Jonathan Richman played mini-golf with Gram Parsons a few days before Parsons died.

I need another amp like I need a hole in the head, but a YBA-2B combo is after popping up for $300. Man those are great amps! FM yard barf owns both versions (EL84 combo and 6V6 head) and I've been using the combo lately for practice at his place. We are not an extremely loud band but it's still cr...

Hey all, IBW is looking for another band to jump on a gig there on Saturday, May 10 with this band -



Let me know if you want to do it and I'll put you in touch.

Been on a mustard greens kick Have you tried pickling them? If I grow them this summer I will! I get the little foil packs of suan cai for making dan dan noodles and I add them to fried rice as well. I ended up pickling a lot of extra stuff from the garden last year. The best things were kimchi fro...

Been on a mustard greens kick and I have been eating this salad like every day - 4-5 pieces of curly mustard greens depending on size green cabbage sliced thin as you can, just half a cup half an apple, any kind but Red Delicious juice of 1 lemon half a can of anchovies olive oil (the oil from the a...

Emmons GS-10

Early notice: Saturday, Dec 14 Illuminated Brew Works Begin By Gathering Supplies OUT Regal Machines Brian Pennington w/ Neal Markowski Bump for tonight!! Music at 8 sharp! There’s stuff going on all day at the brewery so come early if you’re bored! Also: IBW is releasing their Czech dark lager nam...

There's a guy in Twickenham doing terrible things to harmless old acoustics and then putting them up for sale on Gumtree (kinda Craigslist). https://imagedelivery.net/ePR8PyKf84wPHx7_RYmEag/d9aa8203-43a3-4c33-4089-320fe9ddd800/86 Stunning. I hope he does one with scalloped frets and a Floyd Rose so...

Found two old 60s tube PAs in the same week for not much money. One is a head from a Chicago company called McGohan, the M102 model, a very compact 2xEL84 10W amp. Recapped/cleaned and it already sounds pretty good just using the mic input for guitar. When I find a low wattage 12" or 15" f...

Not a show but this Sunday is the Experimental Sound Studio garage sale. It's noon to 6 at 5925 North Ravenswood, it's always fun to see what's there.