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  1. Didn't see this posted anywhere else.

     

    http://letterstosantachicago.com/

     

    The Second City That Never Sleeps: Letters to Santa

    24 HOURS OF IMPROV AND MUSIC

    Second City e.t.c. Theatre - Tuesday, December 18 6pm - Wednesday, December 19 @ 6pm

    $20 ticket good for all 24 hours (as long as you can find a seat). Tickets to be purchased at the door the night of the event. This event is open to all ages. Chicago Liquor laws and curfew laws apply. We will stream the event for free at LETTERSTOSANTACHICAGO.COM as well as GIGITY.TV

    JEFF TWEEDY AUCTION ITEM- A private living room concert. You pick 30 songs for JEFF TWEEDY to play in your living room for you and 29 friends. Last year this item went for $23,000.

    The recipients of your generosity will be families from Chicago's own Onward Neighborhood House.Check it out.

     

    SCHEDULE

    6:00PM - FRED SCHNEIDER

    7:30PM - ROBBIE FULKS

    9:30PM - JEFF TWEEDY

    12:00AM- KIM DEAL

    2:30AM - JC BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND / FRED ARMISEN

    5:00AM - TBA

    7:30AM - BONNIE PRINCE BILLY

    10:00AM- NATE SILVER & STEVE ALBINI

    12:00PM- JENNY GILLESPIE

    2:00PM - TBA

    4:30PM - THE BLISTERS

     

    FEATURED IMPROVISERS

    RYAN ARCHIBALD

    EMILY CANDINI

    DINA FACKLIS

    SCOTT GOLDSTEIN

    SHELLY GOSSMAN (SULLIVAN & SON/ EX-SNL WRITER)

    TJ JAGODOWSKI

    BRENDAN JENNINGS

    MICHAEL PATRICK O'BRIEN (7 MINUTES OF HEAVEN/ SNL WRITER)

    SAM RICHARDSON

    TIM ROBINSON (SNL)

    REBECCA SOHN

    RICH SOHN

    FRED ARMISEN (SNL)

    SUDEIKIS & WILDE featuring JASON SUDEIKIS & OLIVIA WILDE

  2. Thought some people maybe interested:

     

    From his website

     

     

    a note from jason

     

    Dear friends and family.

    It has been a long hospital year. You all have done so much and given so much to further my cause on this planet that I feel compelled to give you a little note. The response towards my medical fund and other support has been better than I could have ever imagined. I spent my time on the farm which was more like the opposite of a tour of duty, but it was good in its way. I have been moved around quite a bit too, Chicago, England, Indiana, West Virginia and back and forth to each. For the time being I am doing well, still in recovery and still in treatment until probably the summer does its thing. I’ve been writing a lot of music and eagerly anticipate the new 10” with Will Schaff’s book, word is that end of May we might finally get them. It is slow going, but it is going. I did write about 500 letters to many of you who sent me good wishes and more, oddly the facility I was in decided to keep them all instead of sending them. I’ll start re-collecting post box information when I am in a place for any length of time. Treatment is good, getting to deal with a lot of things that even the music didn’t want to. I have not given up because you, my friends have not given up on me. I do still need your support however that takes shape, good vibes are worth more than you might think. Finally, there are actually some musical projects on the distant radar screen, but for those who understand, I am taking this in much smaller steps than I’m used to. Keep the lamps trimmed and burning!

     

    JM

    5 May 2012

    Indianapolis

  3. Pearl Jam - untitled

     

    she said to me, over the phone

    she wanted to see other people

    i thought, "well then, look around, they're everywhere"

    said that she was confused...

    i thought, "darling, join the club"

    24 years old, mid-life crisis

    nowadays hits you when you're young

    i hung up, she called back, i hung up again

    the process had already started

    at least it happened quick

    i swear, i died inside that night

    my friend, he called

    i didn't mention a thing

    the last thing he said was, "be sound"

    sound...

    i contemplated an awful thing, i hate to admit

    i just thought those would be such appropriate last words

    but i'm still here

    and small

    so small.. how could this struggle seem so big?

    so big...

    while the palms in the breeze still blow green

    and the waves in the sea still absolute blue

    but the horror

    every single thing i see is a reminder of her

    never thought i'd curse the day i met her

    and since she's gone and wouldn't hear

    who would care? what good would that do?

    but i'm still here

    so i imagine in a month...or 12

    i'l be somewhere having a drink

    laughing at a stupid joke

    or just another stupid thing

    and i can see myself stopping short

    drifting out of the present

    sucked by the undertow and pulled out deep

    and there i am, standing

    wet grass and white headstones all in rows

    and in the distance there's one, off on its own

    so i stop, kneel

    my new home...

    and i picture a sober awakening, a re-entry into this little bar scene

    sip my drink til the ice hits my lip

    order another round

    and that's it for now

    sorry

    never been too good at happy endings...

