I went and saw Title Tracks at the Backstage of Black Cat last night, which, for those who’ve never been, is a venue that is approximately the size of a large closet. After several weeks of straight touring, they were focused and tight. I’ve seen them half a dozen times or so live now, and [...]
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later, panda
Tai Shan is being deported to China on February 4. Rather than getting misty-eyed about his impending departure, I say, good riddance. That’s right–I’m anti-panda. The Supreme Court recently affirmed personal freedom of speech rights for corporations. I’d like to think that if there actually was a prosopopoetic corporation, he would sound like the stiff [...]
beer, coffee, and trains
So it’s the end of the week, and I’m incredibly scatterbrained at the moment for some reason. I’m at my parents’ for the weekend–it’s my dad’s birthday today. I took the 3:50 pm Brunswick Line MARC train up to Frederick from Union Station this afternoon. I picked the drunk train. (Fox 5 did a story [...]
big shiny jelly bean
The first Google hit for “big shiny jelly bean“ is the official Millennium Park Cloud Gate page. Pretty neat. One of these days I’ll make it over there to see it. My one trip to Chicago consisted of eight hours in a conference room and several more hours at O’Hare. I went and saw another of [...]