February 2009
40 posts
“Kurt Cobain never saw the internet”
– alanortiz
I like going out by myself.
Freshly dressed. Sitting in bed. Listening to The Cardigans, Nada Surf & Coconut Records.
Sent out a few texts to see where the night is taking everyone. Dan Suh is in town so I’m going to head over to AK to turn the halo on whenever he drops a banger. We have a wireless remote for the disco ball and I get the largest kick of out it. I walk around and turn it on when the mood is just...
January 2009
36 posts
Quickly.
Randy posted Part 3 of 5. Check it out.
My boy Nigel is up on mtvu.com. Go vote for Hollywood Holt right here. Chicago needs love.
You can hear the first hip hop song I’ve ever produced ‘Snowglobe Feat. Mic Terror’ on Mic Terror’s new mixtape. His verse is sooo gnarly and dirty.
Listening to: Nada Surf - See These Bones
WatchCheck out my boy Chuck’s new video. This is probably my favorite beat that he has done. His Pistons jersey is pretty hard and those whistles make the track!
Cool Kids - Pennies
Randy.
I just spent the past hour checking out my friend Randy’s photo journal. Randy is the only person on planet earth that I would consider trading lives with. He works to save up a bunch of money and then travels around. Hitch hiking, couch surfing, dumpster diving, exploring, meeting different people in every city and letting them show him around to each city’s secret places. I...
I don’t know what it is about this dudes...
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I heard a couple of people talking about how they hate twitter and I don’t get how anyone can hate it. Twitter is great because it makes you feel in touch with friends that you dont speak with on a daily basis and it also goes very well with my short attention span.
Check out the 1st press article on the new place.
The cat's out of the bag.
I am involved in a new project that is slated to open late February/early March with Stephen Westman, one of my business partners in Angels & Kings. The new spot is called 44th Ward Dinner Party. Half bar. Half restaurant.
We will have 15 to 25 varieties of everyone’s favorite sandwich, the grilled cheese (If you are from Chicago, think Kuma’s Corner with grilled cheeses in place of...
Refreshed.
I just added a blog to the We Cant Stop Thinking site. Check it out. It should get pretty fun over there. We’ll post projects that we are working on and things we enjoy.
Try This.
Try to picture you and your friends hanging out in the year 1965. Imagine going somewhere or some some activity with a few close friends. Do not read on until you’ve pictured the scene for a few seconds….OKAY!. So you have the image in your head? Was the image in black and white? or like a muted palette? It is so weird that we naturally imagine those times to not be in the same color...
Sweep the dirty stairs, the ones I waited on.
I am listening to a record I haven’t listened to in at least 2 years because the last 2 times I tried to listen to it…I was in a car accident both times. I am sitting safely in my chair in the office. I am in love with this band and record.
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
Even Now
even now i can smell your clothes, freshly from the wash, still hot from the dryer. even now, i can smell your skin as i wrap you in a towel and lay you on the bed…and try to love you. even now, i can feel your arms, i can feel your breast, i can hear your songs and i always can find you again.
WatchThis is ill.
MY TOP 5 RECORDS OF 2008
Augustana - Can’t Love, Cant Hurt Beautiful record. Super moody. Even a bit therapeutic for me when I was in a bad place.
The Academy Is… - Fast Times At Barrington High This record is a time warp for me. Driving around the suburbs, singing harmonies and talking about girls with Bill & De’Mar. This record was written about those times and its so amazing to be able to...