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TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE
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The Rise of the Tributes
Bands that pay homage to a group or genre are huge in St. Louis — and that’s great news for working musicians Written by
THOMAS CRONE
Cover photography by
THEO WELLING
NEWS
CULTURE
DINING
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The Lede
Calendar
The Power of Positivity
Seven days worth of great stuff to see and do
Cheryl Baehr checks out the new beer-friendly Snax Gastrobar
Pono AM has Evan Sult humming the song of the summer
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MTC Halted Regs, Kept Payments
Carriage companies are surprised to learn the taxi commission has halted enforcement — because they’re still getting the bill
Stage
Paul Friswold sees The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Monsters, two plays with violence at their center
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Hidden Gem
The city’s acting police chief is accused of upbraiding officers who failed to provide special courtesy to an old pal
Cheryl Baehr fills up on terrific gyros in west county
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First Look
Museum Sues
Sarah Fenske checks out St. Louis’ newest brewpub — and explores its deep roots in the area
Who owns St. Louis’ Confederate monument? A judge will now decide
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Sara Bannoura captures all the fun at the RFT’s ShowcaseSTL, which filled the Grove last weekend
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Out Every Night
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MTC Halted Regulation, But Kept Payments Written by
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n June 5, the RFT revealed that the area’s Metropolitan Taxicab Commission, or MTC, quietly pulled back from regulating horse carriage companies in the city and county more than six months ago — saying a judge’s order bars them from enforcement. But no one was more surprised by our scoop than the carriage companies. They say the taxi commission has continued to press them for fees related to inspections and licenses. They had no idea that there was any reason to question MTC’s authority. “We’ve been following their rules,” says Teddy Randazzo, a manager at American Queen Carriage Company. Receipts shared with Riverfront Times show that his company paid more than $1,000 to MTC in pril alone for inspe tions on five carriages, plus a yearly renewal for an MTC license. More recently, the company received a reminder from the commission, dated May 29, to renew an additional driver’s license. Randazzo and American Queen Carriage Company weren’t the only ones blindsided by the (very late) breaking news that the MTC had stopped enforcing its street-code regulations on horse carriages. Members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen say they too had no idea the situation had shifted. At least two aldermen have now called for ity a tion that ould fill the regulatory gap. The regulatory pullback stems from an October 31, 2016, ruling by St. Louis County Circuit Judge Kristine Kerr. One month before, the MTC had attempted to issue a ceaseand-desist order against Brookdale Farms, barring the company from operating horse carriages in the city Continued on pg 11 and county.
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t. Louis’ acting police chief doesn’t like it when you mess with his friends, two city cops have alleged in complaints filed with the department. The officers, who are members of the police auto theft unit, claim that Lt. Colonel Lawrence O’Toole ordered them to cut corners to help his buddy and then berated them when they refused. And while the complaints were ultimately resolved in mediation, they have led to promises of new protocols to prevent political meddling in the unit. The incident began in December, at a time when O’Toole was assistant chief. He took over the department on an interim basis in April when hief Sam Dotson abruptly retired. At the time, O’Toole’s friend, who sells used trucking trailers, was trying to renew a motor vehicle dealer’s license. He needed police to sign off on an inspection. When the officers told O’Toole there were some issues
with the business that prevented them from doing so, he ipped out, according to the officers’ complaints. “Don’t give me that shit,” he reportedly told one on the phone as the other listened. “I don’t want to fucking hear it.” The fiery exchange was described in internal memos filed by the officers in anuary and later obtained by the Riverfront Times. At issue was the protocol for the state-mandated inspection, which is handled by local police departments. One of the co-owners of D&B Trailers, Michael Bono, wanted to set up an appointment, but the St. Louis officers refused. They told him they don’t allow prearranged appointments, because the inspections are unannounced. That was a problem, because Bono was rarely at the office. “I’m on the road most of the time selling,” he tells the RFT. State law re uires dealers to be open on site for at least twenty hours spread out over at least four days a week. Business hours are to be posted in plain view. riverfronttimes.com
But one of the officers stopped by twice in anuary and was told by the building manager on each occasion that D&B had moved out months before, according to the complaints. Bono says there was some confusion about that. The building at Gustine Avenue is a sprawling industrial complex, and he says his business had moved from the south end to a central office. He says he’d been in the building since and never had any problems setting up appointments until December, after the unit switched the officers handling inspections. ow, the officers insisted on random inspections. Bono acknowledges that he called his old friend O’Toole. “I wasn’t calling him to ask for a favor,” Bono insists. “It was more or less to give him shit since I know him.” That may be, but the officers say O’Toole told them that Bono was threatening to leave the city. “Why is this so goddamn hard?” O’Toole said, according to one of the officers. He allegedly added, “Is this your view of Continued on pg 10
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Acting police Chief Lawrence O’Toole was accused in a union complaint of ordering officers to break the rules to help his friend. | DOYLE MURPHY the city? Is it your view to see dilapidated buildings in the city of St. Louis?” Again, the officer alleges, he resisted: “I told the colonel that it was not my plan or idea to see businesses leave the city, but if the businesses were operating with no prudence of the rule book set up by Missouri Department of Revenue then what will be will be.” That went over poorly. “You have got to be fucking kidding me,” O’Toole replied, according to the officer. “This is not how this is fucking going to work. You are to call this businessman and set up an appointment with him to inspect his business.” The officer reported the interaction to a superior. Then he headed back to Gustine. This time, the building manager said he may have been mistaken about D&B moving out. He led the officers to an office, where they noted a working phone, but no posted hours as required. Again, no one from D&B was there. One of the officers called Bono and told him they were leaving and would turn over the matter to their bosses. Less than two hours later, O’Toole called one of the officers, according to the complaint. “Who made the phone call to my friend?” O’Toole said. When the officer confirmed it had been him, the lieutenant colonel’s reply was brief. “That’s all I needed to know!” Apparently worried about angering the second-most powerful man in the department, each officer filed a memo with a lieutenant, describing in detail the efforts to inspect the business and
O’Toole’s response. In a brief statement, the police department said, “The issue referenced in your inquiry was resolved through successful mediation. The Special Order as it relates to motor vehicle dealer inspections is in the process of being revised.” Attorney Rufus Tate Jr. of the Ethical Society of Police, which represents black officers, says the union negotiated an agreement with O’Toole to rewrite police procedures to insulate the auto theft unit from favor-seeking superiors. Tate declined to talk about the incident in detail, but he says that police department leadership has often leaned on the rank-and-file to carry out pet projects. “It’s a custom that’s been going on for decades,” he says. As for Bono, he says he was frustrated by the experience, and he let O’Toole know. “Larry, this is what I’m doing — I’m shutting down,” Bono recalls saying. “I’m moving to another state.” He says an inspector from the state eventually told him he could solve his problem by listing his hours as “by appointment only,” but by that time he and his partner had already made up their minds to leave. They moved their headquarters across the river to East St. Louis earlier this year. Bono says he’ll let the officers and O’Toole sort out their differences. He doesn’t want to be in the middle anymore. “It’s been a circle jerk,” he says. —Doyle Murphy
TAXI COMMISSION Continued from pg 9 In response, Brookdale Farms sued, arguing that the MTC had no authority over carriage companies. In a terse ruling, Judge Kerr issued a stay, suggesting that Brookdale Farms was correct. The taxi commission had been down this road before. Created in 2002 by the Missouri legislature, the MTC has regulatory powers written into state law. But the limited scope it’s been granted has led to problems when it tries to regulate industries not spe ifi ally overed in its original mandate. Past attempts to regulate pedicabs and shuttles have also resulted with lawsuits — and MTC in the loser’s corner. And that’s what happened, again, in October. Judge Kerr’s ruling strongly implied that MTC’s authority extends only to vehicles-for-hire that carry a taximeter. With MTC’s ability to enforce its rules against carriage companies called into question, the commission stopped doing so completely. Or at least, that’s what the MTC and its legal counsel told reporters and an animal rights lawyer. No one, apparently, told the carriage companies. And so until two weeks ago, Randazzo says, the American Queen Carriage Company was operating under the assumption that nothing had changed. MTC simply gave them no reason to think differently. “We didn’t have knowledge of us being unregulated,” Randazzo says. o e find out that they eren t in control of us.” It’s the same story with St. Louis Carriage Company. Jenny Holzum, the company’s business manager, says its drivers and sixteen carriages abide by MTCs rules for licensing and inspections. She’s only recently learned that those rules have been unenforceable for months. “They’ve never told us that they weren’t regulating us,” says Holzum, who works as a carriage driver herself. She says the regulations don’t bother her, as long as they keep horses, drivers and pedestrians safe. The MTC’s recent actions, though, have raised new questions about what the licenses and inspections have actually accomplished. “We’ve had MTC come and check licenses in the last couple of months, and we still send drivers to the MTC to get licenses and follow all the rules,” she says. “I don’t mind when you’re regulating and protecting. But if you’re not regulating or protecting,
you’re just collecting money.” In response to questions from RFT, the MTC’s legal council, Chuck Billings, wrote that Judge Kerr “only stayed the MTC’s enforcement of our ‘cease and desist’ order to horse carriages,” suggesting that other portions of the same set of laws, including rules for licensing and inspections, remain untouched. Billings did not respond to additional uestions see ing larifi ation, leaving it unclear how MTC draws a line between which regulations it can no longer enforce and which regulations it can still take
money for. Things are much simpler for Brookdale Farms. “We were told by a judge that the MTC has no legal authority over the carriages,” says company owner Jerry Kirk. He hasn’t paid a dime to the MTC since Judge Kerr’s October ruling. It’s worth noting that amid the current legal ambiguities, the city’s health department has continued to hold up its side of a 2015 agreement it signed with the MTC. The agreement, which was created following a lawsuit brought by an animal rights
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he Missouri Civil War Museum and the city of St. Louis agree that the Confederate monument in Forest Park has to go, ASAP. The only problem is, they both believe they own the thing, and therefore that they should control the process and its ultimate end location. The city isn’t backing down — in fact, its workers have already removed the monument’s top as a test-run for the full de-installation, which is expected to take place in a matter of weeks. But the museum, based in Jefferson Barracks, isn’t ready to budge either. In a letter sent Friday to Mayor Lyda Krewson, Museum Director Mark Trout offered an ultimatum: Either acknowledge the museum’s ownership of the monument or face a lawsuit. “Our objective is the same as yours and that is to immediately remove this historic monument from your park property and remove it permanently from the city limits of St. Louis,” Trout writes. He added that, after removing the monument, the museum would “guarantee” that it would never be re-installed in St. Louis city or St. Louis County.
