So, let’s see. I’m a recovering journalist with a weird job history and a few online hobbies. I live in New Orleans, LA, though I’m frequently (and forever) tied to life and work in St. Louis, MO.
Here are some highlights.
In non-media terms, I co-owned, curated and managed a classic, reborn South City bar, the Tick Tock Tavern. Our space sat empty for 20 years, before being reborn on August 18, 2014. I left the operation on December 31, 2019. It was a good run. In 2021, I opened a short-lived bar called Chatawa, which was knee-capped by Covid. RIP, Chatawa.
I’ve worked at a variety of other bars and restaurants over the years: O’Connell’s, the Webster Grill & Cafe, Frederick’s Music Lounge, the Side Door Music Club, Pablo’s, The Royale Food & Spirits, the Fortune Teller Bar, Yaqui’s on Cherokee and surely some others. My Bars page has the goods on the above projects.
Though no longer a full-time journalist, my writing still appears here and there, mostly in Salt Lake City, where I lived and worked in 2022. My work pops up elsewhere, too, when luck permits. (See Writings link.) My Substack is a work in progress, available at Memory Hall.
There’s been some video dabbling in my life. Linked for you here.
If you wanna find me quickly and surely, there’s always social media contact available at Flickr and Facebook.
Every-so-often, people write about me, too. Or they include me in/on some video, podcast or site. Here’re some examples, assuming these links work:
NoisyPaper Debuts Again (1999), by Dawn Grodsky
The Boxer’s Rebellion (2003), by Randall Roberts
Featuring Thomas Crone as: The Cornerman (2008), by Chris King
Last Collector Standing: Thomas Crone, Riverfront Times (2010), by Jon Scorfina
Flyer Supplier: Thomas Crone’s Old Crap is St. Louis History (2012), by Jaime Lees
Film Tell: Thomas Crone (2013), by Tyler DePerro
Nothing to Confess: The Clear Conscience of a Still-Vegetarian (2016), by Melissa Meinzer
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