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The Residents Feb 14, 2013 17:36:09 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 14, 2013 17:36:09 GMT -8 For years I've had a tendency to derail threads for pages at a time while I indulge digressions concerning The Residents. I am starting this thread to serve as a repository for those digressions, as well as a resource for people who might get curious about them reading about them on the board. It is well documented that I have a lot of pretty words to say about the Residents. They are my passion and my obsession, and although they are certainly not for everyone they mean an awful lot to me and I tend to encourage people to educate themselves on their career anyway. All of that will come later, but for the next couple of days this thread is roll call for the shows next week in Seattle (2/21) and Portland (2/22). I know a lot of you are coming -- so many, in fact, that I don't really have an accurate head count just yet. If you plan on being there, please indicate so here. And don't be shy! It doesn't matter if I have given you a hard time, or if I don't particularly like you, or even if I don't know you. You will see the happiest, friendliest and generally most expansive Gramma you will ever see in your life at the Nepchune and Hawthorne Theaters next week. I want to share this with every last one of you fuckers, so let's do a thing.Sound off!
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 17:51:51 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by emptyfox on Feb 14, 2013 17:51:51 GMT -8 Why oh why is this on a Thursday and Friday? (never mind the fact that I'm waiting for my new passport)
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:07:08 GMT -8 via the ProBoards App Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by s0ul8 on Feb 14, 2013 18:07:08 GMT -8 I have booked my flights! I'll be in Seattle by 2:30 on Thursday and I'm flying out of Portland at 5:30am on Monday!
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:10:55 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 14, 2013 18:10:55 GMT -8 FUCK YOU WHOS THE RESIDONTS
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:15:01 GMT -8 via the ProBoards App Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by nick on Feb 14, 2013 18:15:01 GMT -8 I will be at the Seattle show, and hopefully prefunking/meeting ya'll for the first time ever! Whoa!
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:19:20 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by StormyPinkness on Feb 14, 2013 18:19:20 GMT -8 GOOBLE GOBBLE GOOBLE GOBBLE
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:21:15 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 14, 2013 18:21:15 GMT -8 Niiiiiiice. Fox, I was just about to throw down the gauntlet and twist your arm about coming down. Mostly because I miss your goofy face, but also because it's the fuuuuuuuckin' Residents and everyone should be there. The idea of a large scale board party coinciding with two consecutive nights of the Residents is... I mean... Just imagine being me right now. Just imagine how awesome this is for me. I get to see my most favorite thing in this life -- twice -- and I get to share it with actual dozens of my most favorite people. It's a little bit out of control.
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:24:58 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Jefferin Jeffotash on Feb 14, 2013 18:24:58 GMT -8 I'm really bummed that I will have to miss this...I've been waiting for an opportunity to see these guys for awhile..I'm sure that it will be a blast...
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:31:53 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 14, 2013 18:31:53 GMT -8 A couple of classics from the Record a Day thread.The Residents - Duck StabHow the hell do I write about The Residents? Trying to cover even the most essential aspects of historical information would take pages. They formed in the late `60's in Shreveport, Louisiana and relocated shortly after to San Francisco. They take their name from a rejected demo tape they sent to a record exec at Warner Bros. without a band name or any personal information on it; it was returned, addressed to 'residents'. Over a nearly forty year career, they have released more than five dozen albums and undertaken nine world tours, but have never revealed their names or appeared in public without a disguise. They are credited with inventing the music video format, and were in heavy rotation on MTV in its earliest days. The Residents make music from another planet, and 'Duck Stab' was their moment in the sun.Almost too strange for words, unsettling at its best and terrifying at its worst, 'Duck Stab' reminds me of an admonition from the pages of MAD Magazine, in which Alfred E. Newman urges his loving gang of idiots to "Add your voice to the howls of a dying culture!". Sun Ra, Van d**e Parks, Zappa and Beefheart had paved the path for The Rez' brand of weirdness, and ten years down the line bands like Talking Heads and DEVO were cramming that weirdness into conventional song structures. And it was working for them. So the Residents - NEVER to be outweirded - convinced themselves that they could mine the same territory and have it be dismissed outright, because they were The Residents and they were used to being the weird kid that nobody wanted to dance with.They were wrong, and 'Duck Stab' was a (relatively) huge success. This is the record that Les Claypool hangs his hat on. Pretty much every song he's ever written can be traced back to 'Duck Stab'. He admits to copping his entire vocal style from this period of the Residents career. When in an interview, a band indicates that the Residents were a huge influence, this is the disc they're talking about.All of The Residents' most recognizable songs are here, including 'Hello Skinny', 'Sinister Exaggerator' and 'Constantinople', all of which have been covered by Primus. The lyrics - which to the last sound like a stream of concsciousness emerging from a fever dream - were written using 'phonetic organization', meaning the words were chosen specifically for the way they sounded without any regard for what they mean. Brian Eno used much the same approach writing 'Here Come the Warm Jets', 'Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)' and 'Another Green World'. Coupled with the weirdly distorted guitars, shrieking violins, a refusal to adhere to the scales traditionally used in Western music and the woozy, stoned southern drawl of the Singing Resident, the effect is like robo-tripping your way through a nervous breakdown.Sounds menacing, right? It is. But can you dance to it? Well you sure as hell can. It's not really any more abrasive than the cradle death of punk music at the time, but no matter how many times you listen to it and try to let it under your skin it still never starts to sound normal. 'Blue Rosebuds' comes close, for a minute sounding almost safe with the singer adopting a sappy croon before he inhales a weather balloon's worth of helium and nitrous and starts shrieking about how 'infection is my finest flower, mildewed in the mist'. 'Krafty Cheese' pulls the halves of your brain in different directions with burbling bloops and bleeps and then hands you off to the false security of 'Hello Skinny', before you surrender yourself to 'The Electrocutioner', which I honestly feel is attempted mass murder pressed on wax.It doesn't sound anything like any other Residents album, but no two Residents albums are at all similar. 'Duck Stab' lacks the high-minded unifying theme that pretty much every other Residents record has, but for a time when I think The Residents felt like everyone around them was writing Residents songs, they just wanted to give it a try themselves. The result is one of the most strangely self-assured, but entirely gonzo, choruses of 'Happy Birthday to Me!' ever sung.Guaranteed to clear the room. God bless 'Duck Stab'.
