Louisville (Kentucky)

Derby Day Best Bets

For the past 139 years, on the first Saturday in May, women have donned obnoxiously large hats and sipped mint juleps, men have bet their hard earned money, and three-year-old thoroughbreds have sped down a track in Louisville, Kentucky in an attempt to claim the biggest prize in horse racing. The ... More >>

InFest STL Tournament Of Champions: Round One, FIGHT!

This Saturday and Sunday, a few dozen local and regional bands perform at InFest STL, a two-day indie festival at 2720 Cherokee. The event is totally free. This is not a battle of the bands, and the acts are in no way competing with each other, but that's no reason not to pit twenty-five confirmed a ... More >>

Organic Produce to Your Door: Green B.E.A.N. Delivery Service Expands to St. Louis

Indiana native Matt Ewer has farming in his blood. At the ripe old age of eight, he started selling sweet corn door-to-door for his family's farm. When he was twenty, he began working in organic farming and not long after moved to the West Coast to study organic agriculture. Then he returned to Ind ... More >>

Tiger Trouble?: Mizzou Stuck in Neutral

The Missouri Tigers have played three games since losing forward Laurence Bowers to a sprained ligament in his knee, and the results have been less than ideal. The hope was Bowers could be back on the floor in time to take on the Florida Gators in Gainesville, but that didn't happen. The question of ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From December 17 to 23

Plenty of excellent shows this week; particularly as we enter the weekend -- local releases galore. We'll get into that in more detail on the weekend post though. Supposedly, the world is ending this weekend as well. I know what you are thinking, and I don't really buy it either, but then again the ... More >>

Five Comics Tell Their Best Stories from the Road

Every comic worth his weight in salt (why is that a saying?) has some good and bad stories they picked up on "the road." If you plan on having any sort of career in comedy it is something you have to go through. I have my stories. The night Steven Wright walked into the club I was in to do a set. Th ... More >>

The Music Festival for People Who Hate Music Festivals: Cropped Out Returns this Weekend

Edged out of the public eye, thirty-plus artists will make their pilgrimage to Louisville, Kentucky to converge on the hot button festival of recent years, Cropped Out. A name that calls on imagery of open pastures and farmland, Cropped Out forcibly cuts out the pillars of corporatism present in pop ... More >>

Big Muddy Blues Festival, According to the Fans: "Better than LouFest"

Julianne & Kevin Reaume Hometown: Syracuse, NY Have you been to the Big Muddy Blues Festival before: First time Most excited about seeing: Miss Jubilee & The Humdingers Words for Hurricane Isaac: "It's going to follow us back to New York, that's all I know." The Big Muddy Blues Festival in ten words ... More >>

Gateway to the West Fest Returns - The Full Lineup is Here

Gateway to the West Fest is a St. Louis festival of hardcore punk music that first took place seven years ago at South City's American Czech Center when local hardcore promoter Adam "The Devastator" Greer pooled his contacts from his years of booking shows and brought St. Louis the likes of Outbrea ... More >>

Win Passes to the Forecastle Music Festival in Louisville, Featuring Wilco, Sleigh Bells, Neko Case and More

The Forecastle Music Festival, which will take place this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky, boasts more than just a big name lineup -- it will also feature the Sustainable Living Roadshow, art exhibitions, the Kentucky Bourbon Lodge and a poster show. Though let's not kid ourselves: The lineup is wha ... More >>

Thomas Stockman Wins Two Rondo Awards for Vincentennial

Thomas Stockman masterminded last spring's Vincentennial, the city-wide celebration of hometown horror-hero Vincent Price's 100th birthday. There were lectures, film screenings, special guest stars, a live-action version of The Abominable Dr. Phibes, memorabilia shows -- it was pretty much the socia ... More >>

Why Ryan Adams Isn't Allowing Photos On His Current Tour

On Tuesday, Ryan Adams' solo tour brought him to St. Louis. You can read our review of the show, but you will note that we have no accompanying photos. Instead, we sent illustrator Sam Washburn, who returned with three pieces from the show. You can download hi-res versions of all three below. On t ... More >>

Gabe Kea, Son of Former Blues Player Ed Kea, Blazing His Own Comedic Path

Gabe Kea: "I'm not Canadian, I just do Canadian things." ​By the age of four, comic Gabe Kea got his first mention in The New York Times, but the occasion was no joke: His father, Dutch-born Blues defenseman Ed Kea, was being profiled. In 1983, Kea père had hit his head on the ice during a Blues ... More >>

Tom Sawyer scores a direct hit on your inner ten-year-old

Everything Went Black Signs To Prosthetic Records

St. Louis's metallic hardcore outfit Everything Went Black has signed a deal with Los Angeles's Prosthetic Records. The band will join the label's new hardcore imprint, Lost Shepherd Recordings. Everything Went Black plays a concise, sophisticated brand of fast and heavy aggressive music drawing in ... More >>

