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John Lennon

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    The Walkmen: At Plush on June 28

    Near the top of the list of our favorite current rock bands is the Walkmen. A decade-plus into a career of kinetic music that would make an excellent soundtrack for some sort of epic Guy Ritchie movie set in New York, the band will release its seventh album, Heaven on June 5. And shortly thereafter, ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2011

    Bob Gruen Is a Rock & Roll Primary Source

    Near the top of the list of our favorite current rock bands is the Walkmen. A decade-plus into a career of kinetic music that would make an excellent soundtrack for some sort of epic Guy Ritchie movie set in New York, the band will release its seventh album, Heaven on June 5. And shortly thereafter, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore And The Four Biggest Rock And Roll Breakups

    Wikimedia Commons​Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth have separated after 27 years of marriage and now the future of the band is unknown. Their record label released this statement last Friday: Musicians Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, married in 1984, are announcing they have separa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Imagine Herman Cain Sang a John Lennon Song About Pizza

    If John Lennon had believed in heaven, he'd be weeping from his cloud right now. Thanks to the Omaha World Herald, footage has emerged that would have killed the singer-songwriter dead, had Mark David Chapman not done the awful deed a decade earlier. Behold the song stylings of former Godfather' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Ten Musicians Who Support Occupy Wall Street

    Adbusters​"Occupy Wall Street" started out as a 1,000-person mid-September protest in a New York City park against, among other things, financial disparity and corporate influence. Since that time that protest has grown into a nationwide movement, spurring on the creation of "Occupy" spinoffs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Harry Nilsson Tribute At Off Broadway: What Is The Point?

    Harry Nilsson, one of the very few things all four Beatles agreed on and a singer of nearly unparalleled talent, will get the tribute treatment at Off Broadway on November 26th. What Is The Point? A Tribute To Harry Nilsson will feature Nilsson sets from Theodore, Ransom Note, Edward Burch, John Kra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Frances Bean Cobain And The Other Nine Hottest Offspring Of Musicians

    Rocky Schenck​Today is Frances Bean Cobain's 19th birthday. Time flies, right? In celebration of Miss Frannie, we've compiled a list of hot rock 'n' roll spawn. These people have at least one rock star parent and their moms are frequently models. (Figures.) They are all totally bangable, and m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Juggalos and Bald Britney: The Ten Worst Music Tattoos Ever

    AHHHHHH!!​The mainstream ubiquity of tattoos is nothing new, but it does make for some pretty hilarious/horrendous Google searches. We chatted with two local tattoo artists to see what regrettable tattoos St. Louisians are getting these days. Iron Age Tattoo's Joseph Reincke said nothing surp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    The Ten Most Facepalm-Inducing Uses of French in Pop Music: In Honor of Bastille Day

    ​Bastille Day is upon us, when all the world celebrates Louis XIV crossing the Delaware or something. We're not clear on the details, and on that front we join countless English-speaking pop and rock stars who took similarly haphazard forays into the Language of Love. In honor of the Frog's b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    John Lennon Remembered Via a Concert from Webster University's Jazz Studies Program

    ​This Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death. This week faculty members and students from Webster University's Jazz Studies program will pay tribute to the late Beatle with a concert called "John Lennon Remembered." The event takes place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7, a ... More >>

  • Music

    October 20, 2010

    Bob Dylan

    8 p.m. Thursday, October 21. The Chaifetz Arena, One South Compton Avenue.

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Happy 84th Birthday, Chuck Berry!

    Chuck Berry -- who performed at the Pageant on Saturday night, to celebrate the venue's tenth anniversary -- turns 84 years young today. Happy birthday, Chuck! He's not slowing down at all -- in the last few months, he's performed at a DNC benefit downtown, continued to do his monthly gig at Blueber ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Ten Things To Do This Weekend: October 15-17

    G Tom Mac​Besides the shows listed on the music page -- including the Skarekrau Radio DVD screening/puppet show extravaganza at Apop Records and tonight's Space Parlour shindig at the Firebird -- here are some other music-centric options for this lovely fall weekend. Have you found your sweate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Ten Things to Do This Weekend: October 8-10

    While our music page has plenty of things to do this weekend, a quick note: The fun./Steel Train/Jarrod Gorbel show at the Firebird is sold out. Hope you bought tickets! Now on to some other options: All weekend: *Soulard Oktoberfest Drink. Listen to Brave Combo, Copper Box and Soulard Blues Band. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Cargill Meat Solutions Recalls Ground Beef

    More recalls. A Pennsylvania company recalled 8500 pounds of ground beef for suspected E. coli contamination. The Washington Post reports that the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service found a link between Cargill Meat Solutions in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, and three cases of the infection in Ma ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2009

    Ed Hamell

    10 p.m. Wednesday, March 18. Deluxe, 2733 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood.

