July 19th, 2008
I was a punk kid who was into Pink Floyd. What I really wanted to do was be on the radio. I thought I was going to be the next Howard Stern or, more likely, the next Steve and Garry (two Chicago radio legends). I had worked at the tiny AM station […]
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June 16th, 2008
Well, I spent time on Friday looking up jazz and blues festival within the 100 mile radius of Chicago. Of course, there are blues and jazz festivals all over the country. I am only one man, however, so I am sticking close to home. I often get to places like St. Louis […]
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February 2nd, 2008
Well, I did some checking out of the various blues and jazz clubs in this fine city of St. Louis. It wasn’t long before I came across what the Riverfront Times readers dubbed the Best Jazz and Blues Clubs in St. Louis for 2007. It’s called BBs Jazz, Blues and Soup.
I love the city of […]
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February 1st, 2008
Hello there faithful readers. I hope you have a great weekend. If you are visiting Chicago this weekend, I hope you have snow-shoes. Chicago got hit with at least a foot of snow last night and into today. Despite this, I did manage to get a flight out of Chicago and to St. Louis to […]
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September 15th, 2007
So, I have this book that was just published. It’s called “Ghosts of St. Louis: the Lemp Mansion and Other Eerie Tales” and you should buy it if you love real-life ghost stories. You can find it at Amazon.com and other book websites and it’s by Schiffer Publishing.
But anyway… since it is about haunted places […]
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