“Next To You” live at Subterranean 08.02.25

my interview with the excellent Like What You Like is out now wherever you get your podcasts! We talk Chicago’s thriving music scene and my goal to be the midpoint between Paul Westerberg and Prince. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

i don't know what the source of this video is but I love it

I'm harnessing the unprecedented power of AI to forget how to read and develop a severe mental illness that makes me unrecognizable to those who once knew me.

just downloaded an mp3 from Passionweiss.com www.passionweiss.com/2010/05/26/m... @passionweiss.bsky.social

Androgrnous Mustache plays The Replacements tonight 10pm at Simon's

it's odd when the worldwide leader in comedy is still making drug jokes that Carson would've loved

Hello everyone! I am working on a story for The Guardian about how Chicagoans are preparing for the possible arrival of federal troops, following President Trump's statements on the matter. Right now, I'm looking for residents, community organizers, business owners, and other folks to talk to!

POW is getting obliterated by constant spam attacks that keep on shutting the site down. If anyone out there has experience in helping rid Wordpress sites of Malware or knows anyone who can help on this front, I would be eternally grateful.

Late Registration turns 20 today. A decade ago I spoke to some of the collaborators behind Kanye West (who sadly disappeared off the face of the Earth sometime around 2017) about its creation for @passionweiss.bsky.social www.passionweiss.com/2015/09/23/1...

i damn near forgot it's the late reg anniversary. used to really carry on about that one. i don't miss old ye i fear.

every so often I recall some people that I thought were cool who got deep into web3 evangelism in 2020 and chuckle at their expense

I wrote about Beach Bunny, Chicago’s abundant rock scenes, and the wrong way to write about Chicago rock in the 2020s (with a reference to the worst hyped up local band I’ve come across in about a decade)

Megan Thee Stallion headlining a drag show at Berlin in 2018

*VEEP closing credits*

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

I’m not crying you’re crying

I'm sure the Swift-Kelce nuptials will be a tasteful, private affair

The Chicago Reader finds new life with new buyer: 'I'm grateful that it's going to have a future' (gift link to Tribune story) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/c...

Happy pub day to @chrisdeville.bsky.social and Such Great Heights! Come to @gmantavern.com on October 6 for conversation about paying what you want for Radiohead's best album, mourning the dearly departed Pitchfork Fest, and losing our edge. www.etix.com/ticket/p/686...

We have big news! The Chicago Reader is joining Noisy Creek, a media company that’s working to bolster alternative weeklies. This national network includes The Stranger in Seattle and the Portland Mercury in Portland, Oregon. Read the full statement at: chicagoreader.com/followthereader

why are movie nerds still repeating this obvious joke as fact

if i had a hundred gecs... well, i'd buy you a house

“Love is a delivery boy”

After six months of me spamming the internet at every opportunity, we are finally one week away from the release of my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion. I'll be doing a lot of book events over the next couple months, so come on out and say hi.

For a limited time, you can try out three months of Defector blogs for less than the price of a happy hour pint. I hope you will do it, because I think the blogs are good and the more people that subscribe the more we can hire. defector.com/defector-is-...

@chicagoreader.com bring it back

NIN 2NITE

“Love is a delivery boy”

your week in eye-rolling news from the deliberately dull and nondescript side of indie rock: a band named Guitar announces a new album days before a popular artist releases an album titled Guitar

A fighter jet from the Chicago Air & Water Show had the Cubs dugout SHOOK

the new Chance album is good :)

Chicagoans! The New Cult Canon returns to the physical world with this screening of UNDER THE SKIN, which I will introduce. The film is incredible projected. Maybe let’s have a drink beforehand, no?

RIP SLY STONE Here's the story of how he attempted an early '80s comeback with a Chicagoland bar band chicagoreader.com/music/sly-fa...

Talked to a few Chicagoans about bailing on Spotify

did anyone get the Cindy Lee presale code for Empty Bottle?

Adele's 25

"reading in public is performative"

finally, something I can talk to that will meet me in the dark and not flinch

Underneath the liquor store sign at Ashland and Montrose

men will go see SEVEN SAMURAI but won't SEND IN a RESU-MAI and get a job

RAW DEAL out now jackriedy.bandcamp.com/album/raw-deal

we didn't get an end of history so much as a private equity leveraged buyout of history that resulted in drastic costs cutting on the core product

who's going to get Ari Aster and PTA together for a Hollywood mommy issues roundtable?

We’re opening a movie theater in Pilsen. We promise great local snacks, good vibes & the widest array of cinema you’ll find on a big screen. More info - PERKS, TIMELINE, BUDGET - at the link. Please donate and share if you can! 🙏🙌

thanks for rocking with us @subtchicago.bsky.social

when the old prom king keeps showing up to high school long after graduation

I'm in this year's Why Your Team Sucks: Da Bears