Subject: Ska

• Show Review: The English Beat, The Alarm and the Fixx at the VooDoo Lounge, Harrah's Casino, Thursday, July 17

  July 18, 2008

• Show Review: Murphy's Law, Cross Examination at Fubar, 7/29/08

  July 30, 2008

• Sound Checks

  April 21, 1999

• The Year 2008 in Band Names, by the Onion's A.V. Club

  This is probably my favorite round-up of the year: The A.V. Club's list of funny, asinine, ridiculous, awesome or just plain terrible band names. The entire list is well worth perusing, but my favorites include the following sections: REWORKING PROPER NAMES & TRADEMARKSSega GenocideWeird Al QaedaThe John Hughes OverdriveHarrison Ford EscortDali's LlamaBin Laden Blowin UpJohn Wilkes' Kissing BoothFlock Of Steven SeagalsE=MC HammerLabrador DaliBarry WhitesnakePhallus In Chains !!!!!!!!!!!!Yes!

  December 22, 2008

• Roland Alphonso: 1931-1998

  December 16, 1998

• This Week

  January 13, 1999

• Guitars on Mars

  June 16, 1999

• Hit Parade

  June 23, 1999

• The Specials

  February 9, 2000

• The Toasters/Pietasters

  November 26, 2008

• The English Beat/The Fixx/The Alarm

  July 16, 2008

• Less Than Jake/Goldfinger

  July 2, 2008

• B-Sides makes sense of Iron & Wine while Lemuria continues to Get Better

  June 11, 2008

• MU330

  May 7, 2008

• The Toasters

  February 20, 2008

• Big D and the Kids Table

  November 28, 2007

• Fishbone

  November 14, 2007

• Go Ask Alice

  September 5, 2007

• Voodoo Glow Skulls

  August 15, 2007

• St. Louis Ska Fest III

  Saturday, August 13; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

  August 10, 2005

• Meet the New Doors, Not the Same As the Old Doors

  May 9, 2007

• The Sterns

  April 18, 2007

• The Unreal Guide To Soulard Mardi Gras

  February 14, 2007

• St. Louis Ska Revival

  December 27, 2006

• Mad Caddies

  November 15, 2006

• Ska Fest V

  August 16, 2006

• Big D and the Kids Table

  July 12, 2006

• The Toasters

  Tuesday, February 7; the Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

  February 1, 2006

• Suicide Machines

  Tuesday, November 29; Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

  November 23, 2005

• The Aquabats

  August 10, 2005

• Reel Big Fish

  August 3, 2005

• Buffet of Champions

  You came, you saw, you voted: the winners of the 2005 Riverfront Times Music Awards

  June 15, 2005

• Fishbone with Slightly Stoopid

  April 20, 2005

• Mustard Plug

  Saturday, January 15 (early show); Creepy Crawl

  January 12, 2005

• Ska Fest II

  January 5, 2005

• The Toasters

  Friday, September 17; Creepy Crawl

  September 15, 2004

• Cougars / The Catheters

  Wednesday, July 14; Rocket Bar / Wednesday, July 14; Creepy Crawl.

  July 7, 2004

• The Toasters

  Saturday, February 7; Creepy Crawl

  February 4, 2004

• Dropkick Murphys

  Tuesday, September 16; Mississippi Nights

  September 10, 2003

• MU330

  January 8, 2003

• Brave Combo

  Saturday, December 14; Blueberry Hill's Duck Room

  December 11, 2002

• The Skatalites with the Murder City Players and Orange Tree

  June 7, 2000

• DEAR PEOPLE OF THE FUTURE

  December 29, 1999

• Anniver-ska-ry Party

  September 1, 1999

• Listening Post

  July 7, 1999

• SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

  July 7, 1999

• Happy Birthday, Punk: The Vans Warped Tour turns fifteen years young

  July 29, 2009

• We Got the Beat: The English Beat's Dave Wakeling, on pop, politics and his band's future

  August 12, 2009

• Interview Outtakes: The English Beat's Dave Wakeling

  In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer chatted with Dave Wakeling of the English Beat. The band will be co-headlining the Pageant tonight with Reel Big Fish. We'll have photos tomorrow. In the meantime, read Schaeffer's feature and enjoy some interview outtakes -- along with some video I shot at last year's VooDoo Lounge show. CS: How did the tour with Reel Big Fish come about? DW: It was actually a confluence of [booking] agents - we're both in the Agency Group, and they had this notion o

  August 13, 2009

• Ska Is Dead 4 Tour

  November 4, 2009