July 2010
I’m a celebrity? Duh. So, I’m doing this next weekend to take a break from shooting Lollapalooza: I promised you last week more details for the Do312 Celebrity Kickball Game so here they are. On Saturday, August 7th, Do312 will be organizing a kickball game at Grant Park during Lollapalooza. Confirmed players so far are, Wolfmother, Foxy Shazam, Team Bayside High, Billy Dec, Ryan...
Busy week, busier weekend! It’s been quite a week. Things at the 9-to-5 are poppin’ (in the most excellent way) and Chicagoist has been keeping me busy in my off time so I’m really looking forward to unwinding over the weekend. As if. I’m DJing at The House of Blues Foundation Room tonight, so if you’re a member this would be good evening to stop on by! I’ve...
Soundgarden fans are WAY more aggro than your average Juggalo. Man, right when I thought Smashing Pumpkins fans were the people who hated my music writing the most, along comes an army of Soundgarden fans that REALLY hate my writing. I wrote a piece about the band’s pre-Lollapalooza show at The Vic gently dissing the latter period of their career — and keep in mind I’m a fan of...
The end of Sweet Treat Wednesdays… Tonight marks the end of Sweet Treat Wednesdays, Gal Pal and our friend Lisa’s weekly early evening DJ gig at Beauty Bar. The duo always plays sweet tunes, but Beauty Bar is doing away with the early shift DJs since it’s proving a bit hard to build up traction in that time slot. I had noticed Sweet Treat Wednesdays was getting busier —...
Kinda wish Posterous would automatically import my...
…but I guess it’s not in their interest to play nice?
The truth is that we have two microblogging services battling it out and I kind of wish I could just share the same content across both until I can decide which one is the clear winner with the most vibrant community. Right now it’s so segmented that I can’t make the call. Yet.
Vintage (looking) beagle time! Betty the Beagle can’t help but look cute, can she? So deceiving! She’s such an adorable little rascal…
My new phone. So I drank the kool-aid and bought an iPhone 4 last week. I’ve been holding out for a model I thought would meet most of my cell phone demands and I decided this one was finally it. Luckily I know someone that works for Apple so I didn’t have to wait three weeks between my decision to buy and actual delivery. Instead it was more like a 15-minute wait in line and viola! iPhone! So far...
Will Eisner's A Contract With God heading to the... →
Let’s hope they treat the master’s work with more reverence than the latest cinematic adaptation of The Spirit.
When it all started… I met GalPal exactly two years ago tomorrow. Luckily Jessica Hopper was there to document that monumental initial meeting.* Two years. Wow. In that time I’ve done really great things and really dumb things. I’ve been both the best boyfriend I’ve ever been and the worst boyfriend I’ve ever been. We’ve had ups and downs but, amazingly, mostly...
Exposure. The following things are true: I have an ability to make faces like an animated charachter causing some to dub me a living cartoon and then get ocular whiplash as I whip between frenzied faces and utter static dead stares.
I now officially weigh less than I did in college, although I am not bulkier and more built, though certainly not musclebound.
I age in reverse.
I have a divot...
dear sir: Online Dating Lies (from OK Cupid) →
Although following a similar empirical distribution, many men often report heights two inches taller than reality. Men just underneath 6 foot tall have a tendency to stretch physical measurements even more to reach that coveted psychological benchmark.
So since I’m 6 feet two inches I should now be telling people, “I’m as tall as Conan O’Brien,” right?
Pitchfork pics. Hey there, I totally forgot to let you know my pictures of the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival are up! I took Monday off from the 9-to-5 to both decompress after the fest and actually get all my shots edited and out the door. There’s a gallery on Chicagoist and then there are even more photos on my Flickr page. And if you missed it you can read our group recaps of Day One, Day...
The one formspring.me question I am actually struggling to answer. It is: How do you balance work and play? You seem to do it quite well.I do do it quite well and I’ve literally been struggling for months to explain how I do it without resorting to the simplistic but true response of “I just do.” I’m still working on a response. Anyway, if you have another question...