  4. 225 days under grass

    and you know more than I.

    they have long taken your blood,

    you are a dry stick in a basket.

    is this how it works?

    in this room

    the hours of love

    still make shadows.

     

    when you left

    you took almost

    everything.

    I kneel in the nights

    before tigers

    that will not let me be.

     

    what you were

    will not happen again.

    the tigers have found me

    and I do not care.

     

    - “For Jane” by Charles Bukowski

  5. If It's the Beaches

    The Avett Brothers

     

    Don't say it's over

    Cause that's the worst news I could hear I swear that I will

    Do my best to be here just the way you like it

    Even though its hard to hide

    Push my feelings all aside

    I will rearrange my plans and change for you

     

    If I could go back

    That's the first thing I would do I swear that I would

    Do my best to folow through

    Come up with a master plan

    A homerun hit, a winning stand

    A gaurantee and not a promise

    That I'll never let your love slip from my hands

     

    If it's the beaches

    If it's the beaches' sands you want

    Then you will have them

    If it's the mountains' bending rivers

    Then you will have them

    If it's the wish to run away

    Then I will grant it

    Take whatever what you think of

    While I go gas up the truck

    Pack the old love letters up

    We will read them when we forget why we left here

     

    -the damn song is a bit habit forming. I keep coming back to it over and over again.

  6. If It's the Beaches

    The Avett Brothers

     

     

    Don't say it's over

    Cause that's the worst news I could hear I swear that I will

    Do my best to be here just the way you like it

    Even though its hard to hide

    Push my feelings all aside

    I will rearrange my plans and change for you

     

    If I could go back

    That's the first thing I would do I swear that I would

    Do my best to follow through

    Come up with a master plan

    A homerun hit, a winning stand

    A guarantee and not a promise

    That I'll never let your love slip from my hands

     

    If it's the beaches

    If it's the beaches' sands you want

    Then you will have them

    If it's the mountains' bending rivers

    Then you will have them

    If it's the wish to run away

    Then I will grant it

    Take whatever what you think of

    While I go gas up the truck

    Pack the old love letters up

    We will read them when we forget why we left here

  7. every time you get a drink

    and every time you go to sleep

    are those dreams inside you head

    is there sunlight on your bed

    and every time you're driving home

    way outside your safety zone

    wherever you will ever be

    you're never getting rid of me

     

    you own me

    there's nothing you can do

    you own me

     

    you coulda made a safer bet

    but what you break is what you get

    you wake up in the bed you make

    I think you made a big mistake

     

    you own me

    there's nothing you can do

    you own me

    you own me

    lucky you

     

    you own me

    there's nothing you can do

     

    you clean yourself to meet

    the man who isn't me

    you're putting on a shirt

    a shirt I'll never see

    the letter's in your coat

    but no one's in your head

    cause you're too smart to remember

    you're too smart

    lucky you

    lucky you

    lucky you

  8. These things you keep

    you better throw them away

    you want to turn your back

    on your souless days

    once you were tethered

    now you are free

    once you were tethered

    now you are free

    that was the river

    this is the sea

     

    now if you are feeling weary

    if you've been alone too long

    or maybe you been suffering from

    a few too many plans that have gone wrong

    and you're tryin' to remember

    how fine your life used to be

    running around banging your drum

    like it's ninteeen seventy three

    well that was the river

    this is the sea

     

    now you say you got trouble

    you say you got pain

    you say you got nothin' left to believe in

    nothin' to hold on to

    nothin' to trust

    nothin' but chains

    you've been scouring your conscience

    raking through your memory

    scouring your conscience

    raking through your memory

    that was the river

    this is the sea

     

    now i can see you're waverin'

    as you try to decide

    you've got a war in your head

    and it's tearing you up inside

    you're tryin' to make sense

    of something that you just don't see

    tryin' to make sense now

    and you know that you once held the key

    but that was the river

    and this is the sea

     

    now here is a train

    it's comin' on down the line

    you realise if you hurry

    you got still enough time

    and you don't need no tiket

    and you dont pay no fee

    and you don't need no ticket

    and you dont pay no fee

    because that was the river

    and this is the sea

    that was the river

    this is the sea

    that was the river

    this is the sea

    the river, the river, the river, the river

    the river, the river, the river

    and this is the sea

     

    Behold The Sea

  9. My Morning Jacket - I Will Be There When You Die

     

    joe was born in new york city, son of paul and catherine.

    always down and always out, but his morrows always seemed jus’ fine.

    there will be bigotry and there will be open minds.

    there will be days of peace you’ll never have the time.

