Psychedelic rock veteran Roky Erickson makes a rare appearance with indie rockers Okkervil River as headliner of this year’s fest.
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Champaign Mayor Jerry Schweighart says Obama is not an American citizen
You folks in Urbana think you have issues with your mayor? Well, here’s Champaign mayor Jerry Schweighart responding, on camera, to the question of whether President Obama is an American citizen. This was filmed on …
Album Review: Common Loon’s The Long Dream of Birds
C-U’s Common Loon debut with a stunning collection of songs. It’s fair to say the bar has now been set quite high for this decade in local music.
Beck’s “Record Club” recruits St. Vincent for INXS cover
St. Vincent is coming to The Highdive on March 30th, but recently she’s been spending a bit of time with Beck and friends. In case you haven’t investigated Beck’s “Record Club“, in which Beck gathers …
U of I bug photographer gets a shout out
Today Boing Boing briefly talked up U of I biologist Alex Wild’s photography of bugs (like the above shot of a Carpenter Ant). In light of the upcoming Insect Fear Film Fest, check out his …
The great history of the Great Cover Up
Doug put together this kickass history of the Cover Up last year, and it’s definitely worth a re-post with updates from last year’s extravaganza.
Buy a Going Slowly calendar for Xmas
Tyler and Tara, a couple with C-U roots, are months into their bicycling journey across Europe, Africa, and (eventually) Asia. After starting out in Glasgow, they have made it to Northern Africa along the Mediterranean. …
It’s the time of year for a good haunting
Is the UIUC English building haunted — yea or nay?
Review of Sufjan’s C-U show includes head-scratcher
In this review of Sufjan Stevens’ September performance at The Highdive, blog Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good had this to say about one of our favorite live music haunts: Sufjan Stevens could have …
A Guinness is no match for Murph
Mike Murphy does own an Irish bar — and one that sells a lot of Guinness — but still, this is remarkable.