I eagerly await Bmom's, aka Jim C, sane and level-headed response!!

Oh jeez...where is "Burlesque Mom" when you need her?

She's too busy taping boxes and loading the truck!

Had I known about the performers, I would have been a customer.

Awwwww. Perhaps a moment of silence would be appropriate..

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Okay, that's enough.

Let's get back to supporting and growing a healthy, vibrant, community!

See you on the Front Porch!

"I eagerly await Bmom's, aka Jim C, sane and level-headed response!!"

Haha. Don't we all...

Good riddance to this place.

This isn't surprising....I heard that the other troupe that was performing there, the troupe that was doing the "Speakeasy Cinema" and all the charity events chose to part ways with the venue in January and are now at Cicero's. Considering the venue's history I could only imagine why a troupe performing to weekly sell out crowds would leave for another venue. When they stopped performing at the Jupiter I stopped going to the Jupiter and instead give my business to their shows at Cicero's now.

Nah na nana....Nah na nana, hey haaaaayyyyyy GOODBYE!

I'm just gonna call you Jim The Taco Flavored Mom....

You are as transparent as your business model....

I saw that show "Speakeasy Cinema" that apparently left the Jupiter to play at Cisero and it wasn't what I was expecting. Tube socks, granny panties and a T-Rex looking replica of " Slimmer" from Ghostbusters isn't exactly what I was looking for in a "Burlesque" show. I called to complain to the Jupiter and they offered me free admission to their house show which was 20x better. Plus the Jumpin Jupiter venue is absolutely gorgeous. This Jim guy must be a rock star... He's practically famous amongst this group of regulosers LOLOLOL

I guess the giant deuce somebody left in the window, when the place transitioned from the piano bar to the JJ, was a sign of things to come...

I see everyone is still drinking the hatorade *gigglesnortz*

Negative press doesn't exactly "help" businesses thrive.... The Maplewood community and the media have been relentless to them since they opened their doors. This should be a WARNING to anyone trying to bring any new business into Maplewood.

The Jumpin' Jupiter should move to an area of St. Louis that will support their swanky ambience and help make them thrive. I would hate to see them leave Maplewood... But this show must go on!

I just drove by just now and there's a moving van out front and they're hauling out all sorts of kitchen equipment, tables, the bar, etc. Signs are down, tables in the window are gone (red curtains remain)...

And please, use your real name or stop writing crap here.

Negative and flaky business owners don't exactly help businesses thrive either. I'm very sorry Jim Callahan could neither maintain his business or have much respect for the neighborhood where his business was. It sucks that he couldn't draw people to his club in Maplewood. Owning a club like the JJ is a TOUGH BUSINESS. I know this from my own experience in my "line of work". Diplomacy goes a long way. Self righteousness about not paying bills/performers/taxes and pissing off the locals will get you exactly nowhere. Unless you have mob connections. Kidding. Not.

I don't understand how you can claim that this is a TOUGH business and then slam the owner simultaneously. Do you always contradict yourself while making bold statements?

Soliciting business from the street in front of your doors after you hit a bump in the road seems pretty logical.. had the man been selling sandwiches no one would have batted an eye. It's unfortunate that the JJ upset a handful of neighbors, but I doubt it was as deliberate and tasteless as you and the media portrayed. Reporting the opinions of several residents who are clearly uptight and obviously not regular patrons of the Route 66 bar scene is seriously lacking objectivity.

From where I stand, which is an obviously less biased position given than I'm not in "the business" and therefore unthreatened by the existence of the JJ, I see that they just simply haven't been able to catch a break.

It seems their prior dance company, who quit and slandered them publicly immediately after nonpayment, were pretty relentless in their pursuit to destroy the JJ.

Mob ties? That's a bit dramatic... even for you. LoL

I've been reading up on the owner, James Callahan, and the man has had several successful business endeavors in St. Louis over the years. He is also a visionary... The Jumpin Jupiter is an amazing experience unlike anything I have seen here. I think I nailed it in my first post when I labeled him a "Rock Star". Hahhaaha

Kidding! Seriously. Listen toots, I know what I'm talking about, you on the other hand are simply flapping your lips in the wind. You wouldn't be Jim The Taco Flavored Mom disguised as a flesh eating TV show would you?