The museum’s claim of ownership stems from a 1912 city ordinance, which included language stating that the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which funded the monument, was responsible for its maintenance. The museum claims that indicates the group continued to retain ownership, even though the monument was in a city park. The the group “gifted” the monument to the museum last week. Trout writes, “If you decide to challenge our ownership of this monument that will of course have to result in immediate legal action being taken to prove our ownership. This will obviously stop the removal of the monument by both of us from Forest Park and will only delay our same shared objective in removing the monument from the park and from the city limits.” The city, though, maintains that its ownership of Forest Park includes ownership of the monument. However, spokesman Koran Addo doesn’t rule out the possibility of the monument finding its way to the museum — just as long as it’s on the city’s terms. “The plan is to remove the monument and place it in city storage,” writes Addo. “At some point, the city will consider proposals from parties interested in taking ownership or displaying the monument. The Civil War Museum is welcome to submit a proposal at that time.” Later in the day Friday, the museum filed suit. nd on onday a city judge issued a two-week stay, barring the city from moving the monument just yet. A trial is now set for July 6. n
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Bands that pay homage to a group or genre are huge in St. Louis — and that’s great news for working musicians
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Bands like Superjam, says guitarist Eric Lysaght, play tribute to a time period — in its case, 1975 to 1985. riverfronttimes.com
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s ills. n original and ithout a ig ody of or or fan ase might not even ra in over harges and tips y playing at a lo al ar if it an net the gig in the first pla e. tri ute a t might ell om mand for a ee night lu date and roughly dou le that for a street festival or spe ial event ith organi ers typi ally shelling out another to for lighting sound and staging. eni a no ledges that his eil oung tri ute ha ey eal e ists to ma e a dollar. ut it also pays yes tri ute to an a t that he s een tied to for a hile. oing a eil oung tri ute evolved a solutely in a natural ay for me not only e ause peo ple ept telling me sounded li e eil oung ut e ause he as a ig influen e on my o n musi
and found that had a real feel for his songs and his entire ap proa h to things he e plains in an email. play ith some fantasti musi ians ho get it meaning oth the ra primal ra y orse stuff and the deli ate melan holy a ousti songs. oshua oyal rigaitis ho no oo s his family ar op s lue oon says that there s an under urrent that s very t. ouis hen it omes to tri ute a ts. t goes ay eyond musi . There seems to e a lot of sup port for all things omforta le in this to n he elieves from the musi to the food to the loth ing e hold lose hat e no and gre up on. trong roots in tradition is a ni e ay to put it perhaps e ause so many never leave permanently. here did you go to high s hool e ists e ause most people here a tually ent to high s hool here. rom there he elieves ands that pay homage to the songs you hear on the radio are a natural e tension. The ho e tate has een a di ult one to introdu e ne ideas musi food fashion to ut have noti ed this hanging so it seems to e opening up its mind a little more these days. i hael llen agrees that t. ouis is more sus epti le to the harms of tri ute a ts ut he sees that as a good thing. eah there s something a out this to n that ust seems ondu ive to it says llen ho plays or rissey in isera le o and Thom or e in it usi hi h de uts at this ee end. thin it has something to do ith the ro d hi h a solutely love. t s so refreshing to go to a lassi ro sho and see everyone earing the shirt of the and they re going to see. o ody gives a shit a out eing ool they re ust there e ause they love the musi and they ouldn t are less a out ma ing the s ene. They re over it. e adds ou an t har or any delusions of eing hip hen you re listening to o eger and you ill totally pay ten u s to see some dude ith shaggy hair and a eard ran out the hits hile you pump your fist in the air. There s a real amaraderie among the lassi ro fans in this to n and as the alternative nation edges into that demographi as you start to hear lind elon and e on the oldies station m starting to see it there too. The u around our adiohead sho is unreal. eople Continued on pg 16
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are ust as sto ed a out it as e are. nd hile there s real oy in dis overing original material the appeal of hearing a lassi song live annot e overstated even if that lassi is eing played as in one re ent unusual tri ute night ith a heaping dose of irony. ays llen ven after having seen some stellar sho s y ig name a ts as of late oger a ters hief among them my god the est time ve had all year as at att asler s tri ute to mooth at ff road ay in hi h he and his and played the e a t same song t elve times in a ro . The sho a tongue in hee homage to the o Thomas arlos antana hit too the tri ute and idea to its e treme y overing ust one song and yeah offering smoothies alongside mooth . ut the idea llen says as the same the oy of the familiar. t as hilarious it as heartfelt and it rought the hole room to a fren y he says. eople ere losing their minds over it and rightfully so t as high on ept
silliness at its pea delivered y a and that as having a last and loving every se ond of it. nd hen the inevita le a lash o urred online it eli ited the iggest of eye rolls. et the fu over it people. m sorry no one ame to your slam poetry reading in your friend s asement ut some of us ere too usy s reaming along to o Thomas. Jason Nelson has had many, many o s over the years. t s not only a out uantity elson s got some real variety on the r sum . ightly laughing as he often does el son ti s off hat s only a partial list noting stints as a hemi al pro essor loan o er de t olle tor patient advo ate health are administrator roofer. o m lim ing ell phone to ers. hat ever find find interesting try. rofessional s a vo alist is also on the list too as elson o ned the mi for during the mid s a period of time hen the and as no n for steady studio ap pearan es and even more intense road or . ithin a far flung om munity its mem ers ere stars. as touring form the spring of all the ay to the fall of he
re alls. learned a lot from those early years. These days road or ith his ands might mean t o or three days a ee ender ind of thing. t s a far different life from his days fronting . nd yet as other musi ians segue into middle age ith only memories of their time on stage elson has rafted a reputa tion as one of the hardest or ing musi ians in t. ouis riding the ave of lo al tri ute sho s into a part time o and round the lo passion. Ti ing off the names of his a ts he notes his role ith one original pro e t the oon andits itself an all star assem lage of veteran play ers from t. ouis third ave s a heyday in the s. ut the over ands That s the list that ta es him a minute to al through. There s the a ness a s tri ute. There s also his ne er de ade themed a t the s entri etro erds. is namesa e ason elson and handles a ide array of hit musi an a t in hi h he shares vo als ith fre uent ol la orator essi a utler. nd then he fronts and o leads a variety of tri ute ands that only play on e or t i e a year in luding groups
“Between my cover and tribute acts, I play with 40-plus people in town and that’s not including production and promotions people. Those are just the musicians.� dedi ated to ueen ad rains ish one a ne ly minted a t alled i and a To er of o er tri ute and that s emerging from the asement this summer. n a lot of those a ts elson s not only the vo alist he s the shaper of ... ell a little of everything. e handles the rehearsal s hed ules and eeps the internal email groups updated. t some venues he rolls in and gives a perfor man e then heads a home to
a e t. ouis. t others he loads in his o n system efore the gig then hauls it a out after ards. n short he s That uy. s far as eing the prin ipal in a and do it all in a professional manner and don t ta e that role lightly he says. t s a responsi ility that had struggled ith in my early years. deferred a lot of the de ision ma ing to people that didn t ne essarily have the heart or passion or vision ith my pro e ts so stepped up and made a lot of mista es throughout the years. ut feel that have a lot to give and to reate things that are e it ing not only for the musi ians ve played ith ut for people ho pay money to see those a ts. have a dynami roster ith everyone ut the oon andits the lineup that never hanges he says. t s four guys not in luding myself. ut et een my over and tri ute a ts play ith plus peo ple in to n and that s not in luding produ tion and promotions people. riverfronttimes.com
Those are ust the musi ians. or ing ith players ho do it oth full and part time often in overlapping a ts an e hard. lot of these are usy peo ple ith families so try to lay it out months in advan e elson notes. tell them here s the ma terial here are instru tions on the tunes. T o months out ere s the rehearsal s hedule. ere s the itin erary. The venue s oo ed the pro du tion sho s up on the day of the sho and it s oom oom oom. verything s aligned on the earli est possi le day and as uestions ome to me they re addressed right a ay. That a man omforta ly tries on the roles of vo alists as diverse as reddie er ury . . and i hael ut hen e is strange enough. That he does so driving in from the outer su ur s ith a ife of t o de ades and four hildren ranging in age from t enty to si ma es it at least a little it more interesting.
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TRIBUTE Continued from pg 17 y ife is very a ommodat ing he says. ith almost years of marriage she s een the vi tim of my am ition a lot ut regularly dis uss this ith her and say ere s my oogle alen dar here s hat ll e doing are you o ay ith this t s a push and pull sometimes there are o asions hen have to a do n a it and read ust. ut the for the most part she s een super sup portive. he met me at the old i ero s hen as performing there so she no s ome from that a ground. e does it all e ause he loves eing onstage that moment of haos that s surrounded y a lot of rehearsing oordination aiting set up sound he rea do n promotion ust tal ing to people. hen ame off of the road ith he adds e ere ma ing a de ent living. hen stayed home musi e ame a great ho y for me li e played in a and and some guys played ollege foot all. y payoff has al ays een nothing more than having a great time performing for people. 18
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love ho an stand in front of a group of people and see them dan ing smiling engaging ith ea h other and having a great time. That s orth something. ant more of it. The entertainment usiness is fun and it pays a little money too hi h of ourse helps. Bill Drennan is a contemporary of elson s having gro n up in some of the same lu s. nstead of s a though rennan as a po er pop guy a founding mem er and lead guitarist of the inn rothers. ts mem ers ere small to n ids from efferson ounty ho slo ly emigrated to t. ouis in sear h of gigs management and eventually touring. They ent through several iterations and and names. rennan left the and relatively early on instead of hitting the re gional touring ir uit. ut he s een playing musi ever sin e as ell as tea hing musi at the ity s entral isual and erforming rts igh hool. or the past ouple of years he s also een a guitarist in one of t o ing rimson tri ute ands in the entire orld for good or ad oth a ts are named after an al um from the and s e tensive anon Thrak.
