CHICAGO SHOW REPORT

Hieroglyphic Being & J.I.T.U. Ahn Sahm Buhl, Excepter / Hideout Inn / October 6, 2018

Went to this show over a year ago (13 months and 3 days, to be exact), and wrote this immediately after. Why I’m just now publishing it, I’m really not sure. It’s one of the greatest shows I’ve ever been to, and it’s a pretty good piece of writing, like $5-a-month good, if I do say so myself. The main reason for the delay, other than the usual hang-ups and insecurities, is that I got a few awesome iphone clips from the show, and could never figure out how to get them off my phone and on this newsletter. But, no excuses. Here’s what I wrote, better 13 months late than never:

I’m not saying I’m super-old, but apparently I’m old enough that I now officially only go to shows on Friday and Saturday nights. Weeknight shows are only an option if they’re over by like 8pm, which mostly relegates me to like, book signings and puppet shows. In fact, just this past week both Charalambides and Trad Gras och Stenar (actually now Träden, which every other media outlet is not calling them, so I guess…