Knower

Imagine being a fly on the wall for the extended Sweet Freedom. It would be awesome. Not only would Michael McDonald be there but Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines. Your fly friends wouldn’t believe you either until Running Scared came out. Probably at the drive in because you’re a fly.

It’s weird. Millionaires want to be the wine business. I just want to be in pastry business.

Finally a movie that used American Girl correctly. So I can erase the scene from Silence of The Lambs that has been stuck my head for decades.

#NowPlaying SummerinLove by Parcels. I can’t not think that Shia sounds a little bit like Get Lucky.

I found out last year if you to Crisp before the Holiday Show it increases the awesomeness of the show.

I love putting busy in my work calendar when I’m just going to be buying concert tickets.

It’s that time of the year!

Brendan & Jake’s 23rd Annual Holiday Show returns to Park West Chicago on December 13th, featuring Andy Farag and special guests @goldlikejoel.bsky.social + Mike Racky.

Once again, this special evening will benefit the People's Music School.

Tix onsale 10/17

Between Parcels LOVE and Here and Nowhere by the Autumn Defense you can be transported to a different decade.

Brendan & Jake Holiday show day after Perpetual Grove. Game on!

Also enjoying Parcels.

Yup. I saw. All sold out though.

Gonna hear what Parcels is about. They’re up next in the Que.

3 nights of Leftover Salmon in March at Garcia’s. That’s a lot of Leftover Salmon.

I loved Drew Struzan’s artwork so much. Especially loved how, for THE NAME OF THE ROSE poster, he drew Sean Connery in a, “nuh-UH girl” pose.

Do you think when growing up if you had the name Ben Riley you’d get asked about Peter Parker a lot?

I could definitely go for a Wind It Up or a Brent Black this Friday.

#moe

#NowPlaying The Kölh Concert by Keith Jarret. I would say this is Fall\ Winter album.

Kind of late to the game on this but Parrhesiastes by John Zorn is very good.

#NowPlaying Poor Places by Wilco.
“Someone ties a bow…
In my backyard to show me love
…My voice is climbing walls
Smoking and I want love”

Anxiety already through the roof and I haven’t even started my day yet.

Ticket bought for One Battle After Another. Going to be watching it in less than 12 hours.

It was tough for me to get back into the swing of things too. Especially riding public transportation here. It was so efficient there except for NYE when it was 2 minutes late to leave.

Very few people read away messages anymore. It’s seems they peaked with AOL instant messenger.

#NowPlaying Slide Tackle by Japanese Breakfast. Love her voice throughout this song. Especially the chorus.

Whoa. Real Estate is going to Atlas in full at Tomorrow Never Knows. It was recorded in The Loft. That’s gonna be a great show. 🤯

2 Musubi’s for lunch, because that is how I roll these days.

So the song Twilight Override is about a kid being jealous of someone with a cast because everyone would sign it. I never broke a bone growing up. Only my nose twice. That’s cartilage so it doesn’t count.

#twilightoverride

They’re really pushing this Ai thing. Don’t you just wish they could go back to hearing this much about Beanie Babies?

#NowPlaying Needle to Death by Yo La Tengo. A dark but beautiful song.

A great indie band. Check about Atlas and Days.

I didn’t know that Via Chicago was considered a murder ballad. I just thought it was all in the mind of storyteller and all the bad things that are explained brought him back to Chicago.