The two main daily papers in Chicago, the Tribune and the Sun-Times, each have a “hip” little daily tabloid publication that’s geared towards the young city-dwelling crowd. The Tribune’s paper is called Red Eye, and the Sun-Times’ is called Red Streak. These papers basically take the top 10 news stories and squish ’em down into …
Tryin’ To Anaesthetise The Way That You Feel
Yesterday, someone said to me “radio should be free.” I agree with this sentiment. I’ve had a bunch of people ask me when I’m going to get an XM or Sirius receiver. These suggestions come from people who know that I have a long-standing affection for radio (see Exhibit A) and my tastes in music …
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The Kettle’s On The Boil, And We’re So Easily Called Away
Yesterday I went to the Lake County Discovery Museum to see the Linda McCartney’s Sixties exhibition. I’m not sure how or why it was chosen to be presented here– the venue is a little historical society museum located in a forest preserve in Wauconda, which is about 40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. The exhibit …
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Satan’s iPod III: Mephistopholes’ Response to the Blender Article
The ‘net has been abuzz with the recent articles in Blender magazine listing the 50 Worst Bands and Songs of All Time. Now, some of these songs would appear by default on Hell’s Muzak System (which I envision as a less reprehensible version of Satan’s iPod) based on their mediocrity or plain stupidity. The Red …
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Always Have Humus On Hand
After Tuscan Market, I stopped at the WaMu branch next door for cash. (It seems a certain bank still hasn’t opened a branch in my home town.) WaMu’s ATMs crack me up: “Hey Mr. Lynn, how can I help you?” (I’d still like to see their screens in haiku, though.) And the big annoucement for …
Significant Hop Character
I mentioned yesterday that I was planning in stopping at Tuscan Market, and I did. Mitch always has wine tastings in the afternoons, and I’m something of a straight man for him. When he sees me coming towards the store, he pours a tasting of wine and when I walk in the door he hands …
And A Bottle of Devole Sangiovese
Yes, I made it to the cycling class this morning. Aileen led the class, and while she can be a lot of fun, I think she was determined to put us through our paces. My legs are still recharging. Here are the usual instructors, so when I refer to them in the future, you’ll know …
One More Harp, Nolan, Then I Gotta Go
Today was “Take Your Offspring to Work” Day. Oh yeah, and it was Earth Day, too, but I don’t have anything to contribute to the latter topic, so let’s talk about my day with L’il Blue Eyes. (Wait, I threw my newspapers in the recycling bin: does that count for doing my part for Earth …
Tech Overload
Bill, the co-captain of the BITEMS cycling team, forwarded the list that appears on the next page (thus proving #4 on the list). It’s one of those e-mail things that circulates everywhere, but I make it a policy not to clog bandwidth with this stuff. This one is pretty funny, though, so here ’tis. And …
Rough Grooved Surface
The art of the metaphor is not dead. It just takes a little more work to figure out what the hell they mean these days. I just came out of a meeting where the guy running the thing said, “Let’s not turn this into a ‘scope’ meeting. We already have too many horses in the …