The Jason Nelson Band’s playlist, left, features some true crowd-pleasers. Right, the Voodoo Players draws a big audience at Broadway Oyster Bar.
f you d have told me a fe years ago that ould e in a ing rimson and in t. ouis d have said no ay ren nan muses. That ould ve een ust too eird. t first rennan asn t even sure he d oin up preferring to ait until the end of his s hool year efore ommitting. e assumed someone else ould have ta en his slot y that point ut there eren t any ta ers and the other mem ers of the group guitarist vo alist arl od son assist i e illian and a per ussionist simply no n as ere ready for a tion. odson is rennan s ousin so rennan as on the hoo and ne it. e oined Thra . To engage in e treme overstate ment The progressive art ro of ing rimson is e tremely om pli ated full of time signature shifts and moments of om asti virtuosity. That only t o ands in the orld over this musi e lu sively spea s to that omple ity ut for rennan it also provided a musi al i . The guitar parts played in the original and y o ert ripp and drian ele are nothing if not a or out. ve never played in some
“You can’t do it exactly the same as they did, or else it’ll fall flat. If notes are the essence of a group, that’s what matters more.” thing ith so mu h to remem er and do he says. i e ise that s true for everyone else in the and too. f e don t play a song over a month s time that sho s really ui . ut ith a uly sho slated for lue erry ill s u oom he says e re leaning it up getting ready to ta e it out. hen it omes around it ould e assumed sho s ould e nerve ra ing ut ve done
this so many years no that no ho to ust go for it. ou no the fans are at hing losely you no they an pi out ertain pie es hen e start them and the fans that really no these songs are thin ing o an t elieve they re doing that one. They re loo ing for ard to the songs eing right and e ant to ma e sure e do them right. till the intent isn t to slavishly mimi the original performan e. ve seen over ands do that rennan says. They ll play every note perfe tly more perfe t than the original players. nd you still fall short. loo at it li e an a ting role you have a s ript and you might e doing the part similarly to some ody ho s done it efore he ontinues. ut you an t do it e a tly the same as they did or else it ll fall flat. The same ay an never e you e a tly an pi up your essen e. nd if notes are the essen e of a group that s hat matters more. e ause ing rimson is a ni he a t Thra ill only play a handful of sho s in a year. That said ea h sho is played to fans ho really really ant to e there. That s hedule allo s rennan a degree of freedom. t s su h a spe ialty thing that e re not going to ta e up too mu h time to play gigs rennan says adding t serves as a great musi al hallenge as ell. n his four de ades ma ing musi in t. ouis rennan has rossed paths ith a host of other players many of them dou ling up in oth original musi and over tri ute pro e ts. s an riverfronttimes.com
e ample hen rennan left the inn rothers he as repla ed y another young eff o guitar ist att eyer ho no plays in the ush tri ute and Thun derhead among other pro e ts. This ind of thing seems more the norm than the e eption ith t. ouis original musi a ts of the s and s no dotting the rosters of tri utes of every stripe. n e ample ean anan. If members of Superjam are the ultimate ee end arriors ith home ases in every ounty throughout the region ean l len anan has developed an am itious multi musi ian e perien e inside a single room reating his o n sound la ora tory ro s hool in the pro ess. very ednesday anan s oodoo layers set up shop at the road ay yster ar raiding the atalog of a spe ifi artist. nd even as the and ill slot some a ts li e hish or the ll man rothers into its rotation over the ourse of a year there s a need to remain fle i le. s artists have died for e ample anan has put together tri utes in hyper speed readying a and ith only a rehearsal or t o under their elts. nd he does this every ee . n the ourse of three and a half years anan says ve played ith different musi ians. ve got a ore of may e that use all the time. eah man hat started as sort of an idea of it eing an open mi am and then it developed into our doing this thing essentially
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playing a different song oo ev ery ee . t s almost li e a ro roll lass ith a full ar and . t least that s the idea. o it s gro n an audien e. t s e ome a vehi le for oth the musi om munity and the fans. s anan e plains it the ap peal is na edly ommer ial. e ui ly reali ed that a night de voted to one musi ian or group ould dra mu h more than a hodge podge. t first it as lues night and no one ould sho up he says. ut if you did ing night a un h of people ould ome. ou dra on the hard ore fans of that and. The Tal ing eads aren t the most mainstream and yet hen e do that sho everyone omes out. They ve got su h a passionate fan ase. anan ame to prominen e as a guitarist in the group o man and spent several years as a tour ing musi ian ith the rateful ead perien e etter no n as the h ag. e still plays ith that group on o asion ut he s
moved into the se ond hair gui tar role after he and his ife had a pair of hildren. ven hen he as ith the h ag he tended to a gro ing ee ly stint at ur s here alling en es plays every unday night lending rish and meri an songs. dding a ednesday night staple to his alendar al lo ed him a han e to s ale a from hat had een an am itious road s hedule hile getting him mu h deeper into a ide sele tion of musi . The o o d o o l ay e r s ill rehearse a ouple times efore a sho anan s re ent rin e sho s re uired his eleven pie e and to or for marathon five to si hour stret hes. ven ith e perien ed hands oining him he s had to develop tri s to ma e it or . The other i er a out our gig he says is that e do t o set sho s ea h is to min utes and it s often longer than the artist ould play. Tom etty ust did a ouple hour set and e re doing three hours of his musi . ssentially part of my approa h is to e a le to e tend the arrange
Sean Canan, left, on stage at Broadway Oyster Bar. Right, Canan with his namesake band.
ments to fill the time. t s the same amount of songs as his t o hours ut you add a fun y trumpet solo here a longer guitar solo there you let the horn se tion go off. That means instead of doing songs he says they an get a ay ith ust fifteen or t enty longer versions. hen it omes to the a ura y versus feeling anan falls om forta ly in the middle. li e the alan e of the t o he says. e re reate the material and e also reinterpret the ma terial. t e omes a half and half. t ma es it a little more thrilling for the audien e ou no these songs ut they ll e played in a ay you ve never heard efore. o many tri ute ands in the area an play it a solutely note for note and there are good ands that do that. ele ration ay an nail ed eppelin e a tly. hen the oodoo layers do eppelin there s a little more interpretation of the material our oming up ith our thing. eople grasp hat e re all a out. irst of all it s a out oyously ele rat ing the material ut putting our o n reative spin on it.
Dwight Carter got into music through fashion. Through his rain hild vents um rella he put together a series at the ramophone paying tri ute to fashion i ons and the musi ians ho reated ertain trends. ll three sho s did so ell de ided to do more sho s he says. e s no reated tri utes to ueen rin e the eastie oys the ative Tongues and oan ett among others. urrently he s or ing on putting together an T series in luding Headbanger’s Ball 120 Minutes and Yo! MTV Raps. arter has largely hung up his ass ma ing him less a musi ian himself than one ho s around lots of musi ians on a regular asis. is role in reating tri utes is an interest ing one s the demand has gro n he s een a le to mat h musi ians ith lu s forming venue spe ifi sho s that may happen only on e or a handful of times. hile a uper am may play out do ens of sets a year a and li e the 120 Minutes tribute re ill pull together a set of . . . i ies and the ure ith enough material for one night s entertain ment. s the ringleader arter s do ing everything from song uration to mar eting.
ason elson s hameleon a ili ties mean that he is often arter s first all. f his friend arter says ason an transform himself into any genre of musi and any vo alist. is vo als range from soulful to pun in a matter of minutes. t s ama ing ho he re reated the songs of ueen perfe tly and hits the vo al range of ngelo oore in hetto ound ave. don t no ho he learns so many songs in a short period. The ans er t the gym. elson says he has a regimen he follo s learning the lyri s on the treadmill in hronologi al set order. t s ust rain training he says. nd m not gonna lie. ometimes do have a heat sheet ne t to the drums ut for the most part try to sho up to rehearsals and the performan e ith lyri s fully ingrained. t really is ust mus le memory so that at the sho it s go go go. ne thing elson has learned in his many years fronting tri ute riverfronttimes.com
a ts t. ouis might e shy a out dan ing ut it still really ants to. t s up to elson to find the and the tri ute and the song that ill he says ompel people to the dan e floor. That differs y lo ation even inside the ity. t the hase lu you ll e a le to play pto n un for the ne t years and it ll al ays pull people in. ut in t. harles you an play on t top elievin and that ill get people s attention. ... ver in llinois they re ig into hair metal and the s. t s their meri an le i on. e played e atur last ee end elson says and e played fri a y Toto. That as their am. e ent on rea and the ro d played it on the u e o t i e more. Then e ame out and played oseanna. Those ere huge Toto fans. or a split se ond the gregarious elson pauses. The idea omes that ui ly ay e my ne t tri ute ill e Toto.
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Decision to Leave. Magnolia Plantation on the Cane River, Louisiana, 2013. | COURTESY OF JEANINE MICHNA-BALES
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FRIDAY 06/23 Loop Gallery Walk It’s never a bad time to support local artists, but the need is greater than ever of late, as funding for arts programs is being slashed on the national level. The Loop Gallery Walk brings together hundreds of artists, all on one street. Seven venues stretching along Delmar Boulevard from the University City Public Library (6701 Delmar Boulevard) to the Regional Arts Commission (6120 Delmar Boulevard) host exhibitions tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. Among the highlights: The Silver Lady welcomes Bosnian/
Croatian jeweler Marija and Serendipity Gallery hosts photographers, jewelers and “tar artist” Barbara Marshall, who photographs the abstract patterns that form on city streets when the pavement cracks. The Loop Gallery Walk is free.
Through Darkness to Light Photographer Jeanine MichnaBales wanted to document the Underground Railroad, the circuitous trail that stretched more than 1,400 miles from Louisiana to Canada. Perhaps 100,000 black men and women followed that course to freedom in the early part
of the nineteenth century to escape slavery. Rather than photograph the safe houses and hiding places in natural daylight, Michna-Bales sought to recreate the trail as the hopeful people who made the crossing would have seen it: in the dead of night, with no human beings in sight. Her photographs capture the stillness and solitude of the American wilderness. A river crossing takes place in almost total darkness, the trees on the other bank nigh invisible in the night. In some of Michna-Bales’ images, traces of light from the setting sun give the trees rising up out of the bayou the menacing shape of people. It took Michna-Bales ten years to research and photograph the passage, but it was time well spent. The resulting riverfronttimes.com
exhibition, Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, is an emotional as well as visual record of a harrowing journey. MichnaBales discusses her photographs at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 23, at the Griot Museum of Black History (2505 St. Louis Avenue; www.thegriotmuseum.com). Her images will remain on display through Friday, August 11, and the museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. An accompanying monograph, which pairs the images with passages written both by people who made the journey and noted abolitionists, will be available for purchase during the show. Admission is $3.75 to $7.50. Continued on pg 25
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SATURDAY 06/24 The Identity Show People today are more plugged in to the political process than ever. That’s both good and bad. It’s good that people are more informed about the issues and feel more strongly about them, but it’s bad that most people rely on social media and partisan news sources to get that information. Prime Theatre takes on the personal/ political schism in its new 24-hour play festival, The Identity Show. Six playwrights wrote new works with topics that include corporate personhood, coming out and the issues that divide the nation. Now a committed group of actors and directors have taken on the challenge of learning their parts and mounting these short plays. The entire process from conception to production happens in 24 hours
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The Baron Age The year 1904 was a momentous one for St. Louis, with the World’s Fair and the Summer Olympics both showing off what was then the fourth largest city in America. St. Louis was growing rapidly, and a few lucky beer families were making money hand over fist. arlos a riel ui and im Mosley return you to that golden age in their new independent comic book, The Baron Age. It’s a crime story about a small-time gang that does the dirty work for one well-known family of brewers, busting heads by day and partying ith the glitterati at night. ui and Mosley Continued on pg 26 riverfronttimes.com
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CALENDAR Continued from pg 25 celebrate the release of their comic with a launch party and signing from 1 to 3 p.m. today at Barnes & Noble (8871 Ladue Road; www.facebook.com/BNLadue). Admission is free, and copies of the first issue ill e availa le for purchase.
