Selected clips by Mike Appelstein
Here are some things I've written. Mostly music, some not.
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Personal favorites
- Ghost:
An Oral History of Neutral Milk Hotel in St. Louis (Riverfront Times, 1/19/12)
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Remembering
The Court Tavern, New Brunswick's Storied Rock Dive (Village Voice/Sound of the City blog, 1/23/12)
- The
Complicated Legacy of GG Allin (Riverfront Times, 11/24/11)
- Sunshine
Day: 30 Years Later, Children of Sunshine's Dandelions is An Internet Sensation (Riverfront Times, 4/14/11)
(+ cover story) (+bonus
interview)
- Moe
Tucker of Velvet Underground Sets the Record Straight (Riverfront Times, 10/18/10)
- Yo
La Tengo at the Blue Note, Columbia, MO, 6/20/11 (Riverfront Times)
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Todd
Rundgren "Sons of 1984" Tour at Roberts Orpheum Theater, St. Louis, 9/10/10 (Riverfront Times)
- Twilight Nuclear Void: xex Lost and Found (appelstein.com, summer 2005)
-
We Are Your Friends: Hans
Fenger of Langley Schools Music Project (Scram, November 2001)
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A Visit From Duluth, MN's Low (appelstein.com, April 2001)
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Paloma Now and Then (expanded version of Caught In Flux #4 piece, June 1995)
WWW
Fanzines
Village Voice Sound of the City blog, New York, NY
Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO
Interviews/Features:
Riverfront Times concert reviews (St. Louis, MO unless otherwise indicated):
- Grass Widow (The Vault, Farmington MO, 6/5/12)
- R.E.M. tribute (Off Broadway, 4/27/12)
- Mission of Burma (The Firebird, 4/4/12)
- Del Fuegos (Old Rock House, 3/1/12)
- Jason
& The Scorchers (Off Broadway, 1/14/12)
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JC
Brooks & The Uptown Sound (Off Broadway, 12/10/11)
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Mount
Eerie (Foam, 10/1/11)
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Psychedelic
Furs/Tom Tom Club (The Pageant, 9/23/11)
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The
Raincoats/Grass Widow (Double Door, Chicago, 9/19/11)
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Vivian
Girls/Widowspeak (Billiken Club, 9/14/11)
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Vivian
Girls (Vintage Vinyl/Firebird, 4/21/11)
-
The
Godfathers (Off Broadway, 2/22/11)
- Heart
(Family Arena, 9/4/10)
-
The
Magnetic Fields (The Pageant, 3/6/10)
Riverfront Times 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)
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Retribution
Gospel Choir (Luminary Center, 9/22/10)
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The Cannanes (CBGB, 6/6/08)
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One
Ring Zero (St. Louis Art Museum, 3/26/08)
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Zeda's
Beat Box (Off Broadway, 12/29/07)
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Asha
Bhosle (Roberts Orpheum Theater, 6/3/07)
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Zolar-X
(Way Out Club, 3/25/06)
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The
Human League (The Pageant, 8/6/03)
Amazon.com (2000-2001)
Odds and ends