CHIRP Playlist: April 6, 2012
How in the world is it April already, y’all? Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:54 PM Mi Ami Bells from Decade (100% Silk) 9:50 PM Sufjan Stevens Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version) from The Avalanche (Asthmatic Kitty) 9:45 PM Jennifer O’Connor […]
Concert Review: Andrew Bird; Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI, 3/24/12
Andrew Bird hasn’t been back to Milwaukee since his stint of two shows there in 2009, so he was greeted by a very enthusiastic crowd at the Riverside Theater on Saturday night. Â He emerged on the stage with a new addition to his many-layered outfit, a red hat, another nod to the fact that this […]
Concert Review: Andrew Bird, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, 3/19/12
[Previously, on Southern Roadtrips with How’s My Living?: Andrew Bird at the Tabernacle.] Today we got to visit with some ghosts. We got to Nashville around the middle of this afternoon, and we did a little: went to Grimey’s, walked down Broadway (so many places to buy cowboy boots, so little time), looked out at […]
Concert Review: Andrew Bird, Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA, 3/17/12
“I shouldn’t be operating heavy machinery,” Andrew Bird said at one point during Saturday night’s show, when a song got off to far too brisk of a tempo. Â If you haven’t guessed by now — it seems to be a common theme for every one of Bird’s extended tours, these days — Mr. Bird is […]
CHIRP Playlist: Friday, February 17, 2012
I got a request from my parents this week.  Bet you can guess which one it is. Next Friday, I’m on for an extra hour.  You can hear me on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 7 – 10 pm Central time next week. 9:55 PM Damien Jurado Nothing is the News from Maraqopa (Secretly Canadian) 9:49 […]
Andrew Bird: Fever Year
By Sarah on March 13, 2012
[ I’ve had this draft sitting around since November or so, when I first saw Andrew Bird: Fever Year at the Chicago International Film Festival. Â I never finished the post, feeling like I needed to see the film again to finish collecting my thoughts. Â I had the chance to see the film again, this time […]
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