My Neighbor Totoro returns to theaters for two shows. | COURTESY OF FATHOM EVENTS
Pridefest Pridefest Weekend is upon us, and it behooves anybody who is down with the cause to show up. Last year more than a quarter-million people attended the three-day party, and it would send a fantastic message to the powers that be if that total were topped this year. All those edu ated fired up voters ele rating marriage equality, bears, transsexuals and loving families of all shapes and si es ill e a thum in the eye to that ever-shrinking segment of society that frowns on gaiety. This year’s party takes place once again at Soldiers Memorial (Fourteenth and Chestnut streets; www.pridestl.org/pridefest), and the festival grounds will be open from 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday (June 23 to 25). Kat DeLuna, Brandon Stansell and Laura Bell Bundy all perform, and the year’s best parade starts at noon on Sunday. Admission is free, but donations are much appreciated.
SUNDAY 06/25 Festa Junina We’re heading into the sweatiest part of the year, but countries south of the equator are preparing for inter. n ra il this seasonal change is marked by the Festa Junina, a celebration of rural life. Families gather to perform the quadrilha, which is a square dance a ompanied y ra ilian ountry music, and everybody dresses up in the stereotypical garb of rural ra ilians red he ed dresses and shirts, pigtails for the women, straw hats and painted-on freckles are the hallmar s . iva ra il invites you to get in on the action at its Festa Junina from noon to 4:30 p.m. today at the Kirkwood Community Center (111 South Geyer Road, Kirkwood; www.vivabrasilstl.org). There will be folk music and dan ing traditional ra il26
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Reigning Men It was the poet-philosopher Billy Gibbons who first posited that every girl is ra y out a sharp dressed man,” and yet on the whole, American men have settled for athletic team logos and cargo shorts. ut there s more to life than five pocket shorts and t-shirts. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715-2015, the new exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum (1 Fine Arts Drive; www.slam.org), celebrates the beauty and style that’s available to men. The show traces development of the suit from its origins as a military uniform through the heavily embroidered great coats of the nineteenth century, with a detour into the effectiveness of the la leather a et efore finishing up with modern sartorial splendors. Reigning Men is open Tuesday through Saturday (June 25 to September 17), and admission is $6 to $15, but the show is free on Friday.
My Neighbor Totoro Two young girls move with their father to the countryside and experience strange goings-on. It sounds like a by-the-numbers horror movie ut ayao iya a i s My Neighbor Totoro is in fact a family film. isters atsu i and ei find their ne home is inha ited by small soot goblins — and that a host of unusual creatures with rabbit ears appear when no adults are around. Are these apparitions really there, or are they merely
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manifestations of the girls subconscious fears for their mother, ho has een hospitali ed ith a mysterious illness for far too long? Mei believes they’re real, and that the large, bear-like spirit she calls Totoro is keeping a friendly watch over them. My Neighbor Totoro is revered for its mystical view of the natural world and its realistic chara teri ation of hildhood and also for the lovable Totoro. Fathom Events presents two screenings of My Neighbor Totoro this week. You can see the dubbed version at 12:55 p.m. Sunday, June 25, or one with subtitles at 7 p.m. Monday, June 26, at the Marcus Wehrenberg Ronnies Cine (5320 South Lindbergh Boulevard; www.famthomevents.com). Tickets are $12.50.
MONDAY 06/26 To Keep the Light Thomas is a lighthouse keeper on the coast of Maine. It’s a tough life, one that requires rigorous discipline and near-constant work to maintain the lighthouse in harsh conditions. Fortunately he can rely on his wife Abbie — and since Thomas has been bedridden with a serious illness, Abbie has taken on all of his daily duties. When Abie finds a man ashed up on the rocks, she tends to him as well. But things are bound to change once the government inspectors show up; no woman could be expected to manage a lighthouse in 1876, despite all evidence to the contrary. Erica Fae’s film To Keep the Light won Fae the emerging director’s award at the 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival. To Keep the Light receives another screening at 7:30 p.m. to-
night at .Zack (3224 Locust Street; www.cinemastlouis.org) as part of the Films @ SLIFF.Zack series. Admission is free.
Cleve Jones Cleve Jones has been on the front lines of the fight for T rights for 40 years. His youth was spent in free-wheeling 1970s San Francisco, here he oined arvey il s o e as a student intern. Invigorated by the power of the people, Jones then founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation as the disease was tearing through his community, and continued the fight with the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial uilt. ll along his message has been that nothing will change unless the people will it to happen; we must keep raising our voices and standing up for what we believe is right. Jones’ new memoir, When We Rise, tells the story of his life and remembers the people who helped him, loved him and inspired him to keep pushing for equality. It just won the Lambda Literary award for Gay Memoir/Biography. Jones will be at Left Bank Books (399 North Euclid Avenue; www.left-bank.com) at 7 p.m. tonight to discuss his book and sign copies. Admission is free. Planning an event, exhibiting your art or putting on a play? Let us know and we’ll include it in the Calendar section or publish a listing in the online calendar — for free! Send details via e-mail (calendar@ riverfronttimes.com), fax (314-754-6416) or mail (6358 Delmar Boulevard, Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63130, attn: Calendar). Include the date, time, price, contact information and location (including ZIP code). Please submit information three weeks prior to the date of your event. No telephone submissions will be accepted. Find more events online at www.riverfronttimes.com.
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That Darn Cat A blood-drenched Irish classic launches a new St. Louis theatre company Written by
PAUL FRISWOLD The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Written by Martin McDonagh. Directed by Nick Kelly. Presented by Theatre Macabre through June 25 at the Kranzberg Arts Center (501 North Grand Boulevard; www. facebook.com/MacabreSTL). Tickets are $20.
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artin McDonagh lays all his cards on the table at the onset of his black comedy The Lieutenant of Inishmore. The corpse of a black cat is plopped down on a table at center stage, the open cavity that was its head leaking chunky gore onto the floor. T o fellas onny and avey stare at the body morosely, arguing about who killed it while Donny scoops its brains into a spittoon with his bare hand. (It was Davey, on the bicycle, out in the street.) You either laugh, or you walk out. You can see why Theatre Macabre opted for this particular play as its “hello” to St. Louis. The new company vows to mount shows that explore the darker side of life, and Lieutenant doesn’t shy away from gore or its twisted characters. And while director Nick Kelly mines a great deal of laughter from geysers of blood and the casual cruelty exhibited by a cross-section of Ireland’s most devoted paramilitary freedom fighters he doesn t dip too far below the scabrous surface of the show. Almost lost in the gore is McDonagh’s sharp commentary on the truth of Ireland’s great “patriots”: They’re all kill-happy maniacs ho are too usy fighting personal wars to liberate the country from their unseen English oppressors. Indeed, the only oppressors in evidence are heavily armed friends, neighbors and relatives.
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Padraic (Charlie Barron) tortures a drug dealer (Jackson Harned), but stops when he learns the man also keeps a cat. | NICOLA MUSCROFT
The new company vows to mount shows that explore the darker side of life, and Lieutenant doesn’t shy away from gore or its twisted characters. Charlie Barron plays the titular lieutenant, Padraic. He’s currently freelancing for the Irish National Liberation Army, mostly by torturing drug dealers in Northern Ireland. Donny (Chuck Brinkley) is his father, and that dead cat was Padraic’s only friend, Wee Thomas. Donny can’t bring himself to tell Padraic the bad news, because he knows his son will shoot him in the back of the head for failing to take good care of the kitty. Instead
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Donny tells him that Wee Thomas is “unwell,” which causes Padraic to head home to nurse his friend. Barron is excellent, as usual, clapping his hands with childlike glee when he discovers the man he’s currently torturing also has a at a moment later his eyes go flat black when he suspects his victim is lying to avoid having his nipple cut off. What Padraic doesn’t know is that some of his fello freedom fighters are waiting for him in Inishmore, and not with open arms. One-eyed Christy (Chuck Winning) wants revenge for Padraic shooting out his missing eye. His pals Joey (Jake Blonstein) and Brendan (Brock Russell) are prepared to back him up ut only if they an stop fighting among themselves. Winning’s pompous but ill-informed Christy goes pop-eyed every time Brendan laconically corrects him on a misattributed quote, which Christy liberally sprinkles throughout his pep talks. There’s also a wild card in the mix, Davey’s sister Mairead (Larissa White). She’s a sixteen-year-old
romantic who loves the old rebel ballads, shooting people in the face with her pellet gun and Padraic. White gives Mairead a gangly teenage charm, dancing across the stage as she sings and laughing delightedly when she clips Davey’s cheek with a 60-yard shot. Meanwhile Donny and Davey (Mark Saunders) are holed up at Donny’s place, hatching a cockamamie scheme to cover up the death of Wee Thomas. The pair are a warped and profane double act who steal the show with their comic desperation. As the only civilians present, they represent the cause everybody else is purportedly fighting for yet the mismatched pair are targets for abuse from all sides. Of course all the armed lunatics end up in Donny’s living room, vowing to kill or be killed for their various causes. Everybody happily gets their wish in a spectacular bloodbath that shocks not just because of the body count, but because of who survives. There really is more than one way to skin a cat, and you’ll witness almost all of them in this n fast-paced grand guignol.
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Jeremy (Kevin O’Brien) tries to sink into the wall while Andi (Sarajane Alverson) interrogates her husband (Jeremy Goldmeier). | JOHN LAMB [ S TA G E ]
SOUTH SIDE STORY Stephen Peirick’s new play winningly combines a pair of St. Louis low-lifes with a brutal crime Monsters
Written by Stephen Peirick. Directed by Gary F. Bell. Presented by Stray Dog Theatre through June 24 at the Tower Grove Abbey (2336 Tennessee Avenue; www. straydogtheatre.org). Tickets are $25.
