Runoff

Wrote the majority of this a week ago. Better late than never. Better luck next time, Chuy. 

The skies are spitting at us trying to deter us from voting today. I say us but I mean you. I voted when it was sunny a week ago. Early voting lasts for two weeks and we can still barely get one third of the city to vote.

So that's why the skies spit at us. Because we get the weather we deserve.

I'm sitting at the bar at the Hideout waiting for Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky to woefully announce the imminent results of Chuy Garcia's loss in the mayoral runoff, the first in this city's history. It's only a matter of time. The bar being out of Daisy Cutter is a sign. That scattered laundry basket on Elston Ave. is a sign. My flat tire last night was a sign: Chuy won't win.

It sometimes feels like I live in a bubble. I saw exactly one (1) sign in someone's yard supporting Rahm Emanuel in my neighborhood. Logan Square is populated by Chuy. My social media is nothing by Chuy supporters. My hood has more 'Raht' stickers than 'Rahm' posters. Creative signs and wheat-pastes have sprouted on brick walls like buds on the trees along the boulevards are about to.

And he's still going to lose.

Ono Part II

So even though I posted a huge long thing yesterday about Ono on Frontier Psychiatrist, I have even more scans that they gave me I wanted to share.These are a bit more wordy (reviews / previews of shows), including the Reader article I mentioned, so I didn't want to add them on a piece already as long as it was. These are for the intense fans. Enjoy.

Review of Machines That Kill People in Aeon Magazine

Review by Scott Michaelson in the Chicago Reader, July 1983

...this review is currently not in the Chicago Reader online archives.

Review in Matter Magazine

The following is...well I'm really not quite sure what's going on. The cover of this newspaper says "Pavilion for the Arts, ltd. presents Robert A Fischer's THE JADED DRAGON (A Kah-Boo-Key Event in 5 Acts)." So take that as you will. It happened at the Germania Club on Saturday October 29th, 1983. 

Order form for Kate Cincinnati cassette, with original calligraphy by Travis

Ear Relevant

This is "the shit everyone else has turned me on to recently" edition.

Joey Bada$$
First head this at Justin Martin's apartment. I think he was cooking me some food. Or we were just drinking. Either way, this is tight. He (Joey, not Justin) collabed with Chance the Rapper recently, one of my Chicago hip-hop favs. Good beats, tight rhymes. Beats the shit out of the drill scene. Stream or download on this website RIGHT HERE.

Follakzoid
I missed these guys at the Empty Bottle the other week, but Peter saw them twice at SXSW and for good reason apparently. Chilean krautrock that you must check out. 



Faun and a Pan Flute
Greg Fox tweeted about this band at SXSW aaaannndd yeah, check 'em out. Atlanta experimental psych-rock in a word:



Alla
Jon Graef loves this band. I waited way too long to listen to them. Chicagoist has the exclusive download RIGHT HERE.

Sabina Sciubba
Singer from Brazilian Girls doing some solo stuff. Yes, this video is just as weird as you'd expect it to be, and her voice and the song is just as good as you'd expect it to be.



Gabe Liebowitz
Singer of Dastardly covers some good shit (Smiths, Bowie, the Stones), some funny banter, and not afraid to let his voice crack every now and again. WARNING: depressing as shit. ALSO: moving. ALSO: funny.



Still not enough music? Check out The Reader's Jukebox, featuring my suggestion of Marquee Moon.