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:32:44 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 14, 2013 18:32:44 GMT -8 3/17/11The Residents - Demons Dance AloneIt's Residents day. I've been putting off writing about Demons Dance Alone since I started this column; more than any of their records, it means a lot to me. I've been concerned about not being able to communicate my thoughts on it satisfactorily, but Residents day seems like a fine time to try. I can't recall the exact date, but as of this writing I am probably within a week or two of the ten year anniversary of the birth of my obsession with The Residents. In early 2001 I was just beginning the never-ending task of digging through and absorbing their body of work, like a blind and dumb earthworm who does his job through a sense of instinctive compulsion. Their material from the 70's, 80's and 90's was all equally incomprehensible to me, but the fascination persisted and so did I. I was ears deep in my budding collection of Residentia during the events of 9/11, and in the weeks and months after. The Residents themselves were on tour at the time, in support of their video retrospective Icky Flix. Now, the Residents and their representatives attempt to control very carefully the information which is released about the band, but by Spring of 2002, it was announced that The Residents had completed a very different and very personal record which had been written in the two weeks or so following 9/11. It was indicated that one of the members of the band had lost a family member who had been on one of the hijacked planes.It was the first new album to be released since I discovered them, and I was waiting outside the record store when it opened to get my hands on a copy. Demons Dance Alone is as different from any of the other Residents projects I have written about as it could possibly be. It is a gentle, conversational and mournful record. It is melodic, even soothing sometimes. And it is very, very sad. The structure of the album follows that of the mourning process, with sections of the album classified as 'Loss', 'Denial' etc. There are unanswerable questions and unplaceable anger, subtle hysteria and helpless defeat. It is The Residents most personal record, birthed quickly and recorded and released in an unfiltered state. The first time I saw The Residents perform was on Halloween night 2002 at the Warfield in San Francisco. A Residents Halloween show is tradition in the Bay Area, their home turf, and the piece they put together for the Demons Dance Alone tour stands as their greatest achievement. Honestly I think I may have seen the very best performance in their 40 year career. The rule of the Demons Dance Alone tour was that each night, each of the performers was required to come forward and make a personal statement, whether it be in the form of a story or a song or a solo of some kind. Twenty-one year old me waited in front of the Warfield for more than four hours and placed myself front and center, and I felt as if those statements were being made directly to me. I was close enough to see what was either sweat or tears, close enough to see the Singing Resident's fillings when he would throw his head back and roar. Close enough to peer up under the mask to an unrecognizable face.The band was dressed in bizarre camouflage beekeeper suits; the Singing Resident himself was wearing an elaborate camouflage tuxedo and the mask of a tragedian. Miss Molly Harvey, who toured and recorded with the Residents between 1998 and 2003, was some hellish Madonna replete with a dangerous looking camouflage cone bra.The fellow in red is the dancing demon in question. He was silent throughout the show, with the exception of a few snide little trumpet solos, and he would caper and writhe and taunt the performers as they were up there baring their souls. The 'demon' here is the spectre of fear and death that lodged itself above the doorframes of all of our homes after the terrorist attacks, laughing and mocking us even as we tried to grieve. The members of the band would alternately confront or ignore or flee from the demon; the demon's attitude remained unchanged. The big finale consisted of the band members building a murky soup out of guitar loops and hand claps and chanting, and then forming a moving circle around the demon. Clapping, chanting and dancing in a circle around the demon as the music reaches a fever pitch. At first the demon feeds off of it, and his movements become erratic and gleeful. Waving his arms and kicking his legs and rolling on the ground, he realizes too late that he is being beaten at his own game. The Residents have become the demons, and the exorcists as well, and as the almost tribal dance reaches critical mass the demon is defeated. I'm a paranoid person. I don't remember if I was that way before 9/11, but it is certainly the case now. I'm sure that every day is the day that the world is going to end; the day when the mountaintops explode and the saints go marching in. It's pretty severe; debilitating some days, even. So it's not hyperbole when I say that I am certain that I would never have been able to compartmentalize the sadness and fear that resulted from the terrorist attacks if I hadn't seen what I just described. It was beautiful.My father took me to that show; flew me to San Francisco from Utah for the occasion, not knowing what he was signging up for. My dad has completely lost his shit in the intervening ten years; an undiagnosable madness has seized his mind and wrung all of the kindness from it. He's still kicking, but my attitude is that my father as I knew him is dead. So I treasure the statement he made a few weeks after Demons Dance Alone : "I've never felt as close to you as a father or as a human being as I did that night." I don't know how my dad could have even known how important it was that I be at that show; I didn't even know how important it was to me. He may be a total asshole now, but I saw him stare down a 300 pound biker that rode through the night from Texas when he tried to snake our place at the front of the line after we'd been standing there for three hours.Seeing The Residents perform is as good as life gets for your dear old Horned Gramma. I am seeing them tonight for the fifth time. Many good friends are coming with me, and as a lark I'm going to be fucking high as a giraffe's ass. Every time they take the stage, I am surprised when they aren't ten feet tall, like I remember them. These weird, tired old hippies have brought my world view into focus over the course of the last ten years. I hope tonight is the night that I get to shake their hands. Watch this. This is the summation of their career. The centerpiece of the Demons Dance Alone show, and the official retirement of the classic Eyeball masks. Stay chuned after the clip for a cut from the album. Enjoy!-HG."The Weatherman", featuring the lovely Miss Molly Harvey:
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:33:36 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 14, 2013 18:33:36 GMT -8 12/3/10The Residents - Cube E: The History of American Music in 3 E-Z PiecesI could easily write 5,000 words about each individual Residents project and still not be able to shut up about them. There is such a wealth of fascinating stories, absolutely unique projects and stunning sounds and images to puzzle over. I considered devoting this space each Friday to a different Residents album, if only to illustrate how far-reaching and varied their career has been to this point. I don't like to regiment myself like that, though; today I was going to write about Bruce Haack's "Electric Lucifer II" but strangely I woke up to a Bruce Haack review on Pitchfork, so this is just as good. No, better.Previously we talked about 'Duck Stab', which is an excellent primer for virgin ears but does not even touch on a couple aspects of the Residents that have made them such an enduring and influential presence. Most importantly, 'Duck Stab' was recorded before the Residents were a touring entity. The Residents had existed for nearly ten years before they mounted their first tour, called 'The Mole Show', which was based on their complex, jarring trilogy of albums collectively called 'The Mole Trilogy': "Mark of the Mole", "The chunes of Two Cities" and "The Big Bubble". The tour was massively complex, nearly bankrupt the band and caused two original members to leave. So it is amazing that they ever toured again. A brief run of shows in Japan in 1985 for their '13th Anniversary Tour' was so successful and so well received that it turned into a world tour, and when they returned from that they were ready to try something big. Another essential aspect of The Residents career is their roles as de-constructionists of American music. 