Park, Highway 40

314-773-3363.

BIG RICH MCDONOUGH & THE RHYTHM RENE-

2100 Locust St., St. Louis, 314-241-2337.

LEROY PIERSON: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-4365222.

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

UKE GO GIRL: 7 p.m., $20. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.

SATURDAY 2 ‘68: w/ XXI, LifeWithout, Conman Economy, Skydweller, Toddler Fight Club 6 p.m., $12-$15. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis,

Forest Park, Highway 40 (I-64) & Hampton Ave., St. Louis. Free.

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YOUNG GIRLS: w/ the Fade 9 p.m., $5. Foam Coffee & Beer, 3359 Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, 314-772-2100.

TUESDAY 5 DJ MAHF: 10 p.m., free. Pin-Up Bowl, 6191 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-727-5555.

GALLOWS BOUND: w/ Creature Illicit 7 p.m., $10-$12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314289-9050.

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

ST. LOUIS SOCIAL CLUB: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz,

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GADES: 9 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

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

BOB “BUMBLE BEE” KAMOSKE: 8 p.m. Beale on Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.

BRIAN FALLON & THE CROWES: 8 p.m., $22. The

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Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.

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JAY FARRAR: 7 p.m., free. Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, 314-5779400.

STREETS OF LAREDO: w/ Dropkick the Robot 8 p.m., free. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

THE LION’S DAUGHTER: w/ InAeona 7 p.m., $10-$12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

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BE MY DOPPELGANGER: W/ Hospital Job, The C-Sides, Horror Section, Eaten Back To Life, Fri., Aug. 19, 7 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

BIG GEORGE BROCK & THE HOUSEROCKERS: Sat., July 9, 10 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-4365222.

BIG MUDDY BLUES FESTIVAL: W/ Big George Brock, Marsha Evans and the Coalition, Boo Boo Davis, Arthur Williams, Roland Johnson, David Dee, Renee Smith, Big Mike Aguirre & the Blu City All Stars, Jeremiah Johnson, Soulard Blues Band, Love Jones, St. Louis School of Rock, Skeet Rodgers & the Inner City Blues Band, Pennsylvania Slim, Tom Hall, Brian Curran, the Bottoms Up Blues Gang, Tommy Halloran, Erika Johnson & Tom Byrne, the Dust Covers, Sat., Sept. 3, 1 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 4, 1 p.m., $8-$10. Laclede’s Landing, N. First St. & Lucas Ave., St. Louis, 314-241-5875.

THE BLUES DOCTORS FEATURING ADAM GUSSOW: Thu., July 14, 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

BLUES HARP BLOWOUT: Thu., July 14, 9 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broad-

July Burger of the Month THE CORPORATE CLOWN

way, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

A BRILLIANT LIE: W/ Pseudo Future, Tue., Aug. 2, 6 p.m., $10-$12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St.

3/4 LB LOCAL BEEF, ‘MERICAN CHEESE, HOUSE MADE PICKLES, GRILLED ONIONS, LETTUCE AND CLOWN SAUCE ON A SESAME SEED BUN

Louis, 314-289-9050.

THE CLAUDETTES: Fri., July 8, 7 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

DEAN MINDERMAN & SOUL SUPPLIERS: Tue., July 12, 10 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

THE DEAR HUNTER: W/ Eisley, Gavin Castleton, Tue., Sept. 20, 7 p.m., $20-$50. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314833-3929.

DJ MAHF: Tue., July 5, 10 p.m., free. Pin-Up Bowl, 6191 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-7275555.

R E STAU R AN T S

ELEMENT A440: W/ Human Pollution, Brutal

2016

Harmony, Lights Over Arcadia, Thu., July 14,

WINNER

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[CRITIC’S PICK]

7 p.m., $10-$12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

ENSLAVED BY FEAR: Thu., July 21, 7 p.m., $12.

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

ERIC HUTCHINSON: Tue., Sept. 27, 8 p.m., $23$25. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.

ETHAN LEINWAND & FRIENDS: Tue., July 12, 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

FALSE LIGHT: W/ At War Within, Thu., Aug. 11, 10 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS: W/ Outline In Color, It Lives It Breathes, Close Your Eyes, Sat., July

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30, 6 p.m., $15. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

FESTIVAL OF PRAISE: W/ Fred Hammond, Hezekiah Walker, Israel Houghton, Karen Clark Sheard, Regina Belle, Casey J, Earthquake, Sun., Oct. 23, 8 p.m., $48-$98. The Fox Theatre, 527 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, 314-534-1111.

FOREVERMORE: W/ Kingdom of Giants, Darkness Divided, Formations, Mon., July 25, 6 p.m., $12-$14. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

GALLOWS BOUND: W/ Creature Illicit, Tue., July 5, 7 p.m., $10-$12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

GHOST BATH: W/ Numenorean, Frosthelm, Wed., Sept. 21, 6 p.m., $12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

JOE METZKA BAND: Thu., July 7, 10 p.m., $5.

Jay Farrar 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 6.

The Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard. Free. 314-577-9400.

We know, we know: Over the years, this very paper has expended gallons of ink singing Jay Farrar’s praises, from his days in Uncle Tupelo through his era-defining work with Son Volt and on to his restless, searching solo albums. But we’re piling on the plaudits only because this city has been blessed with a songwriter able to sing songs of common people with such uncommon language,

BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St.

an artist who resists laurel-resting despite such a stuffed back-catalog.

