Email Author Tom Finkel

2009 Stories by Tom Finkel

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  Remembering Chris 'Dry-Humping' Duncan

  published Jul 23, 2009

  I'm surely not the one to evaluate a trade like this one -- can you say banished for eternityr -- but I will say this about the incessant anti-Chris Duncan barrage on forums across Redbird land: I don... More >>

• Photos: Bob Schneider at the Duck Room, June 9, 2009

  published Jun 12, 2009

  Show review is here. Pics, kindly sent by Ken Stoner, after the jump... ... More >>

• Review + Setlist: Bob Schneider at the Duck Room, June 9, 2009

  published Jun 10, 2009

  Regular as, well, a meteor shower maybe, Bob Schneider and his band blew through St. Louis last night, staying just long enough to play a 10 p.m. show at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room.And like Beatle Bob... More >>

• I.E. Millstone Family Announces Memorial Service

  published May 26, 2009

  The family of local construction mogul/Jewish patriarch I.E. Millstone has scheduled a memorial service, which will be open to the public, for 10:30 a.m. May 31 at United Hebrew Congregation, 13788 Co... More >>

• We investigate a possible connection between rapper Huey and a drive-by, then scan the always-enlightening comments at STLtoday

  published May 27, 2009

  Was Rapper Huey a Target? A concert at the Pageant on Sunday, May 17, featured performances by virtually every nationally known hip-hop... More >>

• May I.E. Millstone -- Wherever He Is -- Rest in Peace

  published May 19, 2009

  Am I the only one who finds the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's online comments threads endlessly entertaining, mystifying and downright unfathomabler Am I the only one who, when I'm of a mind to plumb the ... More >>

• John Goodman, Pride of Affton, Makes Good in Broadway Debut

  published May 01, 2009

  The New York Times follows up on its recent John Goodman profile with a review of the current Broadway production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.You probably already know that Goodman's a St. L... More >>

• RFT's Namesake Horse Sighted Just in Time for the Kentucky Derby

  published May 01, 2009

  In two days, the cream of the three-year-old Thoroughbred crop will contest the 135th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville.But let's go back a week or so, to another race, in another city..... More >>

• Thurston-Van Duyn House Addendum

  published Apr 22, 2009

  Sentimentalist that I am, when I posted earlier this week about the former house of Washington University luminary Jarvis Thurston and his wife, poet laureate (&tc.) Mona Van Duyn coming on the ma... More >>

• For Sale: Jarvis Thurston & Mona Van Duyn House

  published Apr 21, 2009

  In February 2008 I wrote a post after Jarvis Thurston died. Jarvis was a longtime member of the English Department faculty at Washington University. His wife, Mona Van Duyn, who died of cancer in 2004... More >>

• St. Louis More Welcoming Than Memphis!

  published Apr 16, 2009

  Finally!Our river city might play second fiddle to Memphis when it comes to barbecue, and the Delmar Loop might not offer the bluesy, boozy embrace of Beale Street, but when it comes to God-friendline... More >>

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  New NYC Archbishop: Still a Cardinal (Fan)!

  published Apr 16, 2009

  On Wednesday Timothy M. Dolan was installed as the tenth archbishop of New York. In its coverage, the New York Times notes that Dolan touched on two hot-button issues for Catholics in his homily: abor... More >>

• Mizzou - Cornell Matchup No Slam Dunkr

  published Mar 18, 2009

  Keegan Hamilton took a little grief for his recent post "Sixteen Reasons Mizzou Won't Make it Past the Sweet Sixteen." Fair enough. We all know the boy's a Washington Huskies fan (and alum).But he i... More >>

• Mizzou - Cornell Matchup No Slam Dunkr

  published Mar 18, 2009

  Keegan Hamilton took a little grief for his recent post "Sixteen Reasons Mizzou Won't Make it Past the Sweet Sixteen." Fair enough. We all know the boy's a Washington Huskies fan (and alum).But he i... More >>

• Murray Chass Has Bacne on the Brain

  published Mar 06, 2009

  I read on Deadspin that  ex-New York Times baseball columnist Murray Chass had a blog post up about possible Hall of Famer-to-be Mike Piazza's legendary bacne. After exceprting Chass' post thusly... More >>

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  Murray Chass Has Bacne on the Brain

  published Mar 06, 2009

  I read on Deadspin that  ex-New York Times baseball columnist Murray Chass had a blog post up about possible Hall of Famer-to-be Mike Piazza's legendary bacne. After exceprting Chass' post thusly... More >>

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  Medical School Ethics Policies: How Area Universities Stack Up

  published Mar 03, 2009

  The March 2 New York Times contains a story that smacks down the Harvard Medical School's lax ethics policies when it comes to getting in bed with pharmaceutical companies. Timesman Duff Wilson report... More >>

• Review: John Prine at the Touhill, Friday, February 27

  published Mar 02, 2009

  "Hello," John Prine said when he walked onstage at UMSL Friday night and picked up a guitar. Then he reeled off seven songs from his prodigious back catalogue before delving into his most recent colle... More >>

• John Prine

  published February 25, 2009

  If John Prine were a mode of transport, he'd be the Greyhound bus. If John Prine were a playing card, he'd be the jack of... More >>

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  Prince Joe Henry, 1930-2009 -- Joe "Prince" Henry Boulevard Dedicated in Brooklyn, Illinois

  published Feb 23, 2009

  At a ceremony presided over by its mayor on Saturday, February 21, the city of Brooklyn, Illinois, officially renamed the 100 block of North Seventh Street Joe "Prince" Henry Boulevard.Henry, a native... More >>

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  In Soo: A Postscript

  published Feb 20, 2009

  As Ian posted Wednesday, In Soo has been turned over to new owners.For locals of a certain vintage, In Soo -- formerly known as Shu Feng -- was the quintessential Chinese eat spot in St. Louis. This w... More >>

• R.I.P. Cinder: Saint Louis Zoo Chimp Dies at Fourteen

  published Feb 18, 2009

  Cinder, the chimp at the Saint Louis Zoo whose most distinguishing feature for visitors was her alopecia, is dead at fourteen. She was known as the "Hairless Chimp."The naked ape. What does that meanr... More >>

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  Mardi Gras Inc. Spokesman Decries Riverfront Times "Hatchet Job"

  published Feb 17, 2009

  On February 13 we posted a short piece by our new Editorial Fellow Nicholas Phillips, about Mardi Gras Inc. and its list of fine-able offenses by participants in the annual Soulard Mardi Gras parade.A... More >>

• Red-Light Cameras in City of St. Louis Now Require Warning Signage to Be Posted in Close Proximity

  published Feb 09, 2009

  Chad Garrison, who is on vacation this week and will, if all goes as planned, return next week tanned, rested and blogging, has written extensively on the topic of red-light cameras.If he were in the ... More >>

• Paul Simon to Play Costas Cancer Center Benefit @ Fox Theatre April 18

  published Jan 25, 2009

  Paul Simon's bound for the Fox Theatre Saturday, April 18 to play the 21st annual Bob Costas Benefit Concert for the Costas Cancer Center at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital.Show's at 8 p.m. Ticke... More >>