Sunday, June 12, 2011

Black Swans, Don’t Blame the Stars

“There have been nights, admit it, when you’ve thought you heard your name in the air, your name being sung, a recognition that you’re a part of the star-resplendent sky and the musty vapors of earth – they know who you are, you owe them for this special focus.” -Albert Goldbarth, “Voices” This is a record I had to have so badly I bought the MP3s on Amazon even though we’d already preordered the vinyl (should be here any day, but the turntable isn’t working). The Black Swans are one of the few Columbus bands – at least who...

Thursday, June 2, 2011

The World is Always Ending and Being Born: Two Chicago Revivals

“So sign all your yearbooks, give a last glance We’ve all missed the prom but you’re used to this dance Soon a figureless shadow will drown out the sun Hey baby, it’s the end of the world I hope you had fun” -Slobberbone, “Meltdown” Chicago trip this time was full of the usual suspects of music and dancing and old bars and old friends but had a hard time getting theater into our scheduled.  But the two shows we saw, both revivals, were fucking doozies. Balliwick Chicago held the Midwest premier of Passing Strange, Stew...