We’re lucky, too, that Farrar regularly gives generous performances in all kinds of venues — community radio festivals, the Sheldon Concert Hall and, this week, the unmatched splendor of the Missouri Botanical Garden as part of the annual Whitaker Music Festival.

Feel Free: You’d rightly pay for the privilege of hearing Farrar and his band, but this week’s show is free.

–Christian Schaeffer

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JOE PASTOR & LEGACY ENSEMBLE: Mon., July

$27-$29. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Monsanto Ave.,

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

11, 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S.

East St. Louis, 618-274-6720.

SICK PUPPIES: Fri., Sept. 30, 8 p.m., $19.50-

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

MUSIQUE ACOUSTIQUE: W/ Ben Wheeler’s

$22. Pop’s Nightclub, 401 Monsanto Ave., East

JUS MIC: Fri., July 8, 8 p.m., $10-$12. Fubar,

Sketch Book, Todd Mosby, New Horizons

St. Louis, 618-274-6720.

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

Ensemble, Sat., July 2, 6 p.m., $20. BB’s Jazz,

SOULARD BLUES BAND: Fri., July 8, 10 p.m.,

K. LOBSTER & THE CRABS: Wed., July 13, 10

Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis,

$5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway,

p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S.

314-436-5222.

St. Louis, 314-436-5222.

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

OH SLEEPER: W/ The Ongoing Concept, Misery

ST. LOUIS SOCIAL CLUB: Tue., July 5, 9 p.m., $5.

THE KILLER HEARTS: W/ Switchblade Paradox,

Chord, The Doubted, Luxora, Tue., July 26,

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BY DAN SAVAGE Hey, Dan: Is it a super douchey move to pretend to be a lesbian to avoid unwanted male attention?

I’m a straight single woman in my mid-thirties and a very plausible lesbian in terms of sartorial stereotypes. Occasionally a guy will hit on me in an awkward or creepy way and I’ll trot out a line about “not being into men.” Most recently I used this pose when a courier broke down in my driveway and I invited him in for a glass of water while he waited for the tow truck. It was really uncomfortable and a little threatening when — after establishing that I lived alone — he asked me out. I guess I use this as an excuse so as not to hurt their feelings, but also to shut the conversation down as quickly as possible if I’m feeling vulnerable.

Is this a harmless white lie, or a major cop-out that would offend actual lesbians? Can you suggest some better strategies for when you’re feeling cornered by a dude you’re not interested in?

Lady’s Entirely Zany Identity Enquiry “I’m not offended by this,” said someone I thought was an actual lesbian.

I shared your question with this person — a woman I thought was an actual lesbian — because I wasn’t offended by it either, but wanted to check with an actual lesbian just to be safe. Turns out my friend doesn’t identify as a lesbian, but as a woman-wholoves-women-but-does-not-identify-as-a-lesbian-because-she-sometimes finds the odd d de hot. o for the record: my friend is speakin for the FTODH community here — which often intersects/sexts with the lesbian community — and not the lesbian community.

“But even though I’m not offended by it, I have to say I’ve found the ‘I’m into women’ line to be totally ineffective,” said my not-a-lesbian friend. “The creeps I’ve used it on get even more riled up after hearing that line. ometimes he o t and start ignoring these creeps as if they’re wallpaper, but that can rile them too. ame ith a olite m not interested.’ The only success I’ve had with warding off creeps is by actually yelling at them, asking them if they’d like to be treated the way they’re treating me, and if their mothers, sisters, et cetera, would appreciate that treatment.”

My not-a-lesbian friend — who, as it turns out, identifies more strongly with the term “bisexual” than she does WWLWBD-

has also had some luck with the lose-your-shit strategy (e.g., screaming, yelling, and waving your arms around like a crazy person).

“You kind of have to treat these people like bears at a campsite,” said my not-a-lesbian friend.

“You have to make yourself big and loud and scary so they don’t get closer. Because they will get closer.”

Hey, Dan: I’ve been lying to myself. I told myself that stability and friendship were more important to me than sex. I’ve been with my husband for twelve years, and we’ve been married for five of those.

We were best friends, and I was already in love before we started dating and before we ever had sex.

I should have known in the beginning that we weren’t sexually compatible, but I chose to ignore it (or I chose stability and friendship).

I chose my best friend, and have been suffering ever since.

Luckily, I listen to your advice on a regular basis, and I’ve started having more open conversations about my feelings and my wants and needs. About a year ago, my husband and I decided to open our relationship. This was all my idea, and I’m not sure he’s fully into it.

We agreed to a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, and a month ago we finally acted on it. I met someone

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in an open relationship and had sex with them. It was amazing — everything about it. In the end, I didn’t feel guilty, but I did want to tell my husband. I still feel the need to get his approval, but I also know that he doesn’t want to hear it. If he gave me the go-ahead, even though everything was my idea, should I feel guilty, or just happy for finally getting what I needed from someone? Are there baby steps I can take to tell my husband these things, or do I just keep them to myself? I feel like this is saving our marriage, but society probably just looks at me like a cheating whore.

Feelings Are Insanely, Terribly Hard For Unsure Lovers You have your husband’s approval to do what you did, but his approval was contingent upon you not telling him what you did.

Honor the commitment you made to your husband, FAITHFUL, by keeping your mouth shut. You’ll doubtless have conversations in the future about your relationship, and about monogamy, and you can ask him if he wants to stick with “don’t ask, don’t tell.” If he says yes, continue to keep your mouth shut.

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