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New Blog Folks

2011-01-09T06:07:00.000-08:00

http://weberkski.tumblr.com/

A bit of Fry and Laurie. Season 4 intro

2011-01-04T06:46:00.000-08:00

Been having some fun watching this show.

The Tallest Man On Earth - The Drying of the Lawns

2010-12-21T06:47:00.000-08:00

Favorite one so far. Thinking of of picking the guitar back up :)

The Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain

2010-12-21T06:46:00.000-08:00

Good old guitar fun.

andrew bird - lull (daytrotter version)

2010-12-15T05:45:00.000-08:00

Bibio - Lover's Carvings

2010-12-11T08:35:00.000-08:00

Happy Morning Music

WINTER'S BONE - Official US Theatrical Trailer in HD

2010-12-10T15:53:00.000-08:00

On a Southern Gothic kick. Not sure why. Trailer doesn't really do the movie justice.

Bird in Hand - GEICO Commercial

2010-12-04T07:57:00.000-08:00

Pretty Great Commercial.

The Quiet American

2010-11-29T20:23:00.000-08:00

What a story!

Sufjan Stevens - You Are the Blood

2010-11-28T14:41:00.000-08:00

So you could have easily guessed that Sufjan Steven's new CD would be great if you had a chance to hear this compilation cover.

Current Reading

2010-11-28T14:25:00.000-08:00

Zeitoun

Quite embarrassing really.

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

2010-11-21T19:42:00.000-08:00

Also, went to the LCD Soundsystem concert at the Aragon. Fricking Transcendent.

Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop

2010-11-21T19:41:00.001-08:00

Same thing here. (That Thing)

Lauryn Hill Zion

2010-11-21T19:41:00.000-08:00

Pretty much can't stop listening to Lauren Hill.

Current Reading

2010-11-21T19:38:00.000-08:00

Kafka on the Shore - Best reading since Cien Anos de Soledad.

-Murakami

LCD Soundsystem - Home

2010-09-28T03:08:00.000-07:00

Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"

2010-08-31T15:58:00.000-07:00

This song alone is pretty much better than the whole of Neon Bible :)

Ty Segall - It #1

2010-06-15T21:43:00.000-07:00

This song is so hot.

Riceboy Sleeps - Indian summer (complete version)

2010-06-02T19:12:00.000-07:00

Just Read

2010-06-02T05:45:00.001-07:00

Paul Hindemith : Trauermusik

2010-05-05T20:46:00.000-07:00

Itzhak Perlman-Pugnani Kreisler-Preludium and Allegro

2010-05-05T20:35:00.000-07:00

The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night - And this is what we call progress

2010-05-05T18:24:00.000-07:00

Charlie Rose - Lloyd Blankfein

2010-05-04T21:35:00.000-07:00

John Cale

2010-05-03T21:09:00.000-07:00

I can't find it anywhere online to post for you all but Movement 4 (A Violin Solo) from John Cale's Eat/Kiss Music for the films of Andy Warhol is amazing!

and You Lied to Me

2010-04-29T21:41:00.001-07:00

Pretty excited for this concert next month.

A 1980s English Patient, except this time the book is better than the movie.

2010-04-06T17:14:00.000-07:00

You had me from the first downbeat.

2010-04-06T17:07:00.001-07:00

Ronald Reagan TV Ad: "The Bear"

2010-03-31T05:48:00.001-07:00

Besnard Lakes 2010 - Albatross

2010-03-24T17:27:00.001-07:00

The Exploding Whale

2010-02-26T19:45:00.001-08:00

Bad news :)

Riceboy Sleeps - Boy 1904

2010-02-26T18:58:00.001-08:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrati

Long limbs and large ribs. No one alive has heard anything like this. What a strange thought.

Best Glasses Ever

2010-02-26T18:37:00.001-08:00

To the left, to the left.

Good Music from Commercials

2010-02-21T11:42:00.000-08:00

I am noticing a trend.

Here.

Harpsichord

2010-02-21T11:41:00.000-08:00

I can't get it out of my head.

(I also can't seem to post from youtube anymore)

Riceboy Sleeps - Happiness

2010-02-04T19:50:00.001-08:00

Pretty Great Stuff

Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's House Mix)

2010-01-19T21:36:00.001-08:00

Sounds like some good running music.

"Empire State of Mind" Jay-Z | Alicia Keys [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

2010-01-05T19:33:00.001-08:00

I'm more of a Chicago guy but this is a fun song.

Seriously, being a rapper must be the sweetest job. You always get to talk about how awesome you are.

