I spent $66.65 for a giant hot dog today ($65 of that was for a Costco membership). Money well spent.

Happy New Year from Chicago.

Tsundoku = unread pile(s) of books. This is my current crop, after culling several books over the past few years. What does your tsundoku look like?

A stretch of Belmont Avenue becomes Honorary Steve Albini Way following the passing of the legendary recording engineer earlier this year.

Kim Deal does a soft opening for her new solo album ‘Nobody Loves You More’ with 6-song set at Chicago’s Reckless Records.

Don’t order these. They tell you how fat you’re getting.

Yeah, except the Kafka is pretty much 24/7 these days ...

Testing, testing ...