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Aidan at the Depeche Mode Concert
The last time I was at a concert with Aidan it was a year ago to see Warpaint at Thalia Hall in Pilsen. You can read Aidan’s review of that show here. In August we attended the Depeche Mode Global...
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Welcome to Austin, Assholes
Not long ago I traveled to Austin, Texas with my friend Mosquito. We called it the “Beers, Barbecue, and Biking” tour. “You guys don’t look ready for biking,” said the friendly bicycle rental man. “But...
View ArticleTwerkin’ Urchins and the Russian Café
This past summer I was at the Pilsen Food Truck Social, enjoying a Chocrute Kabob from Dusek’s Board & Beer and reading Chicago reclusive author Clive Javanski’s latest essay, “Am I Some Kind of...
View ArticleWords For Someone Who Died
Mickey’s Tavern in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood died a few years ago. One of its beloved regulars died in December. I first met Dr. Pelz at Mickey’s when I moved to the neighborhood. It was my first...
View ArticleMarch Madness Selection Sunday for Sirius XM
With the new Jeep I purchased in September came a one-year free subscription to SiriusXM. I finally decided to hold my own “Selection Sunday” for channel favorites and scanning. Quite a few channels...
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Chicago’s Smallest Bathroom
Chicago’s smallest bathroom may be at a no-frills neighborhood BBQ joint on Granville Avenue in Edgewater. And getting to the bathroom at Sam’s Chicken & Rib is an experience in itself. I visited...
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Depeche Mode Came To Town
On June 1 Depeche Mode cleared out the stink in the United Center that was left over from the Bulls and Blackhawks. I had a good time at the concert. For the most part I was fine with every song the...
View ArticleThe Louisville Hugger
I visited Louisville a few weeks ago. The last time I was there several years prior our band U.K. Grief played a show at a dive bar that goes unremembered. But it was where we debuted a new song there,...
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The Dodgy in Panama City Beach
Panama City Beach sunset Been taking a break writing and editing the book, and took a break from that by visiting Panama City Beach with Mosquito (featured on this site in various posts and also in the...
View ArticleBooze Liquors
While in Champaign at the University of Illinois, Aidan and I decided to stop at one of our favorite places to buy alcohol. Booze Liquors. That’s it. That’s the name. Booze Liquors with a sign above...
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