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         <title>Craig Finn Talks About His Solo Tour and Why Most Christian Bands Suck</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Jeremy BaldersonCraig Finn is taking some time to reflect.&#8203;Most listeners know Craig Finn as the poetic frontman of The Hold Steady. His show Friday at Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue, 314-773-33]]></description>
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         <title>This Weekend, Catch Live Music at...Schnucks? </title>
         <description><![CDATA[Kiernan MaletskyBeth Bombara plays at Schnucks.&#8203;The check out at the Schnucks in Richmond Heights is a gridlock six carts deep and ten lanes wide. The soundtrack is a chorus of bar-code beeps. B]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:16:14 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Heartless Bastards at the Firebird, 2/8/12: Photos</title>
         <description><![CDATA[ Megan GillilandHeartless Bastards' Arrow comes out next Tuesday.&#8203;Heartless Bastards has moved from Dayton to Austin in the course of a career making dusty rock. Its newest release, Arrow, is it]]></description>
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         <title>Kanye West&apos;s Snub and the Proud History of Grammy Incompetence</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Homer Simpson proudly displays his Grammy Award for Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word or Barbershop Album.&#8203;Adele could soon become a Grammy paper champion. Oh sure. 21 is a worthy entrant for the co]]></description>
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         <title>Madonna, the Spits Lead This Week&apos;s Show Annoucements</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Grow up Madge. &#8203;Madonna is taking time out of her taxing virgin-blood-drinking schedule long enough to fit in a lil' world tour. She'll bring all the hits and her terrifying biceps to the Scottr]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:43:47 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Earl Sweatshirt Comes Home, Releases New Song, Gets 50,000 Twitter Followers</title>
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         <title>Help Us Select The 2012 RFT Music Awards Nominees</title>
         <description><![CDATA[ Steve TruesdellLast year's RFT Music Showcase. Who will we be shouting along with this year?&#8203;The RFT Music Showcase is back: June 2nd on Washington Avenue. There will be dancing, drinking, swea]]></description>
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         <title>Six Worst Musical Thefts by White People</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Keith Richards early in his career. &#8203;February is Black History Month, the mere existence of which is a reminder that white people have spent a majority of America's existence being total dicks. ]]></description>
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         <title>Lawsuit Filed Over Brawl at Blackmon&apos;s Webbie Concert</title>
         <description><![CDATA[​Five plaintiffs have filed suit against an East St. Louis nightclub after claiming to have suffered injuries during a no-holds-barred melee made infamous last April after video footage emerged and ci]]></description>
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         <title>T-Bone Burnett is Good at Winning Awards</title>
         <description><![CDATA[kevchino.comOn this day in 2009, T-Bone Burnett won a ton of Grammy Awards. Maybe not a ton, but a lot.&#8203;Award season has been very, very good for T-Bone Burnett. The musical impresario has won j]]></description>
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         <title>Me Talk Pretty at the Pop&apos;s Nightclub: Photos</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Todd OwyoungUliana Preotu of Me Talk Pretty isn't the only one who talks pretty.&#8203;Me Talk Pretty is on the up-and-up, and a big reason seems to be the band's live show, which features singer Ulia]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[&#8203;Overshadowed in death by the passing of Don Cornelius of Soul Train, St. Louis R&B and gospel singer David Peaston also died on February 1, 2012, from complications from diabetes. He was 54.

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         <description><![CDATA[Image viaWale, Gandmaster of the sports reference.​Wale is Grandmaster of the sports reference. No musical artist brings as much wit, depth and knowledge to the craft. For instance, in the recently re]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[And that's why the ice caps are melting.&#8203;Dan Johanning is known to many as the axe-wielding teddy bear of adrenaline-driven punks the Disappeared. He remains a huge advocate of St. Louis' origin]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[American VoicesMarc Thayer, American Voices' director of education, plays at YES Academy in Iraq. The group has a presence in St. Louis.&#8203;Diplomacy between nations doesn't always involve dignitar]]></description>
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