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The Six Strangest Crossover Attempts By Jazz Musicians

About a week ago, our Northwest sister paper Seattle Weekly ran a post about the diminishing popularity of jazz. Watch for a lengthy reply by RFT Music's devilishly handsome resident jazz guitar school dropout later this week. In the meantime, here are the six most bizarre crossover attempts by jazz ... More >>

Beyond the Magical Mystery

The Don Draper Revolver Power Rankings

As a fan of Mad Men, great music cues in TV shows and movies, and every Wings album, I was more than a little disappointed when second wife and hip-things enthusiast Megan was foolish enough to suggest Don Draper, TV's least psychedelic man, start off the Beatles' Revolver by listening to "Tomorrow ... More >>

How Beatlemania Extended to a Southern Illinois Town

Beatlemania is arguably the most expansive musical frenzy in modern history, so it's not surprising that places big and small would try to latch on to every bit of the Fab Four's legacy. But it may be a revelation to some that the mania extended to Benton, Illinois, a smallish town located in the L ... More >>

The Six Best Song Count Offs

​In popular song, the count off is a tool of function. Somebody counts from one to four (or three, or if people have even once compared the band to Don Cabellero, seven), and the musicians know when to begin playing and how quickly to play. Some have used the countoff as a jumping off point fo ... More >>

Beatle Bob: Not a Grammy Winner

​If you'll recall, Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough To Eat -- an album to which Beatle Bob contributed -- was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children. While Bob wouldn't get an actual Grammy statue if the album won, he would get a certificate. The honor was not me ... More >>

Beatle Bob Tells Hipster Kids to Eat Their Greens on a New, Healthy-Eating-Themed Childrens Album

www.lynnterry.comBeatle Bob mid-dance move​Of all the earth-shaking changes the age of internet and reality television has brought about, few have been as mystifying, fascinating, and at times, irritating as the 21st century nouveau celebrity -- people who are famous for being famous. Most of ... More >>

Beatle Bob Tix Winners

www.lynnterry.comBeatle Bob: One "herky, jerky, turkey."​Thanks to all of you who answered yesterday's contest question: "What three adjectives best describe Beatle Bob's dance moves?"We received some good answers. Unfortunately, we only have two pairs of tix to give away to Beatle Bob's 5000th Sh ... More >>

Contest: Win Tickets to Party with Beatle Bob

​You know what tomorrow is? It's Beatle Bob's 5000th consecutive day of seeing live shows. To celebrate Bob (a.k.a. Robert Matonis) is hosting a concert tomorrow night at the Blueberry Hill Duck Room featuring his favorite bands, including the The Trip Daddy's, Hudson & the Hoodocats, Devil Ba ... More >>

Beatle Bob: Approaching 5,000th Consecutive Day of Seeing Live Music

www.lynnterry.comBeatle Bob struts his stuff.​On Christmas Eve 1996, St. Louis legend Beatle Bob set out on a mission with no end in sight. His goal? Attend a live-music act every day of his life. Now, 13-and-a-half years later, Beatle Bob is approaching a major milestone: his 5,000th consecutive ... More >>

Batusis

9 p.m. Friday, July 16. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Q: What Do Beatle Bob, Bonnaroo and Surfer Blood Have in Common?

A: The Ice Cream Man. Who? Well, as his official bio says, "Ice Cream Man Matt Allen is on a mission to give away half a million free ice creams. To date he's gifted around 400,000 frozen treats whilst traveling the country; hooking up with bands backstage for performances at some of the best US fes ... More >>

Last Collector Standing: Nicole Peterson on Bowie, Beatles and Bands Who Love Vinyl

Jon ScorfinaNicole Peterson, this week's Last Collector Standing​Nicole Peterson has worked in many facets of the music industry, including retail at Slackers CD's and Games and (currently) at Suite 100 at the Pageant handling merchandise and ticket sales. After looking through her modest reco ... More >>

Caption This: Rockabye Baby!, Lullaby Renditions of Journey

The Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby Renditions of... series is self-explanatory. Each release focuses on making tunes from one rock band palatable enough for the naptime set. Past volumes have featured Metallica, Tool, Beach Boys, Coldplay, the Pixies and the Beatles. However, the latest one to cross my des ... More >>

They're crying noise pollution in New Town, but at Vintage Vinyl last week the music couldn't have been loud enough during its Beatles Day celebration

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of September 7-13

Every Monday, A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado: Apop Records: Vivian Girls: Everything Goes Wrong Tortoise: Beacons of Ancesto ... More >>

The Beatles, Digital Albums, Apples, Vintage Vinyl and 9/9/09

Earlier this week over at the Daily RFT, Bill Streeter penned a great, thought-provoking post about several issues concerning digital music now. Among other things, he discusses the competing versions of a new digital album -- one dreamed up by Apple and the other dreamed up by the Big 4 major label ... More >>

Pepperland

9 p.m. Friday, August 28. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Carry That Weight

Crocodiles

9:30 p.m. Friday, March 27. Café Ventana, 3919 West Pine Boulevard.

Review Preview: The Bleeding Deacon

Jennifer SilverbergThis week I visit the Bleeding Deacon, a South City bar with a surprisingly appealing menu.Damn. My cell phone was at home, charging. I didn't need to make a call, didn't need to take a photo. I needed light, and barring an unexpected nuclear detonation, the faint glow of my phone ... More >>

Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles

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

Vintage Vinyl Sells Rare Punk Seven-Inch LPs on eBay

While browsing at Vintage Vinyl yesterday, I found out that the store recently bought a collection of records from somebody. This buy was a bit different than others, however. For starters, clerks found a whole ton of old photos of rock stars like Blondie and the Damned just hanging out -- like, qua ... More >>

Video: Sharon Jones and Beatle Bob Dance at the Pageant, Friday, December 5

Sharon Jones brought Beatle Bob up to dance with her on Friday night at the Pageant. Check out some video I shot. Is Sharon a dynamo or what?! Review and photos here. Please also check out this fantastic New York Times article on Daptone Records' Gabriel Roth, which ran in today's paper.

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

St. Louis Video: The Beatles, 1966

Foreigner's Lou Gramm — touring as a solo artist with his new band — answers our urgent questions, while Old 97's Murry Hammond steps out with a gospel-folk solo record

They Know How to Behave

They had lessons

Post-Rockist.com Covers Beatle Bob vs. the Bluebird Boycott

The Nation's First Beatles Museum to Open in Branson

Fancy a Go?

Vicars and tarts party hard

Beatle Bob hits Blender magazine

Beatle Bob Hits Blender Magazine

Beatallica

8 p.m. Friday, October 26. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Gringo Star

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 11. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.

Funeral for a Friend

6 p.m. Friday, June 15. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Blvd.

Fun with Beatle Bob

Beat Happenings

Music news you can use

No Alternative

Keep your theories to yourself -- Brendan Benson is just a singer in a rock & roll band

Letters

Week of March 2, 2005

Letters

Week of December 29, 2004

Let Him Be

Sir Paul's best years may be far behind him, but he's still worth checking out, if you can afford it

Baby, Get Back

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

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of March 29

Something in the Way He Moves

Beatle Bob has been on a one-man dance marathon, bop-bop-bopping all over town. But why?

INSTRUMENTAL ASYLUM

A-pickin' and a-grinnin' over a new musical discovery

BEATLE MANIA

St. Louis icon (and sometime object of scorn) Beatle Bob celebrates a clubgoing milestone

COME TOGETHER

Meet the St. Louis Beatles Fan Club