November 2 - DosXX Most Interesting Show at HOB
September 11 - Just Desserts #10 at Lincoln Hall
Sept 7 - Tuesdays Are Famous at Beauty Bar
Sept 4-5 - North Coast Festival at Union Park
or see all the galleries...
The English Surgeon
A good documentary does more to stimulate my mind than the best fictional films. The English Surgeon is above and beyond a spectacular documentary. Most scriptwriters couldn't dare compete with the sheer drama and uncomfortable tension filmmaker Geoffrey Smith captures in his real-life story of English neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who became fed up with the inability of Ukrainian doctors to treat patients in need of brain operations and decided to do something about it. When a young Ukrainian man needs an operation to remove a tumor in his brain, Doctor Smith is his only hope for long-term survival. Unfortunately for this patient, modern luxuries are nowhere to be found in modern-day Ukraine and the only the way the operation can move forward is by using nothing but local anesthetics to reduce the pain of drilling thru the scull and scraping away the cancerous cells growing on his brain--In other words, doing the entire operation while completely awake and conscious. Beyond the unbelievable situations throughout the film, the simple message of humanitarianism shines. In today's consumerist smorgasbord of a world we live in, it can be easy to forget the simple things that make being a fellow human being a rewarding experience. This film helps remind us. -Clayton Hauck
Brain Stuff.
(itunes link, web link)
HowStuffWorks.com offers a nice variety of interesting podcasts but the first one I stumbled upon was Brain Stuff. It's a short but sweet look into, well, how stuff works. Each podcast gives a straight and to-the-point explaination on a wide variety of topics of which you are sure to find a few that interest you.
Photography 
Nathaniel Welch came on my radar thru his book Spring Broke, which captures the scummy rawness of spring break with highly stylized lighting. He is also responsible for a large amount of very well-done magazine editorial. You can find his work via his blog or his portfolio.
nathaniel welch, photo portfolio Music 
Late last week, Chicago rapper Hollywood Holt released his mixtape entitled These Are the Songs that Didn't Make the Album but Are Still Cold as Hell so Shut the Fuck Up. As you guessed it, he's got an official album on the way soon. In the meantime, be sure to head over to his site to listen to the mixtape for free. If you only listen to one song, be sure to check out the track Almost There (produced by Klever). It's second to last on the mixtape and frankly, the fact that it didn't make the final cut makes me more excited to hear the final album once it's release!
hollywood holt, mixtape Events 
Another Tuesday, another night at Beauty Bar. We have yet another hosted Svedka bar this week along with no cover all night, portraits by yours truly along with music from one of our favorite music bloggers, Nicko from redthreat. Hope to see you there! 1444 W Chicago Ave. 10pm-2am. No cover. 21+. RSVP here.
Design Apparently Pepsi is giving away millions of dollars in funding for various humanitarian and artistic endevours across the country. Winners are chosen based on who gets the most votes. You can help out a few local friends hoping to launch their design program by watching the video above and voting for them here. Voting ends tomorrow so don't delay! (vimeo)
Nightlife, Party Pics 
The Mad Decent/Jelly block party took over The Hideout this past weekend with a handful of fun artists and plenty of other goofy stuff to do. Kid Sister, Maluca, Willy Joy, The Ghetto Division & Freddie Gibbs, among others, graced the stage while The Dirty Diamonds manned the dunk tank. Overall, it was a super fun time!
Click here to see all the 4 pages of photos from the Mad Decent/Jelly Block Party...
blaqstarr, chicago, freddie gibbs, ghetto division, jelly nyc, kid sister, mad decent, maluca, paul devro, po po The Rest 
As seen in a Kid Sister music video. It could be yours! Via Curt's facebook: Buy this car.. 1500.00 please!
Events 
One of our favorite music blogs in the entire world, creamteam.tv, will be in the building and providing music represented by blog creator Veronica aka V. Again, we have complimentary Svedka from 10pm-11pm w/ rsvp and there is no cover all night long! Plus portraits by myself. Hope to see you there! 21+, 10pm-2am, Beauty Bar, 1444 W. Chicago Ave.
Nightlife, Party Pics 
The downtown crowd got their Colt 45 buzz on last Thursday at Angels & Kings and I was there to document the madness, as always.
angels & kings, chicago, colt 45 
