I’ve seen a lot of shows. That one is still wildly important to me. Blur and America never truly fell in love like they should’ve. But they meant business and were doin classics like Girls and Boys, Bad Head, and End of a Century. And then they also did a new song that was catching on called Song 2…
Nov 5, 2024
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I'm leaving for Vegas tonight to see the final performance of their latest residency, so I spent all week re-listening to all of their albums on vinyl. Apparently when you crack open my crusty shell, the 13-year old version is still intact within, gobsmacked by how seriously a bunch of adults can pursue their silliness.
I spent about five minutes worrying that I'd be disappointed seeing them again now that they (and I) are so old, but then I told myself to shut up. “They’re so over the hill” is the least B-52s sentiment imaginable. Their edginess was never dependent upon youth. They weren't exactly rebels, but they gloried in pillaging what’s old and awkward for the creation of something new and cool that embraces squareness rather than mocking it. What they want - what they’ve always wanted - is for people to have FUN, and they’re entirely non-judgmental about how you want to do it (unless it involves putting anyone down, in which case, no thanks). It’s a spirit that makes just as much sense old as it does young. As a blueprint for a culture, you could hardly do better. And I guess that’s why they’ve always been my favorites - because I still wistfully believe that if everyone shared their courage, spirit, and humor, this would be a better world.
Anyway, "Song for a Future Generation" is one of the greatest things ever committed to video.
Apr 19, 2024
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they literally only have two good albums (Dookie is a classic yeah and Insomniac is genuinely excellent) but they’ve just been so droll for years! American Idiot is very mid-2000s zeitgeisty but removed from that context I’m not super sure about it!
Apr 25, 2024
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Legendary small club, always great music
Feb 24, 2024
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Currently the new kids been doin it(see also Friko and Lifeguard) Shouts to Kara Jackson, Finom, Dehd, and Chief Keef tho who have been holdin it down.
Aug 26, 2024
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Lucius gave you good advice, so I'll just throw in some tools that can help you work with disks.
I will echo one thing tho, you prob want the cloud in there somewhere, because if a disaster strikes your house, block, town, or you're concerned about political instability having copies of that material in a very different location is GOOD.
Nov 13, 2024
Hidden in a neighborhood in a building designed by Ando, lots of rotating exhibitions often involving queer art and history, digital art, and bigger art and architecture retrospectives. Prob as close to a secret big art space as you can get in Chicago.
Feb 25, 2025