Ok, this post is about four months late. Which is better than never, but only just barely. An unintended consequence of Cooper’s birth was that it coincided with some incredible Cure tickets I had for the same evening. I know, to even mention such a thing provides fairly strong evidence that my priorities are screwed [...]
I’ve been to all the Lollapaloozas at Grant Park (and more than a couple back in the 90s’s too) and I’ve always kind of half-assed them. They’ve never really gotten the attention and adoration from me that Coachella has. Which really isn’t fair, because Lollapalooza is almost as good as Coachella. Almost. And this year [...]
Honestly, what the hell have I been doing all year? There’s not much point in having a blog if you only post things once or twice a season. In my defense, things have been a little hectic. So let’s hit some of the bigger items. I Went to Barcelona Which sounds so much more exciting [...]
Some weeks are a blur. Too much work, too little time and such. But this was a very good week. For starters, all of my projects at work are going reasonably well. I’ve restructured a few things about how we work together as a team on projects, and so far, things are going swimmingly. For [...]
With all the Lollapalooza hullabaloo, I nearly forgot I saw Grinderman (Nick Cave’s side project) at the Metro the other day with Stu. Faith asked me last night why I love live music so much, and shows like this are why. I have to admit that I didn’t really “get” the Grinderman album until I [...]
I used to think that the reason I invested less passion and effort into Lollapalooza was that since I saw it after Coachella, it always felt like a bit of an afterthought. But since I didn’t go to Coachella this year, that excuse doesn’t hold up. There are two reasons I put less into Lollapalooza. [...]