Well, the Andy White show I posted about last Sunday was lovely. It was a shockingly intimate setting, a cozy and beautifully decorated back room at the Celtic Knot where Andy played for a group of about 20 of us, and he was just as charming and entertaining as any Andy fan would expect.
He […]
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Andy White at the Celtic Knot, 3/30/08: Follow-Up
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 6th, 2008 at 5:21 am
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Review: Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 28th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I just finished reading Armistead Maupin’s newest book, Michael Tolliver Lives — well, inhaling it really, because reading Michael Tolliver Lives is less like reading a novel than it is like opening a richly detailed letter from an old friend you inexplicably lost touch with about 15 years ago, and suddenly here he is giving […]
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Review: Crowded House in Chicago, August 19, 2007, with Liam Finn
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 20th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Crowded Freaking House, man.
Crowded Freaking House.
Last night’s show here in Chicago was everything I wanted it to be, with a few very pleasant surprises along the way.
In fact, the only downside to the evening was that it had to take place at the odious and uncomfortable House of Blurgggh (complete with worse and ruder […]
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