_When you live in a city as big and wired as Chicago you can feel the hedonism that built its foundation, connected all its grids, and aligned all its street post become a part of you. What I learned from living in Chicago so far is that it’s easy to deny how much you have in common with someone you don’t know. I see the same faces when I travel down public transportation. I hear the same songs walking from venue to venue, playing gig to gig. I pay the fare for a stranger because it’s the mutual acknowledgment that we all need to help each other. It is that need for some anonymity in connection that brought me to the scene. Most importantly it’s that same connection that attracts me to music. When kid asked me to get on board I knew if I was going to be writing about myself I would also be writing about music. Appropriately enough that is what I will be doing. Mostly because it connects us which is why I won’t only be talking about the music I like but the music you enjoy also.

_So send me some suggestions and join me in a larger discussion about the music around us. As for now things are moving quickly, Kid ran into a band in South Africa that you’ll be hearing about pretty soon and if you think his story of life abroad was exciting wait to you hear about life in the South African music scene. It would be an oversimplification to say that I’m excited.

Hope you are too.

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