1975's "3rd Reich n' Roll", 1984's "George and James" and 1986's "Stars and Hank Forever" are all covers albums focusing on specific composers or music from a specific time period. What the Residents do is pull apart the melodies and the words and give them back to you in a way that exposes the ugliness, desperation, perversity and childishness that is at the heart of every pop song. As the title suggests, "Cube E: The History of American Music" is very much concerned with this kind of deconstruction. "Cube E" is not a studio album; it was conceived as a live production, one of the most stunning and elaborate of their career. More than a concert, it was a touring theater piece that attempted nothing less than the title declares. The first act opens on a stark, moonlit prairie. Three spectral cowboys gather around a campfire made of what look like glowing traffic pylons:The Singing Resident, his Southern drawl either exaggerated or just completely unbound, favors the audience with a half-dozen old trail songs. "From the Plains to Mexico" and "Bury Me Not" are the kinds of songs my great-grandfather used to sing, but are presented here literally over a bed of percussive synths. This section of the performance is notable for it's elaborate choreography. If anyone has ever seen the Blue Man Group's show in Las Vegas, the Buckaroo Blues segment of 'Cube E' will look familiar because the Blue Men kind of ripped it off wholesale.Halfway through the first act, the cowboy hats come off and we relocate from the Old West to the plantations of the deep South. A handful of backup dancers come onstage dressed as dark, ghostly women:The wistful loneliness and desperate violence of the plains is replaced by a collection of slave songs and spirituals, and the Singing Resident turns into a ferocious, howling demon. The perversity and ugliness of this material doesn't need pulling apart and reassembling to become apparent, the period of history from which it is coming is already dark with shame. The Residents' live rendition of "Shortnin' Bread" is like the winds of hell. Closing the first act is the incredibly powerful "Organism", with its church organ and ascending chords, meant to invoke spirituality and reverence, marries together the first two E-Z pieces of the history of American music and give birth to the third:An enormous Cube-headed Dr. Garbanzoure rises from the center of the stage, the Messianic child of the trail songs and the spirituals: Rock and Roll is born.An intermission is required to set the stage for Act II, and when we come back we join an elderly Elvis impersonator and his two grandchildren:Act II takes the form of a conversation between this man and the two children, telling the story of 'The Baby King'. The clever wording of the grandfather's tale continuously draws parallels between Elvis Presley and Jesus Christ, and frequently upon the children's insistence the man agrees to step back into his former glory as an Elvis impersonator and tears through a dozen classic Elvis hits, in Residential style:Here the Residents have their work cut out for them. The lyrics of almost any Elvis song, when laid bare, clearly concern such things as stalking, threatening and extorting in the pursuit of sex. Even so, it's amazing how well the comparisons between Elvis and Jesus hold up. It's not a comparison that is often made, but Elvis really was the first sacrificial lamb America offered up in it's pursuit of entertainment. To close the show, the old man sings directly to the audience: "Love me Tender? Love me true?" He is begging, pleading for the adoration of the crowd, because by the end of his life that is all that The King had left. This is something I have seen Wayne Coyne do; the look of terror in the eyes of a person who has made a career out of making people love him is unmistakable. As the Singing Resident whimpers through the final verse of 'Love Me Tender', the sound of Dr. Garbanzohter planes mixed with snippets of old Kinks and Beatles chunes fill the air. The old man begins to expand, to literally inflate into old, fat Elvis, before succumbing and collapsing back into his chair, defeated: the first victim of the British Invasion. After a final, brief discussion with the children, the Residents bring the house down with a triumphant rendition of 'Hound Dog', as THIS happens:Every ten years or so comes an example of The Residents at their very best. The financial freedom and boundless creativity they had in the late 1980's gave them the ability to do something truly spectacular with 'Cube E'. The show was a HUGE success, playing two shows a day for days at a time in San Francisco, New York and at other stops along the way. The tragedy of 'Cube E' is that although it was performed over 100 times it was never filmed in it's entirety. Almost no footage exists of the 'Black Barry' segment. This is a mistake the Residents have never made again; anymore they document every tour to an insane degree.It is a monumental piece. Although I have seen some equally awe-inspiring Residents performances, I regret not being old or aware enough to have seen this one. Residents fans generally acknowledge this to the be The Residents at the height of their power. There is a fantastic, complete live recording which, although released in a limited edition several years ago is available for download. Check out a live TV performance of 'From the Plains to Mexico' below. We once lived in a world where The Residents would perform on late night television.
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:34:08 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 14, 2013 18:34:08 GMT -8 12/10/10The Residents - The Bunny BoyI know who The Residents are. The notion of anonymity is something they have stretched, twisted and played with as part of their act for nearly forty years, but truthfully it does not take a very discerning Residents fan to Dr. Garbanzoure out who the men behind the masks are. That doesn't mean I'm going to tell you, but I can explain why it doesn't matter.The number of Residents has always been four. It was one of their founding notions that FOUR was the magic number; it must be, because that was the number of Beatles. The Residents were the Anti-Beatles, the polar opposite of those beautiful boys with their personalities that could light up the world. Blame Yoko, blame the drugs, whatever... What destroyed the Beatles was fame. Every smile that crossed their lips photographed, every word they spoke quoted ad infinitum. The fashion and the politics and attitude were as essential to Beatlemania as the music was. The Residents didn't want that, it was important to The Residents to let their art speak for itself. Under the guidance of the Residents own Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a man who went by the name 'The Mysterious N. Senada' (who many believe to actually be Captain Beefheart), the Residents formulated their 'Theory of Obscurity': that true art, pure art, is created for an audience of no one. Created in a vacuum, hermetically sealed away from the influence of contemporary art or fashion. If the individual Residents were taking credit for individual pieces of music, there would be no Residents: The Residents are an entity, it is The Residents working as a collective that is responsible for what The Residents produce. Even though almost all Beatles songs are credited to Lennon & McCartney, it was entirely apparent who wrote which songs. Remove the names, remove the pretty faces, remove the personalities and the ability to scrutinize the conflicts that might occur between them, and you are on your way to pure art.As a part of their incredibly powerful 2002 world tour for 'Demons Dance Alone', the iconic Eyeball/Tophat mask that had become so closely associated with The Residents was symbolically killed and retired. Many fans at the time were concerned that this was the end of The Residents. It wasn't, but it did signify a major shift in artistic direction and the start of one of their longest hiatuses from touring. The Residents appeared in public fewer than half a dozen times between 2003 and 2008, and it was generally believed that they had retired from touring completely. Then one morning out of nowhere came the announcement of one New York performance of something called 'The Bunny Boy'.'The Bunny Boy' was one of the Residents' best-loved and most hugely ambitious projects. It was an album, yes, and a tour, and also a long-form web series consisting of roughly seventy 2-5 minute episodes which would appear on the Rez' website three days a week. The story goes that one day an envelope arrived at the Residents' office in San Francisco containing a video tape sent by an old friend, a man known to them in the 70's as 'Bunny'. Bunny was a little fried and pretty crazy and, well, he loved bunnies. The VHS contained footage of a clearly deranged Bunny, rambling about his twin brother has disappeared on the island of Patmos in Greece - which, for all you Bible scholars out there, is the location of the Cave of Revelation where St. John the Divine received the vision of apocalypse and destruction which constitues the final book of the New Testament. Apparently, Bunny believed that his brother had gone to Patmos to Dr. Garbanzoht 'The Beast' and prevent the impending apocalypse, and that since he had apparently failed it became his, Bunny's, responsibility to follow in his footsteps and succeed.The Residents presented this bizarre, batshit crazy old man - who for half the duration of the web series runs around in a bunny suit - as a real person. In one of the early episodes, Bunny provided his audience with an active email address asking us, his friends, for any information we could possibly provide to aid in his search for his brother. The Residents, as a loving gift to their fans, were finally dropping the veil just a little bit and giving us a DIRECT LINE OF COMMUNICATION (!!!) to them. Emails sent to Bunny were replied to, in character. Possibly relevant information supplied by fans was acknowledged in the episodes. The Residents promise was that they didn't KNOW how this story was going to end, that they were just using their creative facilities to bring their old friend's struggle into the public eye in the hopes they could actually help him. 