PopTodd

The original Al's is my favorite beef. I love the hint of anise in their spice mix. Plus, in the summertime, you can go across the street to Mario's and get a frozen lemonade. Mr. Beef is good, but the guys behind the counter are assholes. And Portillo's is okay. I have yet to try Johnny's on North Ave. in Franklin Park, but I know people who swear by it. (And here is a perfect example of one of those Chicago native arguments that Louie was talking about.)

I haven't been to many, either. Major League teams: Wrigley Field (Cubs) Comiskey Park (White Sox) US Cellular Field (White Sox) Miller Park (Milkwaukee Brewers) Busch Stadium #1 (St. Louis Cardinals) Minor League teams (team names, only): Kane County Cougars Madison Muskies But yeah, it is fun to check out the local atmosphere.

SHIT! I have Cyrk and am loving it. But I have not gotten the EP, nor was I aware of it. Thanks for lightening my wallet. Thanks a lot.

I know that it's not unfamiliar to you, I was just thinking that I could get you to listen to it with new ears. It happened to me with that song one day. I wasn't a fan of the song either, then it hit me like a bolt of lightning -- "WAIT! This is a pretty damn good song, after all!" And that guitar solo is great. You see, "Octopus's Garden" is like that for me.

Listen to it again. Maybe the chorus is a bit precious/cloying, but the verses totally KILL.

I was just going to post this. We can tell you no more about the place. Just go find it.

I was a journalism major.

Yellow Submarine I can kinda see, as it's really a kids' song. But "Michelle"?!? For that bass solo, alone it is transcendent. And "Yesterday"? That must be a product of overexposure.

Seems to be the standard choice, but I actually don't dislike that one. Does "Revolution #9" count as a song? If so, I pretty much dislike that one. (Although having heard "Revolution #20", I think that I get it now and it's pretty freaking brilliant.) I would say that I dislike "Why Don't We Do It In the Road?". It's just such a nothing.

So, another relatively unknown artist (like, my level of popularity) is asking about covering one of my songs for his small-run indie release. My heart tells me that I can just tell him to go ahead and do it... it's so flattering that he is even wanting to put the time into it, but my head tells me that we need something in writing to protect both of us. Both of us are new at this thing, neither one of us has released anything with a cover song on it before, and neither one of us has had one of our songs covered on a commercial release, either. Okay folks, if I can't count on you to point

Wonder how fast this will sell out.

Really want to see this one! Anyone else heard anything about it? Looking to go?

Yeah, not a bad little collection. Although, given the bands that were involved, it didn't quite live up to what I had hoped from it.

My God, Paul looks like somebody's uncle. Shouldn't be surprised, but it's just not something that I usually think about.