good weekend.

it was a weekend chock-full of rehearsals for the next show i'm doing...it's called "roustabout: the great circus trainwreck" and it will be up and running later this month at the neo-futurarium. yippee!

after my rehearsal, i popped in to visit dean who was holding auditons for the show he'll be directing this fall (you can read about it in the above link). i got to witness, among other things, my first "reverse transvestite striptease." as much as i want to reveal more to you, i cannot...you might just have to wait for the show.

later that evening, some friends and i attended a lovely dance/performance piece (pictured above) that my friend kasey created. nice work, my dear!

and speaking of good work...this past saturday, our friends amy and jim had a baby. well, i'll give amy most of the credit for doing the actual having as she did the having naturally. wowser. if you so desire, you can find out more about their new arrival by visiting amy's blog. a big, warm congratulations to the beck family!

ahhhh...

sweet mama! i have just felt something that i've not felt in more than a week. a sweet, sweet cool breeze! rejoice! there is rain pouring from the sky, shattering this mass of heat that's been hanging in the air since i don't know how long. my tomatos will be pleased.

pitchfork 06

so this past weekend, we braved the blistering heat to attend both days of the pitchfork music festival at union park in our fair city of chicago. we listened to a lot of great music, ate surprisingly good festival food, and spent a lot of time drinking water in order to not pass out. i have included some digipic-highlights below...enjoy!





b contemplates the many, many bands appearing at the festival and wonders which one might tickle his fancy...as he wears a tiny sombrero.










nora and i attempt to keep cool as the heat index heads into the triple digits...









one of the most engaging performances of day one was given by art brut. they were awesome, swaggering and sweaty...










later that evening, the silver jews worked their magic on the crowd of adoring fans...







day two was not nearly as toasty and it was kept buoyant by a too-short set by jens lekman. fun times. aesop rock and mr. lif also presented us with some very fresh rhymes and beats. i have no pic of that...i was too busy throwing my hands up in the air like i just didn't care.








as the sun went down, everything seemed to get a lot better...we had a real nice time.