'The Bunny Boy', the album, is a collection of songs which document the beginning of Bunny's hunt for his brother. They are brief, cacophonous, sometimes fairly aggressive songs dealing with insanity, revelation, prophecy, apocalypse and bunnies. The Residents had this first batch of songs ready to go and hit the road with the stage show before they had even begun production on the second season of Bunny Boy episodes, and let the guiding forces of fate combined with the sudden inspiration of life on the road and input from their devoted fans shape the story and the nature of Bunny's interaction with the audience. The fans went nuts. We picked over every detail, every word and every image. Anything had potential meaning, and sometimes we found it where The Residents did not. The Residents have always said that anyone who collaborates on one of their projects with them is, for the duration, a Resident. We, the army of Residents fans in our many hundreds, were Residents. At last.This is some of their more rockin' material from the last ten years. Verses and choruses, distorted guitars of all things. The Residents are not a singles kind of band, and the death of the album as a format is really shaking things up for them. They attempted to write catchy, self-contained songs which could be downloaded and enjoyed individually, while attempting to take the idea of an 'album' to new levels with the inclusion of the web series and everything else. The downside, I think, is that the Residents finally understood just how few in number their truly loyal fans are. A Residents performance will still sell out almost anywhere, based on how truly incredible they are live. But a Residents album arrives at least once a year, and it hardly makes a ripple, which I just don't understand. The last ten years has seen the longest run of incredible material of their career.This is still a great collection of songs, even though the event is over. It's a fascinating and twisted, top-shelf Residents story full of ambiguity and moments of terrific beauty. At the end of it all, Bunny just kind of wandered off... He stopped answering emails. We don't know where he is. We don't even know if he was a real person, but we are concerned for him and we miss him. The Residents gave it to us with both barrels on 'The Bunny Boy', and everything that was ever great about them is represented in this massive endeavor. I saw the very first performance of The Bunny Boy, the 'public rehearsal' at the Rio in Santa Cruz. When the Singing Resident came on-stage, he was in character as Bunny - he wasn't wearing a mask, he was in baggy, dirty jeans and a flannel shirt. He had a crazy beard and crazy hair; he was not anyone but Bunny. The notion of anonymity is a strange thing; here he was, face bared, and he wasn't anyone but a character. Part of being the Anti-Beatles is a proportionately opposite level of fame and recognition. He can hide in plain sight. Bunny, if you read this: we miss you. Be careful out there.
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:39:41 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Fig on Feb 14, 2013 18:39:41 GMT -8 Not in the financial cards for me unfortunately but I will most definitely be celebrating with y'all up here.
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:50:26 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Pea on Feb 14, 2013 18:50:26 GMT -8 Sooooooo...I just realized this is the same night as Feed Me, and I've had my ticket to that show for a while now. Sorry Grams, I totally thought the Residents show was on Saturday for some reason. Otherwise I would have been all over it.
The Residents Feb 14, 2013 18:55:35 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 14, 2013 18:55:35 GMT -8 It's all good, Pea. You've done your due diligence with the Residents, and it's safe to assume that you'll have way more fun at Feed Me. However, you are welcome to hop on the caravan to Portland the next day and either catch the show here or else just enjoy the city and then stick around for our Oscar party on Sunday night. Stormy's making her Famous Seventy Dollar Chili (as well as her brand-new Famous Seventy Dollar Vegetarian Chili) and we're gonna get drunk and get our ass kicked by wonk in the Oscar ballot competition.Basically we'd just love to see ya.


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Fanatik June 20, 2012
She really knows how to suck. Nice! From what movie is these scene? PD: Music sucks!
Regina May 10, 2012
I'd suck her pussy lips and finger her while my guy pounds her asshole. then she can suck my pussy while he cums in her asshole.
? July 25, 2012
dave g August 16, 2012
would love to fuck her,ever if she is slack as a bucket
George June 10, 2012
Carolina, you were fucking wonderful!.
hugo August 21, 2012
WTF is that music
twpor1 September 5, 2012
love those pussy lips
yes November 18, 2012
yes good
Jake October 5, 2012
Yo this is awesome!!
?? September 21, 2012
Whats her name?
Dynodick September 19, 2012
Damn she's sexy as fuck!!!!
Pussylover April 23, 2012
Best pussy ever seen!!!!
Big Duke April 15, 2012
Assman November 10, 2011
I gotta add my voice to the chorus above ranting about the music. The vid and the music itself for that matter are OK...but together?? NOT! Sounds like the music they play while rolling the lengthy credits after a travel documentary!
wtf November 21, 2011
Music mad this unwatchable
Phantasoph October 16, 2011
What a pussy flower.
somebody October 5, 2011
her asshole is enormous!
big-dik September 29, 2011
bellissima donna gran fica e bellissima scopata.....
BigJohn9.5 November 21, 2011
I fucked a gal in tulsa who looked a lot like this gal.Her hubby and i double teamed her for most of the evening and she was almost as good looking as this woman but much smaller pussy lips ;)
randy January 12, 2012
you could fist both holes and still have room to spare!
whyyyyy March 22, 2012
The music made me feel like a champ. WHY??
tassiedevil March 17, 2012
The bloody musac!!! What a woman!! super sexy pussy, in fact all of her !! What bloody drongo thought that musac was ok???
lolo February 11, 2012
ouah bien sexy
Barbara January 18, 2012
She so reminds me of myself twenty years ago.
lol December 2, 2012
legend of zelda music
MB December 5, 2012
Milfmaniac May 1, 2014
She looks like your average soccer mom
jk June 15, 2014
The walls of the rectum are fragile and subject to tearing. Rich sources of bacteria in the region could lead to infection. This is hazardous for the woman.
surya March 19, 2014
Hi I intrest sex any chance for me
Guy March 5, 2014
A perfect example of how horrible fucking music can ruin an otherwise great video.
Pogo February 1, 2014
Oh Carolina, won't you be my neighbor?
leatherknight June 20, 2014
Carolina is damn kinky & hot I only wish I could give her video TWO thumbs up.... with one of those thumbs straight up her sexy ass...! lol
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great cunt lips and one hungry ass
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great ass but damned that mouth is gold
slop February 18, 2015
sloppy privates :)
Bryfletch November 20, 2014
Puccini once said that he wrote operas fora living, but then he wrote 'Madam Butterfly' This lady and the video is outstanding!
bonesteel9 November 4, 2014
I love you mom I really do. And if the music bothers you .....TURN IT OFF!
germanmilfhunter January 24, 2014
Carolina is so hot....but the music......wtf???????????????????????
wew919 November 13, 2013
How do I get to this vid?
duke speaks February 3, 2013
gallina vieja hace buen caldo
ilovelargepussylips February 27, 2013
the best woman on the website!! I just want to suck her flappy pussy lips ! :D thanks and more
E7 January 25, 2013
Whose idea was it to put in that lame ass music track?? Really??
dick December 16, 2012
who is this chick??
rogerio December 10, 2012
bucky March 18, 2013
I would sure like to go a few ronds with Caroline, she is hot. She can sure deep throat a cock, and take a pounding in that asshole. She enjoys sex, and loves the taste of cum.
