once again, it’s time for the renegade craft fair. it’s huge. seriously. and there’s so many booths, you need two days to see it all. if you’re in chicago this weekend, you should take some time and go. it’s free.
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it’s that time again
August 27, 2009 – 11:12 am
every year that goes by i think i’m getting further and further from microsoft windows… then i remember what my job is.
http://momentile.com/chrisdetmer/08-27-2009
30
July 21, 2009 – 10:30 pm
saturday, july 21st, 1979 – tuesday, july 21st, 2009
30 years, 10,958 days, 1565 weeks, 262,992 hours, 15,779,520 minutes, 946,771,200 seconds
indianapolis, alexandria, zionsville, carmel, grand rapids, east lansing, lansing, bregenz, chicago
3rd, pleasant view, driftwood, gilchrist, west akers, hagadorn, nemoke, prospect, pennsylvania, cedar, racine, spaulding, sawyer
eagle, children’s house, forest dale, ada, forest hills, michigan [...]
give the earth one hour
March 28, 2009 – 12:05 pm
tonight is earth hour: http://www.earthhour.org
do the earth a favor and turn off everything electrical between 8:30 and 9:30pm, local time. light candles, play music, go for a walk, take a nap, have sex. just do anything but use electricity for an hour straight. show your support to fight global warming by letting it cool down [...]
Kutiman Thru-You
March 14, 2009 – 1:45 pm
If you haven’t seen his stuff yet, you’ve gotta check it out. Kutiman (twitter), a musician/producer/dj from Israel, recently launched a site dedicated to mashups of YouTube videos.
In short, it’s effing amazing: thru-you.com.
the chicago indie music scene may be in danger
March 4, 2009 – 10:31 pm
The Chicago City Council is attempting to pass a law that would severely hinder and even prevent smaller and independent music promoters. The ability to book and host shows in bars, clubs, galleries, basements and lofts could soon be quite a costly endeavor if this legislation goes through. That means that any small artists wishing [...]
6th annual lake county film festival
February 19, 2009 – 7:01 pm
the schedule for this year’s running of the lake county film festival is up: lakecountyfilmfest.com.
last year, a video by my musical alter ego, james collin, was featured as a short. i won’t have anything shown this year, but i still plan on attending. they’re screening over 80 films and shorts from march 4th to the [...]
in the kitchen
February 10, 2009 – 11:16 pm
i can smell the rain, coming up from under the back door.
it makes me wish it were summer, on a warm night,
a subtle breeze and the sounds of the city straining through.
a small step for a man, one giant leap for all humankind
January 20, 2009 – 11:11 pm
“A man of color as the head of state unleashes the imagination in so many ways for so many people and it frees up children to see themselves in more expansive terms.”
Election of Obama a civil rights triumph
“You cannot enjoy the light without enduring the heat.”
How Obama will shape US history
for the first time, in a [...]
