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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Osees @ Thalia Hall First time seeing them! A freight train of distorted two drummer rock and roll. Loud. Surprisingly wet with all the thrown beer and water and Dwyer spitting. Couldn’t hear Brigid for shit - ah well. Very cool, will be back when they are.

Osees ft Brigid Dawson performing at Thalia Hall on Oct 16, 2026

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Finally got to check out “The Funk House” - a house in our neighborhood that puts on DIY concerts in the parking lot behind their garage. Saw two bands play. Have to say it was incredible rad - a mix of neighborhood kids and their parents, hip young folks […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Irving Carpark playing at the Funk House.

Basement Party playing at the Funk House.

Wide photo of the Funk House concert. Several dozen people are watching a band play in a garage.

Photo of the Instagram QR code for the Funk House.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

guess the "Automated protocol deliverability" bots found our instance - currently 723 account creation requests in the queue. oddly haven't gotten any email notifications about these which is usually how I know to check sorry to any human requests that lost […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Screenshot of the Mastodon 'Accounts' moderation page, showing 723 accounts that have requested registration. All the visible ones are bots.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

visited “Turn Back Time” today, #Chicago’s newest record store. conveniently located right in my neighborhood. picked up two used #KGLW records. chatted with one of the owners while checking out. pretty cool spot with tons of room and a coffee shop - I’ll be back for sure

Photo of two KGLW records - Quarters and Changes.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

RIP Dolly. Not only an incredible musician and singer, she spent her hard earned money helping others. Truly one of the greats.

Photo of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” album on a record player.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

#KGLW Under the K Street Bridge bullets - holy shit! that was the rave the rave set I’ve been dreaming about - my heart swelled when I first saw octaballon again - this should not be a surprise, but under a massive bridge is the perfect setting for a rave […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

KGLW performing under the K Street Bridge.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

#KGLW at Forest Hills Rave Night bullets - Some real highs and ehhs, but overall good. - The opening Sense + Slow Jam sounds great on paper to me but felt l o n g - The three Alien Metal songs to close went hard - Felt like their set timing didn’t really go […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

KGLW performing a rave set at Forest Hill. The lighting is purple with a crowd surfing silhouette and some Liquid Metal on the screen.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

#KGLW at Forest Hills bullets (N2) - No surprise, great show. - Highlights: Rattlesnake opener, Static Electricity, Gliese, Kepler 22b and METAL GILGAMESH - Big fan of the venue: easy public transit, GA, has a couple trees. - Got the sit in we all dreamed […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

Riot Fest schedule is out and #AngineDePoitrine only has a 30 minute slot?? come on y'all #Chicago

Riot Fest 2026's Saturday schedule. It shows the times various bands are playing across 5 different stages.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Spotted a coyote at LaBagh Woods yesterday! First one I’ve seen in #Chciago. Stopped right on the trail and was checking out some deer, just like us. Hung out for a minute and then trotted off when a biker approached.

Zoomed in phone photo of a red and grey coyote on a wife gravel trail running through tall grass.

Unzoomed phone photo of a red and grey coyote on a wife gravel trail running through tall grass. He is a good distance away.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

back home from a little lake time in northern Michigan, and you know we had to bring back their finest sticky icky

First person view of me holding a GALLON of Michigan pure maple syrup

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

Jeff Rosenstock Infinite Residency - night 6 for the band, 3rd and final for me - Heavy NO DREAM set list. Was hoping that meant we’d get an Ohio Tpke but no dice - shout out to Jeff for almost always taking a minute at shows to tell people to say hi to […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Jeff Rosenstock performing at Metro on July 22, 2026. Behind them is a giant rainbow flag with a 666 circles by pot leaves.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Jeff Rosenstock Night 2 - fucking ripped - they played WORRY straight through!! - they played the Craig of the Creek theme! - closed with I Don’t Wanna Die! surprising mbecause it’s mostly in Japanese

Photo of Death Rosenstock playing. The crowd is lit and a circle pit is going

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

Night 1 of Jeff Rosenstock’s “play shows until they don’t sell out” residency in Chicago bullets - this is such a fucking cool format. they did it in NYC a couple years ago, so this is the second go. - planning to hit nights 1, 2 and 6. - AQI of 500+ […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

a very blurry, dark photo of Jeff Rosenstock and his band performing at Metro on 2026-07-16. at least one blur is crowdsurfing.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

giggling at the tracking on this Cavs drum solo in the middle of Gaia relisten.net/kgatlw/2022/10/21/drum… #KGLW

Screenshot from Relisten for the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's 2022-10-21 show at Forest Hills. A drum solo is tracked as " -> Drums/Space -> " which, lol

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

the mythic 7th #KGLW US show of 2026 has finally been announced - it's a second NYC rave show the day after Forest Hill's

Show poster for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's rave show, uder the K briidge in Brooklyn on August 23, 2026

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

i've been saying it for years but anyone not following #Goose is missing out

extremely shit meme of Rick Mitarotonda of the American band Goose overlaid on the Soft Bank "Goose was not valued" slide

if this is confusing, read more Fedi and listen to https://www.youtube.com/@goosetheband

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

The Hold Steady at the Empty Bottle! Fun show, small room. Perfect end to a beautiful summer day. Good selection of hits/deep cuts and even the newer songs I like.

The Hold Steady performing at the Empty Bottle on 2026-06-12.

