AVANT/CHICAGOtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1696912009-07-10T16:38:00-05:00DROPPING THE BIZNESS SINCE '05TypePadWest Fest DJ Stage and Moretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011571e7400e970b2009-07-10T16:38:00-05:002009-07-10T13:46:27-05:00Just Another Summer Fest In The City This weekend is West Fest. There's the Main Stage with 1900s, Red Red Meat, Aliminum Group and others. West Fest DJ Stage is really where it's at. Fashion shows, Derrick Carter, Zebo, Mano,...brent kadoListen to New Releases and Free Music CDstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011570fa9ee8970c2009-07-10T15:15:11-05:002009-07-10T15:15:11-05:00Best Way To End The Week - Musically Well free music Friday is back after a week off. Listen to New Releases and Free Music CDs from the likes of Tiny Vipers, Son Volt, Kiss Kiss, Bowerbirds and more.brent kadoMagnolia Electric Co. Album/Tour tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011570f66acc970c2009-07-10T12:18:00-05:002009-07-10T09:48:34-05:00Back Once Again (And Better?) Magnolia Electric Co. Album/Tour with 2 nights in Chicago this weekend. All in support of their first LP in 3 years. 'Josephine' is also an experiment in MEC's songcraft, introducing some real lessons in brevity...brent kadoGreat Performers of Illinois - Weekend Of Free Music/Arttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011571eb2071970b2009-07-10T09:38:02-05:002009-07-10T09:38:03-05:00Fourth Annual Fest Celebrates The State Entertainers Great Performers of Illinois is a weekend full of music and art. Entertainers inlcude Giving Tree Band, Dennis DeYoung, Dylan Rice and on Saturday afternoon Daniel Knox and the Fiery Furnaces. At Millennium...brent kadoObama On Rushmore A Protest, Not Praisetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011570f65b98970c2009-07-10T03:42:00-05:002009-07-10T03:42:00-05:00Greenpeace Strikes Big Again - Stop Global Warming Enviro group draps Mt. Rushmore to call needed attention to global warming action. Check out a video here.brent kadoHey Nineteen - Drinks That Istag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011571e97237970b2009-07-09T22:21:00-05:002009-07-09T23:42:43-05:00The Gifts Weren't As Plentiful But This One Was Last year at Rothbury the free schwag was flowing like gravy over Oprah's potatoes. This year it was a little more tame. While the food wasn't dished out as freely in...brent kadoTweeting The Day Away - Links And Infotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011571e7fd7f970b2009-07-09T17:45:01-05:002009-07-09T17:45:01-05:00Passing Along The World - Bit By Bit Phish Fall Tour rumors More info on SummerDance II Free DJ Intel Mix Looking for a 2nd camera person for our feature in Aug Latest Fader - free mag downloadbrent kadoRothbury In Photos - The First 1.5 Dazetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011571e62b6b970b2009-07-09T10:55:46-05:002009-07-09T10:55:46-05:00Our Pix Of Rothbury - First Half If you're a fan of the site, you know we like to get down and dirty on some music photos. Major festivals are a great oppurtunity for this with throngs of peeps and...brent kadoBeck Launches Web Interview Series With Waits as First Guest tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011570ea4ff9970c2009-07-08T21:02:49-05:002009-07-10T13:47:58-05:00Certainly Bringing Us The Mellow Gold Beck Launches Web Interview Series With Waits as First Guest. Once again, Beck has been busy playing with the Internets. In June, the eclectic musician started the Record Club series, where he and his...brent kadoTraditional, Folksy And Culturally Rich Musictag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011571dc9f8b970b2009-07-08T15:01:21-05:002009-07-08T15:01:21-05:00O Brother, Where Art Thou? Old Time Chicago is a new site hoping to become a valuable resource for fans of old time music in the Chicago area. Site owner Paul Lucas has put out the call for submissions: events,...brent kadoAuditorium is a Gorgeous Musical Puzzle tag:typepad.com,2003:post-684628672009-07-06T05:24:00-05:002009-07-06T05:24:00-05:00Just Another Way To Create/Pass Time Gameplay in Auditorium is centered on a flow of "audiovisual particles" that you can direct by moving/resizing objects that are available. The goal is to direct the flow across musical audio containers using special...brent kadoOver The Hills And Far Away - Rothbury & Moretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011570a8018a970c2009-07-02T05:33:00-05:002009-07-02T05:33:00-05:00What's Going On For The Weekend - Filming The Festival Rothbury is here. The Fest that was the talk of last summer, is back, bigger and better. Last year we tagged along with the Lotus guys for 2 of the...brent kadoJoey - Hot Beats, Cool Treatstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e20115715a5862970b2009-07-01T20:27:37-05:002009-07-01T20:27:37-05:00New Tunes From A Newish Producer Check out some new beats from our boy Joey (Myspace) Good stuff from the young buck.brent kadoArt For Collective Visual Mind F**ktag:typepad.com,2003:post-684627772009-07-01T05:13:00-05:002009-07-01T05:13:00-05:00Take Your Trip To Another Level From the masters like Alex Gray to gangs of up-and-comers, beinArt Surreal Art Collective is a great visual source and stimulus.brent kadoBjork Interview - Crying Tears of Knowledgetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e201157178b149970b2009-06-30T00:19:00-05:002009-06-29T21:07:58-05:00One Of The More Interesting People Björk doesn’t just make art—she lives it. Her creative world is a multifaceted