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red wine and listening to The Decemberists on a rainy night. For some reason that sounds really, really appealing. don’t know why, but it does.
I don’t know where that idea came from other than me listening to some Decemberists as we speak.  yeah, i’m weird and it’s one of those days…  :)

Some very interesting news on the Sufjan front (besides the fact that him and Rosie are NOT having a baby)…
Some remixed and unreleased tracks from Sufjan Steven’s Illinois have been put together and will be released (this summer?). The album is titled, The Avalanche, and has officially become my most anticipated album of 2006:
tracklist:
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Last week, Pitchfork reported that The Replacements have recently gotten together to record a couple of songs for an upcoming compilation entitled, Don’t You Know Who I Think I Was?: The Best of the Replacements.
Are they “really” going to get back together and tour? Probably not. One can hope, though. There are [...]

the Lollapalooza lineup looks incredible this year. Do I brave it?
Bands in bold are ones I would go out of my way to see…
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kanye West
Manu Chao
Wilco
Death Cab For Cutie
The Raconteurs
The Flaming Lips
Ween
Queens of the Stone Age
The Shins
Common
Matisyahu
Ryan Adams
Umphrey’s McGee
Sonic Youth
Thievery Corporation
Sleater-Kinney
Nickel Creek
Blues Traveler
Broken Social Scene
The New Pornographers
Iron & Wine
Poi Dog Pondering
Coheed [...]

Via AnsweringBell.com:
I love playing with Ryan because he’s fearless; because he doesn’t have to do anything the same way twice; because every idea he throws out in a jam is a little gem that cries out “polish me”; because he has about nine hundred voices that he can use like [...]

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I just discovered that Sound Opinions will be moving on December 3, 2005 from WXRT to WBEZ (Chicago’s NPR Affiliate). Sounds like this will be a great move for Greg and Dero…
From the email:
To our “Sound Opinions” Listeners:
After 354 shows on WXRT (93.1-FM), “Sound Opinions” will be moving on Dec. 3 to a new [...]

Out of all of the weblogs I read daily (well I guess RSS feeds if you want to be technical), Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools always seems to have something interesting. Today’s posting on the book, The Complete Guide to House Concerts, is no exception.
What is a house concert you may ask?
The definition’s flexible, but [...]

Liz and I had the pleasure of seeing Sufjan Stevens last night at The Metro in Chicago. Easily one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long long time.
I can’t explain much more other than it was fantastic: the band in full Illinois cheerleader garb, cheers between songs, a very [...]

It seemed like I could listen to “Friends Forever” by the Old 97’s a zillion times today and not get sick of it. Must be because everyone’s back to school…
I was a debater
Was not a stoner nor an inline skater
Was not a player nor a player hater
I was just a bookworm on a respirator
Who’s [...]