My busy schedule prevented me from seeing two fantastic double bassists play concerts last week. Edgar Meyer played at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston, Illinois with the fabulous mandolinist Chris Thile. Seeing Edgar perform is always a treat. I remember...
Does sprawl really make people fat? A drive around the Chicago suburbs would certainly lead to this conclusion. It is always jarring to spend some time in downtown Chicago observing people and to then hop in the car and drive out to Naperville, Schaumburg, or some...
This video combines three of my favorite things–monkeys, cats, and chickens. Watch as the monkey keeps the chicken from messing with the kitten. Cute, funny, and sweet. The soundtrack is a nice song titled “J’Taime”, and it was performed by...
I had somebody recently point out that they couldn’t get Contrabass Conversations to load in Internet Explorer. I got on the computer and realized to my horror that they were right. It also wouldn’t work in Safari. I got into the code and realized what...
I am really into podcasting, both as a listener and as a creator. I subscribe to at least 50 different podcasts covering a ton of different subjects, and I figured that it would be fun to share a random sampling of the podcasts that I have found interesting. Every...