operation, filled with records, films, books, clothes, and experimental multimedia concert shows. Her latest release is sort of an homage, a...brent kadoChicagopedia - Vocab For The Windy Citytag:typepad.com,2003:post-684640412009-06-29T17:41:00-05:002009-06-29T17:41:00-05:00Words To Live By - Chicago Style Chicagopedia is one of the sweetest things the Sun-Times does. Dropping local words that you may not know or may not know the meaning of, where they came from, etc. Some favs include...brent kadoReviews - The Low Anthem, Mos Def, The Legendstag:typepad.com,2003:post-680144292009-06-29T04:59:00-05:002009-06-28T00:05:34-05:00The Skinny On New Albums The Low Anthem, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin- A nice surprise from the multi-instrumental band, their third album is certain to get them lots of buzz. On the Fleet Foxes' label, similar, maybe better. 87...brent kadoFrom The Twittiverse - Links And Suchtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e201157168d1ea970b2009-06-26T21:18:00-05:002009-06-26T21:18:00-05:00Info For The Internets, From The Internets While most of Facebook and Twitter continues to be posts about the 'King of Pop', here's a few that aren't. Cool Kids Added to Rothbury Film shooting in North Indiana seeks housing 6...brent kadoListen to New Releases and Free Music CDs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e2011570665d8b970c2009-06-26T14:39:00-05:002009-06-26T13:13:38-05:00Friday Music Madness Is Upon Us From Tortoise, Deastro, Patterson Hood, Pete Yorn, The Phenomenal Hand Clap Band and more. Listen to New Releases and Free Music CDs nothing says Friday like free, new music.brent kadoBrighton MA, Appleseed Cast Tonighttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e20115706f393e970c2009-06-26T11:51:09-05:002009-06-26T11:51:09-05:00Best Value Show Of The Weekend Platform One presents 3 bands - Brighton, MA, Hotel Ahead and Appleseed Cast. $12 at the Sub't. Music starts around 9.30.brent kadoYes, The King Of Pop is Deadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e20115715e2bb1970b2009-06-26T05:57:00-05:002009-06-26T05:57:00-05:00Mourning The Lose Of The Greatest There is no point writing about Michael Jackson's death. If you are or have you are wrong and have wasted our time. Nobody can capture in words the meaning of the moment or what...brent kadoWhat's Good For Tonight - It's All Freetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e20115715a7a2e970b2009-06-25T16:45:00-05:002009-06-25T16:45:00-05:00It's Gonna Get Swanky Sometimes a Myspace bulletin says it all - below is the one we just posted. Ok, so our meeting for the film got pushed back. So tonight is open like the Bible on Sunday. Going to...brent kadoWilco Day On The Webtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515e5069e201157064b486970c2009-06-25T14:20:23-05:002009-06-25T14:20:23-05:00Lots Of News From Chicago's Favorite Sons Last night you might have caught Wilco playing a cut of their new album on Conan. (if not here it is) There's also news that this Saturday's show in Berkeley is going to...brent kadoThere's No Such Thing as Local vs. Organic Food tag:typepad.com,2003:post-684717132009-06-25T03:27:00-05:002009-06-24T23:39:17-05:00Making An Easy Green Investment There is no such thing as local vs. organic. When it comes to consumer choice, we should be buying local and organic, though for mostly different reasons. Great info here - There's No Such Thing...brent kadoEver Hear Of Twitter?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-684624452009-06-24T19:02:00-05:002009-06-24T19:02:00-05:00What's The Best Way To Handle All This Info With sites like Twitter making sharing great stories and links so easy, blogging can become even more of a drag. So every now and again, we'll just throw what we Tweet...brent kadoDaniel Knox At The Whistlertag:typepad.com,2003:post-684583392009-06-24T15:09:56-05:002009-06-24T15:09:56-05:00Be There Before The Music Writers Are You always hear Chicago creatives talk about how they had to leave Chicago to get any sort of respect from the local arts media. This may be the case for Daniel Knox. A...brent kadoReviews Of Recently Released Musictag:typepad.com,2003:post-679259672009-06-24T03:58:00-05:002009-06-24T00:18:49-05:00Thoughts On New Albums Dredg, The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion - Name sounds pretty hard but this sometimes experimental rock group, plays it really safe on this album. The instrumentation is very driving, but the lyrics remind of Plain...brent kadoA Textbook Weekend - Recaptag:typepad.com,2003:post-683747232009-06-23T23:52:18-05:002009-06-23T23:52:18-05:00Let's Hear It For Good Ol' Relaxing It was one of those weekends that ended up like it was perfectly drawn. From the amazing weather to the lush food, to the stellar conversations and on and on, it was ideal....brent kadoFatboy Slim and Friends Go Blue in the Face Fighting Climate Change (Video) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-684109772009-06-23T11:58:23-05:002009-06-23T11:58:23-05:00Paint Yourself Blue For The World The idea behind the campaign is simple - to send a strong message to world leaders at the climate summit in Copenhagen this December. As part of the campaign, festivals across the UK will...brent kadoMAYA HAYUK ART - Tripped Outtag:typepad.com,2003:post-683935872009-06-23T06:31:00-05:002009-06-23T02:27:53-05:00Art For Hallucinations Maya Hayuk has traveled to many parts of the world and you can see some of her works in Vodka Absolute commercials along with advertisements for Sony laptops. Peep it.brent kado