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“Behind the Scene” Reaction
A social media response to my final project
Posted: June 17th, 2012 under Community, Music, Thesis.
Tags: analytics, audience, Behind the Scene, facebook, response, social media, St. Louis, twitter
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Interview with Tara Pham
Preview of my upcoming final project — Behind The Scene: Those Building St. Louis’ Indie Music Community It’s almost here. My final project over the St. Louis indie music scene will be officially published this weekend on this site and today we have the second of two previews of “Behind the Scene”. Tuesday’s post featured [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2012 under Community, Music, Thesis.
Tags: An Under Cover Weekend, eleven magazine, local music, Michael Tomko, music scene, St. Louis, Tara Pham
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Interview with Michael Tomko
Preview of my upcoming final project — Behind The Scene: Those Building St. Louis’ Indie Music Community Coming to you this weekend is the publication of my final project for my journalism masters degree. The project is over St. Louis’ indie music scene and those working hard to build it into something special. A major [...]
Posted: May 22nd, 2012 under Community, Music, Thesis.
Tags: An Under Cover Weekend, Behind the Scene, Michael Tomko, St. Louis
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Fair Use Makes Fair Play For Cover Bands?
“Ten bands. Ten secret tribute sets. One awesome weekend.” This is how Michael Tomko describes his annual concert series, An Under Cover Weekend (AUCW), on its website. He considers it an “opportunity to have diverse collection St. Louis’ best bands under the one roof for one amazing concert.” Over two nights, five bands perform an [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2012 under Community, Music, Thesis.
Tags: An Under Cover Weekend, cover bands, cover songs, fair use, legal, Michael Tomko
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What Does It Mean To Be Successful? Josh Levi and the St. Louis DIY Scene
Josh Levi Interview by chasemacri The word “success” can mean many things. It can be measured by the level of income an individual makes a year. It can be shown by owning a house, a car, by having a certain prestige in your field or title at your job. For musicians, “success” could be having [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2011 under Community, Music.
Tags: diy, interview, Josh Levi, podcast, punk, St. Louis, success
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Profile: Jack Buck’s Michael Gerhardt
Photo by Anthony Ryan Tripoli Michael Gerhardt is a unique individual. Bassist of Jack Buck, a St. Louis, MO based hardcore noise rock band, Gerhardt has played in bands for more than ten years. Starting in high school punk bands, Gerhardt has played guitar, bass, drums and lead vocals in groups of all styles and [...]
Posted: December 4th, 2011 under Community, Music.
Tags: interview, Jack Buck, metal, Michael Gerhardt
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Cranky and Relieved: Cranky Yellow A Few Months Later
David Wolk of Cranky Yellow | Photo Chase Macri “Overall I’d say I was just relieved. To have had the experience, and it was awesome, and being able to just kind of move on from there.” As previously reported on this site, last we left David Wolk he had decided to shut down Cranky Yellow, [...]
Posted: December 1st, 2011 under Community.
Tags: Cranky Yellow, David Wolk, St. Louis
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The Summons That Broke The Kitsch Camel’s Back: Cranky Closes
After months of city ordinance headaches, the Cherokee St. arts and crafts shop shuts its doors for good. “Like, an easy starter pack. Why don’t they invest the time and money to make a starter pack?” David Wolk, owner of Cranky Yellow, the arts and crafts shop that deals primarily in “junk”, think it’s too [...]
Posted: September 28th, 2011 under Community, Writing.
Tags: Cranky Yellow, David Wolk, RFT, St. Louis
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Some Good News For Cranky
It looks like Cranky Yellow is reopening. Cranky’s Twitter account has posted a few updates in the last 21 hours about being open today from 10AM (aka, NOW) until 7pm tonight. Blink. Blink. Open till 7pm. NOW! Visit us?less than a minute ago via Facebook Favorite Retweet ReplyCranky Yellowcrankyyellow Get yourself down to 2847 Cherokee [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2011 under Community.
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Cranky Closed: For Now?
For young people with passionate drive, it is easy to feel cranky when roadblocks impede your progress. But that crankiness has turned into near despair for the local St. Louis art emporium Cranky Yellow and its owner David Wolk. After years of doing business, the retail art shop that sells kitschy odds and ends as [...]
Posted: July 24th, 2011 under Community, Culture, Writing.
Tags: Cranky Yellow, David Wolk, Mayor Slay, RFT, St. Louis
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