day 26 Oct 20 Chicago Ill - Schuba's Tavern
Today we got a decent review in The Onion A.V Club. Being avid readers of this mag, it is awesome to see that they are writing about us. If you don't know The Onion, it's worth your bookmark, or follow them on Twitter. They will give you at least four gut laughs per month, with many other chuckles along the way. We also came in early to do a recording for a future videocast on Hearya dot com at producer Stephen Shirk's studio. Steve is a great guy and a fast engineer who we had the pleasure of working with on another occasion in the windy city.
Visiting Chicago this time was much like visiting LA this time: Get to the venue, set up eat, play, leave town. So much for the scenery. This time I hit a gag store across the street from Schuba's and picked up some gift toys for me kids. Ryan got to scoot over to the Chicago Music Exchange, which is the most extravagant guitar store I've ever been in (for example, in stock are no less than eight vintage Fender Jazz basses and sixteen P basses). But this store is still no Capsule Music (the band's personal favourite) from Toronto. Capsule has a great vibe and atmosphere and one can feel at home perusing their fantastic stock amongst a friendly staff who don't try to intimidate you are snob you out.
The show itself was a good one for a Tuesday night. Like LA too, none of my friends showed up, but they were well made up for by the enthusiastic crowd. One fellow who we know, named Paul, lives in Brooklyn , but has managed to see us now here, as well as in the past in Edmonton and Winnipeg (on the Wilco "Kicking Television" tour back in '06). Rock on.
Today we got a decent review in The Onion A.V Club. Being avid readers of this mag, it is awesome to see that they are writing about us. If you don't know The Onion, it's worth your bookmark, or follow them on Twitter. They will give you at least four gut laughs per month, with many other chuckles along the way. We also came in early to do a recording for a future videocast on Hearya dot com at producer Stephen Shirk's studio. Steve is a great guy and a fast engineer who we had the pleasure of working with on another occasion in the windy city.
Visiting Chicago this time was much like visiting LA this time: Get to the venue, set up eat, play, leave town. So much for the scenery. This time I hit a gag store across the street from Schuba's and picked up some gift toys for me kids. Ryan got to scoot over to the Chicago Music Exchange, which is the most extravagant guitar store I've ever been in (for example, in stock are no less than eight vintage Fender Jazz basses and sixteen P basses). But this store is still no Capsule Music (the band's personal favourite) from Toronto. Capsule has a great vibe and atmosphere and one can feel at home perusing their fantastic stock amongst a friendly staff who don't try to intimidate you are snob you out.
The show itself was a good one for a Tuesday night. Like LA too, none of my friends showed up, but they were well made up for by the enthusiastic crowd. One fellow who we know, named Paul, lives in Brooklyn , but has managed to see us now here, as well as in the past in Edmonton and Winnipeg (on the Wilco "Kicking Television" tour back in '06). Rock on.
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