Cheryl Trykv, keeping it real
Cheryl Trykv—the smart, witty, and very lithe monologuist—will be killing them softly on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings this month at the Chicago piano bar named Davenport’s. This should be good–I caught Trykv at the Big Goddess Pow Wow last February and she was in top form. June 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 23rd, and 24th. 8PM. 1383 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. More info here. We shot the photo above specifically for this run at Davenport’s.
Chicago cornetist Josh Berman‘s got a new record out on Delmark, and he’s playing two record release shows: one tonight at the Hideout, and another this Sunday, June 7th at the Hungry Brain. I photographed Berman in front of and inside the venerable Old Town Ale House for today’s Reader.
The Coast of Chicago author and MacArthur Fellow Stuart Dybek will be reading at the University of Chicago tomorrow, May 19th, and Wednesday, May 20th (5PM both days; Tuesday at Swift Hall and Wednesday at Classics 110). More info on the readings here. Below is a portrait of Dybek I made in 2007 for the Chicago Reader.
Stuart Dybek.
Shelley Short is scheduled to perform at the Hideout this Thursday (April 30th) sharing the bill with Tim Easton and Alexis Gideon. I shot this portrait of Shelley in 2006, for the Chicago Reader.
Legendary Chicago tenor-sax player Fred Anderson turns 80 later this month, and to celebrate, there will be a festival of concerts starting this Sunday, March 15th, at Fred’s own Velvet Lounge (there’ll be a show at The Hideout as well). More details, including artist lineup and dates, at Umbrella Music.
Fred Anderson photographed for Thrill Jockey by Jim Newberry
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After being coaxed from his shell, the inimitable impresario Tim Tuten gives a highly energetic and tongue-in-cheek tour of the fantastic cardboard metropolis called The Exquisite City. I shot this video at the original opening of the exhibit at the Viaduct Theater last November. A few weeks ago the show moved to the Chicago Tourism Center, where it remains until March 15th. The show was curated by Kathleen Judge and features work by a bunch of talented artists. Check out the Exquisite City site for more info.
MMJ takes the stage at the Chicago Theatre tomorrow and Sunday night. Here are two pictures I shot of the band–both for Magnet–the top in 2001 and the other in ’07.
My Morning Jacket, 2001. Photo: Jim Newberry
My Morning Jacket in 2007. Photo: Jim Newberry
“Monks–The Transatlantic Feedback,” will be showing at the Gene Siskel Film Center from Friday until Tuesday (12/26 to 12/30). Thirty years before alternative became a retarded marketing buzzword; decades before mopey indie rock became the anthem of Jetta commercials; years ahead of the Ramones and the Sex Pistols and Sonic Youth; there was the Monks: a gang of American GIs who shaved their heads like monks and devised their own abrasive, rhythmic, anti-pop sound, making ingenious use of banjo, electric organ, and unhinged vocals with lyrics like:
Well I hate you baby with a passion, yeah, you know I do
(But call me!)
Oh, you know my hate’s everlasting baby yeah, yeah, yeah
(But call me!)
Here’s a picture of front-Monk Gary Burger performing with the Goblins (yes, that masked longhair is none other than The Phantom Creeper) in 2006.
Gary Burger of the Monks performing with the Goblins (The Phantom Creeper in background)
Update: Do you know what GI stands for–as in GI Joe? Galvanized iron, according to many Internet sources. Anyone out there have a real source for that?
You’d be a fool to miss Chris Ligon and Heather McAdam’s Country Calendar show at Fitzgerald’s tonight. Here are some pics from the 2006 CCS.
Country Calendar Show 2006 at Fitzgerald's. Photo: Jim Newberry
Your hosts Chris Ligon and Heather McAdams bring you the 2009 country Calendar Show. The Lineup includes: Jon Langford, Robbie and Donna Fulks, The Polkaholics, Nora O’Connor, The Long Gone Lonesome Boys, The Western Elstons, Jane Baxter Miller and Kent Kessler, Devil In A Woodpile, Vernon Tonges and Stacey Earley, The Joel Paterson Trio, The Lawrence Peters Outfit, and Patty Elvis.
Also 16mm Films of Country Music Legends projected on the big screen!
OK, this is the last PKN post for a while, I promise. Here’s a picture I took as I was giving my three dimensional photographic show and tell, and below that, a shot of Derek Erdman presenting his hilarious, poignant, and slightly deranged tale involving transpacific travel, a tattoo that is now sadly obsolete, bare breasts, and love that goes from unrequited to requited and back again.
Pecha Kucha Night 7 in Chicago. Photo: Jim Newberry
Derek Erdman presenting at Pecha Kucha 7 in Chicago. Photo: Jim Newberry
A reminder that Martyrs’ is hosting Pecha Kucha Night tonight, and I’ll be showing 3D slides. Here’s another stereo picture–you’ll need red/cyan anaglyph glasses to get the 3D effect.
Movie XXX incense underwear. Stereo photo by Jim Newberry
Former Sunny Day Real Estate frontman and Emo-pioneer Jeremy Enigk will be taking the stage at the Bottom Lounge this Wednesday, December 3rd. Here are photographs I shot of Enigk in 2006, for Magnet magazine.