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he “perfect crime” is a staple of the thriller. Local playwright Stephen Peirick selected it as the subject of his new play, Monsters, but with a twist: What if a pair of typical St. Louis jack-offs took a stab at the perfect crime? The result is hilarious, and not a little chilling, in Stray Dog Theatre’s world-premiere production. The action begins when Andi (Sarajane Alverson) goes down to the basement, where she finds her lunkhead of a brother-in-law Jeremy (Kevin O’Brien) looming over the bound and gagged form of a bloody man. Her day only gets worse when she learns that her husband Davis (Jeremy Goldmeier) is masterminding a murder-for-hire plot. Jeremy is the muscle, and also the weak link in the plan; Andi had little difficulty getting him to spill the beans, and she’s still in her pajamas. Peirick, a veteran actor and playwright at 41, writes hard-nosed women and soft-headed men, which he throws together in ridiculous situations. Monsters continues that grand tradition. Andi may be a cosmetologist, but she’s as dogged — and as physically intimidating — in her line of questioning as a veteran cop. Alverson uses a combination of withering power eyes (every husband or child caught in a lie has seen
them) and clipped sentences to convey her fury, which starts at slow burn and then quickly flames out. You can’t really blame her, because O’Brien’s Jeremy is exasperatingly good at derailing a conversation. Whether he’s bragging about the criminal knowledge required to buy an illegal pistol on Craigslist or his mistaken belief that Andi “doesn’t understand” The Godfather and he needs to explain it to her, he unwittingly pushes every button she has. O’Brien displays an innocent, goofball charm in the role that helps the show skip merrily along. The sudden arrival of Andi’s sister Piper (Eileen Engel) further derails Jeremy’s explanation. She’s a good-looking troublemaker who’s currently on probation, and her flirtatious nature draws Jeremy off-course. The sisters make a formidable pair that should be able to get the whole story out of the big guy, but Jeremy is fixated on the fact that Piper has her own key and comes over every week to do laundry without supervision. Peirick sprinkles various references to his St. Louis setting throughout the script, but the most telling is Piper’s declaration, “This is why I hate this city: These are the kind of guys you and I end up with,” referring to the two hapless brothers. All the while, that bloody hostage (Michael A Wells) is either stashed in the closet or trying to tippy-toe his way closer to the gun that’s been left unattended. It’s a credit to the script and to Gary F. Bell’s adroit direction that you can never quite see where Monsters is headed, even when the whole plot is laid bare. The end comes as a short, sharp, uproarious shock, and it fulfills the promise baked into the title. There be monsters in south St. Louis basements, if you know where to look. —Paul Friswold
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Snax Gastrobar’s highlights include, clockwise from top, a burger, “Buffalo Balls,” roasted chicken, a reuben sandwich and a seasonal salad. | MABEL SUEN [REVIEW]
Hoppy-GoLucky The couple behind wine-centric Robust try their hands at a casual beer-first concept in south city Written by
CHERYL BAEHR Snax Gastrobar
3500 Watson Road, 314-353-9463. Tues.Sat. 4 p.m.-midnight. (Closed Sunday and Monday.)
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our first clue that Snax Gastrobar is not its sister restaurant, Robust Wine Bar, is the chalkboard wall on one side of the dining room. Various beer-centric phrases (“beer makes
me hoppy” or “you’re right on time, it’s beer: 30”) are proclaimed in typewriter font across the charcoal-colored canvas, emphasizing the libation that rules the roost — or more importantly, the one that doesn’t. Really, though, the difference between the three-month-old spot and its sophisticated older sister is all in the name. Robust has thriving locations in Webster Groves and downtown St. Louis, as well as a shuttered outpost in Edwardsville, Illinois. When Robust owners Stanley and Arlene Browne took over the former J. McArthur’s space in south city in January, they could have easily opened Robust 4.0. Instead, they opted to venture into different territory. That territory is a concept that places equal weight on wine, beer and cocktails, with a setting and menu that make it clear that this is a place where you’re more likely to sport flip flops than loafers. To the Brownes’ credit, it’s a smart embrace of the low-key, family-friendly
Lindenwood Park environs where neighbors are more likely to stop in for a burger and fries than a foie gras torchon. In that spirit, Snax is a place to linger. Though the only real structural change from the J. McArthur’s era is an expanded bar, the dining room has seen a cosmetic overhaul, with dark grey paint and orange accents that makes it decidedly cozier than its predecessor. In addition to traditional seating, a communal-style table sits in the center of the room, and as a nod to the restaurant’s embrace of suds, candles made from repurposed beer cans serve as the tables’ centerpieces. The draw at Snax, however, is its outdoor dining space. The large covered front patio is the perfect place to pass a lazy Saturday afternoon, reclining in one of the wrought iron patio chairs while playing Scrabble — Snax has a shelf full of board games for guests to use at their leisure. Around back, a second patio has more of a biergarten feel to it, one where patrons are welcome riverfronttimes.com
to dine with their pets. The restaurant is even in the process of putting together a “yappy hour” for Fido. It’s a relaxing gathering spot; on one of the nights I visited, members of a kickball team were having after-match beers in their gear. All of this sets the scene for unfussy, down-home food, a style of cooking that chef Joe Hemp V, also of Robust, touts as near and dear to his heart. Hemp tapped Chris Ladley, formerly of Quincy Street Bistro, to serve as his second in command, a no-brainer in light of that neighborhood restaurant’s prowess with upscale comfort fare. You’d think this would result in thoughtful low-key food — and it does. Sometimes. Snax is at its best on dishes like the “Buffalo Balls,” or meatballs made from chicken and pork that have been tossed in a sweet and spicy glaze. It’s the type of dish you might find served out of a crock pot at a Super Bowl party, except here the meaty spheres are served atop creamy grits with a blue
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SNAX Continued from pg 31 cheese and onion garnish. The elevated trimmings turn the dish into a pleasant knife-and-fork endeavor rather than something you’d eat with a toothpick. A pretzel stick, deep-fried so that you get the satisfaction of both a crunchy and soft version simultaneously, was gobbled up immediately. Velvety cheese sauce served on the side could have been a luxurious chicken volute served at a white tablecloth restaurant. This lovely mix of the highbrow and the humble was so enjoyable I nearly looked past its $8 price tag. Perfectly cooked shrimp is stuffed inside a crusty hoagie roll, with pickled cabbage slaw and the Russian dressing-style “Snax Sauce” for a well-executed — and appropriately sloppy — po’boy. The garlic parmesan fries on the side, however, were generic and lacking in both garlic and parmesan. An airline, skin-on roast chicken breast presents plump and juicy. It rests atop black-eyed peas that are braised with leeks and shiitake mushrooms. The cooking liquid mingles with chicken jus for a delectable sauce. A simple pork and beef meatloaf, sliced off and seared so that the edges develop a caramelized crust, also impresses. It’s as classic as it comes: The meat gets a sweet and spicy glaze and a drizzle of mushroom gravy, and is paired with mashed potatoes and a side of green beans. If the goal is to entice the Lindenwood Park home cooks to save themselves the dishes, the meatloaf makes a compelling case. Snax falls short, however, with many other offerings. I’m still confused by how store-bought ChexMix ended up on the menu. Never mind that it’s doctored in-house
Chef Joseph Hemp V, left, has tapped Chris Ladley (formerly of Quincy Street Bistro) as his sous chef. | MABEL SUEN with seasoning; the only place this “Bar Kibble” has at a respectable restaurant is as a freebie placed out on the bar in hopes that its saltiness will make you drink more. Unless they’re dusting it with gold leaf, this is not a $5 appetizer. Conceptually, a smoked pork chop ticks off all the right boxes: pickled red cabbage, whiskey-glazed arrots roasted fingerling potatoes. It’s a classic pairing, but the cabbage and apples are not broken down enough to provide any sort of moisture. Without some sort of sauce, the dish is dry. Steak frites, however, were the
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Jerry McClure Feels Like a Pork Steak Written by
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efore he was old enough to reach the stove without the assistance of a chair, Jerry McClure of Paul’s Market (1020 N. Elizabeth Avenue, Ferguson; 314-524-3652) was his grandmother’s little helper. “My grandma was an entrepreneur. She had her own bakery, she always had a garden, and she’d let me grind her coffee beans for her,” McClure recalls. “She introduced me to food at an early age and showed me how it can put a smile on people’s faces. She was an inspiration.” As he got older, McClure returned to the kitchen, albeit in an unlikely pla e. y first pay he o as working at McDonald’s,” says McClure. “It’s not elaborate or local or cool gastronomy or whatever, but it was fast-paced and demanding. I’m a ig adrenaline un ie so hen see lines of people demanding the best of me, it gets me going.” lure pursued a o in onstruction after graduating high school and did his general education requirements at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. hen he needed another o he looked to Paul’s Market for a simple reason: It was close to his house. However, once he starting working at the five de ade old ut her shop his eyes were opened by the level of hospitality offered by such a humble place. “Gary [Crump] became a mentor to me,” McClure explains about his boss, the owner of Paul’s Market. t first didn t see it as a long term thing, but I’ve been here six years now.”
At Ferguson’s landmark Paul’s Market, Jerry McClure found his position growing as he mastered new skills. | SARA BANNOURA Following community college, McClure enrolled in Saint Louis University’s biomedical engineering program. However, his experiences at the market prompted him to s it h ma ors to nutrition with a culinary emphasis. He also went through the university’s entrepreneurship program. He was fortunate to have the market at his disposal while he was in school, and Crump let him experiment and incorporate what he was learning into his o . The position have now at the market grew with me,” McClure explains. “I could do all of my learning hands-on. Gary really let me fly. Now, as market manager, butcher and general utility player, McClure spends his days helping home cooks realize their potential, serving up cuts of quality meat — even as he believes that Paul’s is part of a renaissance in specialty shops. “You can go into a big store and get everything you need for your entire life in one place, but I think people are getting away from that,” Mclure e plains. They re ust not as excited to talk about things the way
places like us, or Bob’s Seafood or Goeke Produce are, though. We’re not ust or ers. e re people ho are passionate about what we do.” McClure admits that, as much as he loves food, it’s this sharing of passion that attracted him to the usiness in the first pla e and made him never want to leave. “Seeing a smile on someone’s face honestly warms the heart,” says McClure. They don t even have to say than you.’ Knowing that I made someone happy doing something for them — the servi e aspe t of the o that s what makes my day.” McClure took a break from the butcher counter to share his thoughts on the St. Louis food and beverage scene, the importance of specialty stores, and why you should never udge a hef y his cover — or tattoos. What is one thing people don’t know about you that you wish they did? I love the Biography Channel (now named FYI) and personal stories in general. I could listen to a war veteran or an entrepreriverfronttimes.com
neur go on for hours. I guess it has something to do with history and learning from others’ experiences. really en oy it. What daily ritual is non-negotiable for you? My foam roller. It is the best thing in the whole world following a long day at the market. Every night, I roll my back on it and it’s better than any cocktail for an immediate surge of relaxation. I wouldn’t know what to do without it. If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Time travel. thin this ties in to my love of history and wanting to see how things were in the past. Can’t say I wouldn’t take advantage of the lottery or something to bank some dough ut ould definitely go back and see some historical moments. The list ould e enormous but to see the Roman empire or the building of the great pyramids of Giza would be too cool. What is the most positive thing in food, wine or cocktails that you’ve noticed in St. Louis over the past year?
