Jack Buck

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from May 28 to June 2

We hope you enjoyed that extra day of rest as much as we did. Besides, you're going to need it if you intend on spending an entire day basking in local sounds with us this weekend. The RFT Music Showcase 2013 is this Saturday -- get the exhaustive coverage of all the nominees and come see 50 of the ... More >>

Big Boi, The Mountain Goats, Steely Dan, Twangfest 17 and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

Patti Smith, Toots and the Maytals, Shooter Jennings, Ghostface Killah and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

Garbage, Rakim, Fall Out Boy, the Deftones and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

Pinback, The English Beat, The Spits and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

12 Best Delmar Loop Restaurants To Visit During This Weekend's Loop Ice Carnival

Always a fan of DC Comics, Gut Check often imagines with glee what the aftermath of a visit from Mr. Freeze would look like. Fortunately for us this week's eighth annual Delmar Loop Ice Carnival on Saturday, January 19, should paint a pretty reliable picture. Yep, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. this fa ... More >>

St. Louis Hits the Road: Tips From the Many Local Bands that Toured in 2012

Hard times, high gas prices and an ill economy did little to derail local artists from expanding outward in 2012. As a musician, I've never seen so many of my peers crawl out from these red brick buildings to push their River City sounds than in the past 12 months. Many return with invaluable advice ... More >>

The Post-Dispatch Article That Made Joe Buck Cry

He resides among the cellar dwellers in RFT's St. Louis Sports-Media Power Rankings (at No. 44 in our list of 50), but Dan Caesar can still throw a punch. In fact, in a tussle back in 1990, the Post-Dispatch sports-media critic once made Joe Buck (No. 8 in RFT's ranking) cry.

El Monstero, Bush, Those Darlins and More in This Week's New Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

The Wailers, Wussy, Swayback and More in This Week's New Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

Nico Plated: A prominent location and a top-flight Soulard sibling -- Tom Schmidt's new baby has a lot to live up to

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From June 11 to 17

Another week of great music in St. Louis: Highlights of this week include a visit from multi-talented songstress Santigold at the Pageant, the eclectic-but-soft-spoken indie rock of Pinback and the hard-drivin' country-rock of Whitey Morgan & the 78's. In addition to the out-of-towners, plenty of ... More >>

Nicki Minaj, My Morning Jacket, Joseph Arthur and More in This Week's New Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded Youtube videos with which you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new ... More >>

With The Might Have Been, rookie novelist and Webster U prof Joe Schuster hits one out of the park at age 59

40 Best St. Louis Releases of 2011: Part Eight

​Part One: The Union Electric, Sweet Tooth, King Kong Magnetics, Warm Jets USA Part Two: Glass Teeth, Ryan Spearman, the Breaks and Adult Fur Part Three: Rum Drum Ramblers, Humanoids, Old Lights and Volcanoes Part Four: Bo & the Locomotive, Rockwell Knuckles, Dubb Nubb and Palace Part Five: S ... More >>

"Dr. Mom" on Donnybrook? Seriously, Charlie?

A journalists' round-table gets a special guest.​Update: OMG! Alert readers are now telling me that Dr. Erin Shannon-McGowan is the daughter of Cardinals broadcaster Mike Shannon, who happens to be a KMOX colleague with Brennan. No wonder Brennan didn't return my inquiries asking him to explain ho ... More >>

Stand for Ernie: The long-time Cardinals organist deserves a lasting tribute

Point & Clique: The 2011 RFT St. Louis Web Awards

St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame Confirms Blues' Place as City's Red-Headed Stepchild

Missing: Brian Sutter's teeth and more Blues players in the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame.​Need more proof that St. Louis is a "baseball town"? Check out the names (below) of the athletes and broadcasters inducted yesterday to the inaugural class of the new St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame. Ten of th ... More >>

Ten Memorable Moments and Five to Forget at Busch Stadium II

Map Locations At A Glance: Miscellaneous

Map Locations At A Glance: Cemeteries

Phillies Announcer Harry Kalas, 73, Dies Afer Collapse in Broadcast Booth

Harry Kalas, the voice of the Philadelphia Phillies, was found unconscious earlier today in the Washington Nationals' broadcast booth, where he was preparing to work the Nats-Phillies game. He was taken to the hospital, where he later passed away. Cause of death is as yet unknown. The death of ... More >>

My Cardinals: Tim Lane

This past year, over at Viva El Birdos, I wrote a post on Christmas Eve called "God Bless Us, Everyone." It wasn't about baseball, as is often the case with the things that I write, but about my own feelings at Christmas about, well, just life in general. I was pretty proud of the way the piece turn ... More >>

St. Louis Legislator Vows to Sue State Should Welfare Provision Become Law

State Rep. Don CallowayI just got off the phone with State Representative Don Calloway (D - St. Louis County). Haven't heard of Mr. Calloway? You soon will. The freshman legislator is the savant who's filed a bill to finally change that embarrassing stretch of Interstate 70 known as the "Mark McGwir ... More >>

My Cardinals: Will Leitch, Blogger Superhero

Opening Day is finally here. Winter has loosened its grip on our little corner of the world (well, sort of, anyway), and spring is beginning to bloom. Our annual ritual of renewal and rebirth is a few scant moments away, after the months of waiting impatiently for it to arrive. I could giv ... More >>

Card of the Week: 1981 Bill "Parallel Lines" Buckner

"You’ve discovered what we’ve known all along -- that the sport has a surprisingly rich and fascinating history and that, dang it, it’s fun for everyone."

Week of November 23, 2006

Foul Frequency

PR flops. Staff upheaval. Shrill talk-show hosts. The Cardinals' flagship station can't seem to find the strike zone.

Blade Run

"It's easier to get your genitals pierced than to get a good shave in St. Louis"

Trumped

Dick Gephardt also likes kittens and cross-stitching; Unreal has fun with greed and other mortal sins

Static Freefall

Carroll's departure from KMOX paced by station's ratings decline

The Law's an Ass

Week of October 2, 2002

Best TV-Sports Anchor

Martin Kilcoyne, KTVI (Channel 2)

Best Sports-Broadcast Personality

Mike Shannon, KMOX (1120 AM)

Best Pro Coach

Tony La Russa

Best Cardinal

Albert Pujols

AND NOW, SOME SUPERFICIAL QUESTIONS

WINGENIOUS

There's method to her madness, and Lady Luck has the prizes to prove it

The Yak-Box Tapes

One chronic caller's taped legacy of confrontations with Jim White, the KMOX late-night host who went bump -- and grump -- in the night