Archive for October, 2009

“we could take a seat at the bar with the other broken heroes”

Tonight at the House of Blues and tomorrow at the Double Door I am seeing this:

 
hope they play that hot water music cover!
 
also, before I leave you all to go engage in this musical experience, get a load of this!

 
this is dan andriano from the alkaline trio playing solo under the [...]

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“These midwest eyes are dead tonight, this demon smile is aching to explode.”

This weekend in Chicago: the 4th annual Red Scare Oktoberfest.

might be going tonight to see off with their heads and the copyrights.
for sure going to the larry arms show saturday. sidekicks sunday! cleveland, represent!
kisses,
-whiskey

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“I’m pretty sure we’ve heard this one before…”

You have to be joking me….is this the BEST or WORST idea ever?
http://riskybusiness.blogs.thr.com/2009/10/letterman-writer-and-hold-steady-singer-in-a-dreamweirdpromising-collaboration.html
kisses,
-whiskey

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7 Seconds

Folks,
If you’ll permit, I need to share a tale from the bottomless well of stories that is my job.  Today, one of my residents stood for 7 seconds.  This feat alone almost got me to break down at work for the first time because this man hadn’t stood on his legs since December 11th, 2000.  [...]

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“Because a split-second of a moment that halts time can be worth a whole lifetime of waiting, for something more than the same, mundane life narrative, transcend this…please”

WhiskeyWineAndMoonshine want to wish you all a happy Diwali!

…and for anyone out there who might be feeling weird or uncomfortable being biracial in a (theoretically) post-racial society, take solace in this…

kisses,
-whiskey

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“Did I remember to keep your beer as full as mine? Did I remember to say cheers? Did I at least try to make sure everybody had a good time?”

A woefully incomplete, blurry-eyed, male-perspective recap of the riot fest weekend…
FRIDAY
-pabst (the assumption must be made that the entire weekend could be seen through the lens of, or perhaps, the RESULT of, too much blue ribbon)
-Ali and the Pinstripe boys (www.myspace.com/thepinstripes) late. stuck in traffic.
-show at the subterranean sold out, but ali guestlisted moonshine and [...]

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“It’s a Riot….on Broadway”

Hey all. Christmas for Chicago punks has come early.

Seeing:
Fri: Pinstripes, Deals Gone Bad, Aggrolites at the SubT. lounge
Sat: Cobra Skulls, Aggrolites at the Subt. lounge
Sun: The Arrivals, Screeching Weasel, Alkaline Trio at the Congress Theatre
kisses,
-whiskey

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Oh, Hey

Folks,
It’s been far too long since more than a few words and a cryptic picture or two were posted on this blog of blogs and after a lovely evening with an old friend I’m feeling a bit of inspiration to shock this thing back to life.  And what would a post from Wine be without [...]

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“Oh Tobias, you blowhard!”

Seeing David Cross tonight at the Congress Theatre!

i will laugh.

kisses,
-whiskey

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