Articles

Green Monday

• By Alex Weir
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Dogtown, Manchester, Oakland, St. Louis, 1200 Tamm Ave.

High on Fire Talks New Music, Scion AV and Getting Drunk at Pop's

• By Rick Giordano
• Tags: Music Stories, Feature, Black Sabbath, St. Louis, Oakland, Motorhead, Pop's Nightclub

Chabon Gets Real

• By Paul Friswold
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Michael Chabon, Oakland, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, St. Louis County Library Headquarters

Kasher in the Rye

• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Moshe Kasher, Oakland, Westport, Funny Bone Comedy Club-Westport Plaza

Luck of the Irish

• By Mark Fischer
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Dogtown, Forest Park, Oakland, St. Louis, Tamm and Oakland Avenues

Hunx and His Punx

8:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 13. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

• By Josh Levi
• Tags: Critics' Picks, Show Preview, Seth Bogart, Oakland, Hunx & His Punx, Hasil Adkins, The Firebird

Norman Brown & Richard Elliot

8 p.m. Saturday, June 25. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

• By Dean C. Minderman
• Tags: Critics' Picks, Show Preview, Richard Elliot, Oakland, California, George Benson, The Pageant

Tower of Power

7 and 9 p.m., Saturday May 14, at the Lumière Theatre in the Lumière Place Casino & Hotel.999 North Second Street.

• By Dean C. Minderman
• Tags: Critics' Picks, Show Preview, Elton John, Lyle Lovett, Oakland, Santana (Band), Lumiere Place Casino & Hotel

Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Patrick's Day Parade

• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Dogtown, St. Louis, Oakland, Ancient Order of Hibernians

Green Day

• By Mark Dischinger
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Dogtown, Ancient Order of Hibernians, St. Patrick's Day Parade, Oakland

Dress Up, Get Down

• By Alison Sieloff
• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Oakland

Dogtown Awaits Your Pleasure

• Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Dogtown, Oakland

Audrye Sessions

8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

• By Scott Heisel
• Tags: Critics' Picks, Show Preview, Audrye Sessions, Radiohead, Kent, Oakland

Heavier Than Heaven: Oakland metal heavyweights Saviours prepare to assault St. Louis with crushing music, while a new Golden Smog greatest hits CD highlights the best of the rootsy supergroup

• By Arielle Castillo and Shae Moseley
• Tags: Music Stories, Column, Austin Barber, Golden Smog, Oakland, Joe Barresi

Drink of the Week: Tennent's of Scotland

Highlander Bar and Grill
5656 Oakland Avenue

• By Kristie McClanahan
• Tags: Food & Drink, Columns, Oakland, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hampton, Bermuda Triangle, Highlander Pub & Grill

Gravy Train!!!!

9 p.m. Sunday, July 13. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street

• By Ryan Wasoba
• Tags: Critics' Picks, Show Preview, Oakland, St. Louis, LCD Soundsystem

Del the Funky Homosapien

8 p.m. Saturday, June 7. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

• By Eddie Fleisher
• Tags: Critics' Picks, Show Preview, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Oakland, Gorillaz, Definitive Jux Inc.

Rogue Wave

8 p.m. Sunday, April 20. The Gargoyle, on the campus of Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive

• By Ryan Wasoba
• Tags: Critics' Picks, Show Preview, Oakland, Rogue Wave (Band), Built To Spill, The Shins

High on Fire

Death Is This Communion (Relapse)

• By Michael Alan Goldberg
• Tags: Music Stories, CD Review, Jack Endino, Jeff Matz, Matt Pike, Oakland

Ask a Mexican a Question, Get a Book of Answers

Now you can snuggle up with the Mexican before bed!

• Tags: Ask a Mexican, Columns, Cleveland, Oakland, San Francisco, Amazon.com Inc.

Joe gains another admirer: Kinloch's sergeant of police.

