Email Author Christian Schaeffer

2007 Stories by Christian Schaeffer

• Melody Den

  published August 8, 2007

  It has to be hard for a St. Louis-based alt-country band led by a throaty lead singer to escape the shadow of Son Volt. Marc Chechik's outfit... More >>

• Rock & Roll Revelation

  published August 8, 2007

  When Gillian Welch plays to a sold-out crowd this week at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, it will be in a format quite familiar to her fans. There... More >>

• This Evening Is Richie-Rich

  published August 1, 2007

  In the course of his 30-plus year career, Lionel Richie has made the rare journey from pop-superstardom to soft-rock punch line and back to... More >>

• The Adversary Workers

  published August 1, 2007

  For a band that so desperately wants to be heard, the Adversary Workers took a strange route in releasing its latest batch of anarcho-punk songs.... More >>

• Small Kahunas Need not Apply

  published July 25, 2007

  Radio celebrities have it tough. Virtually unrecognizable by sight (unless you count the eternally handsome Casey Kasem), DJs rely on their golden... More >>

• Kenny Loggins

  published July 25, 2007

  The biggest misconception about Yacht Rock (the hysterical online show which chronicles the creation of soft-rock hits by the Doobie... More >>

• The Ottomen

  published July 25, 2007

  homespun The term "arrested development" takes on new meaning with the release of the Ottomen's Back... More >>

• Krewe Cuttin' a Rug

  published February 7, 2007

  With its ties to various Christian sects, Mardi Gras has always operated on the duplicity of overindulgence and self-denial; wanton, almost... More >>

• Star-Crossed High Schoolers

  published February 21, 2007

  Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, as you will recall, concerns the forbidden love between two individuals who belong to rival families... More >>

• The Sign of the Supercross

  published February 28, 2007

  If you're like us, you have often wondered about the different kinds of motorcycle-based activities available to sports fans. Motocross takes... More >>

• The Lord of the Dance

  published March 7, 2007

  The creator of more than 400 works and the founder of the New York City Ballet, George Balanchine remains a monolith in the world of American... More >>

• The March of March

  published March 14, 2007

  St. Louisans know how to adapt to other cultures in the name of a party, whether they spout broken French phrases at Mardi Gras or chomp the wurst... More >>

• A Whale of an Exhibit

  published April 4, 2007

  What do you get when you mix a whale-skeleton replica, a chess match and Argentine tango? Find out this weekend as local husband-and-wife... More >>

• Best of the West

  published April 18, 2007

  Like the Book of Love, no one is quite sure who wrote the Great American Songbook. Cole Porter? Sammy Kahn? Duke Ellington? While its authorship... More >>

• Much Ado ´Bout Nothin’, Y’all

  published May 23, 2007

  Theater companies have long experimented with setting the works of William Shakespeare in new locales. For the seventh annual Shakespeare Festival... More >>

• Jazz in Motion!

  published May 30, 2007

  In his sleeve notes for Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, pianist Bill Evans draws an analogy between jazz music and a style of Japanese... More >>

• Summertime and the Livin’ Is Cheesy

  published May 30, 2007

  It may be heresy to say this during allergy season, but let’s hear it for the glory of mold. Not only do these fungi keep us healthy through... More >>

• Making Castles Out of Sand

  published June 6, 2007

  The act of building a sandcastle on the ocean shore is as joyous as it is soul-crushing. You build, shape and sculpt that wet, gloppy sand into a... More >>

• Take That!

  published June 6, 2007

  Think that Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro were really breaking new comedic ground with their Meet the Parents twofer, do ya? Wrong! Young... More >>

• Beer, Garden

  published June 13, 2007

  The folks at the Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood) do more than just craft cold, frothy ales and lagers — they look... More >>

• Where Are You?

  published July 11, 2007

  When David Byrne famously asked “Well, how did I get here?” in the Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime,” he wasn’t... More >>

• Parlez-vous Français?

  published July 11, 2007

  On Bastille Day (July 14), the nation of France commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison with a hearty dose of military pomp and... More >>

• Her Serena Majesty

  published July 18, 2007

  Few family sports dynasties can rival that of the Williams sisters, whose domination of the tennis world shot them to rock-star status earlier in... More >>

• Whistler/Pete Yorn

  published July 18, 2007

  St. Louis music fans died a little death when much-loved Nadine hung it up for good after its 2003 record Strange Seasons failed to catch... More >>

• Local Motion: Red Water Revival

  published July 18, 2007

  homespun In the Frostbidden Years comes with a narrative slightly less complicated than a Coheed... More >>