Zapruder Point

As both of my regular blog readers already know, the Chicago Public Library has organized a contest looking for the best “Chicago song” written and performed by a local artist. I’ve entered a song called “Steps from the Lake,” and if you have a moment, I’d appreciate your voting for it at the contest site [...]

We sure had fun making this sucker. The voting will start in a few days, and I’ll be bugging everyone about it liberally. Until then, here’s a look-see at the ZP submission for the Chicago Public Library’s “Sound Off” contest… Zapruder Point: “Steps from the Lake” from Zapruder Point on Vimeo. On the technical aside [...]

So two or three weeks ago, I read in Gaper’s Block about a song contest the Chicago Public Library was putting on. Write a song about Chicago, post a video of it, and you could win maybe some money (I forget), and a chance to play a concert outdoors downtown. I had the song in [...]

My Cole’s debut, and first gig in nearly a year, went exceedingly well. As one might expect for a Tuesday, it wasn’t exactly a packed house. But me and Eric and Denise had a decent, intimate vibe going on in the back of the place. It was odd, actually, how much more like a coffee [...]

So I’ll be playing at Cole’s Bar Tuesday, and I’ve been pulsing nervous and calm, off-and-on, for the last couple weeks thinking about it, preparing for it. On the one hand, this is far from my first barbecue. On the other, it’s going to be my first public performance in almost a year. I keep [...]