Bobby Conn's "King For a Day" is another smash success, a gift to the listeners.
Once again the indie rock stylings of Chicago's own Bobby Conn grace us with his fuzzy guitars, violins, cameo musician appearances, and last but not least, his excellent falsetto.
Bobby's music is simultaneously hard and driving, and well textured; complex. Although not as political as Homeland, the album is still philisophically heady enough for a lyrics junkie. The theme of the album is being elevated to a position of excellence, just before being plunged back into the banal. I can't recommend him enough.
Celebrate John McCain giving Barack Obama a free ride to the White House. I don't know about you, but I'm really excited about Barack Obama, and this is my homage to his race to the Presidency.
"Discover what happens when your streets turn into parks Oct. 5 and Oct. 26 for Sunday Parkways!
Car traffic will be closed along a linear route from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on these days for you and your family to explore Chicago’s beautiful neighborhoods in fun and active ways.
Bring your bikes, scooters, strollers or just yourself for Sunday Parkways — a first-ever event in Chicago when the streets are transformed into vibrant and physically active scenes."
Johnathan Hodgman's "The Area Of My Expertise" is a highly entertaining 7 hours of completely fabricated hilarity.
The book is more of a comedy album in the style of an almanac than anything else. John teams up with John Coultan on guitar and manages to breathe comedic timing and vocal deadpanning in ways the book could never bring. Even verbatim readings of tables bring an interesting rendition to book.
The almanac covers topics such as Omens, portents, Eels, Hobos, and Famous D&D Matchups. The culmination of the book is a 1 hour reading of over 700 made-up hobo names. Highly recommended.
Who would like this album: Followers of the Daily Show
Who would hate this album: People without a sense of humor. Someone who couldn't stand a work of fiction parading as fact.
Timber! A delightful collection of hand drawn lumberjacks and nostalgia. Pictured here is a lumberjack shirt, printed on an American Apparel Shirt. That's too soft for a lumberjack!
You want to become an activist but you're too lazy? How about a compressed one-day direct action campaign? What I want to know is why it's alright to celebrate and honor military tradition, yet this comic is tasteless?
Someone invented an awesome flash application that stores a database of celebrities and organizations. It then allows you to explore them in a magical six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon extravaganza.
Watch as Lynrd Skynryd is linked to Alcoholics Anonymous via Zakk Wylde via Ozzy Osbourne.
I would just like to point out that those geniuses at Nasa have invented a sensor on the Mars lander which is suspiciously similar to a "Weather rock" (see below).
a dry rock means fair weather.
a wet rock means it's raining.
a dusty rock means a dust storm.
a swaying rock means it's windy.
a shadow under the rock means it's sunny.
a white rock means it's snowing.
if the rock is jumping up and down, an earthquake is upon us.
if the bottom of the rock is under water it's a
flood.
