Five Fun Facts About the Chicago Blues Festival

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Blues music may have gotten its start in the muddy delta of the Mississippi, but few places in the United States have done more to advance this quintessentially American art form than Chicago. For proof of the Windy City’s proud blues tradition, look no further than the annual Chicago Blues Festival.
Since its inception in 1984, [...]

“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”

I saw this video at Funny or Die the other day and I thought it was too funny to not repost. It’s well-written and has a great cast (I laughed when it showed “Academy Award-winner Mary Steenburgen”), but best of all it’s a pitch-perfect satire of ham-fisted music biopics.
The very first concert I ever went [...]

Moxie Spendlove: Inside the Making of a Web Series

According to a 2007 article in the New York Times, the average cost of a one-hour scripted network drama is approximately $3 million. If you have a flip cam, basic editing software, and a computer with Internet access, you can produce your own web series for less than $5.
Between YouTube and the ever-decreasing cost of [...]