St. Louis-based Freelance Culture Writer, @mujschool Grad (BJ 15/MA 17), Words: @stlmag, @Biz417 ([email protected])
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This week, over at @stlmag, I got to chat with the lead singer from the surprisingly influential STL punk band Drunks With Guns! It’s a story that has everything: Danzig, studio mishaps, grunge, LCD Soundsystem, Noah Baumbach, and more! Check it out here: stlmag.com/culture/music/inf…
It is very funny that Guns N’ Roses cutting their show at Busch Stadium short due to a storm meant that they had to cut November Rain from the set
Watching The Prisoner for the first time, I’m kinda fascinated by how much inspiration The Good Place clearly drew from this show
Huge new one for @stlmag out today! I got to talk with @TheHorrorMaster about filming Escape From New York in St. Louis, as the film celebrates its 45th anniversary this week! stlmag.com/culture/director-…
It’s all fun and games having Criterion Channel 24/7 playing in the background on the TV until you look up and suddenly realize they’re showing Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher
Exciting new one for @stlmag! I got to chat with beloved character actor @RealRichardKind about playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray at @TheMuny in June: stlmag.com/culture/richard-k…
Before seeing the Mountain Goats again tonight (for the sixth time, I think), I read back through this excellent GQ profile on John Darnielle from last year! Really lovely and insightful stuff! gq.com/story/john-darnielle-…
Delighted to learn that Yo La Tengo’s score to The Sounds of Science, included in this @Criterion Jean Painlevé collection, was recorded at the @wufilmseries here in St. Louis back in 2005!
Since @geese_band is back in the news after performing on SNL last night, I thought I may as well bump this niche nonsense I made back in October:
Here are two recent articles for @stlmag I’m pumped to share! First up, I got to chat with Alex Ross Perry about Videoheaven, his great essay film about depictions of video stores onscreen, ahead of its screening at @arkadin tonight: stlmag.com/culture/videoheav…
Second, I also got to chat with @glanderco about his delightfully offbeat and surreal debut feature Boys Go to Jupiter, ahead of its run at @HIPointe this weekend: stlmag.com/culture/boys-go-t…
One of the great joys of seeing Wilco play in St. Louis is knowing they’ll always close with Casino Queen!
Really really dug this deep dive into Goose, following their surprise second release of the year! As a recent-ish jam convert, Goose continues to surprise and excite with every new release and show I catch!
On the eve of the biggest show of their career—a curfew-breaking blowout at Madison Square Garden—America’s biggest indie-rock jam band (or vice versa) look back at their crooked flight to the top. gq.com/story/how-millennial-…
Here’s my latest Rep Roundup for @stlmag! We’ve got Kurosawa and Ôbayashi retrospectives at @HIPointe & @arkadin, a King Hu classic at @wufilmseries, the Way of the Samurai series at Alamo, and so much more. Check out my full roundup here: stlmag.com/culture/film-scre…
Just saw Carrie for the first time and while I know the crazy Jesus/martyr statue is supposed to look like Piper Laurie, I just kept thinking about how much it looked like Weird Al Yankovic
An older couple sat behind me at a rep screening of Happiness tonight, remarking that they didn’t know what it was about. They lasted about 30 minutes before leaving, calling the film disgusting. A ringing endorsement for the enduring potency of Todd Solondz though!