Entries from August 2007 ↓

Big news! If you haven’t already heard, taking The Honkeys’ spot headlining the second night of the Show-Me Blowout will be the return of THE GEARGRINDERS featuring Jeff Hess with a new lineup, which just so happens to include three members of said surf/instro band (Jason Edge, Exene Cervenka’s hubby and also guitarist in The Original Sinners; Micah Edge on organ; and Cullen McGrane on bass) as well as Ben Wah, St. Louis native now living in L.A., who’ll be flying in to play. Ben Wah was also in Hippies in Flames (St. Louis/Seattle) and is the current drummer for the Feederz (currently on hiatus) and played with them on their 2002 reunion LP and 2003 tour.

Anyway, it’s gonna be huge. If you don’t have your tickets yet, you should get them now, because all bets are on that this thing will sell out.

The Geargrinders on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/thegeargrinders

The Geargrinders on The Circuit:
http://lofistl.ning.com/profile/geargrinders

Click here to buy your 2-day pass for just $15 (includes BBQ party at Apop on Saturday afternoon).

If that link doesn’t work, just go to TicketWeb.com and search for “Show-Me Blowout”…

Thanks!

Great band from Omaha. They’ve played here a couple of times so I think it’s relevant. Here’s hoping they come back before they get too huge…

Befriend ‘em on Myspace.

Brimstone Howl at Alive Records.

Got a new camera last week, so I took it to the show Friday night at Lemmons and shot some video. Here’s a good one by The Vickroids. You should be aware that this was the first time Dennis Williams (Ded Bugs/Trip Daddys) had played with Mark Vickroid. They hadn’t even practiced before this show. Not bad!

There’s certainly going to be TROUBLE in River City if Mayor Slay messes with our flag!

Our esteemed mayor has a flag poll up his butt, er, I mean, on his website this week, as he does every week, but this week’s happens to deal with flags. Now, normally, I’m not much of a flag waver (the only American flag we have hanging in our house is one of those hippy kinds with the stars in the shape of a peace sign), but I’ve always loved the St. Louis City flag and have one at home and also have it as a patch on my jacket. It rocks! And it appears from reading over the mayor’s new poll that the City is considering a redesign of this classic flag, which (according to a recent survey) just so happens to be one of the top five city flags in the entire USA. It’s perfect as it is! Why change it? Besides, shouldn’t the mayor have more important issues to deal with than changing the city flag? There are a lot of problems with our city, the least of which would be the design of our flag. That’s just my two cents, of course.

Anyway, here’s the direct link to the poll. Please vote!

http://www.mayorslay.com/polls/20070809Flags.asp

Leave the city flag alone!

The 75s make their debut this Friday night at Lemmons, opening for The Nevermores. The Vickroids are also on the bill. And speaking of BILL, this just happens to be Bill Streeter’s 40th birthday… so get there a little early (oh, let’s say 8-ish) and join Bill and some of his closest Lo-Fi Saint Louis cronies for a little pizza and beer action. Bill’s buying. No shit. See ya there!

I don’t think I even knew who Pete Parisi was until my wife and I moved back to St. Louis in early 1994 after spending a few years in Lawrence, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Since we found an apartment on the south side of the City, and got a cable TV subscription, we soon stumbled upon World Wide Magazine and quickly became hooked. This odd but extremely wonderful program helped inspire a new perspective on our old hometown, and we have Pete Parisi to thank for that. So I was a bit surprised to see that there is still no entry for Pete over on the St. Louis Wiki. What kinda crap is that? Someone needs to add him there, pronto! Then maybe once that’s done he can get his own star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame! YEAH!! Go, Diabetoboy, go!!

TIRC - We just want you to sign the petition.Well, hey… we can dream, can’t we?

Show-Me Blowout Update: The Honkeys have canceled. Jeff Positive got offered a gig to tour with a Thrill Jockey Records band in the UK the first half of October. Can’t say that I blame him, really, because it’s a great opportunity. I have to admit this bums me out a bit (this jockey isn’t the least bit thrilled, in other words), not only because I thought they really deserved to be on this bill (and would have good pull), but because I was away on vacation and missed their show at the RnR Prom and was just looking forward to seeing them perform again. Oh well, shit happens. So that means I’ll have to fill that void with another band. I have a few in mind, so I’ll let you know when everything’s confirmed and the updated lineup is ready to post.

The Mad Titans will be replacing Thee Hypnic Jerks at the Apop shindig Saturday afternoon.

Here’s a classic from the video vaults of Lo-Fi Saint Louis. Damn, I really do miss Al Lien…
MOTOROCK.com
M.O.T.O. on Myspace