An Evening With Down

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

I went and saw Down play at the House of Blues in Chicago last night. This was the third time I've seen them, and they put on a good show as usual. It was billed as "An Evening With Down" which meant that there were no opening bands (thank God, ...

This And That

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

So, it turns out that on Friday afternoon some guy walked into the office of a law firm roughly 4 blocks from where I work and gunned three people down. You would think that I'd have heard about it, at least via RSS news feeds, long before I got a ...

…So let it be done.

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

So much has happened in the past 2 weeks and I haven't really been writing about any of it. I am going to blame being busy, which I have been. So in the past 2 weeks (give or take a few days) I have attended 3 concerts, been to two Cubs ...

Ænima Live

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

As I mentioned a few posts back, last night I went to see Ænima, Chicago's Tool cover band. They were better than I expected, and definitely worth going to see. They played for nearly 3 hours, which is pretty impressive in and of itself. I kept track of their setlist ...

I am so going to this…

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

I just found out that Chicago has a Tool cover band that's been around since 2002. Why did I not know about this before?! Judging from some of the reviews at toolarmy, they aren't half bad. They are playing at a place that is a short bus/cab ride from my apartment ...

May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Last night's Mogwai show was just what I was hoping for. They played a good mix of the old and new, and did so for almost an hour and a half (including encore). I guess if Mogwai is not your style of music, you would have gotten bored pretty quickly. ...

But most of all…

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Wednesday night I go see Mogwai. I have been prepping by putting on their CDs before going to bed and then falling asleep halfway through them. Hopefully I do not follow this pattern Wednesday night. Due to unfortunate circumstances beyond our control, one ...

For Kate I Wait

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

Until tonight, I was convinced that there was no such thing as a more drug induced/influenced performance than John Frusciante's first two solo albums. Well, I was wrong. Allow me to introduce Ariel Pink, whom I had the pleasure of seeing tonight at Schuba's here in Chicago. Ariel's set is divided ...

Rock 'n Roll Never Forgives…

Monday, January 9th, 2006

This past weekend I made the trip back to Lansing, MI to catch Endless Aisle and Capitol Cities play at Mac's Bar. I have posted all the pictures I took here. You will probably notice there are three different bands throughout the set of photos. In order they are: 1. Endless ...

Mushroomhead

Friday, December 30th, 2005

There are now a bunch of pictures up at Mushroomhead's site from the show Ryan and I went to at The Pearl Room in Mokena, IL. The combination of not having to drive there, relatively cheap beers, and decent opening bands made for yet another lovely show. Here are some ...