  • Music

    January 28, 2009

    Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles

    8 p.m. Wednesday, February 4, and Thursday, February 5. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    MP3 Weekender: James Jackson Toth and Ohtis

    8 p.m. Wednesday, February 4, and Thursday, February 5. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

  • Music

    September 10, 2008

    James Jackson Toth

    9 p.m. Friday, September 12. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard.

  • Film

    September 10, 2008

    Antibiopic: What We Do Is Secret sanitizes the Germs' punk-rock tragedy

    9 p.m. Friday, September 12. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard.

  • Culture

    April 16, 2008

    St. Louis Theater Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

  • Culture

    April 9, 2008

    You Say You Want a Revolución?

    Beatles trump dictatorship in the U.S. premiere of The Concert.

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    Yoko Ono Sues Lennon Murphy, For Using Her...Given Name

    Beatles trump dictatorship in the U.S. premiere of The Concert.

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    John & Yoko & Joseph & Susan

    Beatles trump dictatorship in the U.S. premiere of The Concert.

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    The Treasury

    9 p.m. Monday, December 10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Home Entertainment

    August 29, 2007

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

    9 p.m. Monday, December 10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Music

    June 20, 2007

    Songs of the South

    Corey Smith challenges ideas about "country" music.

  • News

    February 21, 2007

    American English

    (The Casino Queen, East St. Louis)

  • Music

    December 6, 2006

    The Walkmen

    Pussy Cats Starring the Walkmen (Record Collection)

  • Film

    September 27, 2006

    Film Openings

    Week of September 28, 2006

  • Music

    July 19, 2006

    Punk-o-Rama

    Hot fun in the summertime with Warped Tour

  • Music

    May 31, 2006

    Beat Happenings

    Music news you can use

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Get Inside!

    A round-up of summer's surefire hits (and definite duds)

  • Music

    January 12, 2005

    John Lennon

    Acoustic (Capitol)

  • News

    September 15, 2004

    Letters

    Week of September 15, 2004

  • News

    September 8, 2004

    Letters

    Week of September 8, 2004

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2004

    Wheels of Good Fortune

    You can't spell "care" without "car"

  • Music

    October 22, 2003

    Shelby Lynne

    Saturday, October 25; Off Broadway

  • Music

    February 26, 2003

    Spector of Death

    Is Phil Spector mad, a genius or a murder suspect with decades of preparation? Read our results!

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2002

    Hard Schlock

    The Hard Rock Café serves up a breakfast you won't soon forget

  • Music

    January 16, 2002

    Walter Ego

    Former St. Louisan Walt Winston has a serious John Lennon fixation, but he's a true original

  • Music

    January 2, 2002

    Paperback Writers

    The latest music books struggle to demystify pop culture's greatest enigmas

  • Music

    November 28, 2001

    Paul McCartney

    Driving Rain (Capitol)

  • Music

    October 24, 2001

    Tori Amos with Rufus Wainwright

    Saturday, Oct. 27; Fox Theatre

  • Culture

    September 12, 2001

    Beat Crazy

    With all the subtlety of a drum-and-bugle corps, Blast turns the noble Fox into a house of rhythm

  • Music

    February 14, 2001

    Touch of Evil

    History tells us that musicians who turn to the written word are just asking for trouble. Occasionally, though, something special sneaks through.

  • Music

    November 8, 2000

    Baby, Get Back

    "Autobiography" and bootleg box prove that when it comes to the Beatles, you can never just let it be

  • Film

    August 16, 2000

    Wonderland

    Directed by Michael Winterbottom

  • Music

    June 28, 2000

    Dear John

    Singer/songwriter Andrew John pops out of St. Louis

  • Music

    December 9, 1998

    Heroic Couplings

    Singer/songwriter Andrew John pops out of St. Louis

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