![]() ![]() ![]() There were other bands around, of course, but not another truly great one to lay claim to until packing off to Illinois State University in a town called Normal (by which time I could get into bars on my own, even if it required a fake ID). He plays around up north of Springfield with the Guitar Circle of Chicago. I've become reacquainted with guitarist John Novak by means of the Facebook machine. Louis which was preserved to videotape and then digitized and uploaded. And rather amazingly, Food & Money also did a half hour community access show in St. My friend's dad used to call ahead to the place where they usually played (it was called "Crow's Mill School" but minors weren't allowed) and arrange to escort us there, kindly sitting with us so we could see our very own, homegrown new wave band. It's hard to put into words just how unspeakably cool it was for there to be a cool, an actually COOL band in Springfield, Illinois, when I was 13. It's saying nothing new, I know, but how amazing to be able to type memories into a machine and have them called up to live again. ![]() The complete text of "Why Do We Scream at Each Other" (which is a part of my in-progress collection) is available for a short time in PDF form at my Lulu store. Jesse Jarnow of the Frow Show (on hiatus) ĭave Mandl, whose World of Echo is heard Sundays from 10 to midnight Īnd Amanda Nazario of the Nazario Scenario, which can be heard on the WFMU Give the Drummer Some stream Wednesdays from noon to 2.įor my part, I'm humbled by the opportunity to appear on the WFMU airwaves Fridays from 3-6 pm. ![]() And big love and respect to the rest of my fellow WFMU hosts who all read their brilliant work:īronwyn C and Jim the Poet of Sportsy Talk Mondays 6-7 Thanks to Natalie Knezic and Brett Laurence for viddying and to Andrew Singer and Dan Bodah (host of the Airborn Event, Mondays from 9-midnight on WFMU, who also read at KGB) for organizing. He does a monthly "first timers" night at Sidewalk Cafe. I read excerpts from "Why Do We Scream at Each Other: Letters to Prince" (and just over a week before the Purple Yoda from Minnesota's birthday!)Īnd on May 14, I accepted a challenge from Andrew Singer to try my hand at stand-up comedy. On May 28, I was one of seven WFMU hosts who read at KGB Bar in something that we''re hoping will be a quarterly happening. And as it happens, friends showed up at each with the intention of videoing. I had opportunities last month to speak in front of people, something which makes me more than a little nervous (which I guess is why I did it). People read what you write and listen to what you play and what you say on the radio (or that's the hope anyway), but they don't look at you. Writing and doing radio are very public, very solitary activities. ![]()
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