January in Chi-City

is cold. very cold. I'm biking through this winter, which is refreshing and gets me to work wide awake, but this winter is just not letting up!

We've been having events where we go to shows lately. This is good for a few reasons. One is that it is nice to get out in winter. it is really easy to just get cooped up and have all of the events at our house. also, a friend of ours has been producing the shows, so we get really cheap tickets (vip baby) and support him by bringing a big moishe crowd.
Last weekend we went to this show, Prefuse 73, RJD2, and Disco Biscuits. I was real excited about it. Prefuse 73 was supposed to be really good, even though I don't really know them (and we ended up missing their set), RJD2 i kind of like even though last time i saw him he decided to pull out his acoustic guitar and sing, and that's never what you want a DJ to do. Then Disco Biscuits, which I was actually excited about, but then immediately disappointed. It wasn't until the next day that I realized I was thinking about the Flaming Lips the whole time before the show, and actually excited about them, not the disco biscuits at all. I don't know how I made this mix up, but it was so resolved in my head it still took me 24 hours after the show to figure out why reality was so far from my expectations. weird. anyway, flaming lips would have been a much better show, i'm sure.

that's it for now. happy february everyone!