A former high-tech genius, Shiloh Anderson struggles against his addiction to technology. In an effort to free himself, he abandons all forms of technology introduced after 1971, the year the first mass-produced answering machine was available to the public. Friends, [See the full post…]

I’ve been looking forward to this show for a while. I discovered this band several months ago and fell in love with their raw, bluesy, lo-fi sound. They’re a two-piece (piano/organ and drums) and their home base is in Louisville, [See the full post…]

These guys have been kicking around the local scene here for about four years, and I caught them at the release party for their fourth CD. I was able to speak with Team Tomato interview before their performance. You can [See the full post…]

A few weeks ago, I posted a video from the Venus Envy art show. And I got a great response from the music I used in that video’s sound track. That band was the Helium Tapes. I got a lot [See the full post…]

Every once in a while you see a band that blows you away and you wonder why you never heard of them before. The Spark Thugs are just such a band to me. I saw them the first time a [See the full post…]

The Hibernauts is starting to get some good attention from the press. They say that they are influenced by bands like Pixies, Flaming Lips, Velvet Underground, The Kinks, The Turtles, Doves, Grandaddy, The Zombies, The Beatles, Rolling Stones with Brian [See the full post…]

Mark Farley and Clair Farley were born identical male twins. Six months ago, Clair changed her gender. Their story is told in a lovely, heartfelt documentary film, Red Without Blue. The film showed at Frameline 31, the LGBT Film Festival, [See the full post…]

Michael Ondaatje is best known for his novel, The English Patient. He has a new book out called Divisadero. I spoke with him on the San Francisco street that gives the book its name, where he told me why it [See the full post…]

Left Arm are from Edwardsville, Ill., and they play rock ‘n’ roll influenced by The Heartbreakers, AC/DC, The Sonics, The Stooges, The Shadows of Knight, MC5, The Animals, Zeke, Motorhead, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, The Oblivians, Bantam Rooster among others. This [See the full post…]

Today I have another encore performance — this time from Gentleman Auction House. This band is doing really well, they released a CD last year and they’re working on another. They’re also gearing up for a little southwestern tour, so [See the full post…]

Rob Reger is enjoying the thirteenth anniversary of his character “Emily the Strange.” Reger went to the graduate program at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he says he learned to push a project beyond its apparent limits. He has [See the full post…]

Ok, I have another clip from the Southside Rock ‘n’ Roll Rave. This time, it’s a band called Bunnygrunt. They have a great power pop sound that’s pretty catchy. I also include here a clip of their performance with Bob [See the full post…]

Faith Wheeler and Sara Barker are two highly original and successful food and wine branders. In an effort to make something of their own, they have written their first screenplay, which they submitted to a contest at the San Francisco [See the full post…]

In part 1 of the Apple WWDC 2007 Steve Jobs Keynote, Electronic Arts and ID Software showed new games and a commitment to the Macintosh OS X platform. Note: Due to technical issues, this podcast is not up to PodTech [See the full post…]

I had the opportunity to catch a ton of bands last weekend at the annual Riverfront Times St. Louis music awards showcase. And one of the acts that I really dug was Jesse Irwin. Jesse does a solo acoustic folk [See the full post…]

Today, we have a clip from the Southside Rock ‘n’ Roll rave that I told you about last week. The event was a big success and a lot of fun to boot. I’ll be bringing you some video from some [See the full post…]

The Shondes (shonde is a Yiddish term meaning disgrace) are from Brooklyn, they’re Mets fans, and they’re Jewish political activists who work for issues like Palestinian justice, Queer/transgender rights and other causes. They also rock — Hard. Also here are [See the full post…]

Michael Taylor is the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle’s car section. He is also the son of screenwriter Samuel Taylor, who wrote plays and movies (including Sabrina and Vertigo, which was made in San Francisco fifty years ago).

This spring, several local breweries got together to celebrate the rich brewing heritage in St. Louis. As a birthplace of the modern brewing industry, we have quite a heritage to celebrate. Brewers of all types were there to enjoy beer [See the full post…]

A Munny (pronounced like “money”) is a vinyl toy that comes completely blank so it can be customized. Star Clipper Comics sponsored a Munny Art show last week for St. Louis Artists to show off their own customized Munny creations. [See the full post…]

Steven Bach was the head of worldwide production at United Artists when the movie Heaven’s Gate sank the company. Since then he’s written four books. The new one, Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, has just come out. [See the full post…]

Federation of Horsepower is a back-to-basics rock’n’roll band from Kansas City. And they rock hard. They’re one of those bands that isn’t out to save the world. They just want to make noise. Here is what the Kansas City Pitch [See the full post…]

I got a chance to catch this amazing group from Detroit at the Atomic Cowboy in St. Louis a couple of weeks ago. This blurb from their official press release does a good job of describing what they are all [See the full post…]

Peter Morgan is perhaps the most celebrated screenwriter in the world right now, and he deserves to be. He’s written five plays — four screenplays and one stage play — that establish his oeuvre. He’s a great writer at the [See the full post…]

The Honkeys aren’t to be confused with the band in my last post. This band is an instrumental surf act that recently reunited. They originally “took a break” back in 2001. We’re glad to have them back, as they were [See the full post…]