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FeedAnyone under the age of 25 probaby only knows Super Bowl Sunday as the national holiday it is (at least in the minds of grocers and bar owners... oh, and fans). We're happy to treat it as such. This year's game, sporting the unweildy Roman numeral XLIII (43) is a weird matchup, featuring a team that used to be in St. Louis against a team that's always been in Pittsburgh. Anywho, we have a hard time remembering the fourth quarter of any Super Bowl since we turned 21, including last year's barn-burner.
So, here's the best events of the week, complete with Roman numeral-style prices and a comparison to a Super Bowl champion football team. 'Cause that's how we bowl, er, roll.
Friday
Doubt at Vandivort Center Theatre, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., $XIV-$XVIII ($14-$18)
This play begins its second weekend on the Vandivort stage flush with the success of Meryl Stree's Best Actress triumph at the SAG awards. Oh Meryl and your pants suits!
If Doubt were a Super Bowl team... it would be the New England Patriots from Super Bowl XXXVI. Everyone doubted them, and we still have major questions as to what, exactly, we saw.
Missouri State Ice Bears vs. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, 7 p.m., $V ($5)
Missouri State's puck-passers are, again, a very good team. Tonight they battle their bretheren from Southern Illinois. These games are, quite simply, too much fun.
If the Ice Bears were a Super Bowl team... they would be the Green Bay Packers from Super Bowl I. They had to win the Ice Bowl to even make it to the championship game. Apropos, no?
Pearl at W.F. Cody's South, 8:30 p.m., Free
We're digging Pearl, who—we'll dish an exclusive here—you'll be able to hear at our GO Music Awards in April. Stop by Cody's for a big burger or some fried chicken, and enjoy the music for free.
If Pearl were a Super Bowl team... they would be the Chicago Bears from Super Bowl XX. Remember that awesome rap video, the "Super Bowl Shuffle"? So do we.
Saturday
Big Smith and BBQ at Hammons Hall, 8 p.m., $XIII-$XXIII ($13-$23)
Big Smith's annual music-and-barbecue fund-raiser is a big-time event at Hammons Hall, and this year is no different. It's a touch of down-homeness in a venue where you're more likely to find ball gowns than coveralls (usually).
If Big Smith were a Super Bowl team... they would be the Pittsburgh Steelers from the '70s (pick a Super Bowl, they were in most of them). Just a buncha big ol' boys who are consistently excellent.
Someone Still Love You Boris Yeltsin w/ Cloud City, August and Inland at Randy Bacon's Studio, 7:30 p.m., $VIII ($8)
Yeltsin makes its Gallery Sounds return with Cloud City and August and Inland. Bacon's music venue is just that—a place to listen to music, not get wasted, not crowd surf, not pick up chicks (though you might, actually pick up a chick at a Yeltsin show).
If SSLYBY were a Super Bowl team... they would be the Indianapolis Colts from Super Bowl XLI. Just a buncha nice guys that finally got what was comin' to them. Great success.
Cornbelt Chorus at The Outland, 9 p.m., $TBA
Another must-catch band. If you can somehow make it to both Bacon's Gallery and The Outland tonight (and we have no doubt that you can), do it.
If Cornbelt was a Super Bowl team... it would be the Patriots from Super Bowl XXXIX. Finely tuned and razor sharp, they were never really challenged along the way.
Sunday
Super Bowl XLIII party at Coesters, 11 a.m., No cover
We'll be parking our cabooses at Coesters this year. Not only are we helping throw the biggest party in town, we're also juiced for the Members Only show after the game. Coesters has tons of razor-sharp TVs, so we're guaranteed to never have to turn our head (unless it's to call for another drink).
If Coesters was a Super Bowl team... it would be whichever one wins on Sunday night. We only party with winners.
'Til next week! Everybody be safe!
Matt Lemmon, editor
Posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 | Permalink