Darkstar - Aidy's Girl's A Computer

2010-01-05T19:31:00.001-08:00

Sweet Track

Updates/Links

2010-01-05T19:24:00.000-08:00

Been working like it's in style.

Sampling Pitchfork's top 100 of 2009.

Just bought my mom The New Yorker for her birthday (Happy Birthday Mom!)

I'll post some music vids.

2009-12-16T19:36:00.001-08:00

I'm still a big A Softer World fan.

Old Pilsen Fire

2009-12-03T20:35:00.001-08:00

Reminds me of when my apt almost burned down two summers ago.

North Lawndale Fire 1

2009-12-03T20:32:00.001-08:00

Fire out by my old place on the west side.

Links

2009-11-25T18:26:00.000-08:00

Credit Cards

Boys

Words

Nietzsche

TV

2009-11-24T21:40:00.000-08:00

Getting stuck on The Wire.

Haven't seen anything like this before on television.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

2009-10-30T19:40:00.001-07:00

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Skeletons (with lyrics)

2009-10-30T19:33:00.001-07:00

Current Reading

2009-10-29T20:53:00.000-07:00

Pale Fire

Drink of the Month

2009-10-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

The drink of the month for November is the Gimlet, our second cocktail that was devised primarily for health purposes (see also the Gin & Tonic).

Feel free to demand one whenever you are over.

The Economist

2009-10-25T18:37:00.000-07:00

Did you know that The Economist has an audio edition?

New Orleans

2009-10-21T17:02:00.000-07:00

Houses of the Future

Mad Men

2009-10-21T17:00:00.000-07:00

What you should be watching.

Angus and Julia Stone - "Mango Tree" [music video]

2009-10-15T20:33:00.001-07:00

Something, filled up...

2009-10-15T20:08:00.001-07:00

I realize I am about five years late on this, but man, what a great song.

Drink of the Month

2009-10-13T18:57:00.000-07:00

I'm reviving the drink of the month club, so stop on by anytime this October for a Sioux City Jim. I'm also now gimlet capable.

Current Reading

2009-10-12T17:55:00.001-07:00

Good Stuff

2009-10-07T20:07:00.000-07:00

Sir Richard Bishop (that's a self-styled sir)

Sweet Ties

2009-10-03T11:51:00.000-07:00

http://www.cyberoptix.com/

Sesame Street: Mad Men

2009-10-03T06:56:00.001-07:00

Autumn

2009-09-28T20:59:00.000-07:00

I won't bother to quote everyone's favorite autumnal poem, but here in Chicago I'm beginning to feel that I should figure out how to use my furnace.

Current Reading

2009-09-28T20:55:00.001-07:00

You never can tell with a New York Times bestseller, though I was pleasantly surprised by Mountains Beyond Mountains.

Erik Satie - Gnossiennes No 1

2009-09-28T17:27:00.001-07:00

Nina Simone - Sinnerman full lenght

2009-09-27T16:30:00.001-07:00

Nina Simone/ Feeling Good

2009-09-20T19:12:00.001-07:00

This is pretty incredible.

Hot Chip - "Over and Over"

2009-09-15T19:50:00.001-07:00

I just want to say that this is a pretty sweet dance track.

HEALTH :: DIE SLOW :: MUSIC VIDEO

2009-09-15T19:20:00.001-07:00

I can't get this song out of my head. And the video is so wonderfully Dionysian.

Julie & Julia

2009-09-08T05:35:00.000-07:00

Go see it.

http://www.julieandjulia.com/

You won't regret it.

Stanley Tucci & Meryl Streep are amazing and Amy Adams is kinda cute in a beleaguered young housewife sort of way.

Fashion

2009-09-07T07:17:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I have a new hobby.

Fashion, who new it could be so much fun.

http://www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

Spirited Away Trailer

2009-08-12T21:17:00.001-07:00

I remember really enjoying this film though strangely now I couldn't tell you what it was about at all.

Ponyo - On The Cliff By The Sea- Official Trailer [HD]

2009-08-12T21:11:00.001-07:00

I saw an advance screening of Ponyo a few days ago. It was a bunch of beautiful nonsense, very beautiful.

Classy Wedding

2009-08-12T06:16:00.000-07:00

I recently attended a wedding that opened with a piece by Phillip Glass, played in part by a member of the Kronos Quartet.

Please go here and click on selected music in the bottom right hand corner and listen to Knee 5.

