Coming Home Again
Always a friend of local music, Metro continues to treat their own right with “Home for the Holidays,” a six-day concert series beginning this week dedicated to reuniting returning local acts with local fans. “These end-of-the-year events are great,” explains Stubhy Pandav of Lucky Boys Confusion, who plays December 26. “College kids come home, high-school kids have time off, our band friends who have been touring all year are home, and friends and relatives have a chance to fly in. It’s just a great end of the year reunion.” Greg Corner of Kill Hannah, who plays December 20, echoes such enthusiasm. “It’s our favorite show of the year. We know we get to play songs we haven’t played in a while, we can be more creative with our set list, and we don’t just have to play the hits.” Corner says there are some holiday hijinks planned as well. “This show will be our biggest production of the year,” he says. “We will have lights, projection, a Santa Claus—we want to give the kids with twenty-dollar tickets their show, ya know.”

The Biggest Losers
"Whenever you try to do a big project, you have high hopes of how good it can be and it's never that good. But, this time, it came pretty close," says Donald G. Evans of his new anthology “Cubbie Blues: 100 Years of Waiting Until Next Year.” "The book explores what it means to be a Cubs' fan, especially in light of the fact that they are perpetual losers," Evans explains. "We wanted it to be entertaining but also a chance to talk about the Cubs on a more sophisticated, intellectual plane—really talented, thoughtful people contributed to the book." Contributors include local literary legend Sara Paretsky, Randy Richardson, Jonathan Eig and Rick Kogan. The anthology grew out of a monthly reading series, Don's Lovable Losers Literary Revue, which was held just blocks south of Wrigley Field at restaurant El Jardin. "Right away, I thought there was some really good stuff here, thought it all might add up to more," says Evans of the series. "I thought maybe it was the perfect farm system for a good book." Order your limited edition copy of “Cubbie Blues” at cantmisspress.com and get it signed the December 29 at Ralph's Cigars on Taylor.

(2008-12-16)

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