@ZackTeibloom Thursday of the second weekend at Jazz Fest is always the least crowded. It’s great for getting from stage to stage, but makes crashing a lot harder. I got to the entrance a little before noon and noticed there were about 8 ticket takers and none seemed overwhelmed in the half hour I was scoping them out. I mention this, because usually you can waltz through the out door with no one paying attention, but so few people were going in the fest that I had to sidle my way in.

I leaned against the fence and pretended to be on my phone. OK I was actually on the phone, tweeteing “The moment right before a crash and getting pulled over by a cop feel identical. One happening this second. One happened last night…” The only difference is getting pulled over by a cop is torture and the moment before a crash is an absolute thrill. Read the rest of this entry »

@ZackTeibloom I feel like I’m a sophomore in college and it’s the last week of Literary Modernism. Finals were just around the corner and I was about four books behind. I did what I had to do. I had to skip a class just so I could catch up.

I have to take a break from Jazz Fest today. This festival never stops. And the rare times when it does, the Bulls get themselves into an seemingly endless stream of overtime games.

I have so many shows to review that if I don’t take today off, I’ll never be able to catch up. I don’t even know where to start. Read the rest of this entry »