The Champaign-Urbana bike community will be losing a great resource and advocate in a couple of weeks, when Champaign Cycle manager Scot McCollum moves to La Crosse, Wisconsin. In addition to running the best bike …
Posts by Joel Gillespie:
Could We Have a Yankees & Red Sox-Free Postseason?
What would be a better end to this most unpredictable of seasons than to look around when the dust settles and find no Yankees or Red Sox in the vicinity? It could happen, as we …
Jared Bartman Plays Monday on WEFT
If wading through an endless sea of faceless indie-rockers has you thirsting for something altogether different, then tune in Monday night at 10 p.m. on WEFT, 90.1 FM, to hear Jared Bartman perform on WEFT …
Kick Out the Jams with Tea Leaf Green at Canopy on Sunday
Most weekends, a little Sunday evening psychedelia would interfere with the beginning of the work week come Monday morning. Not so this week, as the Labor Day holiday will free up most of us to …
Sox and Twins Bring History to This Season’s Pennant Race
The American League Central continues to be a tight two-team race heading into the last month of the season, as the Chicago White Sox lead the Minnesota Twins by two games heading into tonight’s play. …
Post Historic Featured on WEFT Sessions Tonight
Tonight at 10 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 FM, Post Historic will perform on this week’s WEFT Sessions program. The sometimes-trio, sometimes quartet will be a duo tonight for the on-air show. The band will also …
Love and Theft: Bicycle Edition
It seems that bike thefts are on the rise in Champaign-Urbana. Just in the last week, a fairly expensive bike was stolen (and recovered a couple of days later) from the Bike Project co-op, and …
Backyard Tire Fire Get Their Ya-Ya’s Out (And Release an Album) Tonight
Backyard Tire Fire has long been known as a rowdy, shit-kicking alt-country band. Their new album, The Places We Lived, is a soulful departure from their previous work, and one that lead singer Ed Anderson …
Hot or Not: AL Central Edition
August is a month that can make or break a baseball team’s season. It’s officially too late for a team that’s hanging around .500 to legitimately have a shot at the postseason, unless said team …
Tractor Kings Pull into Highdive Thursday Night
Jake Fleischli has been around the Champaign-Urbana music scene for several years now, and his band, Tractor Kings, has built a solid following with heartfelt songs and rootsy arrangements that they call “Cosmic Americana.” The …