I’m in the middle of doing my best shows of 2006, which is fairly time consuming for me and I don’t have as much energy as I’d like after car ride plane ride el ride car ride grocery shopping-you get the idea. In the meantime, here’s some photography I worked on this last holiday week.
Awhile [...]
A couple of years back I went to Seattle…did alot of record store shopping there but also book shopping. I saw art, drank coffee, and took tons of pictures. I’ve, of course, had them around for awhile and Cinchel was able to save them when my hard drive last year said goodbye (Well, [...]
Pilsen is not a band and I normally don’t blog about things not related to music here but I do think that there is an artistic element to so many bands many people (and I) listen to. From the liner notes to the way that the lyrics are sometimes put together with the music, [...]
Chicago summer 2005 Click the heading of this blog entry to enlarge picture
I just wanted to say how much it seems to be a natural part of the urban landscape to me now to see fliers for shows, especially from independent ones, around certain parts of the city…not just in Chicago either but many [...]
There’s a certain melody that even trains have along with a special rhythm all on their own. I found that the MTA, while it posessed a more timely and artistic quality that Chicago’s el, did not have the same pleasing aural quality of the TTC Now, I do a good imitation of subway [...]
Here are some of my favorite places in NYC:
We remembered Milon (top left) from five years back. It is the best Indian dive you’ve ever seen or eaten at. Although, I have heard that the one on the top right also gives out free sherbert at the end so maybe they are also just [...]
When most people go on vacation, they want to see the landmark touristy places. When I go on vacation, I look for records, go to shows and see art. Best of all I look at the people. Being a tourist has its advantages. It means that you can get the best [...]
The Cloisters are sort of this mecca for European religious art. From statues to large tapestries to ornate stained glass windows, The Cloisters showcase, among other things, Jesus, the saints, and the story of the unicorn being placed into captivity and persecuted (no, really. I’m not making this up.) Now, in some areas the [...]
I went to Coney Island with the Death Cab For Cutie song stuck in my head. In other words, I specifically visited at a time when it would be deserted and vacant like an amusement park desert. It was better this way: desolate inside.
Because, on the abandoned Cyclone, I could still hear the [...]
Happy Chinese New Year. I live by Argyle, which is Chicago’s northside Chinatown but this year I traveled down south to the other Chinatown, which I have only been to a very few times as it is at least an hour each way by el. I tend to love parades just as much [...]