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Photo by Dan Wendt. I popped in the advance of Reserver 's debut album Reverser last week, expecting to give it a quick listen and see ...

If you're looking for 8 solid new music recommendations, I did a Quick Spins last Friday covering recent releases from the Mountain Goat...

Photo by CJ Simonson. One of the reasons I listen to just about everything sent my way (on top of my own constant search for anything new th...

A few weeks ago I saw Chicago’s Big Angry Fish as they performed at their now-annual Big Angry Fish Fry at The Montrose Saloon . The band’s...

Photo of the band at Fitzgerald's by me. Due to my partner being a huge fan of the band, I have now seen the Mountain Goats an unusuall...

We saw Christopher Nolan's take on The Odyssey last weekend. It was excellent. Duh. If I had any minor quibble it would be the choice o...

Dug through my email to find this very, very 2011 promo photo used by The Color Bars. I’m a little shocked I never shared this tune here (th...

It never astounds me how much I don't know, even about my favorite things. For instance, it wasn't until this week that adult me dis...

Perennial play Chicago for the 1st time. Photo by me! Nora turned me onto Perennial —she's had an awesome glow-in-the-dark t-shirt of th...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tankboy (@jkopeny) I hadn't even realized that Instagram had turned of...

I think there is grave danger in living a frictionless life. Had the internet existed when I was a kid, and I my druthers, I would have abso...

I’m coming off a week staycation that was lovely, even if I didn’t feel the creative juices start to flow more freely until…sometime last Su...

I hit a milestone last week I thought was worth celebrating: I hit a 5-year step streak!   I’ve always walked a lot, but over the pandemic w...

Behold this ancient photo of the band! I really need to stop “holding off” writing about things that are constantly present in my life; 19 y...

Working in a book store in the late ‘80s, and being a general weirdo, it will not surprise anyone to know I was really into Anne Rice's ...

Over the last week I've been treating myself to a sort of "summer break" wherein I listen to older music on my phone instead o...

I saw Backrooms over the weekend and enjoyed it. I do love that an incredibly young creator is being given the opportunity to make the jump...

Less than 24 hours after his Late Nigh t sign off, Stephen Colbert popped back up on Michigan public access television to guest host Only In...

Stephen Colbert has left the late night landscape, and it is a huge loss for all of us. If you didn't watch his full, uncut "Worst ...

When we were recently in New York, one of the more delightful surprises was stumbling across the Escanaba Marching Band (from the UP! * ) pl...