Tuesday, June 20th @ Cicero’s - St. Louis
KaiserCartel’s working day started out on the earlier side at 1pm we were at St. Louis’ NBC affiliate to play on a midday show called ‘Show Me St. Louis.’
There were a few communication mishaps with ourselves and the producer about what kind of gear we needed to bring to the NBC set. Eventually all was worked out, but at one point we had Courtney’s cousin Kip on hand to lend us a PA, if need be. Miscommunication was in the air.
Before we went on to fully seize our 3 minutes of fame on St. Louis regional TV, we were introduced, by the show’s MC as the “brother and sister duo called Kaiser.” If you look at a video of the show I think you can see Courtney laughing to each other after our introduction. We played a total of 15 seconds of ‘Okay,’ 15 seconds of ‘Teresa,’ and then 30 seconds of ‘Okay,’ which actually adds up to 1 minute of fame, to be exact.
VINTAGE SHOPPING IN ST. LOUIS
Being famous was a lot of fun I have to admit, but then there’s the important business at hand. We gave ourselves plenty of time to go thrifting and vintage clothing hunting. The first place we journeyed too in St. Louis was closed. Oh man, what a comedown from midday TV fame.
Then we met a man who told us of another great place not far away. We get over there in great anticipation, and what happens “Closed On Tuesdays” is what happens. What is with this place? Who closes on a Tuesday? Apparently a lot of people in St. Louis. Well, it was starting to seem that we weren’t going to find anything in this great city to go to so we started driving towards our gig destination. We ended up taking a route past a Goodwill and a Salvation Army. We were both able to walk away with a little something but nothing to write home about. And then.....it happened. We saw it, I paniced....there it was..I vintage store open! We walked inside. The placed was incredible! I mean amazing! I bought five things: a 50’s white and pink eyelet dress, a seersucker wrap around dress, an incredible black 30’s dress which deserves a cameo on the collar, a pair of victorian bloomers, and a red play suit. Ben bought a seersucker pin striped suit jacket. Wow, what an incredible find!
THE GIG-ST. LOUIS
We played at Cicero’s for Playback STL, sponsored night with some very tight, talented bands and soloists- Jon Yeager, Stephen Donavan, and band called John Boy’s Courage. They were all kind to the out-of-towners (us), which makes a difference when you’re on the road meeting strangers night after night. Jim and Laura from Playback are also our good friends of ours for a couple of years now. They are the foundation for the St. Louis support group, and for that I am grateful.
It was our second time at Cicero’s and St. Louis,and we notice the crowd was even larger and more attentive than before. Was it because of ‘Show Me St. Louis,’I assured the audience that we were not brother and sister. We enjoyed a very warm, and attentive crowd. St. Louis was receptive. Sadly we had no dancers in the audience, but we did have new fans and enthusiasts by the end of the night.
Courtney gave her ‘see An Inconvenient Truth,’ speech on stage and ended up wrapping with a skeptical republican after the show. It’s amazing how many people don’t know about the damage to the earth’s environment and what global warming is. I think Courtney was talking to a guy who did not believe that global warming was real. I will spare you the political rant. All I can say is - SEE AN INCONVIENENT TRUTH! It is an education, full of scientific facts. Every night Courtney says something on stage to our audiences about it. She wants to take the opportunity to inspire people to do their own research and hopefully will in turn take action in their own way.
KaiserCartel’s working day started out on the earlier side at 1pm we were at St. Louis’ NBC affiliate to play on a midday show called ‘Show Me St. Louis.’
There were a few communication mishaps with ourselves and the producer about what kind of gear we needed to bring to the NBC set. Eventually all was worked out, but at one point we had Courtney’s cousin Kip on hand to lend us a PA, if need be. Miscommunication was in the air.
Before we went on to fully seize our 3 minutes of fame on St. Louis regional TV, we were introduced, by the show’s MC as the “brother and sister duo called Kaiser.” If you look at a video of the show I think you can see Courtney laughing to each other after our introduction. We played a total of 15 seconds of ‘Okay,’ 15 seconds of ‘Teresa,’ and then 30 seconds of ‘Okay,’ which actually adds up to 1 minute of fame, to be exact.
VINTAGE SHOPPING IN ST. LOUIS
Being famous was a lot of fun I have to admit, but then there’s the important business at hand. We gave ourselves plenty of time to go thrifting and vintage clothing hunting. The first place we journeyed too in St. Louis was closed. Oh man, what a comedown from midday TV fame.
Then we met a man who told us of another great place not far away. We get over there in great anticipation, and what happens “Closed On Tuesdays” is what happens. What is with this place? Who closes on a Tuesday? Apparently a lot of people in St. Louis. Well, it was starting to seem that we weren’t going to find anything in this great city to go to so we started driving towards our gig destination. We ended up taking a route past a Goodwill and a Salvation Army. We were both able to walk away with a little something but nothing to write home about. And then.....it happened. We saw it, I paniced....there it was..I vintage store open! We walked inside. The placed was incredible! I mean amazing! I bought five things: a 50’s white and pink eyelet dress, a seersucker wrap around dress, an incredible black 30’s dress which deserves a cameo on the collar, a pair of victorian bloomers, and a red play suit. Ben bought a seersucker pin striped suit jacket. Wow, what an incredible find!
THE GIG-ST. LOUIS
We played at Cicero’s for Playback STL, sponsored night with some very tight, talented bands and soloists- Jon Yeager, Stephen Donavan, and band called John Boy’s Courage. They were all kind to the out-of-towners (us), which makes a difference when you’re on the road meeting strangers night after night. Jim and Laura from Playback are also our good friends of ours for a couple of years now. They are the foundation for the St. Louis support group, and for that I am grateful.
It was our second time at Cicero’s and St. Louis,and we notice the crowd was even larger and more attentive than before. Was it because of ‘Show Me St. Louis,’I assured the audience that we were not brother and sister. We enjoyed a very warm, and attentive crowd. St. Louis was receptive. Sadly we had no dancers in the audience, but we did have new fans and enthusiasts by the end of the night.
Courtney gave her ‘see An Inconvenient Truth,’ speech on stage and ended up wrapping with a skeptical republican after the show. It’s amazing how many people don’t know about the damage to the earth’s environment and what global warming is. I think Courtney was talking to a guy who did not believe that global warming was real. I will spare you the political rant. All I can say is - SEE AN INCONVIENENT TRUTH! It is an education, full of scientific facts. Every night Courtney says something on stage to our audiences about it. She wants to take the opportunity to inspire people to do their own research and hopefully will in turn take action in their own way.
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