Stop Sign Update

So I am going to my parents house the other day in Oak Lawn. I'm not sure if y'all heard of this yet but I very nearly stopped in my tracks (no pun intended - well, maybe a little) when I saw these . At various intersections with stop signs they have these creative "added features". So, as an alternative to the "church sign update" (thanks Eric - keep them coming!), I thought that I would offer an Oak Lawn stop sign update. Here are the first 5, with the first one on the left being our buddy Dave Heilman, who is the mayor (and the Executive Producer of the Oak Lawn Theatre where my dad and I film all of their musicals). There are many more and I will post them as I see them (and capture them on camera - these five are on the village website).

I think that these are hilarious. Let me know what you think.

Still here...

BOOYA! Still here. No the Cubs exit didn't put me in a funk! Rather our yearly Fallapalooza show did. I will have some stuff to post soon from that show. It was awesome! Took up some time and headspace in my life the last couple weeks but I think it turned out real good. Meanwhile, Bill has videos from all the bands on both dates on the multisite arts blog. It is one of the links on the right. Go there and check it out.

Be back soon...

Bad players/Good Players

Season's over. Game, set, match. Pathetic. If I was there, I would have been booing right along with them. That is all I have to say about that.

On a cool note, I got to play at CCC this morning and yesterday, the Hendrix version of "Star Spangled Banner" that he did at Woodstock. It was fun to say the least. I had never considered Hendrix one of my favorite guitar heroes but this was cool to play. There aren't alot of 60's guitar players that I was ever into, except for Jeff Beck. Now he was a very cool and interesting player. I know to many of you it would sound surprising that players like Page, Clapton, etc. didn't resonate with me but, nonetheless, that is the deal. Jimi was actually fun sometimes to listen to. He really was ahead of his time. If you watch him play "Star Spangled Banner" from Woodstock (it's on You Tube like everything else in the world) notice how he constantly has to tune his strings while he plays the song. Fact is that guitars back then couldn't handle the whammy bar like they would later in the 80's. Amazing how he was able to cope with that! Even saying that, it still causes havoc on the strings of my 80's guitar. I had to pray many times that the strings would hold up and not break. They stay in tune but there is some wear and tear.

Soon we will be getting on with some home improvements. There are always amusing anecdotes when stuf like that goes on! I'll let you know about them when I get going towards the end of this month.

Meanwhile, now that baseball has ended with a rather embarrasing thud, there is always football. Oh wait, that means the 1-3 Bears, forget it. Ok, so there are the Hawks...oh wait, they stink. There are the Bulls...we will just see about that!

Peace, man.

Mets are out/Padres are out - awwwww

So yesterday morning I catch the beginning of Regis and Kelly Live and Regis talks about his Mets collapse. Then he shows some newspaper pictures of really sad fans - including a heartbroken kid in tears. I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no sympathy. In fact, I can say it was a rather joyous moment in sports. These are the same Mets that have had a history of killing other teams in the past (can we say '69 Cubs?). Sorry Mets fans, but payback is a b#@&! Deal with it.

Then the Padres collapse both in Milwaukee (one strike away from a wild card berth) and last night in Colorado in the bottom of the 13th. Hey, I do remember 1984 and Steve Garvey and Padres fans taunting"40 more years". Sorry Padres fans, but payback is a b#@&! Deal with it.

No matter what the Cubbies do this postseason, those other things were fun to watch.