Photo of the Empty Bottles door, with a chalk sign for the Hold Steady show.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

#Gardening project for the day - made a small fence around our milkweed patch. We had two volunteer plants last year and about a dozen this year. The fence isn’t pretty but should protect them from being knocked over by our dog that loves to chase and dig in our small yard.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

animal bands apparently don’t come to Chicago but #TapersChoice does :sunglasses_finger_guns:

Show poster for the Tapers Ball at Garcia’s (in Chicago)

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

Angine de Poitrine finally announces a Chicago show, but it’s at Riot Fest

Ben Affleck smoking a cigarette looking fucking exhausted, the same way I’ll be if I sack up to spend a day at Riot Fest

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

LA folks - really hope you are hitting one or more of these Jeff Parker IVtet shows in August (cc @NatePHedi 👀)

screenshot from https://jeffparkersounds.com/tour showing Jeff Parker IVtet tour dates - all in LA and Berkely CA

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

normally not one to post screenshots from other socials but was checking on the Girl Talk discourse and have never felt more attacked by a post than this (fairly certain I saw Girl Talk at least 4 times in college? weird, good times) ((also on the topic of […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Screenshot of a bluesky post from leon reading:

MY generation drank from the BLOG HOUSE. we didn't TALK to GIRLS,
we listened to GIRL TALK. we grew up in the HOOD INTERNET. we didn't
survive lead runoff, we survived HIPSTER RUNOFF. a time when boys
were BOYS NOIZE

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

beautiful view of the Milky Way tonight in Pie Town, New Mexico. out here for a dark sky gathering on the #ContinentalDivideTrail - exactly eight years after we were here on our thruhike. I’ve missed seeing the stars like this.

iPhone photo of the Milky Way on a clear night

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

Saturday night live music at the American Legion! 15th anniversary party for RPA, my Dad’s drinking/guitar group.

Photo of a crowded American Legion hall room with 20+ people playing guitars. Christmas lights and flags and party balloons decorate the walls.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026

the "View source" on bigmodern.com is interesting - CSS and JS is inline, not minified, and has comments that are sort of implementation related, sort of a wink at people looking seems to currently be broadcasting "HELLO WORLD" in morse code but it […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Screenshot of the "View Source" on https://bigmodern.com, showing comments and javascript

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

I’d be a fool not to listen to a @Neddyo endorsement, so went to see LaMP at Garcia’s last night. Went in relatively blind - never seen any of the trios main projects before and only listened to 15 minutes of one of their albums. Absolutely delivered […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

LaMP trio performs at Garcia’s, 2026-03-21.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

it’s a very somber 311 day. tried to find the ancient “tfw you come original” tweet and came up empty. this must have been what it felt like when the great library of Alexandria burned

P Nut (the bassist for 311) showing that face when you come original

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

Angine De Poitrine vinyl arrived! Instant buy when I saw this was in stock from a Quebecois record store last week This is the fourth pressing and apparently going for $200+ on Discogs, even though a fifth pressing has already been announced #NowPlaying #Vinyl

Photo of the Angine De Poitrine Vol 1 record sleeve, held above a turntable playing the record

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

DEATH ROSENSTOCK IN CHICAGO FOREVER THIS JULY!! #JeffRosenstock did this in NYC a bit back - they are playing shows every night as long as they sell out. kick ass idea, gonna hit as many as I can

Concert poster for Death Rosenstock in Chicago FOREVER

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

Broken Social Scene, Metric and Stars are doing a tour, and there is new BSS music out? 2006 me is losing his mind

Tour poster with dates for the "All The Feelings Tour" with Metric, Broken Social Scene and Stars

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026

tour announcements are always going to disappoint some locale but it's bumming me out that spring, Euro and Summer #Goose tours are all announced right now, plus the MX festival, and none are remotely touching the midwest

Goose's 2026 summer tour poster w/ dates

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

@Mdphunk If it’s 1/3 the size, 1/2 the cost with 1/3 as many seats… but twice as many sphere… does that mean it’s still impossible to get tickets

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

#Goose is returning to MSG 6/19 + 6/20, and it looks like the promo art is by Chicago's own Justin Santora. Justin also did a great Goose poster in 2024 for the Salt Shed run

Goose's 2026 MSG promo poster by Justin Santora, showing the garden rising up from a forest of trees.

Justin Santora's 2024 Goose poster from the Salt Shed, showing kayakers in the river foreground and the Chicago skyline in the background.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/12/2025

Early Christmas gift to myself - recently snagged a copy from A Live One from Dry Goods. Been coveting this one for a while and seems to sell out fast when available. #Phish #NowPlaying #vinyl

Photo of Phish’s “A Live One” box and record on a turntable. The record is blue with green mixed in.

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2025

Saw two sets of mind bending in the round improv from #SML at Thalia Hall last night! XL second set with Ben LaMar Gay and Macie Stewart. Super happy to catch them again this year. The big group went a bit hard into the “frenzy of sounds” mode for me, but […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/11/2025

Three sets of #Eggy at Thalia Hall last night! First was acoustic, then two electric. Really ramped up to a peaky S3. Susssudio and Searchlight were favorites.

Eggy performing at Thalia Hall in Chicago, 2025-11-15

Screenshot of setlist from https://thecarton.net/setlists/eggy-november-15-2025-thalia-hall-chicago-il-usa.html

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025

thoughts on #Goose spring tour - congrats to the FL and TX fans - 3 two night runs is better than fall and spring of this year i guess - I take personal offense they didn’t schedule one or more multi night runs in the brutal Midwest winter

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clifff @clifff.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2025

shit day at work. on call, more than a dozen pages. two actual incidents, was fixing one of them right up to 9 PM but! ran out the door and got to the Houseplant show right before they started. chill, grooving show turned around my mood. always good to see […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Houseplant performing at Garcia’s, 2025-10-23

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