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Bob Schaefer

@bobszilla.bsky.social

A hot cuppa tea on a cold winter's day. Chicagoan, architect, listener, reader, traveler, time waster

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Bob Schaefer@bobszilla.bsky.social · 18h ago

Welp, I'm grateful for the White Sox unexpectedly playing baseball until October 10. That was not a championship level baseball team. But it was entertaining and distracting in the best ways. And they are not going to surprise anyone next season (if there is a next season).

Bob Schaefer@bobszilla.bsky.social · last wk.

The Dream Syndicate “John Coltrane Stereo Blues,” a highlight of every TDS show I’ve seen over the last 42 years (this was the fifth). That Steve Wynn - Jason Victor guitar interplay…wow.

The Dream Syndicate play “John Coltrane Stereo Blues” onstage at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. Left to right: Jason Victor, Dennis Duck, Steve Wynn, Mark Walton
Bob Schaefer@bobszilla.bsky.social · last wk.

My north side arts tour continues to Old Town School to see The Dream Syndicate play the ‘Medicine Show’ album and other hits. I’m guessing I’m not the only older dude here who heard these songs in July 1984 at the Aragon when TDS opened for R. E. M.

Bob Schaefer@bobszilla.bsky.social · last wk.

At lunchtime today I took an after-the-rain walk through Bemis Woods with Salt Creek running high and fast, and pop-up marshes among the trees. There are hints of fall color, but two days of rain had most everything lush and green.

Looking west from a bridge crossing a very full Salt Creek in Bemis Woods in Western Springs, Illinois.Water ponding amongst the trees in Bemis Woods in Western Springs, Illinois.A muddy path dappled in sunlight winds through the trees of Bemis Woods in Western Springs, Illinois.Trees and undergrowth in sunlight at Bemis Woods in Western Springs, Illinois.
Bob Schaefer@bobszilla.bsky.social · 4w ago

It’s just like 2006 again: Me at the Empty Bottle on a school night to see a three-artist bill that starts at 9pm. But it’s Carla dal Forno headlining so I’ll sleep when I’m dead.

The chalkboard outside of the Empty Bottle advertising a show headlined by Carla dal Forno and support from Zelienople and Erik Kramer.