It’s time for Wilco tonight. It’s the second of two shows at UIC Pavilion in Chicago. And seeing as I’ve passed out at a Wilco concert before and their 5 night residency at the Riveria during their last tour was fantastic, this will be the kind of show that I’ll bring with me all types of memories and emotional touch points [...]
Wingin’ It at Blog World Expo 2009
October 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Do We Get In The Way of a Great Show?
October 15, 2009 By 1 Comment
Are We One Step Closer To a FANS Concert Model?
October 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
CHIPUBLIB Sound Off: See Who Won!
October 12, 2009 By 1 Comment
Congrats to Psalm One (Grand Prize) and Shawn Pennington (People’s Choice Award) for winning the CHIPUBLIB Sound Off Contest! Both entries were my top picks and I’ll be looking forward to seeing them perform live on Oct 22nd at Pritzker Park. It’s a free concert, so Chicago fans have no reason not to show up and support [...]
Nas Tattoo Shows Us Something We Can’t See
October 12, 2009 By 1 Comment
Earlier this year, I began exploring the power of the “Little Things” with Bon Iver because, as I mentioned, having played baseball since I was old enough to hold a bat and toss a ball, there ’s one thing that the baseball taught me about live music; it’s that noticing and appreciating the “little things,” [...]
Don’t Do This at Your Next Concert
October 8, 2009 By 11 Comments
Live Fix Experiment Results: Miike Snow & The Tapping-On-My-Notepad Lady These are no ordinary Live Fix Experiment results. What I’m going to share with you is both rare and crucial to every fan’s live music experience. It happened to me at the Miike Snow concert on Sept 25th. It was something that has never happened to me [...]
Chicago Public Library Sound Off: People's Choice Awards
October 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The fan to artist transformation is in full effect. The Chicago Public Library Sound Off Music Contest is in the voting stage for the People’s Choice Awards (Sept 27-Oct 3) and there are a lot of great and inspiring entries. The contestants have all found a way to uniquely express their love for Chicago by repping all the [...]
Experiencing Grief, Joy and Community in Live Music
October 1, 2009 By 29 Comments
Two things have been brewing in my mind lately. 1) The Community of Cathartic Mourning and 2) Building Relationships in Live Music The Community of Cathartic Mourning A good friend of my wife and I shared this Bonnie Raitt Star Tribune review with me a few weeks ago (the video above is one she excitedly posted on Facebook before [...]
Will ‘This Is It’ Be a Final Thriller for Jackson Fans?
September 30, 2009 By 1 Comment
Some say that with This Is It Michael Jackson will finally get the silver screen moment he always wanted. But will it be a concert film he would’ve wanted and one that fans deserve? It certainly won’t replace what his live concerts were like or what his final tour would’ve been like. But nonetheless this past weekend tickets for [...]
The Wonderful Beats of Bhangra at Funky Bhudda Lounge
September 30, 2009 By 1 Comment
The atmospheric beauty of DJ Rekha’s set began with sensual Bhangra beats that cultivated in her mind, flowed to her turntables and laptop, and eventually manifested on the dance floor in a hybrid of traditional Indian dancehall and contemporary club grooving. In Chicago’s Smart Bar, located in the basement of the historic Metro rock venue, [...]
The Secrets to Oprah’s Kickoff Party Flash Mob Dance
September 28, 2009 By 4 Comments
What’s bigger than Chicago, bigger than the Black Eyed Peas and bigger than Oprah? The collective ripple effect of thousands of ”Joy Ambassadors” dancing in downtown Chicago during a Black Eyed Peas concert. Like the rest of Chicago, I was amazed when I saw it (see above video). And usually mobs are angry and not this beautiful [...]
