so i went to see panda panda last night @ the fireside bowl...my cuzin kris and and our friend joseph,whom i hadn't seen since i crashed his xmas party last year, met us there...i think they felt kinda out of place...and maybe a tad old...the average age there that night was probably 17 or so...we weren't allowed to bring drinks out of the bar cuz there were so many young'uns running around...








panda panda is a 2-piece chicago band made up of miss mia (of kim and host of chic-a-go-go) on drums/vox and sarah c. (of the georges) on guitar/vox...i've been listening to their new cd for the past week, and the songs are a lot of fun! mia and sarah played pretty much all the songs off their album, and a bunch of kids were up front dancing up a storm...miss mia is really fun to watch on the drums...teddy & i watched her from the side of the stage for the whole set, and we were impressed with her head bobbing and stick twirling abilities! photos from the show are here.

after the panda panda set, teddy & i went into the bar to play a game of pool...we ran into mia on our way out and we had a nice chat...she's really friendly and very sweet...it's really great seeing an asian girl rocker like her...

tonight, i'm picking up teddy from trader joe's and going to the detholz! lair for a party...it'll be good to see them again...and derek & linda too...

in sad news in the rock'n'roll world, we've lost a chicago icon...wesley willis...read this for more info...

upcoming events:
sat. aug 23: paperback (david bazan of pedro the lion) @ gunther murphy's 10pm

fri. sept. 5th: afropunk encore presentation @ the gene siskel film center...this film sold out its final chicago screening last week during the black harvest film festival, and another show was added that night...it was chosen as the best film by the attenders of the festival, and it's being shown again in two weeks...if you missed it the first round, don't miss your next chance to see it for yourself...

sun. sept. 28th: bill mallonee & the tiny silver hearts @ schuba's 9pm...y'all know how much i love this man and his music...he's got a new album out called perfemed letter and it's a gem...he's getting some good promotion work done thanks to the folks at paste records, and he's finally getting some radio exposure...he got a really nice review in magnet magazine, which has one of his songs in the #2 spot on their monthly sampler cd (for subscribers only unfortunately)...i can't wait to see them again!