Mister Heavenly Live @ Tommorow Never Knows - Lincoln Hall Chicago 1/14/2011

Mister Heavenly, the newly formed band of Honus Honus, Joe Plummer, Nick Thorburn, and Michael Cera, took part in Tommorow Never Knows at Lincoln Hall alongside Title Tracks, Screaming Females, and The Dig.

The Dig kicked it off and got momentum going, Titles Tracks got people moving with a solid set, and Screaming Females bashed everyone into compliance with a fierce, ragged cut of songs that, live, made me feel like a giddy 15 year old watching Blue Meanies.

Mister Heavenly played around an hour, digging up songs nobody has ever heard, playing a few covers, including "Bad Man" by the Oblivians. For it being one of their first shows, it was really tight. A lot of these songs are really strong. The sound was great. The energy was there. They had fun, and it showed. A strong set for a young band of seasoned artists, with Michael Cera tipping up on one leg in his red hat. slapping a pick-less bass. They joked about cheese, told a few beginning to stories about snipers, got shit thrown at them. It delivered in spades.

A great night in Chicago. An even better night to be inside the beautiful Lincoln Hall.

Bieber.

More to come.

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We miss you, Jay....

One year...

Hope your resting peacefully :

Marnie Stern @ The Empty Bottle - Chicago - 11/10/2010

Marnie Stern played the last, and what she later told me again, the best night of her tour at the Empty Bottle. November 10th. Enjoy :

Wu-Tang Clan, Mortville, Saki, and more tonight..

Easy Prey sound awesome. crunchy, yet poppy and delicious.

strong line-up tonight, what will you do?!

pinkerton...

ALBION HOUSE: Hatred Surge, the Impalers, Weekend Nachos, Hate
CONGRESS THEATER: Wu-Tang Clan
FITZGERALD'S: Otis Clay, Boukou Groove
HIDEOUT: Violent Arp Band, Ga'an
MORTVILLE: Disrobe, Easy Prey, Andy Ortmann, The Krunchies
PANCHO'S: Soft Targets, Via Verso, the Heavy Bombers
SAKI: Housesounds, T'Bone, Seafarer
STRANGELIGHT: Snowing, 1994!, Noumenon, Dastard, Sweet Talk

Hot Machines / Mannequin Men / Names Divine...

Mannequin Men played Schubas in December!




Hot Machines rose from the grave to open for NOBUNNY at the Empty Bottle on 1/1/11!





The ever-enchanting Mortville hosted Names Divine / Call Me On The Allophone (also in december) !




Thinking of going premium on Vimeo. Thoughts?

Enjoy these. They were fun to shoot.

-HMD

People Projects , Chicago, 12-31-2007!!!

Happy New Year 2008 from Gonzo Chicago!

My Christmas gift to the D.I.Y scene of Chicago, .

Some long, long, long overdue footage from People Projects on 12/31/2007!

I know many of you in this video now. Pass it on! Youtube made it dark. Let me know if you want some real copies.

This was a few months after I first moved here. I really appreciate all of the effort you guys go through to do this. In the past three years I have blown away by the selflessness of this community. I've seen Lightning Bolt, Times New Viking.....hundreds of shows at many, many places. Many of which aren't around now.

Thanks for doing this. Putting your asses on the line. Dealing with so much madness for people to come in for all of the money they have, get cigarettes and shit everywhere, put our drinks in your fridges, and bringing such happiness to music lovers like myself and numerous people i know.

Some of my friends will never stop talking about "that time when ______ played at ______"

The past three years haven't been 100% sunshine, but for what we can control, a flawless effort to bring craziness, fun, happiness, hugs, booze-sharing, art making, music passion, and just real, real good times to Chicago.

Thanks again,

-John Yingling

Goodbye Captain Beefheart...

We'll miss you, you ol' dog you.

Treasure Town / No Era / No Context ....

Treasure Town / Mortville already looks like the hideout of Hackers mixed with the hideout of the Turtles. When you had hundreds of pieces of paintings, sculptures, figures / other craziness, it only deepens the beautifully nightmarish scene.

One of the coolest art / music / madness installations i've ever seen.

Good work dudes :

The Music Tapes Holiday Lullabye Extravaganza!!!!!

The Music Tapes entered three houses in Chicago on the 6th and 7th of December , 2010,

EDIT : The Music Tapes ghost email writing machine has contacted me and you will not be able to view these images until after January 15th!

i went to one. ....ONE! i've talked to many who attended the others, and every single person sent intense excitement my way.

show 2/3 was super late, with a 1am start time! ...in a way, it made it even better. delirium of some of the most well crafted bunch of songs and objects i've ever witnessed be brought into a strangers house. Saw count : 4?

it really was amazing. long live christmas.

TONIGHT : Tyler Jon Tyler, Galaxie 500, Streets On Fire, Ball Hall, SNOW......

Mental note, fix windshield wiper fluid lines :

BALL HALL: Eugenics Council, Corephallism, Socially Retarded, Fatale
BEAT KITCHEN: The Streets On Fire, Magic Milk, Emcee Phase & Ill Clinton
EMPTY BOTTLE: 1900s, Tyler Jon Tyler, Tristen
ENEMY: Ben Miller / degeneration, Dan Burke, Wyoming, Eric Leonardson & Jason Soliday
LINCOLN HALL: Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips play Galaxie 500

copypasta from lovely ol : acid-marshmallow's upcoming show list.