Joe Williams

Readers have scorn for Carnahan and Clay — but thrill to the Children of Sunshine

Comment of the Day: Liz Taylor's Parents Were More St. Louis Than London

Today's comment comes in response to a post yesterday calling into question a Post-Dispatch obituary on Liz Taylor that referred to the actresses parents as St. Louisans.That prompted the author of the Post-Dispatch piece, Joe Williams, to respond: According to some admittedly vague accounts, the Ta ... More >>

Really, PD? Liz Taylor St. Louis Connection?

Not from St. Louis stock.​Certainly by now you've heard that violet-eyed multi-marriage movie queen Elizabeth Taylor has died at 79 from congestive heart failure. It's a loss for movie fans, tabloid readers and the beneficiaries of her multiple philanthropic causes.And while we love to localize an ... More >>

Local Writer Has Song on Up in the Air Soundtrack

Congratulations to Kevin Renick, the local writer/music fan/songwriter who appears to have had a song of his included on the soundtrack to Up In the Air. (You know, the one George Clooney filmed here in St. Louis earlier this year.) Joe Williams of the Post-Dispatch has all the details on his blog, ... More >>

Last Night's Show: John Vanderslice

Congratulations to Kevin Renick, the local writer/music fan/songwriter who appears to have had a song of his included on the soundtrack to Up In the Air. (You know, the one George Clooney filmed here in St. Louis earlier this year.) Joe Williams of the Post-Dispatch has all the details on his blog, ... More >>

R.I.P. Henry Townsend

1909-2006

Week of February 23, 2006

“I remember when white girls used to cry at the mention of having a fat (phat) ass.”

So Go Already!

The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival welcomes Fran Drescher, Tab Hunter and many others

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men

Thursday, February 10; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Kevin Mahogany

Wednesday, February 2, through Saturday, February 5; Jazz at the Bistro (3536 Washington Avenue)

Flesh for Fantasy

Get your groove on at this year's St. Louis International Film Festival

Charlie Musselwhite

Friday, June 11; Blues on the Mississippi

Various Artists / Duke Ellington

Secret Ellington (True Life Entertainment) / 1969: All-Star White House Tribute (Blue Note)

End of the Road

Thirty years later, Harry Belafonte finds closure in a once-lost project

REGARDING HENRY

A celebration of bluesman Henry Townsend on the occasion of his 90th birthday

Hit Parade

A celebration of bluesman Henry Townsend on the occasion of his 90th birthday

Listening Post

A celebration of bluesman Henry Townsend on the occasion of his 90th birthday

Letters to the Editor

A celebration of bluesman Henry Townsend on the occasion of his 90th birthday