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The Mystery Hour turns 4, celebrates with epic concert and, presumably, gross amounts of cake

30 July 2010 · Leave a Comment

There’s no party like a birthday party. Inevitably, every one of them is either awesome or obnoxious. Chalk this one up under awesome: The Mystery Hour, the comedic take on a talk show hosted by Jeff Houghton at the Skinnky Improv Theatre just after the Mainstage Show, is turning four. Well, it’s completing its fourth season, anyway, and the show is throwing a big party at Gillioz Theatre Saturday, August 7 at 7:30 p.m. Five acts, all favorite past musical guests on The Mystery Hour, will all be playing a special concert on the Gillioz stage, one the staff unashamedly... [Read the full story]

The High Road: Brett Wallace set to doom STL Cards for eternity, NWA rotation is crazy good and fall sports await

30 July 2010 · Leave a Comment

Brett Wallace Editor note: What was formerly known as The Thought Notebook has now been changed to The High Road. Please make note of the name change for Allen’s weekly column) Here is the No. 1 reason why Major League Baseball teams rarely trade within the division. It’s not always because the centerpieces of trades will haunt you. It’s the prospects. So, um, St. Louis Cardinals fans, you remember Brett Wallace, right? You know, the guy who the Cardinals drafted in hopes he could be a third baseman, but in the back of their minds, knew he wasn’t, so... [Read the full story]

Beer Buzz: Lupulin Threshold

29 July 2010 · 1 Comment

TAGsgf.com beer expert Ben Stange By Ben Stange of St. Ange Brewing My brother was brewing a batch of beer some time ago, and became a little too curious about his hops. He caught the fresh, grassy, citrusy aroma from the hops as he opened the bag, and thought, “They smell so good. I wonder what it would taste like if I just popped one in my mouth.” Big mistake. Want to know what a hop flower tastes like? Hops are bitter – very bitter. So bitter, in fact, that if you ate one whole, you would probably taste bitterness and nothing else for about two weeks. The... [Read the full story]

Starter glossary for trip to the 1940s

30 July 2010 · Leave a Comment

Song of Singapore runs until August 15 at the Vandivort.In order to prepare the crowd for the lingo of Song of Singapore, Sally Trtan helped TAGsgf.com with a beginner’s four-word dictionary to prepare your ears for tonight’s opening. No, it’s not extensive, but a touch of what you can expect might get you in tune. Reet – “good, proper, excellent,” 1934, jazz slang, (adj.). Keen – “great, wonderful, marvelous,” 1930-35, slang, (adj.). Swell – “styllish, elegant, fashionably dressed, or socially prominent,”... [Read the full story]

TAG 5: Worst Restrooms

26 July 2010 · 1 Comment

(TAG 5 is a top five list compiled by secret ballot, submitted by the four horsemen of TAG. An extremely complicated equation is used to calculate the polls. Mostly they are related to SGF, sometimes they are not. A new TAG 5 is released every Monday.) To be clear, we didn’t make this list to be mean. But every once in a while you find yourself in the uncomfortable circumstance when you need to use the restroom but don’t know if the accommodations are worth it. We also recognize that our list is compiled completely by males, but I can’t imagine establishments... [Read the full story]

Springfield Movie Times, 7/30-8/5: Not buying oversaturation of Carell

30 July 2010 · Leave a Comment

Steve Carell in Dinner for Schmucks I heard a few times recently that we’re getting too much Steve Carell. Sure we’re seeing an awful lot of him these days, but until something he puts out is “bad” I don’t think we will be oversaturated. Also, Despicable Me shouldn’t count because it’s animated. Yes, the producers of Dinner for Schmucks could have packed the movie’s best punchlines into the trailers – thus ruining my until something’s bad argument. But, with the cast (including Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, and Jemaine... [Read the full story]

The Cheat Sheet, 7/26-8/1

26 July 2010 · Leave a Comment

MONDAY, JULY 26 The Skeletons at The Outland – Great news: The local legends and flat-out amazing bar band will be back every Monday night in August as well. No need to wait when they’re playing tonight, though. TUESDAY, JULY 27 Make Out at Tonic Ultralounge – Your weekly epic dance party awaits, with no cover and a great night of indie and electronic music from its 9 p.m. start until bar close. Shawn Eckels at Boomers Campus Sports Bar & Grill – The man fronting local rock ‘n’ roll powerhouse Speakeasy goes it solo here, but he brings... [Read the full story]

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Get Out of My Dreams: A Movie Review of “Inception”

There is an entire industry built around the attempt to understand dreams, an industry that would be bigger and more mainstream if such a thing were actually possible. The truth is you can keep any number of interpretive books on your nightstand and notepads and pens handy to write thoughts down with and still never...

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Trtan draws from ‘blond moments’ in Song of Singapore

Sally Trtan in Song of Singapore Sally Trtan grew up in the arts, surrounded by singers, actors and musicians. The ubiquity of music paved her a certain path. “My father was an actor and my mom is a cellist. All of my brothers and sisters have sang or been involved in some type of musical,” Trtan, exempting her...

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The Show Report, 7/30: It Begins

Today is a date circled in red on many family calendars, but music fans have been anticipating it, too. The Ozark Empire Fair begins today, and on the Grandstand Stage tonight is a trio of country-rock heavyweights that will have ’70s radio-rock fans salivating: The Marshall Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet and The...

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The High Road: Brett Wallace set to doom STL Cards for eternity, NWA rotation is crazy good and fall sports await

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Springfield Movie Times, 7/30-8/5: Not buying oversaturation of Carell

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SGF looking for Wastewater Improvements Task Force volunteers

Help SGF map out a wastewater improvements plan. From the city: The City of Springfield is seeking volunteers to serve on a Wastewater Improvements Task Force that will help guide potentially significant improvements to Springfield’s wastewater services and treatment system. The City and its Public Works Department...

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Fun with fake quotes: What Roy Oswalt will say at his press conference

Can you guess what Roy Oswalt's press conference is going to sound like? Take your best shot. Most of the time, press conferences are brutally boring. No one says anything interesting, and although some of the sappy ones cry, generally they are full of cliches, regurgitated phrases and nonspeak. So when TAGsgf.com...

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The Mystery Hour turns 4, celebrates with epic concert and, presumably, gross amounts of cake

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Beer Buzz: Lupulin Threshold

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Open: Billy Sims BBQ

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