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.
Music, Photography 
I'm still way behind on photo editing. A week or so in Austin with no spare time to edit has left me struggling to catch up. But here are some shots from a week or two ago at The Empty Bottle with The Dirty Diamonds and JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound for the Chicago Reader's new Photo Pit section.
Click here to see all the photos from Empty Bottle on March 8th...
Nightlife, Party Pics 
November 28, 2009 | Empty Bottle | Chicago: Half of the cities DJs were on the bill for the dance party at Empty Bottle, which is perhaps my favorite venue in Chicago, yet somehow never seems to be able to pull off an insane dance party properly. Perhaps the kids are just too cool for that, I don't know... click to see all the photos from the party!
Click here to see all the photos from Killa Noiz at Empty Bottle
chicago, empty bottle, hey champ, kid color, them jeans, willy joy Party Pics 
Unfortunately, my trusty external flash decided to call it a life and stop flashing. I have to say, it was a trooper. I've been using that same flash every night I've shot nightlife for around two years. It's been dropped countless times, been tossed around, left in random places and of course had plenty of liquids spilled all over it. Recently, it took a liking to drinking Gin and tonics. Some say it drank too much.
Camera equipment aside, the creamteam.tv party was a bunch of fun. Easily one of the better party lineups, musically speaking, in a long time. Vega played their first-ever Chicago set and they were a ton of fun. Hey Champ was fresh off their tour with The Sounds. Plus The Moon Goons and Cousin Cole held it down on the turntables. I'm not really sure why the place wasn't sold out with that lineup. I am sure, however, that the $5 cheeseburger I had was absolutely delicious! Click below for all the photos..
click here to see all the photos from the creamteam.tv party at empty bottle!
chicago, cousin cole, empty bottle, hey champ, vega Party Pics acid girls, chicago, debonair, empty bottle, the battle royale 
