Selected clips by Mike Appelstein
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WWW
Hot Out Here (blog)
Cardiffians: The Young Marble Giants Archive (semiofficial website)

FANZINES
Caught In Flux (1993-1999)
Writer's Block (1985-1992)

VILLAGE VOICE SOUND OF THE CITY BLOG, New York, NY
Going Back to Wellsville: Six Great Musical Moments from The Adventures of Pete & Pete (2/23/12)
Remembering The Court Tavern, New Brunswick's Storied Rock Dive (1/23/12)

RIVERFRONT TIMES, St. Louis, MO Interviews/Features
Why Kids are an Exhausting and Rewarding Audience: A Conversation with Elizabeth Mitchell (2/28/12)
Ghost: An Oral History of Neutral Milk Hotel in St. Louis (1/19/12)
Vaclav Havel's Four Biggest Musical Influences (12/20/11)
Matisyahu, Facial Hair and Judaism (12/14/11)
The Complicated Legacy of GG Allin (11/24/11)
RIP Parasol Records: The Changing Face of Music Retail (11/30/11)
Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin: Defending the Republic in St. Charles (10/8/11)
The Rainey Sisters' Dubb Nubb and Special Passenger Records (8/11/11) (+bonus interview)
(cover story) Sunshine Day: 30 Years Later, Children of Sunshine's Dandelions is An Internet Sensation (4/14/11) (+bonus interview)
Vivian Girls' Cassie Ramone on Outliving The Hype (4/21/11)
Dan Zanes Moves to Children's Music with Ease and Grace (3/10/11) (+ outtakes)
Dum Dum Girls' Retro-Pop Perfection (2/17/11)
Sara Marcus' Riot Grrrl Book Is A Fascinating Account of The Movement (11/4/10)
Moe Tucker of Velvet Underground Sets the Record Straight (10/18/10)
Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino Evokes Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer (9/8/10)
Queens of Noise: An Oral History of St. Louis' The Welders (5/9/10) (+outtakes) (+mrr)
Nervous Nights: Feelies Reissues (9/9/09)
The 75s Make An Extra Fancy Splash (2/20/08) (+outtakes)
Labels Unlimited: Rough Trade (2/28/07)
Dream Into Action: Jennifer O'Connor (2/7/07)
Beep Beep Yeah!: A Cars Can Be Blue Tour Diary (8/23/06)
Stars and Bars: Aliccia B.B. (6/28/06)
Krautrock Reborn: Stereolab's Tim Gane on Margerine Eclipse (4/7/04)
Essential Logic's Fanfare in The Garden (7/9/03)

Concert reviews (St. Louis, MO unless otherwise indicated)
Jason & The Scorchers (Off Broadway, 1/14/12)
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound (Off Broadway, 12/10/11)
Mount Eerie (Foam, 10/1/11)
Psychedelic Furs/Tom Tom Club (The Pageant, 9/23/11)
The Raincoats/Grass Widow (Double Door, Chicago, 9/19/11)
Vivian Girls/Widowspeak (Billiken Club, 9/14/11)
Yo La Tengo (Blue Note, Columbia MO, 6/20/11)
Vivian Girls (Vintage Vinyl/Firebird, 4/21/11)
The Godfathers (Off Broadway, 2/22/11)
Todd Rundgren "Sons of 1984" Tour (Roberts Orpheum Theater, 9/10/10)
Heart (Family Arena, 9/4/10)
The Magnetic Fields (The Pageant, 3/6/10)

Critic's Picks
Todd Rundgren (The Pageant, 3/20/12)
The Bangles (The Pageant, 10/8/11)
The Blow (Old Rock House, 7/24/11)
Reading Rainbow (The Firebird, 4/14/11)
Retribution Gospel Choir (Luminary Center, 9/22/10)
The Cannanes (CBGB, 6/6/08)
One Ring Zero (St. Louis Art Museum,  3/26/08)
Zeda's Beat Box (Off Broadway, 12/29/07)
Asha Bhosle (Roberts Orpheum Theater, 6/3/07)
Zolar-X (Way Out Club, 3/25/06)
The Human League (The Pageant, 8/6/03)

AMAZON.COM (2000-2001)
Beat Happening: Crashing Through
Birdie: Some Dusty
Boycrazy: Foreign Words
Bratmobile: "Panik"
Brokeback: "Returns to The Orange Grove"
Chicks on Speed: The Re-Releases of the Un-Releases
The Clientele: Suburban Light
Eleventh Dream Day: "April"
The Embarrassment: Blister Pop
Edith Frost: Wonder Wonder
Fugazi: The Argument
Giant Sand: “Shiver"
Calvin Johnson: What Was Me
Langley Schools Music Project: Innocence and Despair
Mary Lou Lord: “Martian Saints”
The Magnetic Fields: “If I Were A Rich Man”
Jeff Mangum: Live at Jittery Joe's
Of Montreal: Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse
The Sea & Cake: “Darkest Night”
Elliott Smith: "Between the Bars"
Yo La Tengo: "The Summer" Yo La Tengo: "Danelectro 3" (Kit Cole remix)

ODDS AND ENDS
xex Lost and Found (2005)
We Are Your Friends: Hans Fenger of Langley Schools Music Project (Scram, November 2001)
A Visit From Duluth, MN's Low (April 2001)
Paloma Now and Then (June 1995: expanded version of Caught In Flux #4 interview)
Lois Maffeo (Net, December 1994)
Jale (Net, August 1994)
The Raincoats (Net, April 1994)