Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Closed this weekend for Pitchfork
The store will be closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday for Pitchfork. We will have a booth at the North end of the tennis courts. Stop by and say hi.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Dogtooth trailer
New bizarre Greek moving playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center starting on Friday. It is about a family that keeps it's children isolated from the world. Check out the trailer.
Ebert gave it three stars
Die Antwoord playing the Double Door July 14th
South Africa's Die Antwoord is playing the Double Door. They are sort of a cross between Aphex Twin videos and Ali G. I have no idea how the show will be, they made their US debut at Cochella.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Insanely impressive stop motion graffiti by Blu
It must have taken 1000's of hours of work to make this short film. Very impressive.
Found on dangerousminds.net
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
I just finished Paolo Baciglupi's first novel "The Windup Girl" and I liked it as much as I liked William Gibson's "Neuromancer". The Windup Girl is set in a dystopian future Bangkok where global warming is threatening to flood the city, oil has been used up, pandemics run rampant in humans and plants, agriculture is controlled by corporations and political factions are tearing the city apart. The book has many interesting ideas, energy is stored in springs (compressed using human or animal power), and wars fought over bio-diversity. There's lots to think about after reading this novel and I don't want to spoil the joy of reading it.
You can buy from Amazon or get it from the Chicago Public Library
Instore at Hard Boiled Records on Friday
My friend Clark Paterson is playing at the store on Friday July 2nd at 6:30.
Here is a video of him performing at Sylvie's.
You can check out more info about Clark here
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