We're changing it up a little bit tonight and featuring my favorite number from The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Bernadette, Mitzi and Felicia perform 'Finally' and don some amazing costumes and makeup.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
New music night
NPR introduced me to a great new song from Brendan Benson, best known for his work with one of the Jack White side projects, The Raconteurs. Benson steps out on his own with a delicious pop confection called 'Don't Wanna Talk.' Love the 'la la la' that sounds suspiciously like 'lie lie lie...'
Friday, September 11, 2009
Friday night Fun - Patty Griffin with surprise guest - Mary
Johnny really started something over on Jersey City Desk - he played one of our favorite Patty Griffin songs so we're following suit here. Here's a treasure I found: Patty singing 'Mary' with surprise guest Natalie Maines. Natalie sounds just as amazing singing harmony as she does singing lead with the Dixie Chicks and this is a particularly lovely version of the song. Anyone who knows the Chicks knows they've been a fan of Patty's from the git-go, covering her songs on three of their studio albums. Convinced me that the Chicks were no flash-in-the-pan chick act - there was substance to them and you could tell that just from song selection.
Friday night Fun - Patty Griffin - Long Ride Home
Johnny played a great Patty Griffin song on Jersey City Desk today so, yes, we're copying. This is Patty live and even without Emmylou, it sounds great.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Admirable effort to drive sales
A pizza place in a shopping center with declining sales due to ongoing road construction keeping diners away decided to promote sales by taking advantage of those motorists stuck in the delays. RoSal's, a pizzeria and hot dog restaurant in Plainfield just south of 135th Street, has seen sales slip since road construction began. The state's resurfacing project started about a week and a half ago. The construction crew still has about a week's worth of patching to finish, followed by another four or five days of work to put down the finished surface, according to village public works staff.
Rather than take the sales decline lying down the staff at RoSal's passed out free pizza samples and coupons to motorists sitting in the delays last Thursday and hopes to see a boost in business after the construction is completed. It's this kind of ingenuity and smart-thinking that this country needs and Naperville City Desk applauds RoSal's for leading the self-promotion charge. Next time the NCD staff takes a field trip we are definitely stopping by.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
For all of you hanging around here over the long weekend
You'll be able to get where you're going a bit faster because the Illinois Tollway is suspending all lane closures from noon Friday through 9 am Tuesday September 8. You'll also be happy to know Trixie will not be around taking up lane space as I'm bugging out to northern Michigan and may be posting on location. Everyone remember that even though there won't be lane closures the speed limit through work zones is still 45 mph, even on a holiday.
This is also a very interesting traffic tidbit: Work systemwide will be completed by the end of the year as part of the Tollway's $6.3 billion Congestion-Relief Program.
No more backups from Yackley to Midwest Road eastbound in the am! Woo hoo!!!!
This is also a very interesting traffic tidbit: Work systemwide will be completed by the end of the year as part of the Tollway's $6.3 billion Congestion-Relief Program.
No more backups from Yackley to Midwest Road eastbound in the am! Woo hoo!!!!
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