    AS LONG AS YOU KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE,

    i will be there when you die.

    i was born in east kentucky, home of where the grass is dyed. always down

    and always out, but my ‘morrows always seemed just fine. there will be

    bigotry and there will be open minds. there will be days of peace you’ll

    never have the time. as long as you keep a straight face,

    i will be there when you die.

  10. Just saw this on the tribune front page

     

    http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05...el-foxtrot.html

     

     

    Wilco ex-member sues frontman Tweedy

    May 4, 2009 5:54 PM | No Comments

     

    Former Wilco member Jay Bennett sued lead singer Jeff Tweedy in Cook County Circuit Court today, claiming Tweedy owes him money from the band's 2002 documentary and royalties on songs written during Bennett's seven years with the group.

     

    Bennett was part of the Chicago-based band from 1994 to 2001, the breach-of-contract suit states, and worked as a sound engineer and performed instruments on the albums "Being There," "Summerteeth," "Mermaid Avenue," "Mermaid Avenue Vol. II" and "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

     

    The suit argues that "as a recording musician in Wilco, Bennett is entitled to compensation for his services rendered in the form of continuing and perpetual artist royalty payments from" Tweedy.

     

    It concedes that Bennett was paid during his years in the group, but only in "infrequent partial payments" equivalent to 15 percent of the band's income from sales and performances.

     

    Bennett claims Tweedy did not compensate him for his appearance in "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart," which documented the creative process behind "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" in 2000 and captured a scene of Tweedy and Bennett bickering over the mixing of "Heavy Metal Drummer."

     

    The suit argues that Bennett was never paid for his role and that Tweedy "never obtained the necessary releases for the use of Bennett's performance in the film."

     

    It was unclear if Tweedy was a producer on the project, as the suit claims.

     

    Bennett left Wilco in August 2001.

     

    "It was time for Jay to move on and have a bigger role in making his own music," Tweedy said at the time. "Jay has been a huge part of the last three records, but it just became more obvious to us that he didn't have the same enthusiasm for being a part of the band. It took a lot of bravery on both parts to make this happen, and we moved past any hard feelings really fast."

     

    The lawsuit asks for damages of at least $50,000.

     

    -- Andrew L. Wang

  11. I don't mind

    What you've left behind

    But aren't you tired

    But then again, I'm wired

    To speed

     

    If all goes wrong

    If all goes wrong

    If all goes wrong

    With me

    Who will you believe

     

    I don't mind

    Who you've left this time

    If what transpires

    Between the crash and the choirs

    Is me

     

    If all goes wrong

    If all goes wrong

    If all goes wrong

    With me

    What will you believe

     

    Save yourself

    For your soul, someone else

    For keeps

     

    Save what's left

    Before you save what's kept

    Nothing's free

     

    If all goes wrong

    If all goes wrong

    If all goes wrong

    With me

     

    If all goes wrong

    If all goes wrong

    If all goes wrong

    With me

     

    Who will you believe

  12. Will you comfort me in my time of need?

    Can you take away the pain and hurtful deeds?

    Because when we need it most, there's no rain at all

    And dust settles right there on the feed.

     

    Will you say to me a little rain's gonna come?

    When the sky can't offer none to me

    Cause I will come for you when my days are through

    And I'll let your smile just off and carry me.

     

    Cause when the calm comes down

    We'll take the truck on into town

    And buy whatever we can't seem to grow

    Work these hands 'til they bleed

    Cause I got mouths to feed

    And I got fifteen dollars hid above the stove

     

    Will you say to me a little rain's gonna come?

    When the sky can't offer none to me

    Cause I will come for you when my days are through

    And I'll let your smile just off and carry me.

     

    Cause it ain't like it was on back in those days

    When everyone would offer up their hand

    These old bones are worn, I've grown tiresome

    I know my time is surely gonna come.