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JERRY MCCLURE Continued from pg 35 People are getting adventurous about food at home — like cuts from the offal lists that are not known to most. Most of what I have noticed is millennials asking about things like pork belly, organ meats, etc. It’s interesting and fun to discuss their meal plans, then get feedback during their next visit. I think we have the cooking shows and the hundreds of recipes and videos on Facebook to thank. What is something missing in the local food, wine or cocktail scene that you’d like to see? More specialty stores in north county and more people taking advantage of specialty stores in general. These are the shops here you go for the best quality of what you’re looking for. Places where the people that you interact with are professionals, both in providing the greatest customer service and in their knowledge of products they carry. It’s shops like these — like ours — that make the at-home dining scene a pleasure. We want you to ask questions. We want you to try something new and help you to be adventurous about cooking with quality products that will make a differen e. on t ust go to a super shopping center to get everything and end up settling with an average produ t. The usiness m in is all about the at-home experience, hi h is definitely gro ing in popularity and creativity. Who is your St. Louis food crush? This might e a little li h for the group of culinary people I studied with, but Gerard Craft would be it for me. His restaurant, Niche, was my first fine dining e perien e and the food was put-you-in-the-backof-your-chair-mumble-to-yourself good. I had never experienced a meal with that much gastronomy built into it, and the look of the food was pure artwork. I asked the server to meet him and when he came to the table, I literally said, “Get the hell out of here.” With little experience in the modern food scene (circa 2010), when I saw tattoo sleeves, a white t-shirt and a stained apron, I second-guessed whether they were playing a trick on me. We chatted for a second after he laughed. It was a great experience. Who’s the one person to watch right now in the St. Louis dining scene? Patrick Olds is a friend from the neighborhood and someone I grew up playing football and baseball
with. After not seeing one another through our high school years, we met up at Saint Louis University, where we were both getting into the food scene. He took the beverage approach and is currently climbing through the ranks as a sommelier. I wish him the best of luck, and hopefully will get to experience his expertise at Louie’s Wine Dive in Clayton the next time I’m out and wanting to challenge my palate. Which ingredient is most representative of your personality? I’d like to think of myself as a pork steak. I’m not known to everyone, as I stay to myself most of the time. m tough to ra at first but once you’ve known me for a little while, I am a pretty straightforward kind of guy. I’m adaptable to any situation and I’m a character all sauced up. If you weren’t working at the market, what would you be doing? Tea hing. t has al ays een a passion of mine to teach others. I was a personal trainer for a while and loved it, but didn’t stick with it. Name an ingredient never allowed in your market. egan heese don t udge others about their food and ethical choices, but I don’t view it as cheese and don’t plan on selling it. I say, leave it off the menu and quit trying to pretend. What is your after-work hangout? ome. y fian and t o ids are at home and get everything out of me when I’m not working. I can’t get enough of the family life. Even when a twelve- to fourteen-hour day has kicked my butt, I’m still game for driveway hockey or a wrestling match downstairs. What’s your food or beverage guilty pleasure? Chocolate milk. On a busy day when it seems like we’ll never get ahead on anything and customers keep hitting the counter with no break in sight, we sneak off to the side for a shot. It hits the spot and slo s do n time for ust enough to get your head straight. What would be your last meal on earth? The smo ed lam urger that make myself here at the market. It’s on a toasted ciabatta with olive tapenade, tomato, sweet dill pickles and feta cheese crumbles. Also, since it’s my last one on earth, I would have to add a couple fried chicken thighs for sides. I LOVE fried chicken. I would wash it all down with a small glass bottle of Coke. I think the little Coke bottles are classy. n riverfronttimes.com
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man clad in khakis and a purple gingham shirt reaches out to embrace owner Rashed Kazmi. It’s an exchange the owner of Mideast Market (14345 Manchester Road, Ballwin; 636-230-7010) e perien es on a daily asis. This man is killing it with his food,” the man exclaims to no one in particular as he heads to the counter to order his usual: vegetable samosas and chicken arahi ith fresh ele i for dessert. The mans enthusiasm is em lemati of many of Mideast Market’s customers. Since 2011, the south Asian and Middle Eastern grocer has been earning their loyalty, with a tiny cafe where Kazmi and his team of cooks serve up an eclectic selection of homemade Pakistani, Afghan and Middle Eastern fare. A hot bar of several types of grab-and-go samosas, chicken rolls and pakora greet customers as they approach the order counter. For those with an extra minute, the cooks can whip up the sort of delicacies typically reserved for sit-down restaurants. The mar ets iggest dra ho ever is its mammoth gyro, overstuffed
with tender beef and lamb, chunked off a vertical spit into thick pieces. Gyros are dressed to order with an array of condiments ranging from the traditional lettuce, tomato and tzatziki to several different Pakistani hot sauces. A casual passer-by would have no idea that such a feast is being served out of the humble international maret. The store itself hi h sits in a all in strip mall ust est of isn’t easy to spot from Manchester, owing to its westward facing position. And if the store seems out of the way, the cafe is positively hidden. Even a regular market-goer might not spot the small takeout counter, tucked away in the back corner of the space. Kazmi started running the grocery story in the late 1990s. He admits that he initially had no plans to open his own restaurant. However, his customers frequently asked for prepared foods, and the entrepreneur sensed an opportunity. Now, seven years after he first started serving food the afe has lossomed into a full fledged catering business. The menu has a little it of something for everyone. In addition to kebabs and specialties from the subcontinent, you can get burgers and fries, tacos and even vegetarian spring rolls. All the meat is halal, making this that rare place in town offering halal chicken wings. Still, gyros remain the draw, and Kazmi is happy to tout them as his claim to fame. He’s even started using the gyro meat in tacos, a nod to his eclectic culinary sensibility. No matter how you order them, though, these gyros are indeed good enough to inspire shouts of oy or at least a big bear hug for Kazmi. n
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that something isn t ust eer. Charleville also serves its own wines and a limited selection of booze. And there s also a full menu not ust ar sna s and not ust sand i hes and salads, but a selection of creative bruschettas, hand pies and a half-dozen “big ole plates,” which are ust as des ri ed. anging in pri e from . to . they include your choice of side and hearty servings of options that include a smoked fried half-chicken and a bacon-wrapped meatloaf. For dessert, you could try an individual apple pie, which is pleasantly crumby and served deliciously warmed, topped with ice cream for . . r you ould ust drin your alories. The ussells started brewing on site last week, and the smell of hops is pungent in the air. Unlike most brewers, though, they aren’t facing a learning curve. The seven arrel system in t. ouis is the same one Charleville previously used in te. enevieve. They upsized years ago to a 30-barrel system to keep up with demand, Russell says, but the smaller system is well-known to them, and one they’re happy to be back to using. That s our or horse says ussell of the larger system at the Ste. Genevieve flagship. Of St. Louis, he notes This is our playground. riendly and filled ith something for everyone, Charleville Brewing ompany Tavern ust might n become yours, too.
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slips free of its authors to roam the minds of their listeners. Which is why I find myself at Foam one night, following a hunch. It started with a guy at an art opening, urging me to check out this new band Pono AM. Then Lisa Houdei of LéPonds enthused about her favorite song of theirs. Then came the show I checked out on a whim at Off Broadway — the band’s EP release, full of balloons and good cheer from the assembled friends, where every song was greeted with hollers and raised beers. The band members looked pretty young and not especially dressed to impress, but they enjoyed themselves, and the singer had an intensity and intentionality that was intriguing. At Foam just a few weeks later, the balloons are back: Dozens of them bounce along the wooden floor up in the air onstage. ono AM’s songs vary dramatically in style, each one expanding on the band’s strengths. I get a beer and the guy next to me asks if I’ve seen them before. “I heard they got a hit he says and he s not the first
to say it tonight. “What song?” someone asks him. “You’ll know it.” As if on cue, the guy center stage strums a chord, and I feel my head turn before I even realize it. As he starts to sing I can see the same thing happening throughout the room: Heads turn and the whole crowd takes a few collective steps toward the stage. The song is almost literally a magnet. Its opening melody has a touch of Thom Yorke, though the music is far more relaxed and breezy. Guitar phrases sound casually tossed off but hit every right accent. As the band winds its way through the track the crowd starts throwing balloons around, and everyone in the room joins in on the big fat chorus together: “Good vibes, good vibes, all right.” The song — titled “Good Vibes,” of course — just has natural charisma. It’s instant nostalgia, the shambling sound of being happy and high late in the party after a long and deliciously unproductive day. t s the definition of good vi es — and a natural hit. riverfronttimes.com
“It was kind of written like an anthem for myself. If I was in a bad mood or something, it was like, here’s something that I’ll just sing that’ll make me feel better. And the good vibes lyric, it’s just what felt right at the time. And then at these shows, it’s the one that everybody knows the words to, which is incredible. It’s so awesome,” explains Josh Friedrich a few weeks later over coffee at MoKaBe’s. He’s one of the band’s two songwriters, and he’s got a kind of bookish aspect. Also at the table is Kory Meyer, the band’s scruffy, long-haired other guitarist and songwriter. It has been a surprisingly quick rise for ono hose first sho was just in October. Friedrich and Meyer have known each other for years — they’re both based in Festus, and their bands have been playing together pretty much since they met at Jefferson College via “having the same dirtbag friends,” according to Meyer. He plays in the Langaleers and used to run a coffee shop down the street from Friedrich, who Continued on pg 48
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PONO AM Continued from pg 45 fronts the band Bucko Toby. They’d each been playing around St. Louis for a few years without making much of a dent. One day at the café, Meyer showed Friedrich a new song he was working on. A little later he got a message from Friedrich, “Like, ‘Dude, check out this thing’ — and it’s my song!” Meyer says with a laugh. “He’d added some stuff to it and put all these parts to it. He’s like, ‘We should go back and record it and do it where you’re singing,’ and I was like, ‘This is cooler than anything we’re gonna be able to do.’ So we just took his recording of him doing everything, and that’s the version you hear.” “I just hijacked his song,” Friedrich says unapologetically. That song, “Not for Me,” is a gro er. t first it feels a little tossed off, sung in a slightly wobbly high voice and played on acoustic guitar, with a tambourine instead of a snare drum. But a charming little keyboard line shows up halfway through, and that little line is the hoo you ll find yourself humming days later. “The coffeeshop I was running, it just didn’t get a lot of business,” Meyer says, “so it was mainly just me and Josh hanging out bullshitting with each other all day, and —” Friedrich interjects: “— talking about the responsibilities of being the only person in our bands that were booking and —” “— keeping it running,” Meyer finishes. The two put that work ethic to immediate effect, bringing in friends John Stewart on bass and Alex Tucker on drums to start a new project and begin working on songs. (Stewart was later replaced by Brandon Fichtenmayer.) And not just songs: They were on the hunt for something sticky. “We talked about the Strokes so much when we started this band,” says Friedrich. “There’s usually like several parts in the song where you can be singing along with the guitar part or the melody — they’re just constantly doing the hook.” Meyer notes the way the crowd would sing along in live performances. “There wasn’t a part of the song that everyone didn’t know to a T,” says Meyer. “It’s something we try to keep in mind ourselves, you know? Try to keep a hook going as often as possible.” And sure enough, their set is bris48
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With a hit already under its belt, Pono AM is driving full steam ahead. | PAIGE BRUBECK tling with musical burrs. “Death Man” is a rocker built around a lassi lo fi guitar riff sung in eyer’s yellin’-est voice. “Money” starts with grand guitars, bass, drums and vocals all tracing the same unexpected melody. It channels Ty Segall at his heaviest, with a weirdly syncopated rhythm that roars like a locomotive when everyone lines up. “Good Vibes” is the song fans know, but the full set proves Pono AM is a talented new band rather than a flu e. As soon as the band had songs, it got busy making videos to support its EP, and booked a few shows — at a radio station and an unhinged Halloween party in Dayton, Ohio, then onto Nashville, Memphis, and Punta Gorda, Florida, where the band jumped on a bill with pals the Woolly Bushmen. At the end of the show, as soon as the members loaded their gear up, they immediately drove fifteen hours straight from Punta Gorda back to Festus. “That’s kind of been our goal from the beginning, like, ‘Let’s tour instantly,’” says Friedrich. “We pretty much tried to take all of our experience and things that we’d learned in our other bands and start fresh with this new thing.” Now the band is back home, working on new recordings while playing shows and gaining attention in town, most recently as part of this year’s Lo-Fi Cherokee. As the group been creating new material, its members been noticing
the “Good Vibes” phenomenon as well. It’s even got Friedrich a little wary. “I feel like…” he pauses. “I’m under the impression that ‘Good Vibes’ is what we’re known for. And it’s strange because it’s exactly what I wanted with that song… But at the same time, I’m concerned that it’s giving people this idea that we’re a party band or something.” He fears that the phrase “good vibes” is easy to dismiss as “a hashtag… a thing you see on psychedelic shirts with cats on them.” But there’s a fine distinction between riding a trend and tapping into a universal emotion. “It’s not like I was trying to latch onto this thing that’s already selling,” he says. “That song was just the power of positivity. I knew some people at that time that were just kind of down and out and stuff. That song’s just meant to be for them, and for myself, if we’re not feeling great.” And that’s the beauty of the song: Good vibes are good vibes no matter where you are. And now that the band has caught some ears, Pono AM is planning to make the most of it. “What we said when we started this band was we gotta do one thing where we can say we actually tried,” says Meyer. “You know? ‘Cause I just don’t know if I want to put this much effort into anything down the road. Were going for broke with this n one.”
