Radley, feline CEO of the Empty Bottle was recently returned by an area woman after a three month hiatus. I had been very concerned about him when I saw all of the lost posters up. He is now safe and returned to his rightful kingdom of music.
Radley can be found, per his usual [...]
I had a fun time shopping yesterday in my nearby neighborhood of Andersonville or as I like to call it Pretend Sweden. Despite the snow and cold, the stores and restaurants were crowded but most people seemed filled with holiday cheer.
Before we started shopping, we ate at our favorite Swedish brunch place, Svea, and [...]
The Tropicália movement emcompasses the artistic cultural revolution of Brazil between the years of 1968-1972. It covers everything from the odd art meets psychology philosophy of Lygia Clark to fashion of the time period to rare footage of musicians Caetano Veloso and Os Mutantes especially. It features album covers with their original [...]
One of the first albums I remember hearing when I was a child was Queen’s Greatest Hits. In fact, I played it to death along with The Beatles and the CSNY records my parents had. Now, I’m one of those people that really dislike the idea of just owning a greatest hits record [...]
Schubas 12/4/5
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Chicagoans were extremely lucky Sunday to have an opportunity to see what has easily become one of my favorite bands since I first heard War of the Wakening Phantoms about a month ago. The album [...]
Double Door 12/3/5
Airiel are shoegazers extraordinaire. They fill the room with blissful atmospheric dreampop in a way that permeates the air so completely. I missed Airiel when they played with the Dears awhile back so this was the first time I had seen them. They played about an hour long set with [...]
Yes, I do realize that the Day of the Dead has passed but this weekend I was able to go to the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Pilsen (a neighborhood of Chicago) to see their Day of the Dead exhibit that runs until Dec.10th. The exhibit was an homage to celebrate the lives [...]
(Beat Kitchen in Chicago 12/2/5)
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Hailing from Canada, the Islands includes former members of The Unicorns (Nick Diamonds and Jaime Tambour) certainly know how to put together a good show and construct a sense of tightness amidst zainy humor and chords. I was a fan of [...]
I bet Bush doesn’t get fortunes like these.