Trapped in Time

St. Patty’s Saturday In Chicago: 12 Year Jameson Distillery Reserve which has been on the shelf for nearly three years.

Floydasaurus Rex

One of my clients, Bin Donated, was featured on ABC 7 Chicago this evening.  It coincides with a revamped layout we launched, and is the pre-cursor to some more revenue-generating features we’re going to be rolling out.

Bin Donated places barrels in residential and commercial buildings across Chicago, allowing people to pass along old books and clothing, food, and hygiene products with minimal effort. Homeless Chicago school students and a variety of other groups in need are the end recipients.

In addition, Bin Donated’s founder Jud puts on a lot of fun nightlife events with all ticket proceeds going to the organization. I’ll post details on next month’s event when it’s announced, but in the mean time, check out the new site and if you’re feeling generous, make a secure donation on the site!

This is like a proud parent moment. Cutest thing ever going on over here right now. I should give them baths more often together.

briancolligan:

This is outrageous. I find it hard to believe a town that size can really handle the touring beast should it besiege their mountain community, but I sure hope it all works out.

Would be nice to go, too. Who’s got my extras?

I will find a way in, that’s all I know.  It’s too unbelievable for them or us to pass up :)

Phish - “Llama”
5.7.94 - Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX

My favorite way to open a show (in honor of Telluride getting the thumbs up today!)

Today is a particularly special Phish Friday. A year ago today Phish returned at Hampton in one of the most incredibly joyous and moving weekends in their 26 year history. It was an all-day event with many of us getting in line in the early afternoon, drinking beers and catching up with old friends, making new ones, and soaking in the incredible energy surrounding it all. So here’s a few Hamptonversary photos for all of you. We’ve had our band back for a year now!!

(via thebutterroom)

3.6.9 was one of those days that was so incredibly wonderful that you just wish you had a time machine to take you right back to it.

Jimi Hendrix - “Sunshine Of Your Love”

This has to be the real gem on the new Valleys of Neptune album. Just listen.

toddwickersty:

I love how my iPhone knows mattsimpson

Because there are multiple Matts in The Butter Room (and pretty much everywhere else), within the group my name is always written as a single word. Even Todd’s iPhone knows as much.

Telluride Daily Post: “Mark your calendars: Phish”

Mountains rule, and so does Phish.

Phish is on the calendar. Telluride’s arts board approved putting the jam band on the arts calendar for Aug. 9 and 10.

The arts and culture board, CCAASE, handles the scheduling for the town, so that no two major festivals are booked on the same weekend.

The band would play for 9,000 people, said Craig Ferguson, the organizer of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. He’s working with Phish’s promoter, AEG Live, on bringing the band here.

If 9,000 people show up, that would make the Phish concert one of the biggest events of the summer, up there with Bluegrass and Blues and Brews.

Bob Marley - “Sun Is Shining”

GPOYW: Throw Your Hands Up Edition

My good friend Logan sent over this photo to me last night from an album of shots he took while we were out at the Gorge last summer.  Needless to say, being on top of a cliff in the middle of nowhere under a cloudless sky with some of my best friends and favorite band had me in a wonderful mood. For the first time this year, it actually feels like a nice day in downtown Chicago too… sun shining, bearable winds, and the hint of spring finally starting to drift in.

Gorillaz ft. Snoop Dogg - “Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach”

The new Gorillaz album Plastic Beach has leaked, and is absolutely fantastic. The guest appearances are ridiculous. Lou Reed, Mos Def, Bobby Womack, De La Soul, The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music, and featured on this track, Snoop.

Modified Titanium iPhone 3GS Casing (view the full video on Engadget)

This looks very sexy and is undoubtedly a better case than the plastic backing or even the original iPhone’s aluminum backing. Check the video out.  The guy proves it actually gets full 3G reception and makes calls without issue. Pretty impressive.

GPOYW: That Time I Grew A Mustache For A Chicago Air Show Rooftop Party Edition