With the sun still up Saturday, I made it to Frankfort Avenue, full of fast-food hamburgers and untapped energy. The grease of a Rally’s double cheeseburger can keep a person going for at least a week, and I planned on burning up a week’s worth of energy in a single night.
The Peak Summit Groove and [...]
Between traffic jams, tornado warnings and waterlogged tents, we finally made it and are settled — somewhat. More to come tomorrow as we finally catch some acts and, hopefully, see the sun. But as bad as our night was, it wasn’t as bad as this guy’s. He ran out of gas and had to push [...]
As a kid, I always hated writing those “What did you do on summer vacation?” essays. I absolutely hated it. If asked to put it on a chart of my vileness, I’d have put it somewhere between nuclear war and impossible-to-open ketchup packets. I hated those reckless writing assignments that much.
What to jot on my [...]
March 23, 2009 – 11:18 am
I’m re-posting LEO Weekly Executive Editor Stephen George’s column from our March 11 edition regarding the demise of Plugged In. Here is the column. If you have questions, e-mail leo@leoweekly.com.
“I’m writing to announce the last of what have been some dramatic changes to LEO Weekly.
In the coming weeks you’ll notice a few more tweaks [...]
January 19, 2009 – 1:02 pm
From the band:
“We are all sitting here wishing we could photograph ourselves to put with the blog in order to document this moment in our lives as we post the final 4 (four) songs from the project that collectively was known as “A Wake in the Streets.” There, done, finito. Is that how you spell [...]
December 30, 2008 – 3:30 pm
John Baxter, who left, then returned from Nashville, recorded four new songs you can hear here.
December 19, 2008 – 10:27 am
The LEO Music ’Cast will be taking a hiatus for the holidays for the next two weeks. Remember, you can always download past ’casts from iTunes for free, or listen at leoweekly.com, myspace.com/leoweekly or on our Facebook page.
We’ll see you in 2009!
November 19, 2008 – 10:37 am
Saturday, Nov. 22
Workers
D.W. Box (solo)
Skull Alley
1017 E. Broadway
November 18, 2008 – 2:27 pm
comes out tomorrow. More info at earx-tacy.com.
November 13, 2008 – 12:16 pm
Anti, the label that brings you Franti, Neko, Mould and Whitmore, has posted its Fall 2008 label sampler for free download here. ROIR has posted a punk favorites comp titled “So Indie It Hurts.” The set includes “Big Takeover” by Bad Brains, as well as songs from Johnny Thunders, The Dickies, Dub Trio and more.