Fagbalx April 8, 2013
wtf is with this music?????
Tingting August 25, 2013
The music sounds like the end of the evening news.
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Sulm May 25, 2013
I just want to suck her flappy pussy lips ! very good !!!
xcm May 7, 2013
The music is realy strange, but somehow it kinda fits.
Bob September 28, 2011
Who's the DJ ?
IceLeg22 September 28, 2011
what the fuck is that for music ?!
poison January 19, 2011
how can i get in touch with carolina?because i think shes got something that belongs to me OMG
pussy man February 7, 2011
god i love chicks with lips like this. beautiful pussy
lol January 14, 2011
asssss January 8, 2011
i wont fuck carolina!!!!!
assman January 5, 2011
Damn!!!........this hoe is toe up from the floe up!!! like throwing a bat down a hallway..... id have to be REAL drunk to fuck this nasty creature!!
Bill 69 February 8, 2011
Most of these mature girls know they have to try harder to get by. This girl sure did. I liked the double penetration and seeing her asshole get fucked real hard. And the huge sticky facial she took. She will have cum on her breath for a long time.
LetMeSeee February 11, 2011
Fuck! - can this lady suck cock. A throat-fucking genius Reckon she orgasmed from anal? She sure as hell LIKES it! Seeing a woman cum from ass-fucking without clit-twiddling is SO hot! Go Babe!
willynilly February 23, 2011
Without the fake tits, one hot momma.
fuckit February 23, 2011
the music sounds like its a news report
That bloke February 22, 2011
The second guys load was pointless!
cootman February 19, 2011
Those guys should get Carolina to do another video, she is way more than just awesome. She is the absolute epitome of what a MILF is about. Best video on this site, bar none.
Hooler January 2, 2011
I know that lady. Last week I came twice in her mouth. Not bad!
WOW December 22, 2010
This is my fav youporn video ever, just awesome...but yea music is so ridiculous...
daddy d October 1, 2010
i fucked my aunt n the ass because she was hotand did`nt want to have sex in her pussy
HORSE October 2, 2010
She has a nice cunt and asshole,but I like the way she sucks cock. She's a real pro..I'd like to lick my own cum off her chin..then drop it in her mouth..wooow
dasfa September 27, 2010
whats her name?
xoxo September 27, 2010
i new of this lady for awhile maybe like 4yr but i swear i cummed to her more than i had sex with my own wife lol:) and that more than 1000x amazing hot milf
alan September 27, 2010
I would love to meet this lady...she is so fine
milton October 2, 2010
I fucked a woman very exactly the looking of her, and this friend of mine also liked sex lol, really funny
Some Guy November 2, 2010
Um, why is there Final Fantasy Tactics music in a porno?
geo ... December 10, 2010
get rid of the infomercial music.
AssmanU December 1, 2010
Certainly one of the best anal milfs ... whats her name ?
another other guy November 26, 2010
sick porno im just gonna throw this out there.. music didnt do it for me the final fantasy music is just making me a tad turned off.
Some Other Guy November 7, 2010
>Um, why is there Final Fantasy Tactics music in a porno? wtf, he's right 0_0
sexy old lady March 2, 2011
Carolina shoud be named "calorina" instead
Kaveer March 4, 2011
Sweet Caroline!!!Love those nasty looking meat flaps,I could suck on those for hours.
LOL June 2, 2011
She loves it in tha ass cuz her pussy is too beat down already. lol
Why June 26, 2011
I can't do this. This music ruins it for me
Keiler May 24, 2011
Carolina super wuerde dich auch gerne verwoehnen Kuss
maximus May 17, 2011
kill the A-team music!
lil j May 14, 2011
EPIC pussy fart!
danno July 4, 2011
I'm still waiting for the news program to start, but hey, she was fucking awesome, thats what I call a MILF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ES August 11, 2011
Fantastic pussy lips - I would love to suck the cock out of her vagina.
marcus September 1, 2011
5.53 a pussy fart ! She must have had a lot ass-fucking in the past !
kewo August 22, 2011
was fuer eine heiisse mutti .GEILE SAU!!
singledude69 August 20, 2011
fantapants48 August 14, 2011
love those massive lips
G May 11, 2011
Tonight, with Dan Rather...
yeah May 9, 2011
she look like dawson mum in dawson creek
Bill Clinton March 31, 2011
Lol at 5'53"!!!!!! PFFFT!!!!!
Pantyhose lover March 27, 2011
it would improove hardly maybe wearing some ph but this expresion she has is really a dream women who like anal like this ara perfect
Jack Meoff March 18, 2011
You can tell she has been fucked in the ass like a thousand times. Never seen an asshole that loose.
Scott March 17, 2011
She's just like a married gal at my bank. They both even have 1" pussy lips!
Nobuo Uematsu March 31, 2011
No fanfare music at the end....amateurs.
Porn Critic April 8, 2011
Yes, it had a nice and promising first half, then sort of dwindled. The whole doubleteam action kind of ruined what could have been a favourite the world of porn. Sex toys didn't help either, and quite a dismal finish. C+
Scoot May 8, 2011
Argh the music! I couldn't decide if I was watching a porno or the nightly news.
errr... May 1, 2011
The fucking inspirational music turned me off
Hmm April 28, 2011
What a nice pussy, love thoose lips.
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Civic Opera House
The world-renowned Lyric Opera of Chicago performs in one of North America's most beautiful opera houses, the Civic Opera House. The decorative character of the entire building is a hybrid of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. Comedy-tragedy masks and cornucopia of instruments abound as playful ornaments around entrances, inspired by the Paris Opera House designed by Jean-Louis-Charles Garnier. The famous painted fire curtain (depicting the parade scene from Aida) and the interior decoration details of the Civic Opera House were created by American artist Jules Guerin in a palette of salmon pinks, roses, olives, golds and bronzes.
Civil War & Military Legacy
This memorial is dedicated to the 50+ men from Blue Island who served in the Union armies.
CITY:Blue Island
Classic Lake Tour with Shoreline Sightseeing
Explore Chicago on a memorable 40-minute Lake Michigan tour featuring panoramic views of Chicago's world-famous skyline as well as information on the city's dramatic history and impressive landmarks. Departs from Navy Pier.
Collaboraction creates original works of theatre that emphasize high production values, push boundaries, and highlight issues that are socially relevant to a diverse community of Chicagoans.
College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center
The McAninch Arts Center is home to five resident professional ensembles: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, DuPage Opera Theatre, Arts Center Jazz Ensemble, New Classic Singers and New Philharmonic.
CITY:Glen Ellyn
Columbiana - Wicker Park
After witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, a young woman grows up to be a cold-blooded assassin in search of the mobster who killed them.
Combined Lake and River Tour - Wendella Sightseeing Boats
The Combined Lake and River Tour offers a comprehensive overview of Chicago, with breathtaking views of the magnificent skyline and an up-close perspective from the Chicago River.
ComedySportz Theatre - Chicago
ComedySportz is the longest running short-form improv show in Chicago. Now in our 25th year! It's not stand-up comedy about sports...it's improv comedy played as a sport! We're also known for corporate training and corporate entertainment, improv classes and as a great place for any group celebrating a special occasion. If you like great comedy improvisation, visit our theater, the ComedySportz Theatre.
