Category Archives: Entertainment

Fall

Posted on October 6, 2008 by LaDale Winling

The first weekend in October may be my absolute favorite time of year. It’s the time that Golden Delicious apples are ripe for u–pick. My wife and I took a brief apple picking detour in my light speed trip back … Continue reading →

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Leopolds’ Out

Posted on February 5, 2008 by urbanoasis

AAiO had the scoop. Todd Leopold has just announced that he and Leopold Brothers are leaving A2 for Denver. Writes Todd: “Our lease expires in the summer, and shockingly (note heavy sarcasm), our landlords asked for an obscene amount per … Continue reading →

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Theater Tip

Posted on December 9, 2007 by urbanoasis

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind performed by the Neo-Futurists. One of my wife’s colleagues invited us to see the best of 2006 show last year, with some seriously funny plays performed in an Andersonville black box theater. … Continue reading →

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The Fly-to People

Posted on December 2, 2007 by urbanoasis

Adam Nagourney, in writing about Des Moines and how it is no longer a stereotypical Midwestern town, reveals why Midwesterners think New Yorkers are superficial idiots. His travel writing is as bad as his political writing. But the other night … Continue reading →

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Cat the Anchor, Jeb Minor’s Coming Home!

Posted on October 2, 2007 by urbanoasis

Great Lakes Myth Society Originally uploaded by Ryan Mahoney Great Lakes Myth Society. Chicago. Schuba’s. October 14th. I’ve missed nearly the last 1000 GLMS shows and I am not going to make the same mistake with this one. Family, friends: … Continue reading →

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Detroit Sold For Scrap

Posted on July 28, 2007 by urbanoasis

Remember this Onion article from a year ago? Ha, ha, we all morbidly chuckled at the nation’s finest news source taking a dig at our fair city. Detroit, a former industrial metropolis in southeastern Michigan with a population of just … Continue reading →

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GLMS in CHI

Posted on July 26, 2007 by urbanoasis

glms 01 – DSC_0011 Originally uploaded by funkytreetown Lamentably for my Mediterranean-loafing self, these boys are blowing out the asses of Chicagoans tomorrow night, playing Martyr’s at 3855 N. Lincoln Ave. Cost : $7 They’re also opening for Patti Smith … Continue reading →

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All the GLMS News That’s Fit to Blog

Posted on March 30, 2007 by urbanoasis

Sources indicated our boys have released 4 tracks from Compass Rose Bouquet on TheirSpace, have dropped the April Chicago show from their schedule, and have a SXSW travelogue up at AMG.

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Frivolity

Posted on December 30, 2005 by urbanoasis

“The Chronic-WHAT?!-cles of Narnia.” Utterly hilaricious. Watch it.

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Was He Just Lost in the Flood?

Posted on August 30, 2005 by urbanoasis

Having come back from a trip to New Orleans a week ago, I find the hurricane’s impact upon the city particularly poignant. (The trip partially explains this blog’s inactivity). What a city. First off, they have two functioning streetcar lines … Continue reading →

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