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Lollapalooza 2007 Recap

2007-08-06T16:30:02Z

Whew, that was fun! Three days of music and sweat. Here's my quick-fire recap. Friday Started out by catching about 20 min of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. Wish I could have seen more ... Ted Leo definitely rocks. Went over the The Polyphonic Sp...

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Lollapalooza 2007: Friday match-ups

2007-08-02T02:07:06Z

Lollapalooza is just days away now. I've been studying the schedule and listening to all the bands, and I think I've got a plan. Of course, everything changes once you get there and you realize how far you have to walk between stages. But this is ...

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The schedule is here! The schedule is here!

2007-06-12T12:27:05Z

Time to agonize over which of the 3 bands that are playing at the same time you're going to go to ... the Lollapalooza schedule has been announced. Remember that some of those stages are really far away as you're planning your strategy.

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Family Cubs outing

2007-05-16T18:18:40Z

The whole family made it out to the Cubs game about a week ago. Cubs won, and we had a great time. We even got a family photo out of it:

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Lolla '07 Early Look

2007-04-12T13:46:15Z

Lollapalooza had found a semi-permanent home in Chicago and this morning the organizers revealed the first batch of bands that will be playing. Overall, I'm quite happy with the line-up. Here are the bands I'm most excited about seeing from the 86...

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Mew-tastic

2007-03-29T15:52:29Z

Fantastic show at the Double Door last night. Those great Danes known as Mew rocked the house with fantastic fidelity, staying very true to the sound of their recordings. Even though I was half-hoping they'd just get up and play And The Glass Han...

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Mew!

2007-03-26T03:24:20Z

I'm very excited to see Mew this Wednesday night at the Double Door. And The Glass Handed Kites was my number one album of 2006, even though it technically came out in 2005. Whatever -- it's an amazing album that rewards persistence and repeated l...

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Los Lobos Acoustic En Vivo

2007-03-16T18:15:18Z

I saw a fantastic show last night ... Los Lobos at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, IL. The venue only seats 350, so it was a fabulous opportunity to see them up close and personal. Of course, by the end of the evening, ...

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QotD: Musical Horoscope

2007-03-09T07:40:54Z

What's your musical horoscope? (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) Inspired by Stephanie. Sufjan Stevens, The Seer's Tower Snow Patrol, Grazed Knees Death Cab For Cutie, Soul Meets Body The Rapture, Ho...

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All it takes is one song

2007-02-23T15:17:55Z

Flipped on woxy.com and heard a song that has reframed my whole day: "Lightening Man" by Nitzer Ebb. Just hearing that transported me to a different time and place ... to a world where Skinny Puppy and Ministry breathed angry breath, and "Industri...

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