July 24, 2008
Chippewa Chapel: Hiatus After Tonight
From the organizers, a long note about the short-term history of STL's critically-acclaimed opne mic.
Continue reading "Chippewa Chapel: Hiatus After Tonight"Lumberyard # 2
straight from the desk of the one and only Eric Woods -
RELEASE PARTY - 08-08-08 -
AT the FIRECRACKER PRESS
August 8th, 2008 6pm - 10pm
the Firecracker Press
2838 Cherokee St.
StLMO 63118
The Lumberyard issue #2 is hot off the press. If this issue looks innocentdon't be fooled - peek under the covers and you might be surprised. Hot dog!We'll be hosting a release party with a live DJ, multimedia projections of poetry and imagery all over the place, and plenty of magazines for sale. Stop by to support local artists and have a great time doing it.
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2838 Cherokee St. - StLMO 63118
Tel (314)776-7271
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Better than noodle necklaces
I was at Schlafly's farmer's market last night, picking up a loaf of applesauce bread when a woman handed me a flyer advertising 'The Art of Food,' a sort of culinary gala, including platters stacked high with hors d'ouvres as well as a silent auction featuring food-themed art and gift baskets. My friend Bailey loves food art - things that look edible but are made out of like, fiberglass; she has paper mache hamburgers, a glass grape bunch paperweight, a toothbrush holder covered in decals that look like wedges of citrus fruit, a fake cake on display under a glass dome and a toothpick holder shaped like a giant cupcake.
The Art of Food will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. July 26 at the Mad Art Gallery (2727 S. 12th St.). Tickets cost $30 if purchased in advance and $35 at the door. For more information, visit www.ArtOfFood.org or www.madart.com.
July 23, 2008
Eulogy for Radio Cherokee
On July 23, 2006, Radio Cherokee hosted one final show before permanently closing its doors.
The show coincided with my boyfriend's brother Sean's 19th birthday, and before leaving for Radio Cherokee, I surveyed my room for a last-minute birthday present and wound up stuffing my copy of Alabama Wildman by Thurston Moore in my purse. (Short of a narrative in which Thurston moves to New York, develops a crush on a girl with a Bratmobile patch and has alternate run-ins with Richard Hell and Lydia Lunch, the book is just Dadaistic tripe, Lawrence Ferlinghetti with a hangover from after-hours Hell, and I could bear to part with it.) Later, during the show, we posed as Myspace groupies and had members of So Many Dynamos (who were either on the bill or just in the crowd) autograph the book's title page.
I spent the majority of the night sitting in the courtyard behind Radio Cherokee, drinking, chain smoking and tottering to the bathroom and back. Everyone crowded in the courtyard, waiting for Bunnygrunt's set, was seemingly drunk beyond drunk and floating somewhere in that realm of free-associative genius that comes right before blacking out, where every conversation sounds like a Vast Aire freestyle.
Whispered word went around that Bunnygrunt was about to play, and the courtyard emptied as everyone spilled into the venue, vying for a spot near the stage. I don't remember a lot about the actual performance ('cause it's been two years and I was more than a little woozy at the time, okay?), but at the end of the show, Radio Cherokee's staff distributed the old-timey radios that decorated the venue to people in the audience. My boyfriend got one; it's sitting on a shelf in our kitchen.
Leaving the venue, we spotted Beatle Bob and chased him down an alley shouting 120 decibel demands that he give us all his cocaine. Wild summer, wow!
Dana Carvey on Hulu.com
And the point of mentioning Dana Carvey's extemely short-lived sketch show here? Well, the small cast included St. Louis' own Bill Chott, along with Carvey and a couple of well-known-in-the-future folks like Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert. The whole run of the show - all eight episodes - are now available at Hulu.com. I need to kill cable and jump all the way into this site.
Helmet: Venue Change
Dang the luck. I cannot attend this show. Ouch.
New venue, same bands. Compliments of our pal Matt McInerney:
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Helmet
LucaBrasi
Vampire Moose
Avex
Friday, July 25th
Rockstar Nightclub
8658 S. Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63111
$15 in advance | $18 day of show | Doors @ 7p | www.rockstarnightclubstl.com for more info
July 22, 2008
Time Out Chicago, Giving STL Props
Wow. So we see that Chicago is STILL sore about losing the 1904 Olympics to us, yet is still willing to give us some nice ink? It's so. See it for yourself on Time Out Chicago's website.
"No-helmet motorcycle blitz through the life and times of Hunter S. Thompson"
I once read that the late, great Hunter S. Thompson was so enamored with F. Scott Fitzgerald that he handcopied all 120-odd pages of The Great Gatsby just to get a sense of Fitzgerald's syntax.
But Thompson, who developed a style far zanier and more crazed than Fitzgerald's, is a writer worth emulating in his own right.
In the documentary "Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson," director Alex Gibney explores the ups and downs of Thompson's career, a career as chaotic as his writing. Often seen slouching around in his trademark Bermuda hat, cigarette and holder dangling precariously from the corner of his mouth, Thompson was a cartoonish champion of the counterculture about which he wrote. Narrated by Johnny Depp, who portrayed Thompson in the 1998 big screen adaptation of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," and including interviews with Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Carter and Jimmy Buffett, the documentary plays July 11 through July 25 at the Tivoli. To buy tickets and see a list of showtimes, visit http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/St.Louis/St.Louis_Frameset.htm.
July 21, 2008
STL Style in NYT
I know this piece has been floating around for more than a week - a virtual forever in blogging terms - but it's just come to me, thanks to a reader.
The Vines brothers of STL Style were recently featured in the New York Times, discussing their STL-centric shirts, which, it seems, are part of a national trend of city-based designs. Good for them.
St. Louis Motion Picture Company
Was alerted to an interesting IMDB listing this morning, belonging to the St. Louis Motion Picture Company, which, according to IMDB, was in the business of producing western short films during 1912-1915. Among their works are films of slightly-peculiar naming, such as "Flossie Visits Bar U Ranch" and "Maya, Just an Indian."
This Motion Picture Company made dozens of short titles? Really? Methinks a cyber imp is up to some pranking! You judge.
July 17, 2008
Crispin H. Glover
The eclectic one is back at Webster University's Film Series from August 22-24. New and old slide shows. New and old films.
Wow. Let's go!
Kopper on KWK
What a post. Multi-faceted local rocker Kopper has put up quite a story about his fandom of the old KWK, which includes a pair of home-recorded MP3s from John Hutchinson's "Freeform" show. If you're a radio, records or local history nerd (ideally, you're all three), this one, will give you a some minutes of real enjoyment.