Two punk legends to double team Reggies this Thursday!
This coming Thursday night, two members of legendary first-wave punk bands along with a member of a legendary new-wave/pop band will join forces at Reggies to play two sets of their punk hits. Glen Matlock was the original bass player for the Sex Pistols. He was the bass player that could actually play his bass [...]
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 [...]
Anti-Nowhere League 4/9 at Reggie’s
Last week I went to see the Anti-Nowhere League at Reggie’s here in Chicago. The band’s first album, We Are… The League, ranks extremely high on my list of favorite punk rock albums of all time so I was very excited to get a chance to see the band play. I took the bus and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Destroy Everything at Champs Rock Room
Sunday night I took a quick trip over to Champs Rock Room in Burbank, IL to see Destroy Everything. They only ended up playing five songs. I was experimenting some more with different settings on the camera using the flash on the second curtain sync with longer exposures trying to get better results with showing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Avengers, The Effigies 9/3 at Beat Kitchen
Last night The Loaf and I went down to the Beat Kitchen to see the Avengers, The Effigies, The Plus Ones and M.O.T.O. It was a 21 and over gig which meant it started at 9pm and thankfully they didn’t have to hurry the show along so to clear out for a later one the [...]
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 [...]
Clit 45 at Stage 83
Last night I went to see Clit 45, Career Soldiers, The Infected, and The Frantic play at Stage 83 in Lemont. Cheddar and Lady Nines came by early and picked me up because the promoter (Rose Red Productions) was borrowing a couple of mics from Cheddar Nines for the show. We were at the club [...]
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 [...]
Destroy Everything and Hotlips Messiah 1/18/06
Last night Destroy Everything and Hotlips Messiah played a show at Roc Bar in Chicago. Normally this bar doesn’t have live music playing and I think it is pretty new and it is owned by one of the members of the band Disturbed. I am not really a fan of that band, however the bar [...]
Bauhaus x2
Both last night and tonight I went to see Bauhaus play at The Vic. Originally it was supposed to be at The Riviera, but the venue was changed about a few weeks ago due to low advance ticket sales. I really wasn’t surprised at the low sales considering how much they were charging per ticket, [...]