Week of December 7, 2006

• By Prince Joe Henry



Prince Joe Henry, one of professional baseball's original "clowns," was an all-star infielder for Negro League baseball teams in Memphis, Indianapolis and Detroit throughout the 1950s. But up until the late 1940s, Prince Joe didn?t know anything about the Negro Leagues. His knowledge of organized baseball was limited to the Cardinals and Browns games he attended during his preteen years at Sportsman?s Park, accompanied by lifelong buddy Eugene "Gene" Crittendon, who could pass for white.

Perhaps Henry?s most vivid memory of those games: Upon entry, white ushers would politely escort the boys to a small section of the left-field stands reserved for "Colored." After climbing past several tiers of bleachers, they?d arrive at their stop, rows and rows behind their white counterparts.

Even at a young age, the boys were conscious of the double standard -- and determined to vent their disdain. The opportunity would arise with the urge to urinate. Rather than head for the latrine, the boys would edge their way to the front of the section and let fly. As the liquid foamed its way down the concrete steps toward the white kids, Henry and his pal would ease back and relax, politely rooting for the visiting team to beat the hell out of the Browns or the Cards.

After all, Henry and Crittendon hailed from Brooklyn, Illinois, a small, predominantly black township just east of the Mississippi River. So hospitable were the residents of Brooklyn that they were known to take in a rank stranger, treat him to breakfast, lunch, supper and a night out on the town -- and afterward, if he messed up, treat him to a good ass-whippin'.

Direct questions on any and all topics to heyjoe@riverf ronttimes.com. If we don't like yours, we'll hit Joe with our own.

• Tags: Ask a Negro Leaguer, Columns, Brooklyn, Joe Henry, Illinois, Oakland

Prince Joe waxes poetic about Muhammad Ali

Week of June 28, 2006

• By Prince Joe Henry



Prince Joe Henry, one of professional baseball's original "clowns," was an all-star infielder for Negro League baseball teams in Memphis, Indianapolis and Detroit throughout the 1950s. But up until the late 1940s, Prince Joe didn?t know anything about the Negro Leagues. His knowledge of organized baseball was limited to the Cardinals and Browns games he attended during his preteen years at Sportsman?s Park, accompanied by lifelong buddy Eugene "Gene" Crittendon, who could pass for white.

Perhaps Henry?s most vivid memory of those games: Upon entry, white ushers would politely escort the boys to a small section of the left-field stands reserved for "Colored." After climbing past several tiers of bleachers, they?d arrive at their stop, rows and rows behind their white counterparts.

Even at a young age, the boys were conscious of the double standard -- and determined to vent their disdain. The opportunity would arise with the urge to urinate. Rather than head for the latrine, the boys would edge their way to the front of the section and let fly. As the liquid foamed its way down the concrete steps toward the white kids, Henry and his pal would ease back and relax, politely rooting for the visiting team to beat the hell out of the Browns or the Cards.

After all, Henry and Crittendon hailed from Brooklyn, Illinois, a small, predominantly black township just east of the Mississippi River. So hospitable were the residents of Brooklyn that they were known to take in a rank stranger, treat him to breakfast, lunch, supper and a night out on the town -- and afterward, if he messed up, treat him to a good ass-whippin'.

Direct questions on any and all topics to heyjoe@riverfronttimes.com. If we don't like yours, we'll hit Joe with our own.

• Tags: Ask a Negro Leaguer, Columns, Joe Henry, Brooklyn, Milton Bradley, Oakland

The Matches

Saturday, April 29, at 6 p.m. Creepy Crawl (412 North Tucker Boulevard)

• By Julie Seabaugh
• Tags: Critics' Picks, Preview, Oakland, Brett Gurewitz, MC Lars, Bad Religion

Yoko Solo

The Beeps (Quake Trap)

• By Dave Segal
• Tags: Music Stories, Review, Brandon LaSan, Oakland, Jack Dangers, Yoko Solo

La Russa Palooza

Five nights in November with the "Card-Carrying Rocker"

• By Randall Roberts
• Tags: Music Stories, Feature, Tony La Russa, Oakland, Paul McCartney, The Edge (Musician)