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P4K 2007-07-13 20:00:00 If you are wondering who to check out at Pitchfork this weekend, have a look at what I (and a bunch of other Chicago bloggers) wrote for Time Out Chicago. Happy Friday the 13th. Woo ha!
Girl Talk - Night Ripper 2007-07-16 21:42:00 The skies were gray and pouring down rain as I made my way home from work this afternoon. Luckily I was listening to Girl Talk
's utterly fantastic mash-up album NightRipper
to cheer me up. It then struck me that I didn't include this album in my best of 2006 posts nor have I ever posted about it. Shame on me.Most of you probably know and love this album, and if you don't, you should. On this (his third full-length) Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis takes hundreds of samples and smashes them into one another with reckless abandon. A few of the artists sampled on Night Ripper include:2 Live Crew, 2PAC, 50 Cent, 69 Boyz, Abba, Paula Abdul, Aerosmith, Amerie, Annie, Arrested Development, David Banner, Rob Base, Bel Biv Devoe, George Benson, Better Than Ezra, Beyoncé, Black Box, The Black Crowes, Black Eyed Peas, Black Rob, Black Sheep, Boredoms, Boston, Bow Wow, Boyz II Men, The Breeders, Chris Brown, James Brown, Bun B, Busta Rhymes, Calloway, Candyman, Mariah Carey, Cassidy, Chicago, C
Getting the Band Back Together 2007-07-15 12:13:00 Late yesterday evening I got a phone call from my former Allister bandmate Scottie (currently of The Get Go) and we were discussing our plans for band practice tomorrow afternoon during which Scottie mentioned something about the practice space being near where Santa's Village was in a rented storage unit that Allister used to practice in. Huh? He didn't have an address or know anything other than "It is right next to Santa's Village in Dundee." Brilliant and typical. So typical of the old Allister days. Now I actually have to find this place.Which leads me to the fact we are getting the band back together. Sorta. I will (along with our other original guitar player John) be playing a few songs during the final Allister show at Metro this Friday 7/20. Come on out if you can, I'd love to show you that I can still rock out to simple three chord pop-punk tunes. Consider yourself formally invited. Punchline and The Fold will open. I'll leave you with a few tunes on this beau
An incomplete history of chicago punk rock (vol. 20) 2007-07-19 23:51:00 After just over 10 years together, Chicago pop-punk band Allister is calling it quits and playing their final show tomorrow night at Metro in Chicago. Now I've written in much more detail about the band here already, but thought one last run through would be appropriate. The Allister story begins in late 1996 when guitarists John Hamada and Eric Mueller (that's me) met in a calculus class at UIUC and realized they shared a love for the Blake Babies and punk rock. Along with drummer/singer Tim Rogner (John had played in a band with Tim during high school) the trio of John (guitar/vocals), Tim (drums/vocals), and Eric (bass/vocals) began playing out in early 1997 and finally settled on the name Allister after discarding names like Phineas Gage and Fall Out Boy (seriously). In December of that same year, the band recorded their debut 7" You Can't Do That On Vinyl with Phil Bonnet (RIP). That 7" caught the attention of upstart California punk label Drive-Thru Records who agreed to di
Simpsonize yourself 2007-07-22 23:48:00 Have you seen this yet? I've wasted way too much time on these sites today. In conjunction with the upcoming Simpson's Movie, there is the BK site simpsonizeme.com which turns your uploaded photo into a Simpson's character, or you can visit simpsonsmovie.com to create an avatar of your Simpson's likeness. Both yielded differing results, but I prefer the latter.
Steroids in baseball (a rant of sorts) 2007-07-25 19:41:00 I am a huge baseball
fan and also a huge Chicago Cubs fan. I am a baseball purist and love digging through the numbers and the history to figure out things like who the best second baseman in National League history is. I'm a big believer in sabermetrics, I don't like the designated hitter, and I think that on base percentage is oftentimes overlooked in favor of batting average. What I don't get is why people are so upset and surprised by steroid use in baseball. Let me explain. The fact of the matter is that even though individual player statistics can be compared from era to era, there are distinct periods in baseball history that will never be repeated again. When the pitching mound was lowered in 1969 that marked the end of an era. When the season was lengthened from 154 to 162 games in 1962, that was the end of an era. The introduction of relief pitching also began a new era in baseball. The period from about 1993-2003 is (to me at least) just another era; the steroid e Read more:Steroids
Hot Rod Circuit - The Underground... 2007-08-01 07:02:00 One of the bands that I had the pleasure of seeing over the weekend at the Warped Tour was New Haven, Connecticut's Hot RodCircuit
. The band played old favorites as well as a number of songs from their stellar last album The Underground Is A Dying Breed as the crowd gladly soaked in the sun and the sound. Hot Rod Circuit's sound is an unlikely combination of alternative-pop and post-hardcore punk that is tied together with a bit of country twang that comes together like rootsy emo and sounds not unlike Blackpool Lights, Brand New, or even Midtown at times. However you want to describe their sound, Hot Rod Circuit's The Underground Is A Dying Breed is full-on rock assault that has more hooks than a tackle box. Melodies are carried by the jagged punk guitars and yearning vocals of frontman Andrew Jackson as well as the warm melodic tones of "Spacey" Casey Prestwood's pedal steel. It is an unusual genre-defying sound that really separates the band from the pack, but also perfec
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