This week, I drove past three prospective bars, and all were far too nice for the likes of me. I was forced to play GPS Bar Roulette, in which I pick the closest bar listed on my
TomTom and go with it. Tom delivered me to Cotter's Sports Lounge.I spend a lot of Monday nights in bars, and never have I found one that felt so much like a weekend: decent-sized crowd, pool games in progress and a blissfully overzealous
bartender.
Music nerds, mark your calendars: It Might Get Loud -- a documentary featuring guitar gods Jimmy Page, Jack White and the Edge -- is set to open September 18 in St. Louis. (No word yet on where, although I'm guessing it'll be at the Tivoli.) According to Landmark Theatre's website, the David Guggenheim-directed film "weaves together their stories to reveal how each of them developed a unique sound. Unlike rock 'n' roll documentaries that focus on backstage drama, this one concentrates on the mus
In the middle of his song "Spit It Out," Brendan Benson declared "for every bubble you blow, I'm gonna pop it." The line offered a pretty good insight into the singer-songwriter's methods. For all his unstoppable power-pop moves and clear-eyed, harmony-enhanced bubblegum tunes, a bittersweet current runs through his best work. Songs of busted love and romantic indecision get dipped in a chocolate so sweet that it's easy to miss the pathos: His songs are catchy but rarely fluffy. Last night's sho
