Looptopia

In our wonderful city of Chicago there is a little known festival called Looptopia. It's described as "America's first dusk 'til dawn cultural extravaganza showcasing the marvelous renaissance of Chicago's Loop". I've never been, but last year some of my friends went and said it was a ton of fun. It starts May 2nd at 7:00 am and goes till 5:00 pm the next day. They've got just about everything you can think of. For more info check out the website right here.

I'm jealous

I'm very excited to be going off to college next year, but there are certainly many things I will miss about Chicago. For starters, I'm extremely jealous of evryone who will still be in Chicago this fall because there is a FREE Andrew Bird concert in the lovely Millenium Park. It's on September 3rd, which is sadly only a few weeks after I will have left for Bloomington (I'm going to Indiana University next year by the way). Just thought I'd let you all know. It should be an excellent show. I saw The Decemberists there last year and it was stellar.

Awarness Test

I was cruising the blogsphere (I can't believe I actually just typed that sentence) and I came across this brilliant little video. Thanks Will for this find. Here it is.

Baracky

Here's an excellent digital short put together by a fellow Obama supporter. Enjoy.

Lollapalooza 2008!

The line-up was just announced this week and I must tell you, it is stellar. I'm thrilled to be going this year. I just hope times don't conflict. Here it is:

Headliners: Radiohead,Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West, Wilco, The Raconteurs
Other acts: Love and Rockets, Gnarls Barkley, Bloc Party, The Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson, Cat Power, Lupe Fiasco, The National, G. Love & Special Sauce, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Explosions in the Sky, Brand New, Gogol Bordello, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Dierks Bentley, Okkervil River, Amadou & Mariam, Blues Traveler, The John Butler Trio, Girl Talk, CSS, Battles, Jamie Lidell, Butch Walker, Mates of State, Spank Rock, Brazilian Girls, Chromeo, Duffy, The Kills, Rogue Wave, The Go! Team, Mason Jennings, The Gutter Twins, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, MGMT, The Weakerthans, Booka Shade, Santogold, Black Kids, Black Lips, Louis XIV, Dr. Dog, Nicole Atkins & the Sea, The Ting Tings, Kid Sister, Office, The Cool Kids, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, The Whigs, Manchester Orchestra, Foals, Uffie, The Octopus Project, Cadence Weapon, Ferras, De Novo Dahl, Noah and the Whale, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, K'naan, Serena Ryder, Newton Faulkner, Your Vegas, "Eli ""Paperboy"" Reed & The True Loves", Steel Train, Bang Camaro, The Blakes, Tally Hall, White Lies, Magic Wands, Electric Touch, Innerpartysystem, The Postelles, The Parlor Mob, DJ Bald Eagle, Krista, Ha Ha Tonka, Witchcraft, We Go To 11, Sofia Talvik

The underlinings don't mean anything. I was just too lazy to type them up so I copy and pasted the list from Wikipedia. Which had some underlined and some not. I hope you find the list as satisfying as I did.