Bob Schaefer

A cool sarsaparilla on a hot summer's day. Architect, reader, listener, time waster. Mostly blue skying these days outside of a few likes and replies.

[Bob Schaefer @Bobszilla]

@MarkCaro @Caropopcast 90 minutes seems like a good threshold for a single vs. two part episode. I try to listen to it all at once, but length isn’t a dealbreaker if the guest is interesting. I’ll create my own pauses if circumstances prevent me from getting through all of it.

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@fieldmusicmusic Really hoping this means there won’t be a School of Language ‘47’

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@MarkCaro @pitchfork Oh cool. Looking forward to this one. Still buzzing from their Metro show.

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@MarkCaro @pitchfork Niko from Friko?

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@mcmansionhell Not a book, but Rebecca Makkai's Substack is a great follow for writing. Bonus: her Zillow posts. https://t.co/YcdXGckH6M

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@MarkCaro Mirage all the way. Tango is the most dated classic era FM LP. Christine shines, but Lindsey one foot out the door, Stevie mostly AWOL. While a fall off from what came before, Gypsy, Hold Me, Eyes of the World, Love in Store…all great.

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@MarkCaro I vigorously point with the arm that's in the direction I'm turning. Hopefully between that and being on one side of the road or the other, the people behind me know where I'm going.

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@EricAllixRogers I would take one

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New Chicago views just (recently) dropped. #wolfpointpark

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Never forgetting my originals

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Hi. Like a lot of people I haven’t been posting here much. But here is something that I couldn’t contain myself about, and it’s one of the best new versions of old music ever: The Replacements ‘Tim’ in its Let It Bleed deluxe edition.

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@BobMehr I’ve loved all of @Rhino_Records deluxe editions of Replacements albums, but maybe due to ‘Tim’ and its songs resonating in place and time in my music universe, this one is at another level. Looking forward to deeper dives through the weekend!

[Bob Schaefer @Bobszilla]

From the Bucktown Arts Fest today, Bill MacKay and fan.

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Earlier today on foot: The west end of the 606.

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@whet Sweetness Follows is my favorite R.E.M. song that isn't jangly R.E.M., which is So. Central Rain.

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Thank you Robbie Robertson for writing great songs for Levon, Rick and Richard to sing.

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Happy 50th (!!) to an album that will forever be among my favorite records of all time.

[Bob Schaefer @Bobszilla]

This 2023 White Sox season already stretching into 2024. Wow.

Really wishing the best for Liam. Which probably means not pitching for the White Sox ever again.

[Chicago White Sox @whitesox]

Chicago #WhiteSox closer Liam Hendriks underwent successful surgery this morning to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow in a procedure performed by Dr. Keith Meister at TMI Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery in Arlington, Texas.