Category: Mexican food
‘A lot of s****y grudges were buried’ – Jason Novak (Cold Waves founder/musician) (Episode 58)
The industrial music-heavy festival Cold Waves was started four years ago by Jason Novak (Acumen Nation, Czar, Acucrack, Cocksure) as a way for the community to rally after respected colleague Jamie Duffy took his life in June, 2012. Cold Waves…
Planning the death metal version of ‘Thriller’ over tacos: Broken Hope’s Jeremy Wagner (Episode 50)
“Please tell me there’s a napkin in that bag.” “This is going to be a good week to get the interiors washed” Death metal comes to Car Con Carne, as Broken Hope founder/guitarist/lyricist Jeremy Wagner jumps in the front seat…
Toronzo Cannon brings the blues to the backseat (Episode 47)
Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon jumps in the backseat just as his Alligator Records debut, “The Chicago Way” is about to drop. He brings his resonator guitar along to play stunning acoustic versions of “Walk It Off,” “Pain Around Me” and…
‘Dripping glistening grease’ with 88 Fingers Louie’s Denis Buckley (Episode 43)
For this episode, James is joined by 88 Fingers Louie’s lead singer Denis Buckley. They meet up at Taqueria El Tapatio on the west side of Chicago, which leads to discussions like: “There is grease just rolling down my hand,”…
Comedian Paul Farahvar eats burritos, discovers flight attendant party (Episode 42)
“What goes on here? This is like a boarding school.” This week’s episode finds James and comedian Paul Faravhar sitting a few doors down from Allende, a dive-y burrito place in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. As they sit and talk about…
Taco night with ‘Beardo’ creator Dan Dougherty (Episode 40)
One of my favorite comic strips is “Beardo,” the daily cartoon mirror of creator Dan Dougherty’s life. I started up a bromance with Dan months ago at the C2E2 comic book convention, and the culmination of it finds him sitting…
