I. Can. Not. Wait.

Here's the press release:

Chicagoist.com and Tankboy
present...
Ctrl – Alt - Rock
With:
The Assembly
May Or May Not
Alphabet
at Schubas Tavern (3159 N. Southport)
on Thursday, February 16th, 2006 at 8 PM
Cover: $8

January 18, 2006 – Chicagoist.com, presents its first live music event, Ctrl – Alt – Rock, at Schubas Tavern on Thursday, February 16th, 2006.

After more than a year and a half of blogging about Chicago’s innovative music scene, Chicagoist, in conjunction with Tankboy Productions, joins the fray with a live show featuring three Chicago bands on the rise: The Assembly, May Or May Not and Alphabet.

The Assembly is riding a wave of acclaim thanks to their 2005 album Commencement that combines Brit rock influences with that distinctive Chicago guitar crunch. For fans of shimmering guitars, melodious vocals and wanderlust musings, May Or May Not comes on like lo-fi indie pop that’s been making out with the sounds of 70s AM radio. Lastly, Alphabet brings a Bowie-meets-Beck-after-being-hit-with-Pixies-guitar-lines aesthetic to the evening.

With a name that’s geek speak for restarting your computer, Ctrl – Alt – Rock brings Chicagoist’s sensibility to Chicago’s live music scene. “We wanted a name that would let our readers know that this isn’t just another rock show,” says Scott Smith, Chicagoist’s associate editor for arts and entertainment. “Ctrl-Alt-Rock will be a uniquely Chicagoist event with all of the snarky charm our readers have come to expect from us.”

Chicagoist is a website about the Chicago area and everything that happens there. Launched in May 2004, it was the second website in the Gothamist Inc. network of blogs. More than 10,000 readers a day turn to Chicagoist and its growing group of hard-working, volunteer bloggers for information on newsand events, music and movies, restaurants and nightlife, and observations on the city they love. Chicagoist has been featured on ABC7 News as well as on Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty Eight program. Stories about Chicagoist have appeared in various publications such as the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, RedEye, Chicago Magazine, USA Today, CNN, and Slate.

For more information on Ctrl – Alt – Rock, visit the Chicagoist.com website. Interviews and graphics are available upon request.

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A review of the new Loose Fur disc...kind of.

Boy, I sure can go on and on and on and on sometimes, can't I?

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We like it when folks that should hook up actually do.

In other words this is my way of saying congratulations to my friends Gina and John for tying the know this weekend in a lovely ceremony. We here at Tankboy Enterprises are not often overcome by a general feeling of mushiness and "the warm fuzzies" but we feel the need to admit we were visited by both on Saturday. Thanks, Gina and John, for inviting Photogal and I to be a part of this big moment in each of your lives.

And for providing pool tables, a popcorn machine and nachos afterwards. Woo hoo!