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Went to see Tortoise play about a month ago.

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I love this photo. I love it so much that I’m reposting it without permission. I know that’s really not so cool, but you know what? It’s just that great a photo.

Manwomanchild

p.s. Dustin, contact me if you want it down.
p.p.s.: Can I use it for album cover art? (If the answer is yes, say nothing.)

“Cars – Tulsa, OK 2005″ by Dustin Aksland

Note: I think there’s a gallery in Brooklyn where you can buy a huge C-print of it.

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Monotonix Rocked.

Hi All,

This past month has been crazy. We’ve been doing our best to hit all the bars, coffee shops,  and art shows we could — we’re making up for lost time: getting to know a city that this time last year we had never once even been to. Last night we went to the opening of the Heartland Exhibition at the Smart Museum which was truly fantastic. Go to the official site here or see a write-up in the Huffington Post. So what was there? Let’s see: there was a great, great piece by Deb Sokolow. Check out her work here. This piece was sort of a sprawling, graphical, choose-your-own-adventure style mural made up of hundreds of bits of drawings and narrative text interlinked by arrows, dotted lines. Construction was partly on paper and partly stenciled directly onto the walls of the museum itself; a great delivery mechanism for the captivating and paranoid storyline. Speaking of narrative, it was also amazing to finally see some of Kerry James Marshall’s RYTHM MSTR work.  We had read about this originally on the PBS ART:21 website a while back, but couldn’t find a way to get our hands on any of it. The work was beautiful, brilliant, a completely unique vision. What else? There was an amazing dual-channel movie called Rites of Passage by Judika Rudelius (seemingly about young politicians coming of age), a feature length music video and documentary by Ssion. A giant boat with wings. Over all, an awesome show. Completely worth checking out if you are in the Chicago area.

OK. So music shows. What did we see? Well, we went to see Jon Langford at the Empty Bottle; also Psychedelic Furs and the Happy Mondays. Both shows were amazing. We were Psychedelic Furs fans before but we came out of that show having a now newfound respect for them. Their set was extremely tight and totally engaging, but moreover it really seemed like they loved being there, playing these songs that are now, what, like almost 30 years old? And Jon Langford…well, exactly what the doctor ordered really. We’re huge Mekons fans so it was great to see the man engaging in the sort of twangy bar music that makes that band so epic and mundane at the same time. He also played a Go-Betweens cover which really put the show over the top. What else? Well, tonight we’re going to see Monotonix at the Logan Square Auditorium. If rumors are to be believed, that show should be nothing short of legendary.

Okay, that’s it.

More soon, 
manwomanchild

By tonight manwomanchild will be in Chicago. We spent yesterday crossing Pennsylvania (we put down in Hubbard, OH for the night) and today we will be crossing Ohio. More info later…and photos.

Hi Everyone,

It occurs to us that we never actually got the chance to upload our photos of Pilsen (in Chicago). We visited Pilsen last March and of all the neighborhoods we saw on that trip it definitely stood out as one of the most vibrant and photogenic. We can’t wait to go back when we move to Chicago later this summer.

Okay, so that’s it. Without further ado we give you: Pilsen.

If you have not already done so, you should definitely become a fan of Manwomanchild on Facebook. You’ll get news updates,  photos, as well as exclusive songs released nowhere else. Also, once we get 100 fans, we can register for the facebook.com page URL of our choice. Yay!

In fact, you know what? I’m going to make this extra easy. Here you go: