Labor Day Weekend
News and views and a calendar, of course
Board Update
As we shared in the extra edition of the newsletter earlier this week, the Board of Directors reached a settlement with our side’s plaintiffs in the suit to get people we elected in a special meeting last September when we were all still Associate Members of KDHX. Courtney Dowdall and Kip Loui will be seated on the Board. This has not been acknowledged as of yet on the KDHX website, which is interesting considering somebody did change the part on the website just above the membership list.
Until a few days ago, there was a Board meeting scheduled for Sept. 16, but now that’s been shifted to Oct. 28. A meeting scheduled for November was cancelled altogether. In an obvious time of crisis for the station, one can only question why the Board of Directors, which should be invigorated by two very strong new additions, is going to spend so little time together for the rest of the year.
Meanwhile, the station will be holding its Fall fund drive on air from Sept. 9 through 15.
We Love to See Letters to the Editor
On Wednesday, Aug. 28, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published another letter to the editor concerning KDHX. Derek Burton asks some good questions, though he wrote before the station announced its upcoming fund drive. But we can’t argue with these: “If the reports of unpaid staff are true, why has no turnover been reported? If cash is needed, why resist a request to release documents as required by Missouri non-profit law and instead open another legal fight?”
RIP Bob Putnam
We were saddened to learn that long-time KDHX volunteer Bob Putnam passed away earlier this week. You may remember his appearances as Barroom Bob back in the late 90s and early 00s. He was also involved in many other ways. But KDHX was just one of the cultural highlights of Bob’s life. After a few years running the much-missed 20th Century Books and Ephemera store on Delmar, Bob Putnam and his wife Sherri Danger opened up the Way Out Club, first on Cherokee Street and then on Jefferson Avenue. The nightclub was the epicenter of a certain part of the local music scene for a couple decades, and though it’s been closed for a few years now, many people have shared on Facebook and Instagram their memories of Bob and the Way Out. He made things happen in this town for a long time.
Love of Labor Festival this Monday
This is going to be a great event Monday from noon to 6 pm at Big Daddy’s, 1000 Sidney Street in Soulard. It’s produced by Dogtown Records with the LOVE of KDHX serving as a partnership. From Friday night until Sunday, the same spot will be the home of the Roots & Blues Festival. We’re piggy-backing on the location to celebrate the intersection of labor and music and those of us who provided so much work to make KDHX what it was.
Concert Calendar
As always, we thank Allen Dahm for his hard work putting this together.
Friday, August 30
New Found Glory w/Sincere Engineer – The Pageant
Voodoo Paul Simon – Delmar Hall
The Joe Bozzi Band – Evangeline’s
Joe Fletcher w/Manos Panamerica - Venice Cafe
BootyGroove - Old Rockhouse
Modern Pasta w/Looser, Birds of Squalor, 1781, Killer Burke - Red Flag
Karen Choi and Her Band – The Focal Point
As the Crowe Flies - Frisco Ballroom
Darsombra w/Graeme Ronald, Radiator Greys, Eric Hall - Platypus
Riverbend Bluegrass – Blue Strawberry
Subtracting Sworc - The Attic Music Bar
Rahsaan Patterson (6 & 9:30 Shows) - City Winery
Colt Ball & Friends - Broadway Oyster Bar
The Wee-Beasties, HotRails – The Heavy Anchor
The Ian Buschmann Project - Jack’s Joint
Bug Hunter and the Narcissist Cookbook – The Golden Record
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club & Bob Log III - Off Broadway
Spaced w/ Full Stride, Payasa, Direct Measure – The Sinkhole
Saturday, August 31
Sammy Hagar w/Loverboy – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
Bulldozer – The Golden Record
Jose Gobbo & Eric Slaughter - Jack’s Joint
Graham Curry and the Missouri Fury - Frisco Ballroom
Aaron Kamm & the One Drops - Atomic Pavilion
Sarah Jane and the Bluenotes w/Grateful Trio - Venice Cafe
The Blue Canyon Boys – The Focal Point
Shock City School of Music Presents Brunch Jazz Jam - Evangeline’s
Special Tonic feat. Brian Vaccaro – Evangeline’s
Miranda Bury (1PM - 4PM) - Eckert’s Cider Shed (Belleville, IL)
Colonel Ford – Eckert’s Cider Shed (Belleville, IL)
Kemp’s Kropdusters - Broadway Oyster Bar
Hunter Peebles and the Moonlighters – City Winery
Chapped Lips w/No Antics, Synthetic Sun - The Sinkhole
Caitlin Hadeler w/Walter Parks – Blue Strawberry
Inner Outlines w/Pastlifetiger, James Tyler & the Usual Crowd, Comahawk, Candy Lion, A Portrait Life - Red Flag
Guardrail w/Wayside, I LIke Snaps, The Meowzas - Platypus
Anxious Mofo, Killer Burke, Galactic Solace - The Heavy Anchor
Voodoo Mama Fest III Ft. Emily Wallace, Zel, Laka Soul & More – The Old Rockhouse
Sunday, September 1
Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
Kevin Gruen (1:00 - 4:00) – Eckert’s Cider Shed (Belleville, IL)
Wild Earp and the Ok Chorale present Marty Robbins’ Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs - The Focal Point
Gigi Leflair - City Winery
Foxbat w/ Whiterose, Superbomb, and Hudai - Platypus
Doolin’ - Blue Strawberry
Flavour w/Dock Judso, Haffie - The Sinkhole
Broken Jukebox - Broadway Oyster Bar
Miss Jubilee’s Hot Swing Jazz Brunch feat. The Yas Yas Boys - Evangeline’s
Motown Mania feat. The Best Intentions - The Sheldon
Monday, September 2
Soulard Blues Band - Broadway Oyster Bar
Prevention w/Innervision, Second Impact, Volition, Extort - The Sinkhole
Saloonatics (1:00 to 4:00) - Eckert’s Cider Shed (Belleville, IL)
Tuesday, September 3
Wallows – St. Louis Music Park
Ed Bassmaster - City Winery
Hunter Peebles Welcomes Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark - Jack’s Joint
The Pa’s w/Smoke Association, Deaf Castle - Platypus
High on Fire - Off Broadway
Steve Bauer & Matt Rudolf - Broadway Oyster Bar
Hard Things Rain - All Things Dylan - The Sheldon
Wednesday, September 4
Why? w/Nnamdi - Off Broadway
Dawn Weber & Curt Landes - Blue Strawberry
Wednesday Night Jazz Jam - The Dark Room
Emily Wallace - Broadway Oyster Bar
Nopoint w/The Frozen Headz, The Hotrails - Sinkhole
Voodoo Jimmy Buffett Beach Band - Broadway Oyster Bar
St. Louis Jazz Club Hosted by TJ Muller (of Riverboat Shuffle radio show) - Evangeline’s
The Australian Pink Floyd Show – The Factory
Thursday, September 5
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard w/Geese - The Factory
Amy Helm - The Sheldon
Karyn White - City Winery
Jukin’ at Jack’s Joint: An evening of blues dancing with Jane Tibbetts & Lenny Sharlet - Jack’s Joint
Isaac Eicher Trio - Blue Strawberry
Cel Rey w/Jenerator Jenkins, Coupon Code, Soumir - Sinkhole
The Simpletons - Venue on Main
Neil Salsich and Friends - Frisco Ballroom
Saints in the City: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band w/Backspacer - Off Broadway
St. Louis Blues Acoustic Showcase - Attic Music Bar
Pierce Crask (Free Early Show) - Broadway Oyster Bar
Scandaleros - Broadway Oyster Bar
The Buttertones – The Old Rockhouse