Email Author Mike Appelstein

2005 Stories by Mike Appelstein

• Cars Can Be Blue

  published November 30, 2005

  If Revenge of the Nerds was correct in its theory that "all nerds think about is sex," then New Hampshire's Cars Can Be Blue must be... More >>

• Edith Frost

  published November 16, 2005

  It's been four years since Edith Frost's last album, leaving only an online collection of four-track demos (well worth downloading for free at More >>

• Take Me Out

  published September 21, 2005

  Idlewild is often described as a mix of the Smiths (poetic, existential lyrics like "Gertrude Stein said that's enough/I know that that's not... More >>

• The Orange Peels

  published August 17, 2005

  Need a break from the oppressive heat and humidity that is St. Louis in the summertime? One could do worse than checking out the Orange... More >>