The Impossible Year

Tag: the lawrence arms

  • Faintly Falling Ashes, 29 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   The year decided not to go quietly as Chicago got hit with a thick batch of snow and temperatures below freezing for days. But at least it looked pretty.

  • Montrose Brown Line, 6 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I walk to the Brown line almost every morning to get my coffee and breakfast from Spoken, and yet I can’t remember the last time I rode the CTA. It’s truly surreal. I miss it like I miss a friend. Something I’d never…

  • North to Ravenswood, 9 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I spent Tuesday biking around listening to ‘Road to the Skeleton Coast’ with Brendan Kelly, as he explains the orgins of The Lawrence Arms and how deeply tied it is to Chicago’s punk movement, and influenced by inequity. Something about this empty lot alongside a…

  • The Lawrence Arms Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Shade COOL 5*12 Chris, Brendan and Neil, collectively the Lawrence Arms, played an excellent show at the Metro on Saturday. Last night Chris played a solo Sundowner set at the GMan and I managed to catch the three talking for a moment.

  • Chris McCaughan aka Sundowner Polaroid Impulse SE AutoFocus / Impossible PX-680 Color Shade 11*11 Chris performs as “Sundowner” and played a great show at Beat Kitchen last night. He’s also a really nice guy and a great bartender. Check out his music on iTunes.

  • The Metro: The Lawrence Arms / The Holy Mess / Lord

    The Metro: The Lawrence Arms / The Holy Mess / Lord

    Polaroid OneStep / Impossible PX Color Shade 680 The menu for this evening.