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Ghostface Killah Show Review: 2720 Cherokee

30 Apr

Ghostface Killah
2720 Cherokee
St. Louis, MO
4/27/2013

Ghostface Killah, live, st louis

Probably more than any other Wu-Tang member, Ghostface Killah has a flair for the dramatic in his intricate storytelling.  He likes his albums to have a very natural first, second and third act, and the same can certainly be said of his live show.  I’m going to lay the groundwork for what transpired Saturday night, but want to let Todd jump in at the end for some further thoughts, since I had the pleasure of attending a show with him for the first time in what seems like years.
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Louis C.K. Show Review

10 Oct

Louis C.K.

October 6, 2012

St. Louis, MO

The Fabulous Fox Theatre

louis c.k. at the fox theatre st. louis

While we normally keep most of our commentary to music, we all enjoy other forms of entertainment as well.  So when I was lucky enough to catch Louis C.K. at the Fox Theatre last Saturday, and was duly impressed, I thought it more than appropriate to write a review (and mostly just sing the praises of Louis C.K.).
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Dan Deacon Show Review: We Are Dan Deacon’s America

5 Sep

Dan Deacon

The Firebird

St. Louis, MO

September 2, 2012

We are Dan Deacon's America

Question:  What do you get when you combine eight Dan Deacon newbies, an America theme, and complete lack of inhibitions?

Answer:  A text message from one of your fellow attendees the following morining that says “I’m pretty sure I got ghosted” followed simply by “Holy what the f***”.  Let me set the stage for you a little more completely.

If you aren’t familiar with Dan Deacon, he recently released a new album titled America, which I so happen to be a big fan of.  Deacon, an indie composer of electronic music, has reputation for mass crowd participation, and I stumbled late last week upon him playing at local St. Louis venue, The Firebird.  A group of eight of my friends decided it would be awesome to all dress in America gear and head to The Firebird, and more than anything, make a spectacle of ourselves.  Mission accomplished and as I tell the tale of the night, I’m gonna try to leave names out of the events.
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M83 Show Review

4 May

M83 Show Review

St. Louis, MO:  The Pageant

May 2, 2012

m83, the pageant, live, show, picture

Much like Todd’s experience at Coachella, it is always difficult to extricate my personal experience from how good the actual show was, and review it appropriately.  Throw in a few drinks and some good friends, and any situation can be an absolute pleasure.  But a show review is not about how much fun I had, instead it has to be about how well the band performed, and I regret to say that M83 was supremely disappointing in some aspects and mildly disappointing in other aspects.

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mr. Gnome Show Review

13 Apr

mr. Gnome Show Review

Plush – St. Louis, MO

April 11, 2011

 mr. gnome, warpaint

While driving to the mr. Gnome show, Wes, Todd, and I were having our weekly conference call to discuss the Top Ten list for the week, and just shoot the shit about music a little bit.  It was during this conversation that I would identify a complaint about the soon-to-be-seen mr. Gnome show:  It was weirdly uncomfortable to tell people that are not familiar with the band that I was spending my evening going to see a up-and-coming band called mr. Gnome.  I didn’t know very much about mr. Gnome myself; just that they are a duo consisting of male drummer Sam Meister and female guitarist/vocalist Nicole Barille and also that they were known to rock pretty hard in the live setting.
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