By Dan on Jul 31, 2008 in Music | 14 Comments
We went to see the Whigs and the Toadies at the Pageant in St. Louis last night. We really went to see the Whigs; the Toadies just happened to be headlining. Rather than a review of the show, I thought I’d just throw out a few observations.
What a great place
The Pageant is a wonderful place […]
By Dan on Jan 7, 2008 in Announcements, Local, Movies | 11 Comments
If you frequent Spfldbloggers, and you should, then you already know about the Lebowski Experience that’s set to go down on January 19. If you don’t know about it, you will within the next couple of paragraphs.
Aimee Mann was unfairly snubbed by Oscar for her role as Nihilist Woman in the Big Lebowski.
To celebrate the […]
By Dan on Dec 11, 2007 in Blog, Family, Music | 5 Comments
Right now, we should be in transit.
We don’t do much holiday-wise that doesn’t include the kids, but this year was going to be different.
Aimee Mann is bringing her Christmas show to the Vic in Chicago tonight. We had tickets. We had hotel reservations at a nice place a half block away from the […]
By Dan on Nov 19, 2007 in Blog, Music | 4 Comments
I think so.
Now this is the kind of between song banter that I can condone. In case you’re not inclined to watch the video, I’ll give you a brief summary.
It was taken from a Jeff Tweedy (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo) acoustic show. You know, one of those intimate affairs that tend to attract an artist’s most […]