The Firecracker Press is a small boutique design shop in St. Louis, unique because they also print their own work on antique letter presses. Eric Woods, the proprietor, gave me a tour. Much of the design is done using modern [See the full post…]

Pokey LaFarge is a young-up-and-coming musician who plays the Ragtime Blues. I got to sit down with him to talk and he explained what the Ragtime Blues was. Pokey hails from Louisville, K.Y. and was in St. Louis recently to [See the full post…]

Here it is, as promised a second song by The Bloody Hollies. This song is from their new album available on Alive Records “Who to Trust, Who to Kill, Who to Love” (here’s a bonus — you can get a [See the full post…]

Every once in a while I see a band and wonder why they aren’t huge yet. I saw one of these bands last weekend: The Bloddy Hollies, from San Diego, by way of Buffalo, New York. These guys play what [See the full post…]

MOTO is Paul Caporino‘s band from Chicago. This punk rock outfit has been around since 1981 and is still going strong. Paul turns simple, infectiously dumb lyrics into punk rock gold that is somehow reminiscent of The Ramones. This is [See the full post…]

The Gentleman Auction House playing at Off Broadway, in St. Louis, at their big Very Special Christmas Spectacular back in December. This was a big show that got some national press from the likes of Spin Magazine. Also I announce [See the full post…]

Jeremy Mehrle has turned the basement of his suburban St. Louis home into one of the coolest private computer museums you will ever see. He has 74 vintage Apple Macintosh computers impeccably displayed. All of them are fully-functional so you [See the full post…]

Coyote is a St. Louis artist that opens up his storefront studio once a week as a cafe/hang out not so much to show off his work, but to show off his collection of toys. He has been collecting Star [See the full post…]

Today, I bring you a rare and wonderful treat: Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, who plays a rare form of the blues called the Bentonia Blues. Jimmy’s one of the last people alive who plays this kind of blues named for his [See the full post…]

This show features Craig Daddy and the Carbombs playing some smokin’ Psychobilly. What is Psychobilly? Well you take one part Rock-a-Billy and two parts punk rock and mix ’em up with a whole lot of energy and you have… Psychobilly [See the full post…]

This is part two of a podcast where I interview the Carolina Chocolate Drops, (part 1 can be found here) an old-time string band from Durham, NC. They play early African-American folk music that was popular before there was even [See the full post…]

This is the first of a two-part podcast where I interview the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an old-time string band from Durham, NC. They play early African-American folk music that was popular before there was even a record industry. The three [See the full post…]

Ever wonder what happened to all those Punk rockers in the 70’s and 80’s? Well they grew up, cut off their Mohawks, got real jobs and had kids. Those kids are now teens and guess what? They discovered their parent’s [See the full post…]

Here’s some recent concert footage of the band Walkie Talkie USA, performing at Off Broadway in St. Louis. The band is Jason Hutto’s (formerly of the Phonocaptors) new project, and the video is 4:13 of high-energy live music. And if [See the full post…]