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 [...]

I haven’t done a music blog recently, so here goes.
Although I love hearing bands live, I’m not particularly fond of live albums. The production quality varies greatly and the energy of a live show isn’t usually properly conveyed in an audio recording. That said, there is one live album that I hold dear: the Kinks’ [...]

My Sunday AM column today is a rebuke to those who think red lights are for running. In the interest of fairness, I wanted to post a video of the Replacement’s doing their song, Run It, to provide a counterpoint to my position. I couldn’t find it so here’s Kids Don’t Follow off of the [...]