A man without a team

This is my friend Shane.
He is 33.
Of those 33 years, I’ve known him for about 28 of them.
He’s a good person, one of the best I know.
However …

A long week

I’m beginning to wonder if I’ll blog again.

I am honored to be today’s Pop Candy reader, aka Happy Kevin Day

When I was in Chicago for Lollapalooza, I met Whitney Matheson, pop culture blogger for USA Today.

Through the years

It’s my new obsession.
I would wager that all of us have, at one time or another, been the victim of some bad — and I mean horrific — yearbook photos. For those of you who managed to escape ugly fashion trends, horrendous haircuts and unexplainable facial expressions, there’s this: www.yearbookyourself.com.

My name is not Toby … it is Kevin Hall

Let’s say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Or let’s say birds of a feather flock together.
Now, let’s say that the aforementioned apple is smushy and rotten and it fell off the stupid tree.
Or let’s say the birds doing the flocking are brainless and heading straight for the previous trees.
Or, to explain it to [...]

Maybe he’s not all bad after all

Even at age 7, he’s pretty sinful.
Hence the pool.

Lollapalooza 2008: Saving the best (Ronson and West) for last

Sadly, no one wanted to win this …
Day Three
I wisely avoided the Rage Against the Machine madness from the previous night, but I felt the results Sunday. Chicago police blocked fans’ access to the main road leading to Lollapalooza’s front gate, making us walk about a half-mile down the road and then back up again [...]

Lollapalooza 2008: Wilco and Slash but no Obama

Day Two
The second day got off to a somewhat slow start, as Cory and I once again split up to see different stages. I saw the Last Band Standing contest winner (a pretty decent group from Minnesota, although I can’t recall their name for the life of me) followed by Margot and the Nuclear So [...]

Lollapalooza 2008: Radiohead and shoulders

I had my doubts.
After consecutive summers of full-out rock courtesy of Lollapalooza, I just didn’t see how, despite the stellar lineup, anything could compare to the last two years. Sure, the main acts would be good (how can any chance to see Wilco be bad?), but the smaller acts left a bit to be desired.
I [...]

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy plays at Kidzapalooza

Wilco is great.
Kids are great.
Together, it amounts to a fun 20 minutes at Lollapalooza 2008.