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“We kind of get stuck in our own mode, you know,” Farrar says. “She helped us think of new ideas. We would all sit in a room and play and wait ‘til we got a good take.” Farrar notes that Compass Studios is the former home of Glaser Brothers Productions, and was known as “Hillbilly Central” for hosting sessions with outlaw country legends such as Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. “John Hartford recorded there,” Farrar notes. “We were in good company.” The band will spend much of the rest of 2017 on the road — especially now that festival season is in full swing — but while Old Salt Union will be released nationally on July 21, St. Louis fans have a chance to get first ra at it. The and ill perform a release show at Atomic Cowboy this week; all tickets come with a free copy of the album. Farrar says that the show is a bit of a “thank you” to Old Salt Union’s hometown audience as the band prepares to take on the rest of the country. He relates a lesson explained to him by Compass Records co-owner Garry West: That this album is to introduce Old Salt Union to a wider audience, and that its current fans will make up only 25 percent of their eventual base. “We knew that a lot of the people at home had heard these songs before,” says Farrar. “This album is for the other 75 percent of people that don’t know us yet.” This week’s show, though, is for the core of music lovers who have supported the band from its infancy in Belleville basements and dives. “It was important for us to thank the fans for supporting us for so long,” says Farrar. “It’s crazy how great music fans in St. Louis are.” –Christian Schaeffer Want your CD to be considered for a review in this space? Send music c/o Riverfront Times, Attn: Homespun, 6358 Delmar Boulevard, Suite 300, St. Louis, Missouri, 63130. Email music@riverfronttimes.com for more information.
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$20. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis,
Ish, Le’Ponds, Isabel Rex, Persh, Shady Bug,
Tried & True 6 p.m., $8-$10. Cicero’s, 6691 Del-
THE ANCHOR: w/ Scarlet Canary 6 p.m., $12.
314-588-0505.
Sleepeasies, The Vanilla Beans 6 p.m., $5. Off
mar Blvd., University City, 314-862-0009.
Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
ST. LOUIS PRIDEFEST 2017: 2 p.m.; June 24, 2 p.m.;
Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-
BEN REECE AND THE UNITY QUARTET: 9:30 p.m.,
June 25, 2 p.m., TBA. Soldiers Memorial Plaza,
3363.
SUNDAY 25
free. The Dark Room, 3610 Grandel Square
14th St. and Chestnut St., St. Louis.
PLASMA CANVAS: w/ Gone Full Heathen, Tiger
ADRENALINE MOB: w/ The Wild, Mental Fixation
Sex 6 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis,
6 p.m., $15-$18. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis,
314-289-9050.
314-289-9050.
inside Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 314-531-3416. DEF LEPPARD: w/ Poison, Tesla 7 p.m., $29.50-
SATURDAY 24
$125. Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, I-70 &
BARNS COURTNEY: w/ Tom Grennan 8 p.m.,
RIVER BEND: 7 p.m., $10. Jacoby Arts Center, 627
BIG GEORGE BROCK: 4 p.m., $10. National Blues
Earth City Expwy., Maryland Heights, 314-298-
$16-$19. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis,
E. Broadway, Alton, 618-462-5222.
Museum, 615 Washington Ave., St. Louis.
9944.
314-535-0353.
ST. LOUIS PRIDEFEST 2017: June 23, 2 p.m.; 2 p.m.;
DENISE THIMES: 5:30 p.m., free. Ivory Perry Park,
ELLIE CASAZZA & CHRIS NATHAN: 7 p.m., $10. BB’s
BEARCUB DUAL ALBUM RELEASE SHOW: w/ 3 of
June 25, 2 p.m., TBA. Soldiers Memorial Plaza,
800 Belt Ave., St. Louis.
Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis,
5, Pat Sajak Assassins 8 p.m., $5. The Heavy An-
14th St. and Chestnut St., St. Louis.
DRU HILL: 8 p.m., $40-$60. The Pageant, 6161
314-436-5222.
chor, 5226 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, 314-352-5226.
THEPOUR: w/ Nothing Set In Stone, Skyburnt-
Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
GREENBEARD: w/ The Judge, BrokeNeck 8 p.m.,
BIG GEORGE BROCK & THE HOUSEROCKERS: 10
white 8 p.m., $12-$15. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar
ERIC LYSAGHT: 2 p.m., free. Howard’s in Soulard,
$10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-
p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broad-
Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
2732 S 13th St, St. Louis, 314-349-2850.
9050.
way, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.
THUNDERHEAD: THE RUSH EXPERIENCE: 8 p.m.,
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE: w/ Nelly, Chris Lane 7
KIM MASSIE: 10:30 p.m., $10. Beale on Broadway,
THE FINE CONSTANT: w/ By The Thousands,
$12-$15. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St.
p.m., $31.75-$72. Hollywood Casino Amphithe-
701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.
Outcome of Betrayal, Catalytic, Out Of Orbit 6:30
Louis, 314-726-6161.
atre, I-70 & Earth City Expwy., Maryland Heights,
THE SECRET SISTERS: 8 p.m., $15. Old Rock House,
p.m., $10-$12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis,
TIMOTHY BLOOM AND CHOKLATE: 8 p.m., $20-$25.
314-298-9944.
1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.
314-289-9050.
Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square, St. Louis,
ICON FOR HIRE: w/ October Sky 8 p.m., $15. Blue-
VICKY MICHAELS & EDICKS WAY BLUES BAND: 9:30
THE GREEN MCDONOUGH BAND: 6 p.m., free.
314-534-1834.
berry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd.,
p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broad-
Howard’s in Soulard, 2732 S 13th St, St. Louis,
TOM HALL: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups,
University City, 314-727-4444.
way, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.
314-349-2850.
700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222.
J.P. SOARS & THE RED HOTS: 7 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz,
MOMO FEST: w/ Alex Stewart, Carondelet Guy,
THE WEEKEND ROUTINE: w/ Strikes Back, Solancy,
Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-
FRIDAY 23
436-5222.
ANDERSON EAST: 8 p.m., $18-$20. Delmar Hall,
LOVE JONES “THE BAND”: 10 p.m., $10. BB’s Jazz,
6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-
BIFF K’NARLY AND THE REPTILIANS: w/ Blind Shep-
436-5222.
herd, Clockwork Eclectic, RX Cigarettes, Sails
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART: 8 p.m.,
Through Storms, Young Animals, The Slim Sadies
$18-$20. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis,
6 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-
314-535-0353.
289-9050.
ROONEY: 8 p.m., $18-$20. Off Broadway, 3509
BROTHER JEFFERSON BLUES BAND: 11 p.m., $5.
Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.
BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St.
ROONEY: w/ Run River North 8 p.m., $18-$20. Off
Louis, 314-436-5222.
Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-
CIVIL YOUTH: 6 p.m., $10-$12. The Firebird, 2706
3363.
Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.
SOUL REUNION: 10:30 p.m., $7. Beale on Broad-
CONCERT FOR ACTION: w/ Javier Mendoza, Analog
way, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880.
Thief, Mt. Thelonius, Two Cities One World 7:30
ST. LOUIS PRIDEFEST 2017: June 23, 2 p.m.; June
p.m., $15-$20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St.
24, 2 p.m.; 2 p.m., TBA. Soldiers Memorial Plaza,
Louis, 314-773-3363.
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FLEA BITTEN DAWGS: 6 p.m., free. Howard’s in Soulard, 2732 S 13th St, St. Louis, 314-349-2850. THE GREEN MCDONOUGH BAND: 8 p.m., free. Edwardsville City Park, 112 S. Kansas St., Edwardsville. JAZZ EDGE ORCHESTRA: WES MONTGOMERY TRIBUTE: 7 p.m., $5-$20. The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-9900. JETPACK BRUCE: w/ Cost Of Desire, Mr. Wilson’s Heroes, Love Kingsford 7 p.m., $8. Cicero’s, 6691 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-862-0009. LAMONT HADLEY: 5 p.m., $10. National Blues Museum, 615 Washington Ave., St. Louis. MISS ROBBIE MONTGOMERY & MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS BAND: 9 p.m., $25. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. RICH HOMIE QUAN: 10 p.m., $20. The Marquee Restaurant & Lounge, 1911 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-436-8889. ROGER CLYNE & THE PEACEMAKERS: 8 p.m., $18-
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THE GRAHAMS: w/ Travis Linville 8 p.m., $10-$12.
