• Friends,  Music,  Too Funny To Ignore

    Reestablishing Chicago As The House Music Capital of the World

    I had a conversation on Facebook yesterday that made me positively giddy. I was in a back-and-forth with my friend who you might remember: Jane the Phoole from the Bristol Renaissance (Ren-AY-sance) Faire. One of the things I adore about “Jane” is that she may spend her summer days dressed up in 16th century chic, but she spends her nights listening to House music, which is SO NOT 16th century. The juxtaposition of Jane’s (whose real name is Ann) Facebook statuses cracks me up on a regular basis, because how funny is it to see that one day during Ren Faire season she’s posting something like this: “Join Jane the…

  • Jew Stuff,  Music

    Happy 5771!

    I wanted to take a second to wish my Jewish readers a great big L’shanah Tovah Tikatevu: may you be inscribed for a good year! (For my 2008 informational post about Rosh Hashanah, click here.) We’re off to services at our temple in a bit, but don’t think I’m taking off without leaving you some entertainment! I’m over at The Music Mamas today, recapping some of the crazy stuff that’s happened over the years at the MTV Video Music Awards. Click here to check it out! ©2010 Suburban Scrawl

  • Music

    Chris Blake Has NOT Been To Germany.

    Chris Blake is a alternative pop/rock singer and songwriter, based in Los Angeles. He is a friend of The Music Mamas (dare I say “the adopted son”? Maybe brother. Whatev.), and his new EP just dropped. Before I tell you about all the fun and games associated with that, I wanted to share a conversation that Chris and I had when we sat down together the other day, over coffee and croissants*. I told Chris that I’m in the middle of a posting blitz about my trip to Germany, and thought it would be nice to put a little bit of German content in this post, you know, so it…

  • Music,  Travels

    Bursting At The Seams, I Had To Put One Elsewhere.

    Because I have a very intimidating number of posts in the hopper, so to speak, I figured that putting my post about music in Germany over at The Music Mamas would be prudent. I included some great links you should definitely click on, and a short playlist (thanks for the assist, Ri!) as well. Click here to check it out…and then stop back in here later this evening for more German-themed fun! ©2010 Suburban Scrawl