Lao Sze Chuan in Chinatown.
Kite in Lakeview.
And Joy Yee’s in either Chinatown or Evanston (which is usually where I get it) or Naperville, where I used to get it before Monica and Charlie moved away and left me all alone!!!
Category Archives: Lists
New Tunes.
Albums I’m Buying:
Jan 23: Shins “Wincing the Night Away” (Bought!)
Jan 30: Youth Group “Casino Twilight Dogs”
Jan 30: Josh Rouse “She’s Spanish, I’m American”
Feb 6: Fallout Boy “Infinity on High”
Mar 6: Arcade Fire “Neon Bible”
Albums I Might Buy But Haven’t Decided:
Jan 30: Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah “Some Loud Thunder”
Feb 20: Explosions in the Sky “All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone” (they do a LOT of the instrumental music that’s been on Friday Night Lights)
Albums I’m Pretty Unlikely to Buy, I Think:
Jan 23: Of Montreal “Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer ”
Albums I Won’t Buy, But You Might:
Feb 6: Bloc Party
Song I Bought Last Night that Was Written on the Same Slip of Paper:
“Please Don’t Pass Me By” by Jack Harlan. Oh so pretty!
Making Plans / Buying Tickets
First half:
Jan 19 – Prairie Cartel (nan’s brother’s latest band) @ Schuba’s
Jan 21 – Peter Mulvey (amanda’s crush) @ Schuba’s
Mar 3 – Pete Yorn / Aqualung @ Riviera
Mar 10 – Crooked Still @ Old Town
Apr 13 – Low @ Metro
Apr 14 – Josh Rouse @ Old Town
February feels a little sad. We’ll have to work on that.
Second half:
Aug 3-5 – Lollapalooza, baby.
OK, I made my list.
And if you are so inclined you can go read what was my favorite music of 2006. I actually almost copped out of making a list this year…until I obsessively began reading everyone else’s and then it was a lost cause/three-day project going through my iTunes monthly playlists and really figuring out what I actually listened to versus what I bought. Fun, fun. Feel free to email me and recommend stuff I apparently didn’t listen to (or maybe I did and didn’t like it, and then I’ll tell you that); when it comes to music, I can (apparently) never get enough…
Despite its absence on the list, I must point out Sufjan’s Christmas box set has been by far the most listened to music this month… But considering that much of it is rerelease and not fresh, it didn’t really seem to have a place in the overall scheme of the list.
If you’re like me, and what you want are Christmas CAROLS as opposed to Christmas SONGS (Rudolph, Frosty, etc.) then this set is for you. Love it.
A New Batch of Aussie Slang from Casey
- That bloke’s crooked like a dog’s hind leg (He’s a crook)
- That sheila’s a sausage short of a hotdog (She’s stupid)
- A man worth his salt (He’s a good man)
- Gidday you old Bastard (A term of endearment)
- You little Beauty (when something good happens)
- Town Bike (local slut)
- Even Blind Freddy could see that (when you miss something obvious)
- I’ll be right back, gunna go point percy at the porcelain (guys going to the loo)
- I’m off like a frog in a sock (I’m leaving)
- Mate, I’m crook (I’m sick)
- Been speakin into the great white telephone (Been to the toilet)
- She’ll be right (I/things will be better soon)
- Your shout (Your turn to buy me a beer!)
- Piffed a yonny at his noggin (threw a stone at his head) – victorian
Is every artist on earth going to put out a new album this Fall?
Albums I Bought Last Week:
Scissor Sisters “Ta-Dah”
Submarines “Declare a New State!”
Albums I Did Not Buy Last Week:
Indigo Girls “Despite Our Differences”
Albums I Bought Yesterday:
Decemberists “The Crane Wife”
Hold Steady “Boys & Girls in America”
Jet “Shine On”
Beck “The Information”
Albums I Did NOT Buy Yesterday But Considered and May Potentially Buy Anyway in the Future, I Make No Promises:
The Killers “Sam’s Town”
Kasey Chambers new one
Evanescence new one
Lupe Fiasco debut
TV on the Radio
Albums I Meant to Buy But Forgot:
The Long Winters latest
Albums I Do Not Plan to Buy At All:
New Albums by John Mayer, Maroon 5, John Legend, Fergie solo album.
Bands I will not be seeing live again, unless some other poor fool is paying for the tickets:
1. Ambulance LTD.
(45 minutes fucking w/ the mics/mix/amps/etc. /20 minute show. BOTH TIMES.)
2. Fiona Apple.
(Seriously thought she was having either a mental breakdown, or a miscarriage, on stage.)
3. Ryan Adams.
(First time, good. Second time, sooooooo bad. Not risking it again.)
4. Radiohead.
(Discordant nonsense. I like music that sounds pretty! Or has a beat!)
5. Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins.
Bands I really want to see although you might not know it from the fact that even though I have had tickets to them in the (recent or somewhat recent) past I have blown off going to the concert for one reason or another:
1. Great Lake Swimmers.
2. Bishop Allen.
3. Stars.
Bands I don’t like despite the fact that people are constantly saying “oh you’re an XX fan, aren’t you?” to me in reference to these bands.
1. Coldplay.
2. The Strokes.
3. Post-OK Computer Radiohead.
4. Interpol (sometimes they’re OK).
Live Tunes for Fall.
Definitely Seeing:
August 18 – Bishop Allen @ Subterranean.
August 29 – Beethoven (or someone playing him, eh?) @ Ravinia.
September 8 – Lyle Lovett @ Ravinia.
September 16 – Snow Patrol @ Riviera
September 18 – Kasey Chambers @ Park West
September 26 – Sufjan Stevens @ Riviera
Pondering:
August 23 – Margot & Nuclear So-n-Sos / Katie Todd @ DoubleDoor (anyone want to go?)
September 5 – Band of Horses @ Metro (any takers?)
September 7 – Keane @ Auditorium Theater * (huge venue, seats can be FAR)
September 21 – Bob Schneider @ Black Orchid (just saw him in July)
October 17 – The Fray @ Aragon * (uck. hate that venue)
October 23 – James Blunt @ Aragon * (hate the venue, coming back from Rhinebeck night before? or perhaps that morning in which case could not go)
Can’t See ;(
September 13 – Cat Power @ the Vic (at a class, which sucks since she canceled her last show in Chicago which I had tickets for)
September 16 – Elf Power @ Beat Kitchen (going to Snow Patrol that night)
October 2 – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Vic (working late that day)
October 3 – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Vic (Monica & Charlie in town)
October 4 – Joseph Arthur @ Double Door (at a class)
October 6 – The Long Winters @ Subterranean (heading south for cousin’s wedding)
October 7 – Ben Kweller (!!) @ Vic (at wedding)
*All ages venues/shows = a reason NOT to go…
Songs Titled “Trouble” on My iPod.
1. “Trouble” – Cat Stevens.
2. “Trouble” – Coldplay.*
3. “Trouble” – Joe Purdy.
4. “Trouble” (cover of Ray LaMontagne) – Kristin Hirsch.
5. “Trouble” – Pink.
6. “Trouble” – Ray LaMontagne.
7. “Trouble” (LIVE) – Ray LaMontagne.
Any coincidence that 5 of the 7 are sung by boys, and 6 of the 7 are written by boys? I think not!
*Why is this even on my iPod? I hate Coldplay.