Secret Sisters 8 p.m. Thursday, June 22. The Old Rock House, 1200 South 7th Street. $15. 314-588-0505.
The secret in the Secret Sisters really is familial, but it’s also sui generis, as true talent always seems to come out of nowhere. One might trace the harmonies of siblings Laura and Lydia Rogers to the Boswell and Andrews sisters, who created their pop, jazz and country sound before the dawn of the Baby Boom. The music they make on this year’s spare, folk-fired You Don’t Own Me Anymore sounds like the great
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MONDAY 26 ANGEL PRESENTS SOUL SEARCHING: 8 p.m., $15.
American Songbook re-written through their own personal, poison-dipped pens. A cover like Paul Simon’s “Kathy’s Song” may seem like an obvious choice, but the Rogers sisters wholly own it, as they do the gospel, blues, folk and hillbilly swing on offer here. Through it all, their voices always shine. Nashville Nuance: If you want to discover a favorite new country-folk artist, get to this show early. Opener Cheyenne Medders sings like the lost Everly Brother and writes with a glowing, gritty spirit. —Roy Kasten
BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. SIERRA: w/ Witches Of God 8 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050. SOULARD BLUES BAND: 9 p.m., $5. Broadway Oyster Bar, 736 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-8811.
TUESDAY 27 ALVAREZ KINGS: 8 p.m., $12. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444. BLIND WILLIE & THE BROADWAY COLLECTIVE: 9:30 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. DANIEL ROMANO: 8 p.m., $10-$12. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363.
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ETHAN LEINWAND & FRIENDS: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. JAMAICA LIVE TUESDAYS: w/ Ital K, Mr. Roots, DJ Witz, $5/$10. Elmo’s Love Lounge, 7828 Olive Blvd, University City, 314-282-5561. KIM MASSIE: 10:30 p.m., $10. Beale on Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-621-7880. SARA SCHAEFER: 8 p.m., $12. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929. THE WORLD OVER: w/ Altervs, Sleeper Hold, Neither Of Me 6 p.m., $10-$12. The Firebird, 2706 Olive St., St. Louis, 314-535-0353.
WEDNESDAY 28 BIG RICH MCDONOUGH & RHYTHM RENEGADES: 7 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-436-5222. BLEACHERS: w/ Muna 8 p.m., $29-$31. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. BOB “BUMBLE BEE” KAMOSKE: 8 p.m. Beale on Broadway, 701 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-6217880. EAST SIDERS REVIEW: 10 p.m., $5. BB’s Jazz, Blues
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& Soups, 700 S. Broadway, St. Louis, 314-4365222. FRESHNITES: w/ Dante Wolf, J’Demul, Teacup, Dragun, DJ Nico 7 p.m., $10-$13. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-8333929. GOATWHORE: w/ Anciients 7 p.m., $15. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050. IN THIS MOMENT: w/ Motionless In White, VIMIC, Little Miss Nasty 7 p.m., $32.50-$35. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161. THE LAST BANDOLEROS: 8 p.m., $15. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-773-3363. WEDNESDAY NIGHT JAZZ CRAWL: 5 p.m. continues through Dec. 27, free. The Stage at KDHX, 3524
Lamar Harris’ Tribute to the Isley Brothers 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24. Jazz at the Bistro, 3536 Washington Avenue. 314-571-6000.
In our all-encompassing love of St. Louis music, sometimes we can blur the lines of what truly qualifies as the St. Louis Sound. So while the legendary Isley Brothers are most closely associated with the cities of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Teaneck, New Jersey, the Lou has been the home of Ronald and Ernie Isley since the turn of the century, and both have continued to make music together and separately as St.
Louisans. So it’s fitting that local artist Lamar Harris pays tribute to the legacy of the Isley Brothers as one local to another — his two-night stand at Jazz at the Bistro, titled “The Ballad of Atlantis,” will marry the Isley’s peerless catalogue with Harris’ mix of brass and beats. Fight the Power: Harris’ tribute set should wet your whistle for Ron and Ernie’s upcoming collaboration with Carlos Santana for this August’s Power of Peace album of consciousness-raising covers.
Washington Ave, St. Louis, 314-925-7543, ext. 815. A WILL AWAY: 6 p.m., $12. Fubar, 3108 Locust St,
533-9900, thesheldon.org.
St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
HARD WORKING AMERICANS: Wed., Sept. 27, 8 p.m., $30-$35. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd.,
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Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis,
Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-
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726-6161, delmarhall.com.
The Marquee Restaurant & Lounge, 1911 Locust Street. $20. 314-436-8889.
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JOHN CLEESE: Thu., Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., $58.
8 p.m., $22.50-$25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar
Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market St, St. Louis,
Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161, thepageant.com.
314-241-1888, peabodyoperahouse.com.
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JOHN MULANEY: Thu., Oct. 19, 7 p.m., $22-$32.
TRIBUTE: Fri., July 21, 7 p.m., $25. Foundry Art
Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market St, St. Louis,
Centre, 520 N. Main Center, St. Charles, 636-255-
314-241-1888, peabodyoperahouse.com.
0270, foundryartcentre.org.
THE LIVING END: Fri., Sept. 1, 8 p.m., $20. Old Rock
DAVID COOK: Fri., Aug. 11, 8 p.m., $25-$75. Delmar
House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505,
Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161,
oldrockhouse.com.
delmarhall.com.
LORDE: Fri., March 2, 5 p.m., TBA. Chaifetz Arena,
FASTER PUSSYCAT: Fri., Aug. 4, 8 p.m., $20. The
1 S. Compton Ave., St. Louis, 314-977-5000,
Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis,
thechaifetzarena.com.
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SAVAGE LOVE SNEAKERS BY DAN SAVAGE Hey, Dan: I am a 34-year-old straight woman. I’m monogamous and have an avoidant attachment style. I’ve been seeing a guy I really like. He’s just my type, the kind of person I’ve been looking for my whole life. Thing is, he’s in an open relationship with someone he’s been with for most of his adult life. He was sneaky — he didn’t reveal he was in an open relationship until the second date, but by then I was infatuated and felt like I wasn’t in control of my actions. So what I’ve learned is that poly couples often seek out others to create NRE or “new relationship energy,” which may help save their relationship in the long run. I was deeply hurt to learn about NRE. What about the people who are dragged into a situation by some charmer in an attempt to breathe new life into a stale relationship? I feel like no one cares about the people on the side, the ones who might be perceived to be cheating with someone’s partner, as some sort of competitor, a hussy. How can I reconcile the fact that I’ve fallen for someone who sees me as a tool to be discarded once the excitement wears off? I know we all have a choice, but we also know what it’s like to be infatuated by someone who seems perfect. I feel like such a loser. Sobbing Here And Making Errors “One of life’s hardest lessons is this: Two people can be absolutely crazy in love with each other and still not be good partners,” said Franklin Veaux, coauthor of More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
(morethantwo.com). “If you’re monogamous and you meet someone you’re completely smitten with who isn’t, the best thing to do is acknowledge that you’re incompatible and go your separate ways. It hurts and it sucks, but there it is.” This perfect, sneaky guy who makes you feel like a loser and a hussy? He told you he was in an open relationship on your second date. You knew he wasn’t “your type” or “perfect” for you the second time you laid eyes on him, SHAME, and you needed to go your separate ways at that point. And I’m not buying your excuse (“I was too infatuated!”). What if he had revealed that he was a recreational bed wetter? Or a serial killer? Or Jeffrey Lord? Or all of the above? Surely you would’ve dumped him then. Veaux advocates ethical polyamory — it’s right there in the title of his book — and he thinks this guy did you wrong by not disclosing his partner’s existence right away. “Making a nonmonogamous relationship work requires a commitment to communication, honesty, and transparency,” said Veaux. “Concealing the fact that you’re in a relationship is a big violation of all three, and no good will come of it.” I have a slightly different take. Straight women in open relationships have an easier time finding men illing to fuck and/or date them; their straight male counterparts have a mu h more di ult time. tigma and double standards are at work here — she’s sexually adventurous; he’s a cheating bastard — and waiting to disclose the fact that you’re poly (or kinky or HIV-positive or a cammer) is a reaction to/work-around for that. It’s also a violation of poly best prac-
tices, like Veaux says, but the stigma is a violation, too. Waiting to disclose your partner, kink, HIV status, etc., can prompt the other person to weigh their assumptions and prejudices about poly/kinky/poz people against the living, breathing person they’ve come to know. Still, disclosure needs to come early — within a date or two, certainly before anyone gets fucked — so the other person can bail if poly/kinky/poz is a deal breaker. As for that new relationship energy stuff… “There are, in truth, polyamorous people who are NRE junkies,” said Veaux. “Men and women who chase new relationships in pursuit of that emotional fi . They re not very ommon, but they do exist, and alas they tend to leave a lot of destruction in their wake.” But your assumptions about how NRE works are wrong, SHAME. Seeing your partner in the throes of NRE doesn’t bring the primary couple closer together; it often places a strain on the relationship. Opening up a relationship can certainly save it (if openness is a etter fit for oth partners ut isn’t a log the primary couple tosses on the emotional eroti fire. t s something a poly person experiences with a new partner, not something a poly person enjoys with an established one. And there are lots of examples of long-term poly relationships out there — established triads, quads, quints — so your assumption about being discarded once NRE wears off is also off, SHAME. There are no guarantees, however. If this guy were single and looking for a monogamous relationship, you could nevertheless discover you’re not right for each other and
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wind up being discarded or doing the discarding yourself. m going to give the final ord to our guest expert… “Having an avoidant attachment style complicates things, because one of the things that can go along with avoidant attachment is idealizing partners who are inaccessible or unavailable,” said Veaux. “That can make it harder to let go. But if you’re radically incompatible with the person you love, letting go is likely your only healthy choice. Good luck!” Hey, Dan: I’m gay and married. My husband regularly messes around with this one guy who treats me like I’m a cuckold. He will send me a pic of my husband sucking his cock, for example, and a text message meant to degrade me. But I’m not a cuckold and I don’t find these messages sexy. My husband wants me to play along because it gets this guy off. Advice? Can’t Understand Cuckold Kink It depends, CUCK. If you’re upset by these messages — if they hurt your feelings, are damaging your sexual connection to your husband, are traumatizing — don’t play along. But if you find them silly if they ust ma e you roll your eyes — then play along. Respond positively/abjectly/insincerely, then delete. Not to please the guy sending the messages (who you don’t owe anything), but to please your husband (who’ll wind up owing you). Listen to Dan’s podcast at savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter ITMFA.org
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