Features

MOVE Best of the Year: Culture

By Adam Daniels, Amanda Bromwich, Joey Vergara, Jordan Hickey, Katie Currid, Lindsay Eanet and Lyndsie Manusos

Top Five TV Moments1) "Saturday Night Live" — Tina Fey does Sarah PalinAn impersonation so dead-on Fey's 3-year-old daughter actually confused the two. Perhaps the show's best political imitation since ...

CoMO entertainment community sounds off on favorites

By Amanda Bromwich, Lindsay Eanet, Meg Walsh and Victoria Uwamarogie

Bustrip, local hip-hop artist Favorite Album: DJ Muggs & Planet Asia — Pain Language "I liked it because Muggs is one of my favorite producers, and Asia is one of ...

Sideshow freaks take pleasure in pain

By Katie Currid

Dr. Carny's Emporium of Marvels and Oddities brings a classic sideshow feel to CoMO.

The Best Thanksgiving Ever

By Krissy Tripp

MOVE's guide to doing Thanksgiving in Missouri right.

Re-Playing: 'Super Mario Bros.'

By Chase Koeneke

There's an interesting trend in video games these days: They're easy. And that's not me being cocky about my "skillz." It's just the truth. Oh sure, you'll still die while ...

The best of Business Loop 70

By Jordan Hickey

Meditations on the Business Loop What in God's name is it? On the stretch of road with forlorn restaurants and dead motels is a veritable goldmine of all things delicious, ...

Creativity, crafting and cars: CoMO does couture

By Amanda Bromwich

From screen-printed shirts to earrings made from Micro Machines cars, there's something here for everyone.

Grillmasters get ready to fire away

By Andrew Bach

Meet the meatheads from this year's Roots 'N Blues 'N BBQ competition.

Barbecue for the masses

By Jordan Hickey

Joe Stickley's Blue Print takes on MOVE in the world's grossest barbecue eating contest.

Mustard Seed Fair Trade to open soon

By Victoria Uwamarogie

Jessica Linneman, a former MU journalism student, learned about fair trade while working at the Cherry Street Artisan.

Alternative education at Schwagstock

By Anton Berkovich

MOVE takes a wild ride through the last frontier of the counterculture in Missouri.

Jim Gaffigan: Making pale sexy (and funny) again

By Chris Camey

The comedian talks about going bald, toasted ravioli and blinding muggers with paleness.

Not your grandpa's polo game

By Kristin Torres

Polo. Traditionally synonymous with cable-knit sweaters and Ivy League coifs, the classic sport is hardly fit for inner city paved basketball courts or parking garages. Take away the horses, add ...

Couch surfing: not as lazy as it sounds

By Kristin Torres

Patrick Dougherty wanted a week. Just one. He needed a place to stay while visiting The Art Institute of Chicago, and through something called couch surfing, the 24-year-old St. Louis ...

Cursive bassist makes Columbia his home

By Joey Vergara

Matt Maginn balances his band, his job and his family.

Fire-spinning group passes on the torch

By Nikki Tekeei

He is the Greek god the Sphyre’s name gives tribute to. The Titan who, as Greek myth recites, stole fire from the gods and gave it to the mortals. Punished ...

For local band, wrongs can only make rights

By Kelsey Whipple

Guitarist Jacob Kruger can’t escape the humor in using the “shit out of luck” metaphor to describe a band named Nascar Diarrhea — especially when it starts to rain. Even ...

Be Your Own Pet: kicking and screaming

By Jordan Sargent

The Nashville punks play rad teen snot-rock on their new album Get Awkward. They also might be the most fun band in America.

Paying respects... to fallen CoMo businesses

By Adam Daniels, Carolina Astrain and Lindsay Eanet

While we celebrate the greatest CoMO has to offer, we also have to remember those we lost: the businesses and local establishments that helped make this town great, but are sadly no more. Pour one out for each of these fallen friends.

2008 MOVE Beard-off Winner

The Beard’s Bio: The beard began its journey to greatness in the winter of 2003. Its first years were difficult, a few hairs on the chin and upper lip that ...