I am personally glad he moved I had to drive all the way out to the boondocks to see this show come closer... And if I would have read this blog first I would have missed out cause its only negative stuff....... lol....

Visionaries rarly have to pack up their failures up in a UHaul. But not to worry, he also has a failing second-rate recording studio to fall back on...

If you look at the past articles, citing Maple King LLC's filings with the court, it states he's evicted by the landlord and still owes $40,506 in rent. Compare that to the $40,312 owed in June 2012, which manifested the original eviction notice. Doing some math... estimating a maximum of $5k/month... he skipped out on 8 months of rent up unitll June, maybe paid rent since but never took care of that 40k from 2011/2012. Tack on a clear evasion or blind eye to sales taxes, plus skimping out on paying production companies timely and bouncing payroll checks, plus under paying his more recent burlesque company (i use the term lightly, support the performers and their drive, but not their sleezy captain). Now he trashes the place when he leaves, pizza boxes and cans everywhere and tore up the walpaper by hand to destroy it. Say what you want about the venue and the concept, the performers and the shows (much of it was primo for STL's standards) But ownership topples all of that goodness. Whenever i start to feel financially irresponsible, I remember Jim Calahan, and i feel like Donald Trump suddenly.

No one who initially posted on this blog... err, um excuse me... No one who brain farted hate speech like diarrhea splattered on a wall... had any desire to have an objective discussiom until I started challenging the issues.

I have proved my point in that most of you have exposed a very personal hatred for James Callahan.

If anyone is yelling and screaming, it can be found in the new flood of bull shit that has joined this discussion since I posted my last statement. You can try as hard as you like to bury my statements... But they will remain here for everyone to read.

It was nice chatting with you gentlemen... And I especially enjoyed getting all of your panties up in a twist!!! Hahahhahaa!

.I have accomplishes what I set out to do here... which was to expose that most, if not all, of you have a very personal hatred for James Callahan.

James Callahan slandered his dance company? I find it very hard to believe that someone would intentionally destroy their own product. I'm sure whatever you are referring to was done in retaliation to the dance companies attempts to ensure that he would not find another dance company to come work at the Jupiter. The basic application of logic would allow anyone with an IQ over 60 to draw that conclusion.

If anyone is yelling and screaming,... it can be found in the new flood of ranting that has joined this discussion since I posted my last statement. You can try as hard as you like to bury my statements... But they will remain here for everyone to read.

It was nice chatting with you gentlemen... And I especially enjoyed getting all of your panties up in a twist!!! Ankle biters are always great entertainment Hahahhahaa!

I only support the venue I enjoyed frequenting with my friends and my desire to see them stay in St. Louis.

You want to justify your hatred towards him because he didn't pay his bills? In this still recovering economy? That is RIPE. Why don't you be honest with yourself and realize that you're happy that he isn't paying his bills because deep down you really want him to fail... sounds like a seriously deeply rooted issue that you might want to look into.

I bet you wouldn't answer your phone either if creditors were crawling up your ass and you're trying to get things under control.

"Busting your ass" are you serious??? ... for a few hours of work per week. LOL

If they actually cared about keeping their jobs they would have given the man some time to get things together instead of resorting to such petty, ugly retaliation.

So... how is business since you left the JuJu? I'm assuming you're making less and traveling more...

Hey Gidget, let me get this straight... You support the owner and his failure to pay taxes, pay rent and pay performers on time.. but you don't support the performers that create the show you came to see? You think the time performing is the only opportunity to have busted ass? Really, no seriously, REALLY? I can't espress how asinine that is. This isn't armature hour, people don't pay for amatures. I may have spent 3 hours on site to make $100, but I've spent ten years and countless grueling hours developing my talents, as all respected performers do. THAT is what it means to bust your ass, and that is why professionally trained and seasoned performers have no regrets for leaving any "job" thay fails repeatedly to reciprocate that with respect and non-returned check. By the way, many of us were ok with a few slip ups by management, Jim's issues go far, far beyond that though... Months of repeated failures on his end of things are not acceptable. (same as maple kings, maplewood, and Missouri dept of revenue).