Weekly Wrap-up: Running A Hot Chocolate 5K Is Like Writing A Concert Review

Hot Chocolate Race 5k Chicago

Yesterday, Colleen and I ran in the Hot Chocolate 5k in downtown Chicago with 30,000 other crazy people in 30 degree weather. Like most 5k races, it was a mixture of pleasure, competition, and self-determination. Even better, it was just like writing a concert review or a blog post. Read on to see how you, [...]

Wanna Help Book The Bill For Lollapalooza 2010?

lolla2010

Hey aspiring booking agents, you still have a few days left  (until Nov10th) to help pick the bill and  “Be a Booking Agent” for Lollapalooza 2010.  It’s an interesting twist for fans as the Lolla site explains: Tell us who you’d put on next year’s Lollapalooza lineup, happening August 6-8, 2010. Give us your Top 5 artists [...]

Radiohead, No Eyes: Live Fix Experiment #1

I’ve got the schedule right here in front of me. And I’m starting to freak out already. In less than 3 days Lollapalooza will rock Chicago’s Grant Park. And for the third straight year I will once again be faced with the unfortunate task of making excruciatingly difficult decisions that will force me to draw [...]