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Thomas Crone

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    A Comprehensive Guide to Record Store Day 2012

    This just in: Vinyl is BACK! Now in its fifth year, Record Store Day has made its international mark, recognized by labels, bands, and collectors worldwide. Celebrating the cultural impact of the independent record store, RSD offers everything from live performances to special discounts to limited e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Flyer Supplier: Thomas Crone's Old Crap is St. Louis History

    As a long-time member of St. Louis media, Thomas Crone has been it all: author, journalist, photographer, DJ, webmaster, blogger, videographer, producer, director, actor, publisher, panelist and editor. (Including a spell as music editor of this fine publication.) The dude works on, like, ten proje ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Church Sign Advocates Legalization of Marijuana

    Daily RFT reader Thomas Crone forwarded us the following pic snapped yesterday in Brooklyn, Illinois. Crone tells us he pulled his car over to text someone when -- like Moses confronted by the burning bush -- he couldn't help but notice this Godly message staring him in the face. flickr/akita*314​ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    St. Louis Man Turns Pickup Truck into Mobile Vegetable Garden

    stlmag.com​Yes, those are carrots, Swiss chard, radishes and herbs growing in the back of St. Louisan Brian DeSmet's pickup. For more on how/why DeSmet created the "St. Louis Truck Farm," check out his recent interview with Thomas Crone of St. Louis Magazine. You'll note that DeSmet's produce ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    A Lil' Acoustic Patriotism for Your Friday

    ​It's sunny outside. It's 2 hours and 33 minutes until the Fourth of July weekend. You'd rather be outside, sittin' on a porch, doublefisting Budweiser and a popsicle. If you're like A to Z, installed in a cubicle and lit by romantic fluorescence as another gorgeous summer afternoon shimmers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Hear Music from the Newly Reunited, Newly Reissued Painkillers

    Courtesy of Euclid Records​Painkillers never got its due. Back in the '80s, the St. Louis band was recording the kind of purposeful pop that evolved from the likes of Big Star. Euclid Records' Joe Schwab was a fan then, and he's still a fan today -- that's part of the reason he's re-releasing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Record Store Day 2011 in St. Louis: What You Need to Know About The Bands, DJs and Free Beer

    A to Z loves Record Store Day! All of our favorite stores throw parties and hang out, celebrating records over free beer, snacks and lots of live music. (And there are exclusive Record Store Day releases to buy, too.) What could be better? To help prepare our readers (and ourselves) for this massi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Plan Ahead: Here Are Bars Open on Christmas Night in St. Louis

    ​Once the stockings are turned inside out, you've drunk your weight in Bailey's-spiked hot cocoa, and all of this forced togetherness is finally starting to try your last nerve, well, there's only one thing left to salvage your Christmas night: heavy drinking with other STL scrooges. What bars ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Ten Things To Do This Weekend: November 19 to 21

    Mia KirbyWarpaint.​Music info here. More music below. Pre-Thanksgiving cramming: It's on. Friday: Beth Bombara's CD Release Show @ Off Broadway Read Christian Schaeffer's review of Bombara's new album, Wish I Were You, here. Dropkick the Robot and Old Lights are also playing. Patrons get a fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Last Collector Standing: Thomas Crone

    (The number of chain-record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops -- and for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this new weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' reco ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2010

    It's A Dog's Life

    (The number of chain-record stores nationwide has dwindled. However, St. Louis has become an unlikely safe haven for indie record shops -- and for DJs who prefer to spin the black circle instead of scrolling their iPods. In this new weekly column, we'll focus on personal portraits of St. Louis' reco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    "Journalist, Gadfly and Muckabout" Thomas Crone Launches New Blog: CreativeSaintLouis

    creativesaintlouis.com/​Thomas Crone, a former RFT staff writer and self-described "university professor, club/radio deejay and occasional bouncer-for-money," has unveiled a new blog designed to spotlight our city's creative forces.It will hew to a particular weekly schedule: on Mondays, CreativeS ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Interview MP3s Video: The Boorays

    ​On Saturday night at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, '90s pop band the Boorays is playing a show to commemorate its twentieth anniversary. A good history of the band can be found here, although Roy Kasten neatly summed up the band in this week's paper like this: Like few bands from the early '90 ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2009

    We Built This City: Two new music documentaries on local classic-rock legends rock SLIFF

    ​On Saturday night at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, '90s pop band the Boorays is playing a show to commemorate its twentieth anniversary. A good history of the band can be found here, although Roy Kasten neatly summed up the band in this week's paper like this: Like few bands from the early '90 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Play Hooky Today and Watch the Inauguration

    If you're reading this early, you may want to call into work, stay home and watch the inauguration. Or you could head out on the town, have a stiff drink or two in the middle of the afternoon, talk politics all day long and be back home in time for dinner. Once home, you can get in a cat nap before ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Michael Ruhlman on KDHX Tonight

    If you're reading this early, you may want to call into work, stay home and watch the inauguration. Or you could head out on the town, have a stiff drink or two in the middle of the afternoon, talk politics all day long and be back home in time for dinner. Once home, you can get in a cat nap before ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 9, 2005

    The Ass in "Gracias"

    Help honor unsung Lou heroes at the second annual Kick Ass Awards

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Week of May 5, 2004

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Metropolistless

    Once a swashbuckling shot of civic espresso, Metropolis appears to be undergoing a midlife crisis

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    The Boxers' Rebellion

    When a renegade band of artists and writers tries to punch its way into the local fight game, the gloves come off

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2003

    Cult of Percodan

    Mad Art throws a birthday party -- wear your jumpsuit

  • News

    August 16, 2000

    The Redundant-Component Campaign

    Vote for Gore, vote for Bush -- what's the difference?

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    Short Cuts

    Vote for Gore, vote for Bush -- what's the difference?

  • News

    June 23, 1999

    Hit Parade

    Vote for Gore, vote for Bush -- what's the difference?

  • Calendar

    June 2, 1999

    The New Frontier

    Vote for Gore, vote for Bush -- what's the difference?

  • News

    June 2, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

    Vote for Gore, vote for Bush -- what's the difference?

  • Music

    May 26, 1999

    Listening Post

    Vote for Gore, vote for Bush -- what's the difference?

  • Calendar

    May 26, 1999

    Night & Day

    May 26 - June 2, 1999

  • News

    May 12, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

    May 26 - June 2, 1999

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

    May 26 - June 2, 1999

  • News

    April 21, 1999

    Hit Parade

    May 26 - June 2, 1999

  • News

    April 7, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

    May 26 - June 2, 1999

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Youth Movement

    May 26 - June 2, 1999

  • News

    March 17, 1999

    Hit Parade

    May 26 - June 2, 1999

  • News

    March 17, 1999

    Letters to the Editor

    May 26 - June 2, 1999

  • News

    March 3, 1999

    News Real

    May 26 - June 2, 1999

  • News

    February 10, 1999

    Eat In, Carry Out

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • Music

    February 10, 1999

    Listening Post

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • Music

    February 3, 1999

    Listening Post

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • Music

    January 27, 1999

    Local Time

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • Music

    January 20, 1999

    Listening Post

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • Music

    January 13, 1999

    Listening Post

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • News

    January 6, 1999

    News Real

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    The Last Picture Show

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • Calendar

    December 23, 1998

    This Week

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • Music

    December 16, 1998

    Local Time

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • Music

    December 9, 1998

    Local Time

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    News Real

    Even as the new Courtesy Diner welcomes its very first customers, Irv's Grill slings its last hash after a 50-year run

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