Ok, enough negativity on the new site. It speaks for itself.
Awesome weekend in Chicago, despite the unseasonably cool temperatures. The Blues Fest was in town and I got the chance to catch some great music on Thursday night, Saturday night and Sunday morning. The highlight, as it usually is, is the Jazz Record Mart Blues Brunch on Sunday morning. It's free, the atmosphere is great, and you get to see a whole bunch of awesome musicians playing from only 10 feet away, hear some cool stories of how people met and got their start, and talk to a lot of the artists one-to-one.
I also went down to the Old Town Art Fest on Saturday, which had some really interesting stuff and a great selection of street food this year. Plenty of good World Cup soccer to fill all the spaces in between.
Almost everything seemed to go my way, until the White Sox lost on Sunday night. At least the tickets were free...
This week should be nice and calm for me. Time to start a few of the new books in my queue. You can tell my thoughts are on vacation (still 5 months away) since I've got an Orwell book about Burma, a Turkish travelogue and a Sri Lankan work of fiction all on my list.
And Front Line Assembly tomorrow night at Logan Sq Aud. Should be a good time, and if it isn't, I'll just blame Apexxx .
Awesome weekend in Chicago, despite the unseasonably cool temperatures. The Blues Fest was in town and I got the chance to catch some great music on Thursday night, Saturday night and Sunday morning. The highlight, as it usually is, is the Jazz Record Mart Blues Brunch on Sunday morning. It's free, the atmosphere is great, and you get to see a whole bunch of awesome musicians playing from only 10 feet away, hear some cool stories of how people met and got their start, and talk to a lot of the artists one-to-one.
I also went down to the Old Town Art Fest on Saturday, which had some really interesting stuff and a great selection of street food this year. Plenty of good World Cup soccer to fill all the spaces in between.
Almost everything seemed to go my way, until the White Sox lost on Sunday night. At least the tickets were free...
This week should be nice and calm for me. Time to start a few of the new books in my queue. You can tell my thoughts are on vacation (still 5 months away) since I've got an Orwell book about Burma, a Turkish travelogue and a Sri Lankan work of fiction all on my list.
And Front Line Assembly tomorrow night at Logan Sq Aud. Should be a good time, and if it isn't, I'll just blame Apexxx .
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apexxx:
sonofabitch! i reeeeeeeeeallly wanna see Android Lust yo! but i also dont want to miss out on lindas party either cuz you know thats gonna be the shizzlenit too! ugh... why they gotta go n do that? at the same time, what kind of morons would cancel AL show in favor of something else? What, is Bjork coming instead? 
apexxx:
Whatcha think, homie?
