too much internet to keep track of.
hi.
Friends,
As the news “goes viral,” I urge you to please send all your posi vibes, thoughts, prayers, and what-have-you over to my good friend and Late Bar boss, Kristine, who is having major surgery right now.
Kristine also asks that instead of getting her flowers (and if you know her, you know that she LOVES THE SHIT out of some flowers), to please make a donation to the Chicago Women’s Health Center. She also wanted me to remind all you female-bodied folks to get your pap smears :)
It’s been a rough week-and-a-half for Kris and everyone at Late Bar, but we’ll all get out of this like warriors. Another great way to help out is to just come by and spend some money at the bar. Kristine and all of us do really appreciate it.
Donate to Chicago Women’s Health Center HERE.
Much love. And updates soon.
that’s me & Peroxide.
tonight is out VERY LAST EVER weekly Bittersweet Thursday at Late Bar. super special drink special = one of our tears in your beer FOR FREE!
<3 <3 come out if ya can, Chicago gothy gazey postpunk darkalt friends.
hey chicago folks who like weird music and stuff: i’ve been working really hard on this event with a few awesome people. it’s tomorrow. if you can’t afford the cover, there’s a kickoff party tonight where you can win tickets and other cool stuff. i’m really nervous about it! won’t you come check it out?
no, these are not bionic. these are ALL ME!
oh, internet, you make me feel so much better about that idiot Mittens.
um, guys?: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
i love music. it is my life everyday. it is connected to all things for me, although now that also includes death, for i’ve lost people i’ve loved who were part of my msucial life. this has only added a new realm of emotion to my love of sound, a new evolution in what it all means for me. music will continue to be the security blanket i take with me everywhere, my means of living, of being alive. but i do not want to play shows anymore.
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Windy Weber of Windy and Carl, on the duo’s decision, as noted, to withdraw from live performances. Also a strong meditation on age, the business, economics and much more. Anyone interested in the ‘future of music’ should give it a read — it’s one person’s perspective and experiences, but it’s a lot to consider and digest. (via nedraggett)
Boy this piece is really wonderful, a sober look at a life in independent music over the last 15 years. Windy & Carl have been and continue to be an important band for me. Also, they are one of the first bands that Pitchfork turned me onto. There was a short review of Depths on the site, not sure if I was even writing for them then, and I read it and it seemed like something I’d like and then I bought it and I loved it. That made my top 10 that year and I went about finding the rest of their music. I also return to Antartica with some regularity. Julie made an amazing performance piece a decade ago that opened with dancers squat-walking on a dark stage, heading toward a spotlight, looking at the world through binoculars, and a drone from Depths was the soundtrack. Anyway, you should read Windy’s entire post here.
(via markrichardson)
SEEEEEEERIOUSLY, read this.
(via markrichardson)
here i am playing in a band for the very first time like a freak. this was 6 months ago and i’m watching it for the first time and it’s weird.
(note: we obviously fucked up a zillion times here).
footage courtesy of our friend Sei Jin.
an easy lesson.
um, this.
FYI: Joe Biden drafted the Violence Against Women Act.
In 2012, Paul Ryan and House Republicans wouldn’t even vote for it, because it sought to include undocumented immigrants, same-sex partners and Native American women into the bill.
(Source: Wikipedia, via covenesque)
