Ryan Wasoba, Author at St. Louis Riverfront Times

Loving Modest Mouse Isn’t Easy: How the Band Got Worse By Getting Better

Ryan Wasoba 09/29/2023 No Comments

Press photo via Ravenhouse LTD Modest Mouse will perform at the Pageant this Wednesday, September 2. Modest Mouse was great before Modest Mouse was any good. Before the band burst…

Six Most Overused Rhymes

Ryan Wasoba 06/26/2023 No Comments

You’ve been there, listening to a song for the first time, hearing the word at the end of one lyric and thinking “please don’t end the next line with [insert…

The Six Best NPR Theme Songs (In Honor of Talk of the Nation’s Cancelation)

Ryan Wasoba 05/01/2023 No Comments

If you are like me, you drive a car with a broken cd player. So you have to listen to the radio while driving, and you end up on NPR…

The Six Best Songs About Murdering A Significant Other

Ryan Wasoba 02/12/2013 No Comments

Ha! You got that song from Psycho stuck in your head now, don’t you? Valentine’s Day is upon us, a time to celebrate relationships or hate those celebrating. But for…

The Six Best Songs About Manifest Destiny For Thanksgiving

Ryan Wasoba 11/20/2012 No Comments

Let us reminisce about the first Thanksgiving, when the Native Americans said to the pilgrims, “In exchange for this bountiful feast, you have the rights to all the land and…

The Six Best Rock Songs With Turntables

Ryan Wasoba 08/14/2012 No Comments

Remember when the turntable was considered a legitimate instrument in a rock band? Neither do I. But there are rare instances where DJ scratches are not a dealbreaker in a…

The Six Best References To Drunk Driving In Song

Ryan Wasoba 07/03/2012 No Comments

The trifecta may be sex, drugs, and rock & roll, but at some point you have to get from point A to point B. Against its better judgement, rock &…

The Six Best Songs Over Thirty Minutes Long

Ryan Wasoba 03/27/2012 No Comments

Dorando Pietri, wishing Nike had commissioned workout music from LCD Soundsystem at the 1908 Olympics. “American Pie” is eight and a half minutes, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” is seventeen. It is not uncommon…

Ryan Wasoba

Loving Modest Mouse Isn’t Easy: How the Band Got Worse By Getting Better

Six Most Overused Rhymes

The Six Best NPR Theme Songs (In Honor of Talk of the Nation’s Cancelation)

The Six Best Songs About Murdering A Significant Other

The Six Best Songs About Manifest Destiny For Thanksgiving

The Six Best Rock Songs With Turntables

The Six Best References To Drunk Driving In Song

The Six Best Songs Over Thirty Minutes Long

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