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Note the haircut! Photo by photophonic.
A wedge can be many things: a mechanical device, a ridiculous type of shoe, a 70s ice-skater haircut, a golf club, a sports car, a military hat, a type of sub sandwich. Now it's also a bar in South City. The Wedge, "St. Louis' newest rock 'n' roll bar, restaurant and music venue," actually takes its name from its location - it sits on the wedge formed by Bates, Virginia and Compton at 442 Bates - but looking at their menu and what they plan to book in the space, it will be as versatile as the word it has chosen for its name.
I'm sure George will be posting something soon about the food, overseen as it is by the infamous Blake Brokaw (he who brought us Hungry Buddha, The Chocolate Bar and Tangerine) but in the meantime, here's a preview of what they've got booked upstairs in the Iggy Ziggy Room - not just straightforward rock shows but DJs, theater, burlesque and appearances by the Chippewa Chapel Traveling Guitar Circle and Open Mic:
November 1 – Left Arm w/ Glass Teeth & The Lushes
November 2 – Good Times Crisis w/ Goodtime Engineers & TBA
November 3 – Downstairs: Tenacious Trivia - Upstairs – TBA
November 6 – Chippewa Chapel
November 7 – Faintly Red Mollies w/ Wormwood Scrubs & TBA
November 8 – Early show (All Ages): Sound and Shape w/ TBA - Late Show: Don't Mess With Winkie w/ Disturbing Lou & Suburban Epidemic
November 9 – LA Cross w/ TBA
November 10 – Downstairs: Tenacious Trivia - Upstairs: TBA
November 13 – Chippewa Chapel
November 14 – The Bookoos w/ Fire Dog & Jeff Gorski
November 15 – Early Show (All Ages): TBA - Late Show: Lola van Ella's Screw You Burly-Q
November 16 – Lord Mantis w/ Finisher
November 17 – Downstairs: Tenacious Trivia - Upstairs: TBA
November 19 – Pat Boones Farm w/ TBA
November 20 – Chippewa Chapel
November 21 – Cassie Morgan CD Release Party w/ Maid*Rite & TBA
November 24 – Downstairs: Tenacious Trivia - Upstairs: TBA
November 26 – Panic Attack w/ TBA
November 27 – Chippewa Chapel
November 28 – The NonProphet Theater Company's The Militant Propaganda Bingo Machine
And on November 29 ... wahoo! ... it's the official opening party, where the beer will flow, pizza will be scarfed and the walls will shudder from the guitar reverb. Hours are Sunday 11am-midnight and Monday through Saturday 11am-1:30am. If your mind is still clouded by confusion of any sort, you can call them at 314-351-1200. —Stefene Russell