The Mississippi River Music Festival Returns, With Music From Belleville And Beyond

​In 2006, Don Bailey closed Three-1-Three, his music club in downtown Belleville, leaving a hole in a once-vibrant live music scene. "I always enjoyed Belleville and the music scene, from Uncle Tupelo to Fragile Porcelain Mice," says Bailey. "I booked over 2000 bands at the 313 Club, and I not ... More >>

Smart Girls Invade St. Louis -- Teaching Conservatives to "Fight Like a Girl"

Jennifer DeJournett conducts the VOICES of Conservative Women's Presidential straw poll, won by Michele Bachmann.​Sarah Palin was not present at the third annual Smart Girl Summit, which took place last Friday and Saturday at the Crowne Plaza downtown (not, as was reported by The Daily Beast, ... More >>

Study Suggests St. Louis = Walmart of the U.S.

Greetings from metro St. Louis!​A new study is out comparing St. Louis to 34 other metro areas in the U.S. in everything from cost of living to crime to migration and health. So, how does the St. Louis region stack up? You might compare us to Walmart with it's "Save Money; Live Better" slogan. (We ... More >>

The Week in Fast Food Crimes

Wikimedia Commons​ Criminals really stepped up their game this week in their strikes against fast food establishments. Sure, there was probably the usual glut of typical crimes - robberies, assaults over a lack of nuggets, brawls. But a select few criminals got creative and put forth the extra ... More >>

What's Derby Week Without Hot Browns?

Image via​Whatever is Gut Check to do? Inspired by the onset of Derby Week, we've scrubbed the tarnish off of the julep cups and thoroughly sampled the bourbons to make sure none had gone bad. We've fenced off the mint patch so the dog won't pee in it. We've made the cheese straws and the spic ... More >>

Ten must-know musicians and scenes of the '20s and '30s

The Moldy Dogs: St. Louis' Lost Punk Band

In 2010, local bands have their choice of venues, radio stations and blogs with which to promote themselves. This wasn't always the case in St. Louis: As labels such as BDR Records and blogs such as Tony Patti's Change Music Variety Show reveal, the city's small but spunky new-wave and punk scenes w ... More >>

Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three

John Wesley Jones: Person of Interest in ATM Solutions' Heist

John Wesley Jones​The man found to have a gun and at least $250,000 in cash in the trunk of his Dodge Charger after a police chase Tuesday, has been charged with federal weapons charges. John Wesley Jones, 36, has not -- at this point -- been charged with the theft of as much as $11 million from A ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Michael McDonald on Recovering from Addiction, His Local Music Roots, Working with Ray Charles and How That Grizzly Bear Collaboration Happened

​On Friday night, Ferguson, Missouri's own Michael McDonald is returning to the area for a solo show at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The concert is a benefit for the St. Louis-area branch of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Tickets are still available here. ... More >>

Is the steak house at the new River City Casino worth the price of admission? Bet on it.

2010 Music Showcase: 1 night, 50+ bands, 5 bucks this Saturday on Wash. Ave.

10 Things to Do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, April 30 - May 2, 2010

The Bangles then.​ The Go-Go's vs The Bangles at That 80's Club (Friday) On Friday night, the final '80s pop star showdown takes place at Rue 13. Each Friday in April, That '80s Club DJs have pitted the music of two '80s icons against each other, and since the Bangles are due to come to St. Louis ... More >>

5 Places to Watch the 2010 Kentucky Derby in St. Louis

​The Kentucky Derby is described as the most exciting two minutes in sports. But as exciting as it may be, not everybody is willing to make the drive to Louisville for a two-minute race. If you're looking for a place to watch the race in St. Louis -- maybe drink a few Mint Juleps or sport that fun ... More >>

Gut Check's Week in Tweets

​Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow us @gutcheckstl.Here's some of what you missed on the Twitter feed this week: This restaurant's music makes me feel like I just spent $20 on hotel room pay-per-view. Well of course the sushi lights up. 8 different colors!

HullabaLOU Music Festival Debuts (Impressively) In Louisville This Summer

The B-52's are just one act slotted for the HullabaLOUfest​One of the best things about St. Louis is its close proximity to the summer's major music festivals. Not only do we get cool acts stopping here on their way to -- or from -- these events, we're within driving distance to Chicago (Pitch ... More >>

The life story of Girls' Christopher Owens isn't too good to be true

Court Is in Session

Double Talk: The Watson Twins get comfortable stepping into the spotlight

Red-Hot and Brown: Hip comfort food at Deluxe's Fine Food & Spirits in Maplewood

Arty Party Over Here

Hoosiers, Hoosiers Everywhere

Week of April 9, 2003

Gun Club

Overland wasn't the only city helping put guns on the streets