It looks like it’s going to be a white Christmas in our neck of the woods and holiday cheer is in full effect over at Citizen Dick Headquarters. We got your stocking stuffed (or at least  John’s, he’s a good dude, he believes in sharing, though I can’t quite make out what’s going on in [...]

This past Halloween I was tipped off by Justin that there was going to be a Black Keys show in Akron this month. Like many, I’m a big fan, so I try to make their shows whenever possible. I even purchased some tickets to the Chicago NYE show (still haven’t found anyone to take the [...]

Since we are once again Hodge Podgeless, I figured I’d throw up some songs that will be on my weekend playlist, and maybe throw up my lunch sometime after the Buckeyes game. Some content is better than none, right? Well today I’m going to post some of my personal favorites from the vault. This may [...]

I was reading Indiemuse.com and came across a musician located about 45 minutes west of Cleveland, I was hooked after hearing the first song. Wisdom Tooth is the name and it’s a project by Oberlin’s Meagan Day. Meagan’s instrument of choice is the ukulele. I love listening to ukuleles. They transport me to a happy [...]

Yesterday was a beautiful day in Cleveland. The temperature was in the mid 60s and the sun was out. Just add some frisbee golf with a good buddy and that makes for a perfect day, well almost. My friend Vin recently had a serious back issue and this was his first time playing since then. [...]

I’m at the age where one starts to accept they may have male pattern baldness. You don’t realize that until it’s noticeable, which sucks. I’ve been in denial for the past several months mainly because everyone I’ve asked said it didn’t look like I was losing hair. Including the stylists who cut my hair. Now, [...]

It officially looks like fall in my neck of the woods. Thanks to a steady stream of 30 mph winds, the earth is covered with multicolored leaves. The scents of autumn, the early darkness, and the typical October chill brings on some euphoric/nostalgic feeling that peeks around Halloween. This year I have a new [...]

Headlights’ third record often sounds like what I imagine a womb would sound like.  (This is weird, I know, but it is going someplace quickly, I swear.)  Imagine floating in a comforting space defined only in blurry, obscured semi-transparencies, with sounds and ideas flashing by your still forming brain in a kind of warm, pink [...]

When’s the last time you ate something so delicious that it completely changed your mood? You took the first bite and the next thing you know you start doing a little dance?  Well, I’m happy to report that I just had one of those moments. If you didn’t know, I’m gluten-free and I have a [...]

Yesterday was quite a let down for most of us at Dick Headquarters. The Browns making it to overtime with the Bengals was more than we could ask for, but losing with a few seconds left was heartbreaking. One of us Dicks, a Bengals fan, was a happy camper though. Good for him, I guess. [...]

I need to start out today by apologizing for leaving you all without a Hodge Podge to wake up to last week. I know how much many of you look forward to our time together on Friday mornings, and I feel terrible about leaving you hanging. The only excuse I have to offer is that [...]

I’m going to start off the day by jumping right into a quick review of The Drones show at Schubas Tavern that I mentioned last week in this space. In the interest of full disclosure, I went to the bar this past Tuesday woefully unprepared. Though I was fully aware that The Drones have been [...]

To start off to day I have an announcement to make. After spending nearly nine amazing years here in the windy city, I have decided that it is time to say goodbye to Chicago. Due to a series of recent life-altering events I have decided that it is time to make the move to NYC [...]

Today marks the beginning of a much-anticipated long weekend for me.  I am headed to the airport this morning to pick up a certain reader for a four day visit, the Buckeyes kick off the college football season tomorrow, and there will be a lot of heavy drinking taking place.  As such, things are going [...]

I hope that everyone else’s weekend is getting off to a better start than mine.  Not that 99.9% of you likely give a shit, but I have a blog and you don’t do I’m going to tell my story anyway.  When I went to my car for a trip to the grocery store last night [...]

I don’t have much witty banter to get out today, and the Chicago concert landscape is pretty barren this weekend, rather than entertaining you with my wit or helping you fill the holes in your weekend social schedule, I want to take this opportunity to gloat a bit.  If you read last week’s column as [...]

Without the anticipation of Lollapalooza, the outlook for the looming weekend ahead may seem a bit bleak.  But fear not fellow Chicagoans, there are actually plenty of interesting live music events on the horizon over the next few days.  The Air and Water show means that there will be no notable street festivals offering shows [...]

Before I say anything else today, I want to apologize for over-hyping last Sunday’s Elvis Perkins performance at Wicker Park Fest.  If you were there, you know what I mean.  Elvis and the boys all did their thing, no doubt, but the sound people at the festival really dropped the ball and let an otherwise [...]

I’ve been ready for the Pitchfork Festival to hurry up and get here for the last two weeks, but now that the weekend has finally arrived my anticipation has reached a fever pitch.  In a few short hours Kevin will be rolling in from Cleveland and the weekend will officially be underway.  We are skipping [...]

Our regular readers, which we hope is all of you, are probably aware that I have been slightly MIA over the course of the last ten days or so.  And if you have really been paying attention, you are also aware that my absence has been due in large part to my recent move to [...]