I wasn’t able to prepare last Friday’s serving of Slumgullion because I attended a soft opening for family and friends at the Rose Mary rest...

Mr. Wood’s Rolling Stones portrait is available for sale on his website. Congratulations to musician/artist Ronnie Wood on being honored wit...

It’s been a while since I first heard about the plan to create an Illinois Rock And Roll Museum honoring the wealth of talent that’s emerged...

Cheers, Mr. Clarke. Welcome Back Hard to believe I only just noticed that my nephew Joe Flamm was born on the same day as Allan Clarke, a fo...

As noted in a recent post on The Second Disc website, several recording artists have come together for an Adam Schlesinger tribute album. Th...

The Chicago Reader’s annual Best Of Chicago issue came out last Friday, and as with past editions, this one will be stored in my archive of...

Congratulations to director Mary Wharton on winning the Audience Award at this year ’s  annual SXSW Festival for her Tom Petty, Somewhere Y...