2009-08-12T06:08:00.000-07:00

"-perhaps all our loves are merely hints and symbols; a hill of many invisible crests; doors that open as in a dream to reveal only a further stretch of carpet and another door; perhaps you and I are types and this sadness which sometimes falls between us springs from dissapointment in our search, each straining through and beyond the other, snatching a glimpse now and then of the shadow which turns the corner always a pace or two ahead of us."

- Evelyn Waugh, B.R.

Baha'i Temple

2009-08-05T04:50:00.000-07:00

Took a brief trip out of the country to visit this gorgeous temple. No wait! This is actually accessible by L. Who would have guessed?

Sailing Lake Michigan

2009-08-05T04:10:00.001-07:00

Sailing back from the crib last Saturday in 25+ knots of wind!

2009-07-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

Here in the middle class we have traded all our quiet desperation for pleasant disappointment.

Pictures for Sad Children

2009-07-25T06:46:00.000-07:00

Great comic over here.

Flaming Lips Pitchfork Music Festival 2009

2009-07-24T12:57:00.001-07:00

The Flaming Lips closed down the festival. Their performance was one part rock concert, one part Blue Man Group. Wayne walked around the crowd in a giant inflatable ball. It was a very emotional moment with all of the confetti snowing down on you and everyone in the crowd asking rhetorically if you realized that happiness makes you cry. Even Max broke his usual imperturbability and broke down openly weeping at the beauty and magic of it all.

M83 - Graveyard Girl

2009-07-24T12:48:00.001-07:00

Pitchfork last weekend. Really enjoyed the M83 concert.

Accusations in Iran

2009-06-28T09:24:00.000-07:00

Regarding this article here: why is the U.K. being fingered out despite Obama's recent strong words on the situation in Iran? Could it be that it is just not politically expedient to scapegoat your country's domestic problem on the most popular U.S. president in a number of decades?

The Decembrists

2009-06-28T09:15:00.000-07:00

Head's up Chicago crew, the Decembrists are going to be at the Metro August 6th.

Olympics

2009-06-28T09:09:00.000-07:00

Here in Chicago, we are still the favorites for 2016.

At the Intersection

2009-06-28T09:06:00.000-07:00

of Chicago, Soccer, & Advertising.

Attractive Girls Union Refuses To Talk With Mike Greenman

2009-06-21T15:13:00.001-07:00

Oh, Onion

Nation's Girlfriends Unveil New Economic Plan: 'Let's Move In Together'

2009-06-21T15:11:00.001-07:00

Urban Life Skills

2009-06-16T17:20:00.000-07:00

One of my friends is a mentor here.

Summer Reading

2009-06-15T20:24:00.000-07:00

I am starting to get excited about summer reading.

In Vino Veritas

2009-06-03T16:08:00.000-07:00

I'll drink to that.

La Folie

2009-06-01T20:12:00.000-07:00

If you have the chance to try this beer, do.

2009-05-29T22:54:00.001-07:00

Check out the Green Wing.

2009-05-28T13:26:00.001-07:00

Do the OP-ED writers for the New York Times have editors? Do they realize that their writing is far too chummy and smacks of the in-crowd?

Yes Maureen, you are especially guilty.

2009-05-24T08:18:00.001-07:00

Radiohead in Studio.

Touring

2009-05-22T22:20:00.000-07:00

I really hate it when a band's one stop through Chicago is for Lollapalooza. Yeah, I'm talking to you Decemberists. You too Radiohead.

2009-05-18T18:30:00.001-07:00

On the Town.

Portland

2009-05-17T07:57:00.001-07:00

As far as weekend flings go, Portland pretty much tops the list. I heard they may be getting a soccer team? Any truth in that?

New Hampshire - I Miss Thee Too

2009-05-16T08:34:00.000-07:00

I would so totally give up my seat on the Supreme Court to go hiking in the White Mountains for the last few decades of my life. But seriously man, what was the deal with that whole eminent domain thing? That's pretty un-New Hampshire.

2009-05-16T08:33:00.001-07:00

Look what is opening in Chicago this weekend.

True Blood Season 2 - Second Promo

2009-05-11T21:19:00.001-07:00

Would you judge me if you knew I was looking forward to the second season of True Blood? Good, because I'm not looking forward to it at all. Not one bit.

Kanye West - Heartless

2009-05-09T21:20:00.001-07:00

My New Favorite Eats

2009-04-26T15:47:00.000-07:00

YATS

Auto-Tune the News #2: pirates. drugs. gay marriage.

2009-04-26T14:15:00.001-07:00