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)