Feature: Webster University Journal

A little late in noting this, but the Webster University Journal recently ran a piece about the films. Written by Amanda Wichern, the story can be found right here.

Coverage on the STLBeacon.org

Yours truly, Thomas Crone, has gotten a chance to write a first-person piece about the creation of the film. It was first published yesterday, on St. Louis wonderful online resource, the Beacon.

Here's the clip.

Strangely enough, this was very hard two write!

Reviewed on The Lens

Somehow, in the excitement of last week, we missed a review by Robert Hunt on The Lens, the dual blog of St. Louis Beacon and Cinema St. Louis.

We're very pleased by the results, which you can read here.

Jon Writes About the Films

Associate producer Jon Scorfina spends a good chunk of his week at the business that co-sponsored our SLIFF showing, Star Clipper in U. City. We thank Star Clipper for the support!

The store's got a blog, dedicated to new products and the like and Jon's done a really sweet write-up about the construction of "Old Dog" and "Pride."

You can read the piece here.

DVDs For Sale @ Local Retailers

After a successful showing of "Old Dog, New Trick" and "The Pride of St. Louis" at the 18th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival, the DVD of the two films (along with select added features) is now for sale at several area outlets. You can find it right now at:

Euclid Records

Music Reunion

Star Clipper

Vintage Vinyl

The DVD will also be available at the Mama's Pride reunion show on Saturday, Dec. 5, at The Pageant.

KMOX Interview on Tuesday, Nov. 24

Members of the "Old Dog"/"Pride" production team will be interviewed on KMOX on Tuesday, Nov. 24, between 11 p.m.-midnight, on a show hosted by John Carney. Listeners can tune into 1120 am, or at www.kmox.com.

Some Ink in the P-D

Thanks to STL super-freelancer Daniel Durchholz for hooking us up with a quick interview in today's GO section of the Post-Dispatch. You can find it here.

Review on PlaybackSTL.com

We thank Jason Green for a very nice review of the film(s) at PlaybackSTL.com.

He writes in part: "Ask someone to define the local music scene in St. Louis and they'll likely think it either kickstarted in the ‘90s during the rise of the Urge, Gravity Kills, and Pointessential compilations, or never existed outside of the '50s heyday of Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, and Ike Turner. But what's often overlooked is the vibrant local scene of the 1970s, when the nascent KSHE-95 helped birth the AOR radio format and gave a home to a wide slew of St. Louis-based rock bands. A pair of new documentaries screening during this year's St. Louis International Film Festival aims to change that oversight."

Here's the full review.

Mike Steinberg on KSDK

The Heidi Glaus-produced piece at KSDK.com is up. And, in addition to the video, the piece has the hallmark of a modern, online journalism: a testy comments thread!

Don't know how long these stay live, but here's the coverage.

"Old Dog"/"The Pride" Media Mania, cont.

Not sure it's the most complimentary description ever, but (hey!) press is press is press. Joe Williams of the Post-Dispatch cites the duo as "Best Documentary About a '70s Footnote," in a recent edition of GO.

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Mike Steinberg, director of the Webster University Film Series, will be interviewed tomorrow on KSDK-TV (Channel 5) regarding two films he co-directed with fellow School of Communications faculty member Thomas Crone. The films, "Old Dog New Trick" and "The Pride of Saint Louis," will be screened Friday night at 7 p.m. as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival.

The television interview will broadcast tomorrow at 5:55 a.m., 6:40 a.m. and at noon.

More information on the films and the festival can be found at: http://www.cinemastlouis.org/2009/sliff_documentaries3.html#d22

Trailer : http://www.oolyakoo.com/olddogtrailer.html

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Stefene Russell, blogger of the Look/Listen feature at St. Louis Magazine's website, was kind enough to embed our trailer and say a few nice things about the project today. Thanks, Stef!

RFT Review

The Riverfront Times' Christian Schaeffer touches on the films with a review in the newest edition of the RFT.

Here's the link.

On-air with Art Dwyer, KDHX, Friday, Nov. 20

On Friday, November 20, Mike Steinberg and Thomas Crone will join longtime KDHX favorite Art Dwyer on his show, "Blues in the Night." The segment will run sometime between 4:30 and 5:00 on KDHX, 88.1 fm in St. Louis, or online at kdhx.org.

We thank Art for the opportunity and invite you to listen to his show via archived audio stream. Let's say, oh... right now.

On Facebook

We've got dedicated pages for each of the films at Facebook:

Old Dog, New Trick

The Pride of St. Louis

Become a fan, if you'd be so kind.

Metromix: Old Dog Among Top-10 Must-See's @ SLIFF

Don't believe the header?

Here's the link.

West End Word Coverage

The West End Word has previewed the upcoming films with some nice words from writer Stacey Rynders. We thank her for the look ahead at "Old Dog" and "Pride."

Here's the link.

TRAILER: Old Dog, New Trick

OLD DOG NEW TRICK trailer from Mike Steinberg on Vimeo.

The Films are On Facebook

Jon Scorfina has set up a Facebook page for the film's release. Feel free to check it out here.

There's also some other screening and DVD news in the works. Coming shortly, along with word about radio appearances in St. Louis.

Pat Liston on Silver Tray, KDHX, 9/18

KDHX music show Silver Tray will host a live set by Pat Liston, on Friday, September 18. The songwriter of Mama's Pride will perform four songs, starting at 12:20 p.m. If you're unable to listen to the show, hosted by Thomas Crone, you can listen to the show as streaming audio for two weeks following the live broadcast.

STL Rock Docs : AWAKEN ROCKERS!

Testing the new page, doncha know?