living a tri-coastal lifestyle this summer: the chicago side of lake michigan, the michigan side of lake michigan, and the milwaukee side

Here it is: No Expectations' midyear list. I wrote about 40 of my favorite albums of 2026 so far. www.noexpectations.fyi/p/the-40-bes...

Fantastic list. I have some homework to do it seems, only have heard about half of these so far. That i26connector album is something.

Here it is: No Expectations' midyear list. I wrote about 40 of my favorite albums of 2026 so far. www.noexpectations.fyi/p/the-40-bes...

life is beautiful

Followed a guy back on Instagram because I thought he was the nice dude I talked to at the show last night. On closer inspection, he just looks like him. I'm stuck now

Chicago!! Presenting your Kilbourn Park 2026 Summer Concert Series lineup Smut, Tobacco City, Krill, National Photo Committee, Hollow Bastion, V.V. Lightbody, Starcharm, Radio Outernational, and more wonderful local artists playing for free! 6-8pm every Friday in July 🎨 by the lovely Chi Nwosu

guy who found out Kurt Cobain died from that NYT Greatest Living American Songwriters list

You had to be there, man

Of Note 025 is out! This is the final issue of the newsletter. It includes a list of some of my favorite subscriptions. @see-saw.fun @natalieweiner.bsky.social @marissarmoss.bsky.social @hearingthingsco.bsky.social @marcissist.bsky.social @natechinen.bsky.social @joshterry.bsky.social Cont.

if you dig la croix, i’d recommend you try an ice cold glass of water

no clue what this is gonna sound like

chicago street festivals exist for you to run into the most random assortment of people possible

Tough one. My apologies to the people of São Tomé and Príncipe www.maptap.gg May 29 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 95👑 46😟 Final score: 823

consider this a joao fonseca stan account. what he's been able to do in the roland garros so far is unreal

every two years i’m like “damn i need a haircut.” it should be more, but this is just how the cookie crumbles for me

please respond to this one. i will be so embarrassed if none of you guys answer my job’s question for daily chicagoan, the email newsletter i run there that you should subscribe to

Saw Mildred's first Chicago show last night at the Empty Bottle. They're the real deal. Everyone in the band sings lead (well), and the harmonies are unreal. Only solidifies that 'Fenceline' is a clear AOTY contender for me

"Chicago Tonight" anchor Brandis Friedman will moderate an interactive community conversation on policing, public safety, and building trust in Chicago on May 26 at 6 p.m.. RSVP to be part of the discussion at Thalia Hall here: https://to.wttw.com/499xqpk

going from the last night of the twin peaks reunion to a cubs game. they’re calling it “the most chicago weekend of all time”

someone i didn’t know came up to me at the twin peaks show. i thought he was gonna say something nice about the newsletter but he said, “that’s a god damn amazing sweater my guy” and it gassed me up for the whole night because you know what it is a good sweater

apparently, there's a popular music influencer who, instead of intervieweing the act about their craft, has artists inspect his collection of literal sticks. alright then

My favorite bit to do around New Yorkers is to say, "You guys call Walgreens 'Doo-Ann' Reades over there, right?"

Last week, I ran into a music journalist, and he was like, "Josh, are you ready? it's a holiday." And I was like, "The Twin Peaks reunion?" He replied, "Not that: Iceman." I'm not kidding when I said earnestly, "Wait, who is Iceman?" That's my review of the new Drake albums I guess

an all-morning Xfinity outage when I have a ton of edits for both newsletters I run? someone will pay

Another one. Two sets, no opener. Twin Peaks are really a jam band now. www.ticketweb.com/event/twin-p...

Good morning from Chicago City Hall, where the meeting of the City Council is underway. The main event: Will a majority of members of the City Council vote to rid the CPD of officers with ties to hate groups and far-right extremist organizations? Follow along, yes? @wttw.bsky.social

never has Thalia Hall's calendar been more pertinent to my interests www.wttw.com/events/2026-...

jeff tweedy sitting in with twin peaks for the encore. chicago stock at the all time high

Join WTTW News for an interactive community conversation on policing, public safety, and building trust in Chicago on May 26 at 6 p.m., led by "Chicago Tonight's" Brandis Friedman. RSVP to be a part of the discussion at Thalia Hall here: https://to.wttw.com/499xqpk

there goes the neighborhood... www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/18/d...

as an encore tonight, twin peaks are playing all eight songs on sunken (it’s 19 minutes)

found out 15 minutes ago i’m going again to thalia for the twin peaks residency tonight. shoutout @aoffitzer.bsky.social for the hookup

i should’ve gone to all eight twin peaks reunion shows. having the time of my life rn

twin peaks are a double drummer band now and just closed out their reunion set with “china cat sunflower” tease. cadien is also the person who first convinced me to get into the dead. what a night

seeing the band behind my favorite album of 2025 (golomb) open up for the band behind my favorite album of 2026 (robber robber). on top of the world rn

had two beers and a cheeseburger and ended up turning this whole day around

You can't start a band in 2026 and call it "mmj." That stands for My Morning Jacket

Is it hantavirus (Midwestern a) or hantavirus (like the soda)

i hate it when people have their phones out at shows because i’m so addicted to screens i just watch it through theirs

For all my softcover heads: LOUD AND CLEAR is coming to paperback this August 18. The New York Times Bestseller, recommended by the Grateful Dead, now spine-bendable! Preorders are live: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

don’t know how they’re gonna fool this dude a second time

reading a book where it seems like the author thinks its readers are idiots. there’s a sentence that goes “george is the father of steve and bill is george’s grandson.” and then in the next graf it’s like “steve, who lets remind you, is the son of george and the father of bill” might have to bail

while i love the pistons, i feel like a spurs knicks finals could heal the nation

The Drama…Insane movie. Felt like I was gonna puke the whole time. Kristoffer Borgli is a psycho. Also maybe the most surprisingly romantic film I’ve seen in a long time

there was a really aggressive, obviously drunk guy at the bar. i was trying to figure out his deal and noticed the backwards trucker cap he was wearing spelled out “THE FRAY”

never seen this before

Sometimes I'll see music discourse and think, "hmm, well, that's none of my business," and keep it moving.

love to see this

coming down with a case of the fantavirus (there's an orange soda in my fridge)