This is cool.
The start of an idea I am kicking around.
Hearts/reblogs might push it closer to actually happening as a print, but of course I promise nothing.
Breakfast in New Orleans.
Okay, this is lovely. Now if we can teach them to hug but not maim we’d have all the money.
Pretend? No way.
Fact: Bears will pretend to know you.
Fresh beer. At Goose Island.
Beer at Goose Island. Lots of it.
![I’ve enjoyed reading about the complete and utter hypocrisy that is the NCAA, particularly when it comes to football and basketball. What a sad, transparent joke.
theatlantic:
Both the NBA and the NCAA Want to Keep Athletes in College for Too Long
I hate to take a cynical note on this, but I don’t think Mark Emmert, the president of the NCAA, or anyone else in the NCAA really cares about young men going to college—or at least attending college classes. I think what they care about is whether or not these young men play college basketball, and I think what they would like is to have the NBA’s cooperation in doing anything they can to keep boys playing college basketball for as long as they can.
The simple reality is that most basketball and football players who wind up in the pros had little or no interest in going to college in the first place. They want to be first in line for the professional drafts that will take them away from the world of amateur sham, very reasonably wanting their talents to produce revenue for themselves and their families instead of university athletic departments. Now, when the boys are in the best position to make that pay for them, colleges pretending to show some concern.
“It makes a travesty,” said Emmert, “of the whole notion of student as an athlete.” One might call that poetic justice since for nearly a century colleges have been making a travesty of the notion of athlete as student.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22p833WHY1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
I’ve enjoyed reading about the complete and utter hypocrisy that is the NCAA, particularly when it comes to football and basketball. What a sad, transparent joke.
Both the NBA and the NCAA Want to Keep Athletes in College for Too Long
I hate to take a cynical note on this, but I don’t think Mark Emmert, the president of the NCAA, or anyone else in the NCAA really cares about young men going to college—or at least attending college classes. I think what they care about is whether or not these young men play college basketball, and I think what they would like is to have the NBA’s cooperation in doing anything they can to keep boys playing college basketball for as long as they can.
The simple reality is that most basketball and football players who wind up in the pros had little or no interest in going to college in the first place. They want to be first in line for the professional drafts that will take them away from the world of amateur sham, very reasonably wanting their talents to produce revenue for themselves and their families instead of university athletic departments. Now, when the boys are in the best position to make that pay for them, colleges pretending to show some concern.
“It makes a travesty,” said Emmert, “of the whole notion of student as an athlete.” One might call that poetic justice since for nearly a century colleges have been making a travesty of the notion of athlete as student.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]
in the last couple years I’ve become more and more familiar with the local chicago music scene, which is a very good thing. there are so many great bands and places to see them. getting to know the bands and music-engaged people in the city has made me feel like more of a member of the community and love living here more than before.
two weeks ago i saw radar eyes at the empty bottle, and really enjoyed the show, enough to buy the record and see them again this weekend. If you like noisy, psych-y stuff, you should check them out. the av club did a great write-up on them, and just seeing a chicago-band there made me kind of proud.
i’ve also met anthony, the lead singer of radar eyes, on a couple of occasion. besides being a really nice dude, he also got me to listen to mikal cronin, so for that i’m very thankful. (note: listen to mikal cronin if you haven’t, and even if you have, you should probably do that after listening to this song)
I enjoyed this quite a bit.
On Boys and Girls, out April 10, Alabama Shakes’ members find a way to fuse the impeccable professionalism of soul veterans to the youthful, raging fire they set on stage.
get after it!
I’ve been pretty much obsessed with Lower Dens for the past year or so, along with the sonically-similar Wye Oak. This has gone hand-in-hand with an appreciation of music that might be considered noisy, shoegaze, krautrock, or psych.
This song really hits on a lot of those descriptors. I love the way it builds, adding layers of guitar, vocals and sound.
The band is releasing a new album soon (May?), and based on the early songs, it should be great. But, for now, do yourself a favor and check out Twin-Hand Movement.
Fog over Millennium Park. Cloud City.