Contagion - Central Elementary School
An international team of doctors is contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak of a deadly disease.
Contagion - Chicago Midway Airport
An international team of doctors is contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak of a deadly disease.
Country Club Hills Amphitheater Theater
Our beautiful new Country Club Hills Amphitheater Theater is an intimate, 2000-seat venue that combines stylish, modern architecture and state-of-the-art audio and video technology with the same kind of rustic, community charm that our city is famous for.
CITY:Country Club Hills
Couples Retreat - O'Hare International Airport
In this comedy, four couples head to a tropical island resort where they end up working on their romantic relationships, despite their best efforts to just have fun.
Court Theatre
For more than 50 years the University of Chicago's Court Theatre has celebrated the power and relevance of classic theater. Call for shows and tickets.
Crown Hall
Located on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, S.R. Crown Hall is widely regarded as Mies van der Rohe's masterpiece, and is one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th century Modernist Movement.
Czechoslovak Heritage Museum
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Highlights the history and culture of the Czech Republic and Slovakia through authentic folk costumes, lead crystal, chain, ceramics, embroidery, and historical displays. Donations welcome.
CITY:Oak Brook
Daley Plaza
In the center of downtown Chicago, see the world-renowned Picasso sculpture. "Under the Picasso" entertainment features music dance and cultural programs weekdays at noon.
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago is the city's leading presenter of contemporary dance, showcasing artists of regional, national and international acclaim.
D'Arcy Museum, Loyola University Chicago
Medieval, renaissance and baroque art, including paintings, sculpture, and rare decorative art.
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art
The Smart Museum of Chicago's Fine Art Museum. Located on the University of Chicago Campus, the Smart Museum houses a collection of over 7,500 objects, spanning 5,000 years of artistic creation.
Deep Space Adventure
Adler Planetarium will reveal Deep Space Adventure, a new, immersive space experience like no other in the world. Visitors will come aboard the observation deck of a futuristic starship for an adventure through deep space.The centerpiece of the experience is the Grainger Sky Theater (formerly the historic Sky Theater), which will open as the most technologically advanced theater ever developed.
Derailed - Millennium Park
In this thriller, two married business executives meet on a Metra train to Chicago and begin a dangerous affair. Chicago filming sites include Union Station, a 1920s stunner designed by Daniel Burnham that is still a major rail hub in the city today; and the ice rink at Millennium Park, Chicago's 24-acre showplace for the arts that also features the Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a unique outdoor performance venue.
Derailed - Union Station
In this thriller, two married business executives meet on a Metra train to Chicago and begin a dangerous affair. Chicago filming sites include Union Station, a 1920s stunner designed by Daniel Burnham that is still a major rail hub in the city today; and the ice rink at Millennium Park, Chicago's 24-acre showplace for the arts that also features the Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a unique outdoor performance venue.
Devonshire Cultural Center
Home of the Skokie Art Guild and Devonshire Playhouse, the Cultural Center offers children's and adult theater, as well as visual and performing arts.
Diversey River Bowl
Diversey River Bowl features a phenomenal light show, great sound system, video arcade and bowling fun. Open lanes every night.
Dominican University Performing Arts Center
An accessible, vibrant, and progressive home for the creative spirit, Dominican University Performing Arts Center (DUPAC) is located just 10 miles west of Chicago's Loop. The center features two halls with superb acoustics and ideal sightlines. Ample free parking is available on-site.
CITY:River Forest
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center offers a total 840,000 square feet of flexible exhibition space. Configure it any way you like. You may need a 500-booth to 800-booth area, or 100 to 200 booths. If you're planning a larger show, you'll appreciate our continuous 250,000 square-foot space for 1,225 booths. Or you can create a multiple hall layout for up to 3,566 booths. Customized floor plans are our specialty, so just ask.
Donny's Skybox Theater
Donny's Skybox Theatre and the de Maat Studio Theatre are dedicated to presenting productions that are rooted in the crafts of theatrical improvisation and sketch comedy as taught by The Second City Training Center. Alumni, faculty, students, and other members of the extended Second City family unite to develop new voices and points-of-view in a manner that honors the history of the work and seeks to propel it into the future. Donny's Skybox is a studio environment where both emerging and established artists are encouraged to experiment, innovate, and grow.
Dorothy Menker Theater
The Moraine Valley Community College Fine & Performing Arts Center (FPAC) presents quality cultural programs and popular entertainment in this 600-seat Theater.
CITY:Palos Hills
Double Door
Find a lot of standing-room shows of predominantly rock bands that play to packed crowds. Play pool, watch the evening's performance on a video screen downstairs, or simply check out the music scene with beer in hand.
Downtown Arlington Heights Shopping & Entertainment District
Diverse collection of charming local shops and major retailers. Outstanding restaurants, theaters, nightlife, and entertainment, all within walking distance.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Dozin' with the Dinosaurs at the Field Museum
The lights dim as you explore the rituals of ancient Egyptian culture, guided by the light of your flashlight. Next, you prowl an African savannah with giraffes, hippos, and man-eating lions. Take a break by playing games from around the world or touching giant bugs from right in your backyard. Cap your night of exploration and adventure with cozy bedtime stories, before drifting off to dreamland in one of the amazing exhibits. Bring your family and friends for a night at the museum you'll never forget!
Dreidels & More
Unique Judaic giftware and ritual items. Many imported from Israel and handmade.
Drury Lane Children's Theatre
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Be a part of the sparkling lights and glamour of Broadway at the award winning Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace. The Children's Theatre features stellar performances made just for kids that will entertain and inspire.
CITY:Oakbrook Terrace
Drury Lane Theatre & Conference Center
The Drury Lane Theatre & Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace is a beautiful, unique and versatile facility that combines ideal location, functionality and elegance to make it one of Chicagoland's finest facilities for business and entertainment. 971-seat proscenium style live theater featuring musicals, comedy, hollywood personalities and dinner theatre. Banquets for 2,500. 40,000 square feet of trade show space. Conveniently located to the airports.
CITY:Oakbrook Terrace
Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place
An intimate 549-seat performance space presenting contemporary plays and musicals as well as classics from Broadway and beyond.
DuPage County Historical Museum
Housed in an 1891 Richardsonian Romanesque building, the museum highlights 150 years of DuPage County history with participatory activities, changing exhibits and extensive model railroad display.
DuPage Heritage Gallery
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Located in a three-story atrium, renovated in 2000, visitors learn of the stories, accomplishments and lives of famous DuPage citizens portrayed through memorabilia and photo panels.
DuSable Museum of African American History
The DuSable Museum of African American History is located on University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus. Experience a unique cultural environment as you travel through African American history. DuSable Museum shares African American history through a variety of impactful traveling and insightful permanent exhibits, educational programs and special seasonal celebrations. Visit, learn, and enjoy! Ongoing: Red, White, Blue & Black: A History of Blacks in the Armed Services; A Slow Walk to Greatness: The Harold Washington Story.
