LO-FI SAINT LOUIS

iPod This band is practically a St. Louis institution, except they might have a problem with being called a St. Louis band, since their official headquarters is in DeSoto Missouri. They ve probably had more success overseas than here, most recently touring Japan in 2006. I really dig their Ramones inspired sound, good fun raw punk rock and roll. I am posting 3 songs from this spring 2008 performance, partially because they re short songs, but also because I dig em. Check em out on their own Bug Page or on MySpace. ShareThis

iPod Last February Tom Huck, printmaker extraordinaire, called me up and begged and pleaded with me to come cover this event of print makers from around the country who had converged on the Contemporary Art Museum to sell prints and socialize. I had already planned to shoot another event that very night but figured that I could squeeze in about an hour at this show before I hit the other event. I m glad I did, because this was a party like no other. Complete with wild art and poetry and music there were even half nude performance artists from Estonia. This was nothing short of a blast.

iPod This is the second time around on Lo-Fi Saint Louis for the Boss Martians. The first time was back in 2005 at the now defunct Little Nicky s Gearbox. That was when we captured an early performance of Hey Hey Yeah Yeah which is now famous as the soundtrack for an E-Trade commercial that ran during the Super Bowl. Things are going well for the band now. They are getting ready to release a new record (Pressure in the S.O.D.O.) and are touring extensively through the summer and in to next year behind it. They even co-wrote and performed a song with Iggy Pop.

iPod When was the last time you saw a marching band that just completely rocked? Until I saw Chicago s own punk rock marching band, Mucca Pazza I hadn t either. This 25 to 35 member marching band nearly blew the Bluebird down a couple of months ago. This was a really incredible night and an astounding performance, I hope this video has captured even a fraction of how good this show was. I also did an interview with some members of the band before the show, but due to audio issues I decided not to include much of it here. However if you really want to see it hop on over to the Circuit and I ll post the entire interview there. Also in this episode: a promo for my other video project Lo-Fi Sessions, and a trailer for an old movie Muscle Beach Party that I thought I would throw in, in honor of the start of summer. It s pretty fun with cameo appearances by Little Stevie Wonder and Dick Dale. You can get it at Netflix here, or read about it on IMDB here.

iPod This is a 4 piece band with 2 members I could make a lot of punny jokes here, like, this is a band that likes to play with themselves blah blah etc. Basically they ve done something unique and creative. They play 4 instruments between them by multiplying themselves with a video projection. They also use the video projection to show short films they ve made between songs and perform visual gags durring their performances. On top of all this they are pretty damn good musicians and songwriters too, inspite of what they may say. They put on a really fun show. Enjoy! (Link to their MySpace Page Link to a recent article in the Riverfront Times about The Livers)

iPod This band has been kicking around St. Louis for the last 12 years or so. Amazingiy I really haven t shot video of them untill now. I did catch Craig Daddy and with his other band about a year ago, but this is the first time I ve shot this hard working band. Craig is well known for being one of the best guitarists in the city and is also quite a showman. Find out where they are playing next on their website and go check them out for yourself.

iPod If you own the Nuggets box set or are a big fan of 60s garage rock, you may already know about this band from Keokuk, Iowa, and their contribution to the set, Blackout of Gretely. If you don t know what Nuggets is, it s a collection of music recorded in the original punk era compiled by Lenny Kaye, guitarist for the Patti Smith Group. The first volumes were released in the early 70s and was released again in a box set form by Rhino Records in 1998. You can read more about it here. Gonn (who was included on the second release of Nuggets) formed and recorded a few songs and played a few gigs in the mid 60s, and they probably thought that was the end of their career as a band. Not an atypical garage-band story. Well, several years later nearly 20 in fact there was a resurgence of interest in mid 60s garage rock, and collectors snapped up almost any recording they could find of a lot of these mostly unknown acts from the 60s. Blackout of Gretely was considered a gem of the era and soon Craig Moore began getting people showing up at his house looking for copies of the record. I got the chance to catch up with Gonn at a reunion show that they played here in St. Louis.

iPod Angleo Moore (whom you may know as the lead singer of Fishbone) came to City Museum to perform as Dr. Madd Vibe, his poetry dropping alter ego. It was quite an interesting performance in a very unique space. Also in this episode, a peek at our other project, Lo-Fi Sessions as well as a teaser for the next episode featuring veteran 60 s Garage Rockers, GONN.

iPod KDHX held this crazy fundraiser at the South Broadway Atletic Club back in December they destroyed art! And sold a lot of it too! It was a lot of fun. KDHX is a not for profit community media corporation. They operate KDHX Radio and KDHX TV, check them out at kdhx.org.

iPod This is the second time around on LO-FI STL for this band that hails from Louisville KY/Chattanooga TN/Port Arthur TX. Even though they re not from St. Louis they ve managed to develop a good following here so sometimes they seem like hometown boys. I love them because they are raw, dirty and bluesy. Also in this episode another preview of my new project LO-FI SESSIONS, and a preview of the next episode of LO-FI SAINT LOUIS.

Flash iPod This is the first episode of LO-FI SAINT LOUIS for the new Spring 08 season. This episode features Monte Beauchamp, artist and curator of Blab Magazine and other publications. He was in St. Louis last fall for the launch of the latest issue of that wonderful annual publication of Blab. If you don t know Blab, you should. It s a collection of artists published lovingly in a magazine only once a year and each issue is kicked off with a gallery opening of work from the book. This past issue was launched at the Philip Slein Gallery right here in our own little city of St. Louis. (more )

This is the first episode of LO-FI SAINT LOUIS for the new Spring 08 season.This episode features Monte Beauchamp, artist and curator of Blab Magazine and other publications. He was in St. Louis last fall for the launch of the latest issue of that wonderful annual publication of Blab. If you don't know Blab you should. It's a collection of artists published lovingly in a Magazine only once a year and each issue is kicked off with a gallery opening of work from the book. This past issue was launched at the Philip Slein Gallery right here in our own little city of St. Louis. Monte has published several other books as well. You can get them all from Fanagraphic Books. Also in this episode, you will get a sneak peek at some other things that I've been up to as well as a preview of the next episode of LO-FI SAINT LOUIS.

