LouieB

Evanston is like my second home, the one I couldn't afford. Both my kids were born there and I still like hanging out there. The record stores are some of the best in the area, particularly the one on Dempster. If you like coffee you can have it in probably two dozen places, all good and the bookstores are particularly good, although I still morn the loss of Great Expectations. I am an NU grad of sorts (I went to grad school there) and the drive up along the large houses near the lake is still fun. Drive the entire length of Sheridan Rd up to Lake County someday if you have time. The Bah

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I totally concur with this as well. Do the Cock instead.... Thanks for this website. I have recently gotten a digital camera and I am taking pics of some of the cool stuff I see. Speaking of the Calument Fisheries, I just recently (in the last two weeks) had a shrimp lunch there. It is as good as advertised, but they have something even better (Shrimp are expensive and not native to the midwest) which is their smoked salmon. Calument was closed for a few months when some idiot crashed into the front of their place, but they are reopened. I ate the shrimp and then went back for salmon

You have most of the good stuff. I have always been partial to Street Legal myself from the 70s. You may want to do a search for other Dylan threads. Lots of folks have given their faves on those. I assume you have Another Side.... LouieB

Before I met Natalie I never gave Jim O'Rourke's music much thought. Now I have collected quite a few of his albums, both solo and Gastr del Sol. LouieB

yea, I totally concur with this. You don't have to pony up the requested admission price (although they may be not so nice if you don't) and it is free on Tuesday {??..not sure), but the AI is a total mess and you should pass on it this summer. When the modern wing is done, it will be fabulous, but for now, too much is missing or misplaced. LouieB

I know you didn't read the whole thing...... Okay nothing like responding to my own thread. This is a story about my Chicago, the one I find every day of the week. Those of you who know me, know my current job takes me to many of the neighborhoods where tourists rarely go. I am always on the look-out for record, book, resale stores or cheap restaurants or other attractions. It makes my Kafkaesque job a bit more enjoyable. For some reason this week landed me in Chatham, a neighborhood about 8000 south along the Dan Ryan and east over toward the lake. I have never been in that hood mu

I was asked to start a thread after a small disagreement on yet another thread on what to do in Chicago. So this post will be pinned for all eternity and a place where folks can come get advice on specific interests and attractions. What I will do is give a general overview of the city; places to go, things to do, transportation, local customs, directions, neighborhoods, etc. Everyone else who either lives here or has been here visiting or coming for Wilco shows can chime in and that collective wisdom will benefit anyone who wants to come here for future shows or simply a destination. Fir

Happy Birthday!!! LouieB

Bumping this..I think I am going this weekend sometime...Monty Alexander.... Full schedule The $10 jams look like fun. LouieB

I saw it when it first came out..crazy experimental stuff (one of the first video movies) and while it makes no sense, Dental Hygene dilema may be one of the funniest things ever....gawd that was a long time ago...(and I can't talk about the circumstances...) LouieB

So are these guys a couple now or what? There seems to be some disagreement in the press about this. LouieB

Yea, I saw this a few days ago in the paper.... (what's a paper????) LouieB

No one dances like that anymore..... LouieB

In that case they need to copywrite it.....and get some money each time we do it.. LouieB

Nice to be home.... LouieB

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Has anyone mentioned "200 Motels"??? LouieB

He had more than a profound effect on Emmylou; without Gram there would be no Emmylou, who was a folksinger (and put out a gawd awful album as such). (Actually the rest of the FFB found her first, but he ended up hiring her.) Her backup singing with him on the other hand, may have been what kept him in one piece for as long as he was. In the end I think she pretty much kept him on track musically. Theirs was a complex relationship, but the details of it Emmylou has never discussed. Perhaps some day she will. The live set A-man has on his list of the Grievous Angels highlights her contrib

I have it and it sounds fine, I guess. No better or worse than the originals, plus you get a bunch of out-takes that sound sound pretty much like the master takes. So yea, I think it is worth the extra money (used copies are available I am sure.) The live set with the Grievous Angels is also good. Frankly searching out every last outtake is pretty much for fans only. LouieB

You have it nailed. Gilded Palace, Sweetheart and the two solo albums are the best place to start. International Submarine Band is also worth getting. Gram didn't live long so his body of work is rather slim. LouieB

I never thought he was funny back in the day.....nostalgia must be a strong force here... LouieB

Tiger is the best... LouieB

Sorry to hear this. The flooding is really a bad situation. Hang in there. LouieB

Yea, that's what I can't remember if he ran more than once in the 80s. He certainly is the Engergizer Bunny for running and running and not getting anywhere. Actually in many ways he would make a great president; he is relatively liberal, has a long record in office and he really knows his stuff. I certainly support Barak (I finally ponied up some dough for him today when called by his campaign), but there certainly is a touch of truth to the fact that he is somewhat inexperienced. Hopefully he will end up as some sort of cabinet secretary when Obama finally does take office. I think h