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Touch and GO (or alternately titled giant music picture post from hell)

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Nat says thanks for all the birthday wishes. That was really nice of everyone, especially since it sucks to know people died on that day. Ok no more debbie downer. We went to the 25th anniversary of Touch and Go records this past weekend, also known as the Hideout block party. We go every year, but this year was special cause it was 40 some bands, three days and several bands were reuniting just to play this event. I can say after standing in the chicago streets and sanitation parking lot for 3 days straight i am old. My body is so tired from standing and the cold wind and rain from sunday.
I did on the other hand feel 15 years old again when Pegboy took the stage and i could sing and throw the metal hands to superstar and strong reaction. That just made me long to hear Naked Raygun again tho, and for those of you who were NR fans they are reuniting for a show in Novemeber with 7 seconds, the blue meanies, and then a bunch of other bands i don’t care about. ok highlights:
1.girls vs boys playing their entire t & g album
2. ted leo killing any and all hearing i had friday
3. arcwelder being amazing
4. big black
5. seeing Seam again
6. the Jeff Tweedy sightings
7. Pinback
8. Calexico

ok now for some pictures:
Girls vs Boys (how about some of that hott hott double bass action)

ted leo killing any and all of our hearing:

Now for you Jeff Tweedy Fans..he had the whole clan out saturday and just him and the wife on sunday. NOTE he wasn’t wearing a VIP wristband he just had the plain 3 day one like everyone else that’s kind of re-freshing.

and then my favorite pegboy**note they are all in the 40’s now and note that beer gut!

and for any of you out there who might be Big Black fans it was worth it to see them re-unite even if for 20 minutes.

i didn’t take any pictures of shellac because if i took any more pictures of steve albini my camera would burst into flames.

also the sleater kinney drummer in Quasi: she has perfect rock star drummer hair

i’ll stop boring y’all with my trip back thru my youth of music now. what i didn’t realize tho while growing up outside of chicago all my life was that people would TRAVEL and from far away places to see these bands again. I guess growing up with this stuff playing all the time 30 min away just didn’t make me realize how good i had it growing up.

I am going to die in an explosion of fabric and ribbon before saturday and sunday. I hope someone out there (preferably erin when you see the ribbon streaming by your window) will come to make sure they find my body (then grab what you want) I can’t wait to meet some of you saturday and i hope if you live in chicago or close to chicago you will come to wicker park and say hello this weekend. 

Posted by Jennifer on 09/14 at 10:34 AM ♥ Comments (3)