Another shot of me in the wilds of P4K! Clayton Hauck caught me snapping the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s set. Definitely one of my personal highlights of the weekend!
I write like David Foster Wallace →
Duh.
Proof I actually do work amidst the drinking and revelry at a music festival. Thanks to Will Rice for sending me this shot he took that includes me enthusiastically photographing Free Energy at the ungodly weekend our of one o’clock in the afternoon!
Heading to Union Park this weekend? Say hi if you see me! I’ll be running all over the Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend. Feel free to keep up with my tweets and @ message me if you want to meet up and say hi. Don’t worry, I don’t bite!
Ready? Set. Go! The Pitchfork Music Festival kicks off tomorrow and I can admit it is the one music fest this summer I am most looking forward to. The bill is the strongest one I’ve seen. The headliners do lean towards appeasing old fogies like me but there’s plenty great up and coming bands on the bill to even that out. My biggest questions are whether Best Coast and Sleigh Bells will...
iNdecision. So this week was to be THE week. The week I finally turn in my old phone and purchase a brand new iPhone. I’ve held out buying the iPhone for years, knowing full well Apple’s history of creating something and then refining it. What began as a decent device would become an excellent device, if I could just hold out a few years years. So, time has passed and I’ve been...
Pitchfork Seeks Writers →
perpetua:
Here’s your chance! I especially encourage all the talented young women out there to put in for this because I think everyone can agree that the gender gap is kinda crazy. But you have to be good! The standards are pretty high these days. Give it a shot!
I’m too old and set in my ways to even consider this anymore, but I think Matthew’s call to close the gender gap is...
The only thing worse than a Monday? A Monday when you have 1,879 things to do! Eep! More later…
TankBird Tuesday +1! ‘Tis that time of the month so come on out to The Burlington for TankBird Tuesday tonight! We’ve got a guest DJ, Drew Fortune, in tow and are anxious to to play the platters that matter in the only bar in Chicago that will truly allow us to run wild with our tastes. Yup yup!
5 records you couldn’t live without? Man, I can’t even begin to answer this one comprehensively since my tastes change from time to time, but the following are the albums that seem to find their way back into my life for extended periods of time. The Who “Quadrophenia” The Pixies “Doolittle” Nirvana “Nevermind” David Bowie “The Man Who Sold The...
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5 records you couldn't live without?
Man, I can’t even begin to answer this one comprehensively since my tastes change from time to time, but the following are the albums that seem to find their way back into my life for extended periods of time.
The Who “Quadrophenia”
The Pixies “Doolittle”
Nirvana “Nevermind”
David Bowie “The Man Who Sold The World”
Jane’s Addiction...
Midsummer night’s dreams. Man, now that was kind of a lousy night sleep-wise. I was tempted to just get up an hour ago and start my day because I just couldn’t seem to keep my eyes shut for more than a few minutes at a time! I reckon there are a few reasons behind it; I have a big deadline at the 9-to-5 and I kept running down the final checklist of what needs to be done on the...
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You probably know many of these songs, which is a good thing. This is just as much for people who already like these songs as it is for people who may be catching up. Pass it along. Play it in a car, or by a pool, or at a party. Enjoy.
Kanye West “Power” / Sleigh Bells “Rill Rill” / LCD Soundsystem “I Can Change” / Robyn “Dancing On My Own” / Bat For Lashes & Beck “Let’s Get...
Seriously Geddy, how DOES your voice get that high?! Hands-down my favorite photo from last night’s show. Rush is in top-notch form this tour so if you have a chance to see them, GO! And if you’re in Chicago, they’re playing again tomorrow on Northerly Island in the surprisingly small and cozy (if a bit state fair feelin’) Charter One Pavilion. Look for my full photoset...
Gone sailin’! Expect regular posting to resume tomorrow, until then, get outside and enjoy some sunshine!
Another year in the books… Yup, I made it! Last night was incredibly fun and I realized just how lucky I am to have so many great friends. Thanks to all who made it out last night or took the time to send me birthday greetings this year. I’m still piecing together the shenanigans at The Corner — for instance I completely forgot about the bottle of champagne the bar broke out!...
