For those of you who can’t get enough Illini football pre-season analysis, this item will probably be redundant, but for the rest of you who don’t want to be caught off-guard by office conversations revolving …
Posts by Joel Gillespie:
Bottle Rockets at Highdive Saturday
One of the things about growing up is watching your concept of money change. I remember Bonnie Hunt had a bit when she was a guest on Letterman about how the biggest amount of money …
Matchups Key to AL Central Race
Don’t look now, but the baseball season is almost three-fourths over, and the AL Central is a two-team race. According to the Baseball Prospectus Postseason Odds Report (the folks that said there was a 99.89 …
Undertow Exerts Pull on National Scene from Champaign Location
Lurking in a converted basement of an unassuming house in old town Champaign is the motor that drives some of the best-respected bands in indie rock. Bob Andrews, who runs the local office of Undertow …
Meet a Real, Live Bicycle Rider
With so much happening in the bicycling community in Champaign-Urbana, it’s easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle and lose sight of the people who work hard to keep things between the ditches. …
A Dog’s Eye View of the AL Central
I’m taking a break from in-depth analysis this week and checking out the parallels between the canine and Central worlds to reveal some shocking similarities. Some of these aren’t so much physical resemblances as compatible …
A Brief Interview with Chris Carlsson
Chris Carlsson is the author of the recent book, Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists and Vacant-Lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today! He also writes a blog for Lip Magazine called The Nowtopian. In …
Angie Heaton Solo on Biaggi’s Patio Tomorrow Night, May Involve Owls
Tomorrow night at Biaggi’s (2235 S. Neil St., Champaign), local country-punk songstress Angie Heaton will be playing a solo, acoustic show on the patio. The show is free and is from 6 to 8 p.m. …
Twins Pull Within Half-Game of Sox
Last night, the Twins pulled within a half-game of first place in the AL Central with a 6–5 victory over the White Sox. The Twins came back from a 4–0 deficit with a five-run fifth …
Reconstituted Blind Melon Appearing at Canopy Tonight
For those of us in our late 20’s and early 30’s, Blind Melon is a cultural touchstone. Who can forget the video for “No Rain” featuring the Bee Girl? Soon after their follow-up album, Soup, …