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My name is Tony Ballinger, and I'm a web designer living in Oak Park, Illinois.
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Archive for July, 2005

Drama at Work

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005

Ten years ago, if I had known the drama that would be involved in my career choice, I would have been a dentist. And I hate dentists. Well, actually I like my current dentist – but that’s only because he has cavities too.
But I’m getting off the point. The point is that between the [...]

Stereophonics @ Taste of Chicago

Monday, July 4th, 2005

Since Summerfest was categorically disappointing on a music level, I really wanted to see the Stereophonics to redeem the weekend. Taste of Chicago is a poorly organized, crowded, mess of people eating a variety of meats on sticks. And it’s stinky. Normally, I can’t smell a thing due to my allergies, so either…
a) the [...]

Summerfest: Land of the Cover Bands

Sunday, July 3rd, 2005

No, it’s not another Romero remake. It’s what Milwaukee Summerfest appears to have become. In the past, Summefest had 7 distinct stages: a rock stage, a classic rock stage, a modern rock stage, a country stage, a comedy stage, etc.
Now they have more stages, but they’re all exactly the same kind of music. And that [...]