Jeremy Enigk, 2006. Photos: Jim Newberry
Diane Izzo. Photo: Jim Newberry
My friends Diane and Marco have had some really bad breaks, and they could use a little help. Please come to the SAIC ballroom this Sunday; for $20 you’ll be contributing to a worthy cause and getting the chance to hear some fantastic music (check out the stellar lineup below). Here’s more info from the benefit organizers:
Diane Izzo is a singer/songwriter with roots and many, many friends in Chicago. Her debut CD, the Brad Wood-produced ONE, was released here to much acclaim at the tail end of the 90s “Chicago scene.” She continued to write and perform her contemplative, evocative music here until she and her partner Marco decided to leave the big city behind and settle in sunswept Taos, NM, where they caretake a ranch sttlement that once housed Aldous Huxley and shipped paintings for Georgia O’Keefe.
Last year, a congenital condition caused Marco’s kidneys to fail and he had a transplant. Two months ago, en route to his dialysis appointment, Diane suffered a grand mal seizure while driving their van. An MRI revealed a mass on her left frontal lobe.
Diane had that tumor removed yesterday. She is recovering well and they await biopsy results. In the meantime, Diane and Marco, like so many Americans, have no health insurance and would face sure financial catastrophe if not for help from their friends.
On Sunday, November 9 please join Robbie Fulks, Califone, the Waco Brothers w Sally Timms, Vernon Tonges and Beau O’Reilly and the Crooked Mouth String Band at the School of the Art Institute Ballroom for a benefit for Diane Izzo.
$20 buys you an evening of excellent muscianship and celebration.
Show at 7. SAIC ballroom is located at 112 S Michigan in Chicago.Go to www.dianeizzo.com for more info and to buy tickets online through The Hideout/Ticketweb, and use the PAYPAL link to donate funds directly to Diane and Marco.
Produced by the Curious Theater Branch.
Also, be sure to check out Diane’s music here. I don’t know why she isn’t better known; she’s a brilliant songwriter with a gorgeously haunting voice.
A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a taping of the long-running and always fabulous public access TV show Chicagogo. As usual, the guests were top-notch, including entertainment industry greats Monotonix and Neil Hamburger. As I’m a big fan of both of those acts I was already pretty excited, but the thrills didn’t stop there; I had been enlisted by Internet revenge-rapper Rap Master Maurice to assume the identity of my freshly-minted alter ego DJ Oh Jeez. In the top Youtube vid below you can see me spinning the wheels of steel on RMM’s right, with Judas on cue cards standing to the hip-hopper’s left.
Below, from top to bottom: panoramic still of the taping, and performances from Rap Master Maurice, Monotonix, and Neil Hamburger respectively.
photo: Jim Newberry
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Speaking of Portland artists who used to live in Chicago, paintings by the enchanting Shannon Playford will be on exhibit at Portland Art Open 2008 this Friday through Sunday. Opening reception this Friday, September 26th at 6PM, at Playford’s home and studio: 4711 NE 26th Avenue.
"The Remainder," 2008, oil on panel, 12"x44" (detail) by Shannon Playford, from the series, "Tall Tales"
Drag City presents “Chances Are the Comets in Our Future: A Visual Introduction to Drag City” at Gallery 400 through October 4th. I haven’t been over there yet, but I’m pretty sure I’m representin’, along with some greats:
On display will be covers, artworks and more from groups such as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, The Red Krayola, Royal Trux, Gastr del Sol, Neil Hamburger, Pavement, Weird War and USA; with designs by Art and Language, David Berman, Barbara Bloom, Gene Booth, Bill Callahan, Brian Calvin, Neil Michael Haggerty, Stephen Prina, Albert Oehlen, Savage Pencil, Roman Signer, Mick Turner, Christopher Williams and more.
Carl Hammer Gallery will be exhibiting work by legendary stamp artist Michael Hernandez De Luna; artist’s reception and book release this Friday, September 5th, from 5:30-8:00 PM. Here’s a portrait of Michael with another illustrious Chicago artist who makes lickable art:
Michael Hernandez De Luna and Cynthia Plastercaster. Photo: Jim Newberry
For you Seattleites, be sure not to miss “My Mother’s Troubles With Drugs: Paintings by Derek Erdman” at The Anne Bonny. The artist (and my future stepson) Derek Erdman will be at the opening closing reception, which is this Friday, September 5th Thursday, October 2nd, from 4-8 PM. (and/or he’ll be at closing reception–I’ll get back to you on that…)
Painting by Derek Erdman
Oh shit, I just now noticed that former Chicagoan David Vandervelde is playing at Schuba’s tonight. Actually if you head over there now, you should be able to catch him. And hopefully you won’t miss the manly and talented Danny Black.
Here’s a portrait of Vandervelde I shot in 2006 for Magnet magazine.
Photo: Jim Newberry
Photo: Jim Newberry
No, you idiot, that wasn’t Bonnie Prince Billy at the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago yesterday. As far as I know Mr. Billy has yet to receive his cosmetology license, and I’m sure he would charge a lot more than $2 to introduce the business end of his scissors to the sweaty heads of Sebadoh fans.
I don’t know who that maniacal barber is, but he sure was fun to watch.
UPDATE: Thanks to eagle-eyed, highly informed readers (see comments), I now know that the barber in question is Tim Harrington, singer of Les Savvy Fav, who apparently also was generously administering massages at the festival. Major dude!
Post-screening dancing at Medicine Park’s presentation of Usama and Kristie Alshaibi music videos last Saturday night. (Photo by Jim Newberry)
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