     

    Will you comfort me in my time of need?

    Can you take away the pain and hurtful deeds?

    Cause I will come for you when my days are through

    And I'll let your smile just off and carry me.

     

    Lord we married young and stayed where we came from

    And gave those children everything we had

    Will you stay with me in my time of need?

    Though it seems we had such little time for us.

     

    Will you say to me a little rain's gonna come?

    When the sky can't offer none to me

    Cause I will come for you when my days are through

    And I'll let your smile just off and carry me.

  13.  

    10/23/06

    Ryan Adams & The Cardinals

    The Savoy

    Cork, Ireland

     

    Free Spirit * >

    What Sin Replaces Love >

    Dear Chicago >

    Blue Hotel >

    Face Opera * >

    Arkham Asylum >

    Egyptology >

    Tears Of Gold >

    Bartering Lines >

    Freeway To The Canyon >

    Expressway To Yr. Skull >

    The End >

    Ryan Takes Off Hoody Jam * >

    Cold Roses >

    Strange * >

    Mockingbird (w/ DJ Reggie Rap near end) >

    Please Do Not Let Me Go >

    Beautiful Sorta >

    Peaceful Valley >

    Disco Duck Rap

    To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)

    Encore

    Dear John

    Games

    Judy Garland

    New York, New York

    A Kiss Before I Go

    Meadowlake Street

    Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)

    Shakedown On 9th Street

    Willow Jane

    I See Monsters

  14. sleep will not come to this tired body now

    peace will not come to this lonely heart

    there are some things i'll live without

    but i want you to know that i need you right now

    i need you tonite

    i steal a kiss from her sleeping shadow moves

    cause i'll always miss her wherever she goes

    and i'll always need her more than she could ever need me

    i need someone to ease my mind

    but sometimes a someone is so hard to find

    and i'll do anything to keep her here tonite

    and i'll say anything to make her feel alright

    and i'll be anything to keep her here tonite

    cause i want you to stay, with me

    i need you tonite

    she comes to me like an angel out of time

    as i play the part of a saint on my knees

    there are some things i'll live without

    but i want you to know that i need you right now

    suffer my desire

    suffer my desire

    suffer my desire for you

  15. I don't know much of their music but a friend dl'd a few of their albums on my computer back a while ago.

     

    Gish, Mellon Collie and Siamese Dream - any suggestions on particular tracks I should listen to/download?!?

     

     

    Thanks

     

    Gish - Bury Me, Window Paine, Snail, I am One

    Siamese Dream - No bad songs, listen to it all. But to choose 3 - Mayonaise, Silverfuck, Cherub Rock.

    Mellon Collie - 1st disc - tonight tonight, here is no why, then the Galapagos > Muzzle > Porcelina is my favorite thing on the album. 2nd Disc - Where Boys Fear To Tread, Stumbleine, Thru the Eyes of Ruby, By Starlight

  16. Need a favor. I will be working at 10am on Wednesday.

     

    If anybody is only buying one of the sets of 5 tickets and would like to be my surrogate purchaser i would be forever grateful and would be more than willing to buy you drinks at the shows. Please PM me if you would be willing. Thanks in advance

     

    -Todd

  17. I dreamt of a fever,

    one that would cure me of this cold, winter-set heart

    With heat to melt these frozen tears burned with reasons as to carry on

     

    Into these twisted months I plunge without a light to follow

    But I swear that I would follow anything

    just get me out of here

     

    But you get six months to adapt

    and you get two more to leave town

    And in the event that you do adapt

    we still might not want you around

     

    But I fell for the promise of a life with a purpose

    but I know that that's impossible now

    And so I drink to stay warm and to kill selected memories

    cause I just can't think anymore about that

    or about her tonight

     

    And I give myself three days to feel better or else I

    swear I'll drive right off a fucking cliff

    because if I can't learn to make myself feel better

    how can I expect anyone else to give a shit?

     

    and I scream for the sunlight

    or a car to take me anywhere.

    just get me passed this dead and eternal snow

     

    cause I swear that I'm dying

    Slowly, but it's happening

    and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere

    just take me there

    just take me there

    just take me there

    and say and lie to me and say and lie to me and say

    it's gonna be alright

    it's gonna be alright

    it's gonna be alright

    it's gonna be alright

    it's gonna be alright

    it's gonna be alright

    it's gonna be alright

    it's gonna be alright

    it's gonna be alright..

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