August 5, 2011 King of Beerz It’s Lolla weekend and for the first time I will not be going. Last year I only went last minute on the last day…
August 1, 2011 Deep Thoughts You know I couldn’t just walk past this and not take a picture. What does it mean? Mass has been canceled? Church in foreclosure?…
July 29, 2011 Megaphoning It In From the Sound Opinions studio at WBEZ, here’s one from a MaM recording session of yonder. A session and recording shrouded in mystery. Will…
July 25, 2011 Wild Flag! Wicker Park Fest. Carrie Brownstein, Wild Flag. Janet Weiss, Wild Flag, ex-Sleater-Kinney, amazing drummer. Mary Timony, ex-Helium and Carrie, ex-Sleater-Kinney, rock out. Carrie Brownstein,…
July 25, 2011 Spring and By Summer Fall The Bean, gateway to the clouds. Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion. Blonde Redhead, sounding beautiful as usual. Not sure why I didn’t move closer to…
July 15, 2011 Summer Lovin’ It’s not summer without a Bloody Mary and beer chaser from Chuck’s up in Fontana, WI. That mini beer is just the cutest lil’…
July 11, 2011 This is The End, Beautiful Friend This is a totally normal-looking sky, not apocalyptic or demons-from-hell pushing down kind of thing. Yep, this happens all the time…