Great Chicago city-kid memories!

That was right by John Hay School. Such a good looking building—I love the curved ends!

Block Club Chicago confirms the owners have another restaurant in Forest Park and they’re expanding here. Hopeful news!

As evening fell on the site of an ICE abduction at Lincoln and Foster, a lone protester held a vigil.

Fabulous interview last evening with @chrisdeville.bsky.social (moderated by Jack Riedy) about Chris’ book Such Great Heights about indie rock and its history over the last few decades.

Maybe you stayed in your dorm room because at some point it began raining and became somewhat miserable on those hard, aluminum benches?

Jeff Tweedy playing an acoustic guitar

#growhopenow concert at Gallegher Way tonight. Sublime. #jefftweedy

Thanks for clarifying. I read a false report and wondered why I hadn’t heard more about that.

Is it true Neil had a few things to say that was punctuated by a mooning?

On FB Marketplace in Chicago: the sign from the Thirsty Whale in River Grove. Coupla notes:
- before Whale, it was a restaurant where my aunt waited tables & Tony Accardo tipped her $100
- a band of HS acquaintances played there then got a C&D letter from a popular metal band for name appropriation

I’m still going to try and be optimistic.

I do believe I saw you at six of these.

Please tell me it’s a different restaurant group? I’ve lost faith after the last half dozen openings and closings.

Thanks! I wasn’t worried about deactivation, but I hadn’t found a compelling reason to switch besides people thinking I ought to.

Is that true for regular email accounts too? I’m old, but really have found no reason to change. Their spam filter almost never lets anything in, and I figure no one will bother trying to hack AOL accounts ever.

Good news this morning!

There is not one good thing in this country that he hasn’t tried to obliterate. This is horrible news.

Also want to tell mention your DJs were on fire this week. Beatnik did a set of 3 acoustic guitar greats, Alex G played a trio of Mangione adjacent songs, and Nicole played 3 dance bangers this morning with Jamie XX in the middle. So grateful for y’all!

Whew! Thanks so much!

It was cool to see people dancing to the music of hometown band Horsegirl in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

*Bryn Mawr?

Jackson 5 mural on Lake St., Miller, IN

Good news, indeed! Here is a photo from October 2018. The new mural is a welcome replacement

There is a companion piece on the River Trail at the Bryn Mawr underpass

Nope

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10 years later, Sufjan Stevens offers a startling reevaluation of 'Carrie & Lowell' : All Songs Considered In a conversation with All Songs Considered's Robin Hilton, Stevens shares a complex and conflicted view of the album he wrote about his mother in the wake of her death from cancer.Enjoy the show? Sha...

I actually spoke with Sufjan maybe three weeks before this ran and have scarcely stopped thinking about everything he had to say. A remarkable guy. ❤️ @npr.org

Time is a tricky thing, ha. I believe he came back from college in the mid 90s. Let’s hope that he has a nice long run with the Reader in the future.

I’m surprised you noticed, thanks @jclillig2.bsky.social!
I’ve been lucky & grateful for Steve’s friendship for all these years. I’ve learned so much and have seen so many incredible concerts with him. His dedication to telling these stories in the Chicago Reader for 20 years has been such a gift.

Sufjan Stevens Is Doing Okay The self-declared “poster child of death in the music world” lost his partner and then got sick. But he’s trying to stay optimistic.

I talked to Sufjan Stevens on Good Friday about the Carrie & Lowell reissue and what he's been up to lately. He wants you to know he's okay. www.vulture.com/article/sufj...