The Replacements at Riot Fest Chicago September 15, 2013

Playing their 2nd show in 22 years, The Replacements played a powerful cohesive set. It seemed like they never left.

Chica-go-go August Taping

Chica-go-go is an amazing show for music lovers and kids. Hosted by Ratso, the joke loving rat, Chica-go-go is a music dance show much like American Bandstand. I try to make all the tapings because it’s really fun and I get to see some great bands. The bands that played were (in no particular order), […]

Skating Polly Schubas 2013

I have had the good luck to see this band a few times. The first was at Chicago’s Empty Bottle with fellow Oklahomans Broncho. This set was taken on the last stop of a tour that saw them playing with bands like The Flaming Lips, Deerhoof and Band of Horses. Check them out here: Skating Polly […]

Emily Wells Schubas 2013

I ran across Emily Wells on You Tube. She was performing ” Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun ” at a radio station. The song was amazing, her voice was unusual and haunting. Fast forward a year or so and Skating Polly, a band that I had photographed a couple of times, were playing […]