LO-FI SAINT LOUIS RESET PARTY Saturday March 8 at the Mad Art Gallery 2727 S. 12th St. STL, MO Doors at 8pm RSVP here (upcoming) or here (myspace) or here (facebook). Featuring live performances from The Helium Tapes and The 75s Plus video and more! $6 at the Door, Cash Bar

Saturday, March 8, 2008 8:00 PM Mad Art 2727 South 12th Street (Soulard) St. Louis, Missouri 63118 CATEGORY Music DESCRIPTION Come help celebrate the relaunch of LO-FI SAINT LOUIS and kick off the new spring season of fine Internet video entertainment. Featuring Live Performances from: The Helium Tapes The 75's and ... Videos and ... More! $6 at the Door ~ Cash Bar ~ BE THERE!

Hey I just wanted to let you know what is going on with LO-FI SAINT LOUIS. You might have noticed I have only posted once video since Christmas. Well there is a reason for that I m taking a break. I m not quitting. I just need a break to recharge and rethink what I m doing here. Lo-Fi Saint Louis will relaunch on March 3rd and we re gonna have a big kick off party on March 1 (details to come). I really want to take this time to make Lo-Fi Saint Louis the best it can be. To advance the production values and make it even more fun to watch. From now on Lo-Fi will appear 2 times a year in 10 week seasons. A spring season and a fall season. Each season will be 10 weeks and consist of 20 episodes. In the mean time I will be working on some other projects so stay tuned to see what those are. Of course the best way to be notified when there is new content available on LOFISTL or when and where our big relaunch party will be on March 1, is to subscribe to the RSS Feed here or subscribe to updates via email. And of course there is the Circuit. Any way you do it you will be the first to know when LOFISTL is back. Again the important links are: Subscribe to Lo-Fi Saint Louis by Email RSS The Circuit Thanks for watching. And I m more excited about LO-FI SAINT LOUIS than ever now, because I already have some great stuff lined up for the spring season. Bill Streeter

Hey I just wanted to let you know what is going on with LO-FI SAINT LOUIS. You might have noticed I have only posted once video since Christmas. Well there is a reason for that ... I'm taking a break. I'm not quitting. I just need a break to recharge and rethink what I'm doing here. Lo-Fi Saint Louis will relaunch on March 3rd and we're gonna have a big kick off party on March 1 (details to come). I really want to take this time to make Lo-Fi Saint Louis the best it can be. To advance the production values and make it even more fun to watch. From now on Lo-Fi will appear 2 times a year in 10 week seasons. A spring season and a fall season. Each season will be 10 weeks and consist of 20 episodes. In the mean time I will be working on some other projects so stay tuned to see what those are. Of course the best way to be notified when there is new content available on LOFISTL or when and where our big relaunch party will be on March 1, is to subscribe to the RSS Feed here or subscribe to updates via email. And of course there is the Circuit. Any way you do it you will be the first to know when LOFISTL is back.RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/lofistlThe Circuit: http://circuit.lofistl.com

Catching up on some of the stuff I shot at the Show-Me Blowout. Here is left arm with No Time For Rock n'Roll from their new Album which you can download for free here. Enjoy! Stay tuned for a big announcement coming soon!

Left Arm has a new CD out. You can get it for free here: http://www.troubleinrivercity.com/2007/11/13/we-must-be-mad/

Here is Brave Combo playing a Christmas tune. Have a great Christmas! And a Happy New year!

Here is Brave Combo playing a Christmas tune. Sorry there is no flash version, I ll get that up later Have a great Christmas! And a Happy New year!

I know that this is late because Hanukkah ended a week or so ago, but I thought I would share Brave Combo playing the Hanukkah Song anyway.

I was pleased to see Pokey LaFarge Back in town a couple of weeks back, so we got together at the Mad Art Gallery with Joey from the Vultures on upright bass and he played a couple of Tunes just for you LO-FI SAINT LOUIS fans. So enjoy!

I know that this is late because Hanukkah ended a week or so ago, but I thought I would share Brave Combo playing the Hanukkah Song anyway.

Part 2 of our secret show with Mr. Pokey LaFarge. If you missed part one check it out here.

I was pleased to see Pokey LaFarge Back in town a couple of weeks back, so we got together at the Mad Art Gallery with Joey from the Vultures on upright bass and he played a couple of Tunes just for you LO-FI SAINT LOUIS fans. So enjoy!

I was pleased to see Pokey LaFarge Back in town a couple of weeks back, so we got together at the Mad Art Gallery with Joey from the Vultures on upright bass and he played a couple of Tunes just for you LO-FI SAINT LOUIS fans. So enjoy! If you dug this check out some of these Related posts: #145 Pokey LaFarge #182 Pokey LaFarge #152 The Mad Art Gallery #150 The Vultures #60 Rock n'Roll Boxing #49 The Vultures #28 The Vultures

Part 2 of Fishbone playing at City Museum.

Part 2 of Fishbone playing at the City Museum.

This is part one of a two part episode featuring the legendary Los Angeles based Ska/Punk/Funk band Fishbone. This is from their performance at the City Museum, as part of the museums on going 10th year aniversary celebration.