Category: Episodes
Ultravox, Band Aid, Live Aid, Visage: Music legend Midge Ure (Episode 750)
Midge Ure’s career is a life of music that’s played out in front of us: Live Aid. Band Aid. Ultravox. Visage. Rich Kids. Solo. Before he took the stage of the Des Plaines Theater, the songwriting legend joined me for…
Mark Rose (Spitalfield, Downwrite) eats poutine at Beard & Belly (Episode 749)
This episode is fantastic, featuring two guests that span music, technology and food. Mark Rose made a name for himself in Spitalfield, before launching a successful solo career. We talk about his music, but focus on his Downwrite platform, which…
Chicago entrepreneur success story: Soothsayer Hot Sauce (Episode 748)
It was a pleasure to have Kyle Janis, founder of Soothsayer Hot Sauce, back on Car Con Carne. We met at Village Tap in Roscoe Village (2055 W. Roscoe) to eat cheese curds and mini corn dogs slathered in Soothsayer….
Take the Reins performs/eats tacos on ‘I’m At Your Door’ release day (Episode 747)
Take the Reins returns to Car Con Carne the day of their new release, “I’m At Your Door!” The band talks about how they ended up on a new label (it involved a late night and YouTube), their hands-on experience…
Unlocking creativity and opening Sketchbook beer with Steve Dawson (Episode 746)
Chicago songwriting treasure Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden, Funeral Bonsai Wedding) is performing highlights from his superior “At the Bottom of a Canyon in the Branches of a Tree” at Pravda Fest this weekend. He joined me at Sketchbook in Skokie…
Josh Caterer/Hushdrops share an episode (Episode 745)
As we head toward PravdaFest weekend, Josh Caterer (Josh Caterer Trio) and John San Juan (Hushdrops, Josh Caterer Trio) join me at Sketchbook in Skokie after hours to talk about music, beer and pop culture. And what’s this they’re saying…
Apocalypse Hoboken: Don’t call it a reunion (Episode 744)
Chicago punk favorites Apocalypse Hoboken return to the stage for two shows at Chop Shop this weekend (details below). Before those shows, ⅗ of the band (Tod, Andy and Scott) joined me at mutual favorite restaurant Epic Deli to talk…
Summer grilling tips from Happy to Meat You’s Scott Fischer (Episode 743)
As I type this, the weather has completely turned around in Chicago and it’s essentially PERFECT SUMMER WEATHER OUT. Which means it’s the time to get that grill firing on all coals. Odds are with it, there are things you…
Boom Hank revisits past while planning for the future (Episode 742)
Boom Hank released one of the 90s best “sleeper” albums, “Nuisance,” on Pravda back in 1995. With only days away from Boom Hank kicking off Pravda Fest at Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie (4901 Main St.), I sat down with…
From ‘Inglorious Basterds’ to darkwave auteur: Omar Doom (Episode 741)
He’s Private First Class Omar Ulmer from Inglorious Basterds… and as an actor, you probably know OMAR DOOM from that movie, Death Proof and Grindhouse. Omar started out as a musician, and music is what brings him here… his new…