Eagle Eye - Emmit's Irish Pub
Two young strangers are thrown together by a phone call from a mysterious woman who pushes them into increasingly dangerous situations as she tracks their every move and controls them via technology while they are pursued by the FBI.
Eagle Eye - Rock N Roll McDonald's
Two young strangers are thrown together by a phone call from a mysterious woman who pushes them into increasingly dangerous situations as she tracks their every move and controls them via technology while they are pursued by the FBI.
Eagle Eye - Various El Stations
Two young strangers are thrown together by a phone call from a mysterious woman who pushes them into increasingly dangerous situations as she tracks their every move and controls them via technology while they are pursued by the FBI.
Edman Memorial Chapel - Wheaton College
This large auditorium, seating more than 2400 people, is the site of campus chapels, concerts, commencements, and various community-related events such as the Artist Series.
Elk Grove Farmhouse Museum
The oldest farmhouse in Elk Grove Village. Restored to reflect life during the civil war. The home of Heinrich and Maria Schuette. School and scout programs available. Open year-round.
CITY:Elk Grove Village
Elmhurst Art Museum
Exhibiting late 20th Century American Art, Elmhurst Art Museum offers exhibitions ranging from national touring works to local emerging and mid-career Chicago and Illinois artists. The Museum offers public tours, programs, guest lectures and art classes. It's award-winning structure contains a dramatic glass entrance gallery, three museum galleries, an educational pavilion, and the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed McCormick house.
Elmhurst Art Museum
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - The museum's award-winning structure contains a dramatic glass entrance gallery, three museum galleries, an educational pavilion, and the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed McCormick house.
Elmhurst College
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Elmhurst College is home to a state of the art high tech conference and event facility that can host groups from 20 - 900 people. The campus also boasts a first-rate sports facility in an arboretum-like setting.
Elmhurst Historical Museum
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - This prize-winning museum features changing interpretive exhibits on Elmhurst history as well as national touring exhibits. Programs for children, families and adults throughout the year. The Elmhurst Historical Museum is located in a historically significant structure known as the Glos Mansion, which is the former home of Elmhurst's first village president, Henry L. Glos, and his wife, Lucy.
Ernest Hemingway Birthplace
Visit the Victorian home where Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 and learn about his early family life.
CITY:Oak Park
Ernest Hemingway Museum
Explore displays featuring rare photos of Hemingway, his childhood diary, letters, early writings and other memorabilia. Enjoy videos documenting the author's life and work. Museum store on site.
CITY:Oak Park
Ernest Hemingway Museum and Birthplace
The museum displays rare photos of Hemingway, his childhood diary, letters, early writings and other memorabilia. The Birthplace Home features some original furniture and belongings of the Hemingway family.
CITY:Oak Park
Eta Creative Arts Foundation
This South Side cultural arts center features year round main stage productions and an art gallery.
Evanston Art Center
For over 68 years, the Evanston Art Center has presented exhibitions of contemporary visual arts.
Evanston Arts Depot
This cultural center is a restored train station in the heart of Evanston. Home of the Piccolo Theatre and Custer's Last Stand Festival which takes place each June.
Evanston Symphony Orchestra
The ESO was founded in 1945 by a handful of veteran and amateur musicians who were passionate about making music together. Concerts take place on Saturdays at 2:30 PM.
Expressions Graphics
We are a printmaking workshop open to the public, displaying local artists' original prints at reasonable prices. We also offer jewelry, cards, pottery and one-of-a-kind works.
CITY:Oak Park
Facets Multimedia
Facets Multimedia screens a diverse assortment of films, including the latest from Eastern Europe, South America, Africa and the former Soviet Union.
Fantasea at Shedd Aquarium
Dolphins soar, belugas dance and penguins parade in Fantasea, the aquatic show at Shedd Aquarium. The marine mammal presentations showcase the natural talents and learned skills of the animals—and their trainers.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Federal Reserve Bank Visitors Center features interactive displays that explain the Federal Reserve's functions, the U.S. economy, banking history, money and consumer interests.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
A thirty story court house and a forty-five-story office building, the federal building was completed after Mies' death in 1969. The building's sober black and gray exterior expression, the steel mullion and glass model, counterpoints the curving forms and bright red paint of Alexander Calder's sculpture. Photo courtesy of AIA Chicago, Wes Urschel.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Chicago Board of Trade
This classic Chicago teen comedy involves the wise-cracking title character who decides to cut school and see the city with his friends. Their romp around Chicago includes stops at The Art Institute (one of the world's leading art museums that's known for its important collection of French Impressionist paintings), Chicago Board of Trade (the world's oldest futures and options exchange that's housed in a magnificent Art Deco building), and the Willis Tower Skydeck (offering dizzying views of the city from atop one of the world's tallest buildings). The movie's famed Twist and Shout scene was filmed during the city's annual Von Steuben Day Parade.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The Art Institute
This classic Chicago teen comedy involves the wise-cracking title character who decides to cut school and see the city with his friends. Their romp around Chicago includes stops at The Art Institute (one of the world's leading art museums that's known for its important collection of French Impressionist paintings), Chicago Board of Trade (the world's oldest futures and options exchange that's housed in a magnificent Art Deco building), and the Sears Tower Skydeck (offering dizzying views of the city from atop one of the world's tallest buildings). The movie's famed Twist and Shout scene was filmed during the city's annual Von Steuben Day Parade.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Willis Tower Skydeck
This classic Chicago teen comedy involves the wise-cracking title character who decides to cut school and see the city with his friends. Their romp around Chicago includes stops at The Art Institute (one of the world's leading art museums that's known for its important collection of French Impressionist paintings), Chicago Board of Trade (the world's oldest futures and options exchange that's housed in a magnificent Art Deco building), and the Sears Tower Skydeck (offering dizzying views of the city from atop one of the world's tallest buildings). The movie's famed Twist and Shout scene was filmed during the city's annual Von Steuben Day Parade.
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Beautiful outdoor music theatre open May through September with a capacity of just under 30,000 people. Concessions and private catering available; tour buses welcome.
CITY:Tinley Park
First Responders Memorial
This memorial incorporates over twelve tons of steel and concrete from the World Trade Center disaster and features bronze sculptures by Artist Erik Blome.
CITY:Oak Lawn
FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island is an outdoor concert hall in Chicago. It is located on Northerly Island on the grounds of the former Meigs Field general aviation airport. Construction started in 2005. The venue seats 7,500 people and hosts many different musical artists and shows.
FitzGerald's, just across the street from Oak Park in Berwyn, has built a legendary reputation for an eclectic mix of music in a casual, comfortable setting that attracts music fans of all ages. The New York Times calls the club "a musical gem" and it has consistently been ranked among the top five music venues in Chicago. For special events, FitzGerald's offers a unique setting for all types of gatherings from 30 to 300. The family's award-winning restoration and classic look extends from its intimate private party room to the courtyard and legendary music club next door. An in house event planner can assist with any and all aspects of your event as needed.
Everyone is welcome at FitzGerald's a nationally-known music venue located in Berwyn just minutes from Chicago and Oak Park. The venue also is available for weddings, parties, school functions, etc. Whether you want the main club, the smaller party room and SideBar or the outside beer garden, we can transform each to party specifications. Check out examples of parties and music on our Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/109186657@N03/sets/72157637847655283.


