With President Obama meeting with congressional leaders from both parties today, Andy Cobb and Chicago's original improv troupe imagine the minds behind C-SPAN, and how they'd really like to sell today's summit to the American people. more ›

The popular music blog aggregator, Hype Machine, has been a longstanding resource for us when it comes to finding new music. Sure, on a first it glance it may seem overrun with buzz bands and a dizzying amount of remixes, but go ahead and search a few of your favorite artists, and you're sure to find a blogger amongst their ranks who shares your affinities. more ›

Gosh, the "U2uesday" jokes. It was like the Irish quartet only became richer than most of the world so they'd have the power to physically alter the naming conventions of our work week. A rundown of reactions to Bono, et al's rattle and hum through the local media landscape yesterday, which included a exclusive schmooze event at Metro last night: more ›

Tuesday night at the Abbey Pub, we got to witness Ghostland Observatory in a smaller venue than their energetic show put on at ACL this year. Tuesday was the last night of their short two week tour, and they had sold out of all their merchandise and no one could grab the music of this band (sorry, it's not a band - it's an agreement between friends) out of Austin. We were thrilled to hear... more ›