Waco Brothers at Schuba's

The Jesus Lizard at Metro

pic courtesy of the chicago reader

Nonagon at Cafe Mustache

I caught a ride with Annie.  Felt weird not to bike, but i had a migraine all day, so...

Grumpy let me know the donuts were vegan.  I got the last one.  It was good.  Apparently the vegan chili is great too - i'll have to try that next time.

I hadn't heard Sewing Needle before, and i liked them.  The Rutabega were good as always (but i just don't seem to like them as bunch as everyone else - i prefer their poppier, happier numbers, which seem few and far between).  To be honest, i spent most of their set catching up with Yogi via text.  I just don't see him much now that we don't work together any longer.

Nonagon killed it.  I guess they messed up both new songs, but i thought they sounded great anyway.  I felt much better after the show than before - maybe Nonagon is a migraine cure...

Stiff Little Fingers, Death By Unga Bunga at the Metro

Riot Fest at Douglass Park

Riot Fest at Douglass Park

OUT at Quenchers

Annie made me talk to a whole bunch of people.  I have since forgotten all of them.  So there.

Riot Fest at Douglass Park

Nonagon, Cell Phones at Brinkman Haus

Tiny's 50th birthday celebration.  Did another band play that we listened to from the yard?  I think so - I seem to recall the singer sounded like Johno, but wasn't.

All Tomorrow's Impeachments at Bottom Lounge

All Tomorrow's Impeachments at Bottom Lounge

Nonagon and others at Subterranean

I sure don't remember much about the other bands.

I do know that we went out for Pancakes afterwards - Em and i rode packed into the back of the van with the equipment.

Cell Phones at Quenchers

Before the show, Amy and i went to the Northside Gala and mostly hung out with Patreeecia, her husband Jon and her friend Sandra.  This is notable for two reasons:  (1) Jo started dating Sandra's daughter Olivia the following week and, as of this writing (Dec 2017), still is; and (2) i was wearing a suit and (bow)tie.

Amy dropped me at the show, to mooch a ride home with Annie.  I think i missed most of the first band.  Annie introduced me to the singer of the Cell Phones (whose name i should remember, but of course do not).  She said she liked the suit, and that's how she'd want to dress if she were a man.  I should have replied "me too," but, alas, i did not.  Another missed opportunity.

We skipped out early on the last band too.  I think they played music about Watership Down, but maybe that was some other night.