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I had the kiddos in the car and M was meeting us there so for a few minutes it was just me with all of them. That's fine and I'm fine with them but there's no denying that we're a bit of a spectacle. I parked the car and opened the back left door and lifted out a heavy baby and walked around and opened the far right door and out popped a girl but then we veered into clown car territory because out popped yet another girl. Our parking spot abuts the sidewalk and a hundred thousand volunteers watch us like sharks, waiting for the first instance when it's appropriate to shove flyers and talking points into our hands. My hands are unavailable, so they just watch us. And true to form, we give good show.
I've got G tucked in my forearm and L holding one hand and E holding the other and it was 41 degrees last night, when we went to go vote, and I finally got all the kids out of the car and up onto the sidewalk and I clip my keys to my purse and my purse makes its way onto my shoulder and I fumble for the button on the fob to lock the car and I hear the car beep and I answer the questions, always the questions, what do they have for us, Mama? and it's just papers, I say, papers we don't need; we already know who we're voting for. But we want them, say both girls, and of course they do, but still I'm walking us quickly because I'm trying to give my best 'I'm not interested in talking to you, Volunteer Lady' face but my girls are making their best 'Please talk to us and give us free papers, Volunteer Lady!' faces and here we are, a walking conflict of interest. G is blabbering his sweet baby talk and drooling all over my shoulder and he's at least 85 pounds by now and of course, both the stroller and my mei-tai are in the trunk of M's car and where is M, already? I think G's drool droplets just stuck in my hair and now they're freezing there and please, I think in my head, please, girls, don't choose this time to make friends but it's too late, Volunteer Lady is coming to spiel me. I try to preempt her but she takes a different tactic with me. "How are you tonight? You have your hands full! I understand. I have five daughters myself. Do you know your second one isn't wearing any shoes?"
And while I ponder that, my first daughter, the one who is shod properly, starts chatting her up about the photograph of a candidate for whom I would never, ever, ever cast a vote. I look at L in bewilderment and G just gained at least seven pounds and M was supposed to meet us here but obviously he hasn't yet arrived and I say, "L, love, where are your shoes?" and she says casually, as if she weren't absorbing frostbite from the sidewalk through her little orange socks, I left them in the car! I didn't want them!
G just gained four more pounds and I switch him to my other arm and I fumble for the car fob to unlock the car and I entreat L to go back into the car and find some shoes and here comes trouble, in the form of the sweetest-looking oldest white-haired gentleman you've ever seen. His hands are totally empty and I hear the beep-beep as he unlocks the car next to us, the one whose driver's door I'm blocking with my open rear door as I wait for my second child to don more than just orange socks to vote.
I think I hear my shod daughter promise we'll vote for the most awful candidate on the whole ballot and I know I hear my unshod daughter yelling at the white-haired man. "Please," he had said to me a moment earlier, "take your time. Your hands are full with the baby. My, he's a big one! {Ed. note: No kidding.} Let me hold this door open for you." He held the door of my car open for L to exit.
She does not exit. She is not wearing shoes. She is hugging two shoes to her chest and yelling at the white-haired man. Don't touch my door! I don't want help! I can OPEN IT MYSELF!
The ancient sweet man is apparently unable to hear or perhaps to understand a word of what she screams because he smiles blankly at her and says, "come, sweetie, can I help you out of the car?" and so L shrieks her frustration and throws her shoes to the ground. "Come, sweetie, help your mommy. Can you climb out of the car?" I begin to fear for his safety because I do think L might tackle him at any moment and he won't even see or hear the warning signs. I pick up her shoes and tell her she doesn't need to put them on until we're inside because a little frostbite is better than homicide-by-Crocs. And I haven't unstrapped three children to get this far and not vote.
Thankfully, M shows up and takes G from my arms. It's amazing I still have feeling in my fingers but I use the rush of blood flow to pick up L and her shoes and thank the ancient man and close the car door and find the lock on the fob and beep-beep it closed and convince E to leave the 'we don't believe in taxes' crowd gathering around her and inside we go and we have only one more incident, the one where L screams at the election worker who rips M's identity verification slip out of the printer when she wanted to rip it, even though nobody knew she wanted to rip it and last we checked, she's not an election worker and then we vote, E on my touch-screen and L on M's touch-screen and G just there for the ambiance and we get our stickers, and thank goodness, because otherwise all that talk I've provided all day about the power of the people to effect change and direct the future of our country, it would all be meaningless without the stickers.
And the girls treasure their stickers even though I voted for candidates who acknowledge the legality of taxation and they go home and put them amongst their treasures and I think that sometimes, it's really very difficult to participate in democracy but I'm so very glad we take the time to explain it to our children, to show them the value we place on participating.


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"I have been fighting my whole life against people who want to pigeonhole music. We fought that in the Mavericks. I feel like I've got no restrictions anymore," the Grammy winner says. "I'm not really writing for any specific genre. I feel like I can do whatever I want."
Clearly, followers of Malo's eclectic career--both with the Mavericks and after-- know he's always chafed at placing any confines on music. Or, as he laughingly confesses, "if most people do what I've done in my career, they'd be driving a taxi by now."
However, a talent as mighty as Malo's simply can't be denied. His glorious voice has been rapturously described by The New York Times as "exceptional" and the Wall Street Journal as "exquisite." Its crystal purity is simply unmatched by any other singer's today.
And a voice like his deserves a loving, sturdy melody to wrap itself around. Although completely contemporary, the music on "Lucky One" recalls the great tunes of the `50s, `60s and `70s, made famous by Malo's musical heroes like Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens.
The songs on his Fantasy Records debut range from the silly to the sublime, by Malo's own design, and draw on his deep love of country, rock, jazz and Latin music. "Moonlight Kisses" features a playful male chorus and a snazzy tuba (!!), while songs such as "One More Angel" and "Rosalie" take on gut wrenching loss of life.
Malo wrote "Lucky One" over a two-year period at his Nashville home and was so happy with the result that several of his home demos appear as final versions on the CD. For the rest, he enlisted co-producer Steve Berlin, best known for his work with Los Lobos. "I trust Steve musically," Malo says. "Art comes first with him. That's the most important quality of all; nothing gets in the way of that."
"Lucky One" follows "You're Only Lonely" and "After Hours," two CDs of cover songs written by many of Malo's favorite tunesmiths including Kris Kristofferson, Dwight Yoakam, Roger Miller and Willie Nelson.
"How could that not influence my songwriting on `Lucky One,'" Malo asks. "It certainly had an effect on how I wrote for this. [There's] an appreciation for song structure, melody and lyric that these guys certainly had."
After close to 20 years of making music, Malo is having more fun than ever. "I get to play exactly what I want. I have a great band. I have great fans," he says. "It's really fantastic. And the creative freedom I have now, I wouldn't trade that for the world." The liberation that true talent and vision bring has led to the ultimate freedom so lovingly evident on "Lucky One": "I know that at the end of the day I can go somewhere with my guitar and someone will come see me."


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