October 11: Chicago Recap

Hey, we made it back to Ohio, but let me tell you the drive home always seems like an eternity. From Gary, Indiana all the way to I-77 it’s pretty much flat cornfields . . . so let’s just say it’s not the most interesting view, but nonetheless we made the best of it watchin “Science of Sleep” on my macbook. Great movie, if you haven’t seen it yet. Check it out.

This was my second trip to Chicago with Pete Nischt to play at DePaul University in Lincoln Park. We made good time on the way out, and actually arrived early enough to set up and play on time. Last time we were almost a half hour late….Chicago traffic can be brutal….

What was really fun this time was seeing people that we met 6 months ago when we played in April, who came out just to see us again. So the gig went well. We met some new people, had a private poetry reading/jam session in the lounge of the student center…..oh, and while i was playing i could see the poster from a distance, and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out where they found the picture of me that they were using. Then at closer inspection I realized that it in fact was not me at all! It was some guy playing my guitar, so I have the poster….

No worries. I had a laugh, and I have the poster at home. I’m gonna put it up on my wall.

Thankfully, Pete got out of a test he was going to take on Friday, so we didn’t have to rush home right after the gig. We got to meet up with a friend from back home and relax for a bit. We went to some crazy place in Buck town that was all decked out for halloween.


We didn’t plan the whole matching thing.

On Friday, we got some Giordano’s for lunch, as usual, and between the two of us, I believe we ate the equivalent of an entire wheel of cheese.

We rode the train to the North side of town to check out some of the cool stores in Wicker Park.

Then we made it to the 96th floor of the Hancock building to enjoy the Chicago skyline. Check out the view.

Thanks to everyone at DePaul. I hope to see ya’ll in the spring. This Saturday Dolson will be opening for Lovedrug at Musica in Akron. I hope to see you there.