December 11, 2008 Chicagoist Another review, this time from Chicagoist: The band’s sound shifts, darts, and defies pigeonholing. This is a band that would sound right in place…
December 11, 2008 Kiss of Death As a followup to the previous post, let me just say that the review in the Chicago Reader is not a terrible one–indeed, it…
December 10, 2008 New City New City previews the Milk at Midnight show: RECOMMENDED The charming and sonically affable local outfit Milk at Midnight celebrates the release of “Less…
December 10, 2008 Day Without A Gay! Yeah, hey Boss (cough, cough) I, uh, won’t be able to make it in today (sneeze)..yeah, I’m, uh…I’m callin’ in Gay! Day Without A…
December 10, 2008 The Double E! I mentioned earlier that I voted for Edwin Eisendrath in the 2006 primaries. I wasn’t a huge supporter pounding the pavement for him or…
December 9, 2008 Hey Mr. Sunshine One last thing on this and then I’m done: I took a look to see how The Nuts were reacting to the indictment of…
December 9, 2008 Cinema Cartoons Oh, Blago. This is not going to help his cause: He also appears to think little of the president-elect, whom he calls a “motherf***er”…
December 9, 2008 Putz Roger Ebert on Sam Zell and the Tribune’s bankruptcy: Zell recently observed that no paper ever made money because of its Pulitzers. I would…
December 9, 2008 The Hair Gets Shaved So the Blago has been indicted. Does he not know that his every move (and apparently every word) has been closely monitored for the…
December 5, 2008 Newcastle with Sausage, Peppers and Onions Ah yes, I remember this. This was from my solo trip to Wisconsin in early October. The temps were in the 80’s and I…