Month in review: June 2025

Went to Chicago for work

Finally got to visit Smart Bar for the legendary Queen! party.

Saw the Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL that Frank Lloyd Wright designed.

Also went on a tour of his home/studio. This was his children's playroom.

Where he built a piano into a wall because he didn't like how it took up so much space in the room.

Leaded glass in The Rookery, another Frank Lloyd Wright design.

Ate an italian sub at Fontano's.

Saw this Max Ernst painting at SAIC. I thought it was cool the center part looks like a CD but done 50+ years before the CD was created. Plus the sense of foreboding doom seemed apropos of the times.

Visited the site of the Warehouse, the birthplace of Chicago House Music. Now it's a couple of law firms.

Made music with River in their studio. We worked with Julie Hill on a new fuzzyy track.

Went on a tugboat ride around the hudson bay.

Amanda saw this funny chalk drawing in our neighborhood.

We went to our friend's Peter and Claire's beautiful wedding in Connecticut.

Zohran won the mayoral primary after being endorsed by our bird neighbor! I spent a lot of the last two weeks canvassing. Went a lot to Ozone Park / little bangladesh. Inspired by how many young people (20-25 years old) were out on the streets. Many multi-generational families were voting for Zohran because their kids convinced them. Something to be hopeful about in these bleak times.

Leslie and I put out a record together - my first single as "fuzzyy."