Vans Warped Tour 8/2/08 part one
Saturday I spent the day over at the Vans Warped Tour at the First National Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL. I had two tasks: cover the show for this site and play chaperone to a car full of 14 year old girls. Either one of them means a day of non stop walking around [...]
Ministry 5/8/08 at House of Blues
Thursday night I went over to House of Blues to catch Ministry on what they are billing as their final tour. this was the first of a four night run of shows they are playing at the venue. Seeing as Chicago was their hometown for most of their career, it made sense that they’d more [...]
Hate Eternal, Soilent Green, Skeletonwitch 4/23 at House of Blues
Wednesday night I went over to House of Blues for a night of metal. It was a beautiful day outside and it was an early show so I skated over to the club from the train station instead of taking the bus. After having to check my skateboard at the hotel next door, I went [...]
The Black Dahlia Murder 2/13/08 at House of Blues
Wednesday night I braved the frigid cold and crappy weather to go to the House of Blues here in Chicago to see The Black Dahlia Murder. I saw them play last fall with Cannibal Corpse and was pretty impressed, enough so that I left my winter hibernation to go to this show. Hate Eternal Hate [...]
Number Nine 10/12 at Champs
Last Friday Lunchbox, Beth, and I went to see Number Nine at Champs Rock Room in Burbank, IL. Number Nine is a punk rock band from the Chicago area that dates back to the mid 1980′s. They appeared on a cassette compilation I released back around 1987 but I never got the chance to see [...]
The Melvins 9/27 at Double Door
Thursday night my friend Liza and I went to see The Melvins at the Double Door in Chicago. I realized that this would be the first time I have seen them play in about seven years. I then realized before that, it had been probably seven years between that and the time before it! I [...]
My First Time
My First Time – Book AK Press In everyone’s life, there is a first time for something and depending on what that something is, it could be a very memorable and life changing event. From your first cavity, first date, first time having sex to your first show, these are things that can stick with [...]
Destroy Everything 9/1 at Memories
Last night I went to see Destroy Everything play with four other bands I’ve never heard of over at Memories in Chicago, IL. I was in need of a night of fun at a show and I was itching to take some photos so this show couldn’t have come at a better time for me. [...]
Hotlips Messiah 7/26/07 at Ronny’s
Thursday night I went to Ronny’s for two reasons; to see Hotlips Messiah and to celebrate Slick Horrible’s birthday by meeting up with friends and having a couple of serums. I needed a good night out and this sounded like just what the doctor ordered. Ronny’s is a pretty small bar with a back room [...]
Planes Mistaken for Stars 11/24 at The Note
Friday night I met Wife of 2 over at The Note to see Planes Mistaken for Stars play a show. It had been a couple years I think since I last saw them play so I was looking forward to seeing them again because the last two times I saw them they put on a [...]
Riot Fest 2006 part one
First of all, I apologize for the lengthy delay in getting this up here. I had the most hectic week of the year last week between working overtime nearly every night and Saturday, and then going to Senor Citizen’s wedding on Sunday (congrats to him and Lady of 2 on tying the knot by the [...]
Touch and Go 25th anniversary festival
I bet you are all wondering where my neat photos and story are for this big event? Well let me tell you. Back on the day that they announced this show, I’m talking before there were tickets on sale, etc. I started inquiring about a photo pass for the event. I sent multiple emails over [...]
30 years of punk show
Saturday was the big 30 years of punk show over at Stage 83 in Lemont, IL. This day-long festival was put together by some of my best friends, the guys from Destroy Everything. It featured a mix of old and new bands spanning nearly every decade of punk rock, though it was much more heavily [...]
Subhumans 4/22/06 at Logan Square Auditorium
Last night, Senor Citizen, Lady of 2, and I went to see Subhumans, Leftover Crack, Saint Catherines, and Siderunners at the Logan Square Auditorium. Senor and I got to the city and found Lady of 2 and proceeded to wait in the very very long line to get in the show. I was amazed at [...]
Destroy Everything, The Deranged, Dublin Brigade at Stage 83
Last night (well it could almost be considered late afternoon) I went over to the Clown Ranch to meet up with the Klown army to head out to a show Destroy Everything was doing over at Stage 83 in Lemont. After a pit stop for some junk food over at White Hen, we made the [...]
Japan night
Yesterday afternoon I received an email from Senor Citizen asking me if I would like to go with he and some other of the Klown army to Empty Bottle for the Japan Night show. Since it had been awhile since I got to go anywhere, and he generously offered to cover my admission and a [...]
Riot Fest after-party at The Exit
After we decided that we couldn’t stomach the shit sandwich that “The Misfits” were trying to feed us, Senor Citizen and myself drove a couple of the Angry Samoans over to The Exit to get prepared for them to play there in the upstairs section of that fine little bar. We arrived and it turned [...]
Riot Fest 2005 day two
Saturday saw the second and final day of Riot Fest 2005. There was an obscene number of bands playing that day, something around 20 and the show was supposed to start around noon! Needless to say the thought of sitting through ten bands we either never heard of and/or didn’t care about didn’t appeal to [...]
Riot Fest 2005 day one
Friday was the start of the two-day Riot Fest here in Chicago. For those unaware, it was a two day huge punk “festival” at the Congress Theatre. There were more bands on the bill than I could keep track of and a lot of big name punk bands from the old days in some form [...]
Milemarker 10/22/05 at Empty Bottle
Last night saw the long awaited return of Milemarker to the Empty Bottle. The last time I saw them it was the summer of 2003 at some loft in Wicker Park, and the band imploded that night, resulting in their breakup and two year hiatus before reuniting in a new and altered lineup. When I [...]
Curl Up And Die 8/31/05 at Hang Out’s
Last night I made the long trek up to Wheeling to complete the Curl Up and Die trifecta. It wasn’t nearly as long as the drive to DeKalb so that was cool with me and since it was a late show, there was no traffic getting there so I made great time traveling up north. [...]
