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pitchfork barber 0378 225x300 $2 haircuts at Pitchfork 2008

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!

newberry 080426 0677 Dancing at Medicine Park

Post-screening dancing at Medicine Park’s presentation of Usama and Kristie Alshaibi music videos last Saturday night. (Photo by  Jim Newberry)

I have some touristy photographs from a trip I took last month to Los Angeles. For my fellow Chicagoans, enjoy the weather porn!

venicebeachnightpano Snapshots of Venice, California

360 degree view of the Venice Beach boardwalk. Hey, in the light gray sweatshirt–is that Chicago-expat-current-Venice-resident Hayley Murphy? Hard to tell from this far away…

piano venice beach 600px 1084 Snapshots of Venice, California

By rope, this badass drags his baby grand piano to the boardwalk every day.

venice canal60px 3508 Snapshots of Venice, California

I hadn’t been to the Venice Canals before; a very lovely site for a nocturnal stroll. For you “hate America first” folks, just try finding something like this in a foreign country. Why don’t you try the “Old Europe?” I didn’t think so. (Photos by Jim Newberry)