Category: Episodes
Riot Fest 2022: Sincere Engineer (Episode 769)
Deanna of Sincere Engineer talks to Car Con Carne after playing an emotional set in front of a hometown crowd. Car Con Carne’s featured sponsor is SopelSolar.com. Now is the time to go solar! Introducing Transparent Solar. With zero money…
Destination: 1990s Chicago. Exploring ‘Ninety Days in the 90s’ with author Andy Frye (Episode 768)
Chicago-based writer and author of “Ninety Days in the 90s,” Andy Frye is the guest on this episode. We talk at length about the inspiration behind his first fiction book: The Chicago music scene of the 1990s. We get into…
Live performance/interview: TAR at Smashed Plastic (Episode 767)
John Mohr of the legendary Chicago indie band TAR jumps in the car for a special episode recorded on the loading dock of Smashed Plastic. After our chat, he grabbed his guitar and was joined by guitarist John Symanski for…
How I spent my holiday weekend: Lollygagger and Bizarro & Son outside Liar’s Club (Episode 766)
Chicago band Lollygagger (Matt, Michael & Kinsey) and Chris from family-run kitchen Bizarro & Son joined me the night before Labor Day for a fun (and funny) chat about food and music (the Car Con Carne cornerstones). We talked about…
The most ‘Chicago’ wine event ever: WINE RIVAL (Episode 765)
WINE RIVAL (formerly Somm Madness) returns to Chicago on Thursday 9/22. Happening at Venue West (221 N. Paulina St.), the event brings together the nation’s sommelier community and wine aficionados for a blind tasting tournament. WINE RIVAL creator Adam Sweders…
Model Stranger eats Wolcott Tap wings (Episode 764)
Model Stranger joins me for food from Wolcott Tap (1834 W. Montrose). Wolcott Tap Owner/Founder Turan Yon sat shotgun as we ate jerk wings and mac and cheese squares while talking music. Food and music are Car Con Carne’s core…
Moon Kissed previews next month’s Riot Fest performance (Episode 763)
Moon Kissed is a New York band that makes smart synth pop with attitude and swagger… and has something to say, too! See Moon Kissed when they come back to Chicago for Riot Fest on Sunday September 18. Moon Kissed…
The Studio brings nightly live music to Lockport (Episode 762)
For this episode, I visited The Studio in Lockport (900 South State Street) to interview owner Laura Felker (also of The Simple Remedy) and Eddie Ryan of The Simple Remedy (also a big supporter in The Studio’s evolution). While eating…
Last days of guitar paradise Songbirds Museum told in new documentary (Episode 761)
Songbirds, a museum that housed the most rare and wonderful examples of the guitar, opened a few years ago, only to be brought to a swift end by COVID. Documentary filmmaker Dagan W. Beckett chronicles the sad end of the…
The ‘friendliest, sexiest, and gayest band in Chicago’: Bev Rage and the Drinks (Episode 760)
Meet Bev Rage and the Drinks: Their second album, “Exes and Hexes,” comes out Saturday and they’ll be celebrating with an album release show on that same day at Schubas! Now is the time to go solar! Introducing Transparent Solar….
