(Hit "publish" publish too fast earlier, mea culpa ) Ok folks, here is the news for the Chicago BBQ: Sunday, July 22. 3-10 PM Open to the public Performances by Mos Def, Bilal, Little Brother, and Qualo Undisclosed Location (but you can register to get tickets) Tickets are free to those who register, on a first come, first serve basis. It's cool. I'm a huge fan of the Mighty Mos Def and he's the headliner. The Zune team created the "Zune-Live at the BBQ" series from the ground up, working with artists...

Greetings from the Lone Star State! Well, another day, another jog along the Colorado River . Right now, there's an industry VIP breakfast happening outside the Fader Fort. Guess who stopped by breakfast today: my sister! Bea! (Beatriz). She's in town from Chicago, and she came to breakfast. Sweet. The Fratelli's played an amazing accoustic set here at the Fort yesterday, And so did Bonde do Role from Brazil. Aziz Ansari gave away a Zune to a member of the crowd - who turned out to be the bassist...

Oh man, vacation is nice. So some of you expressed interest in meeting up here in Chicago. Let's do it; let's meet up at the Bourgeois Pig , in Lincoln Park tomorrow (Thursday, 28th December) at 4 PM. I have a few t-shirts for folks to give away. Be there, or be . . . a . . . person. . . who doesn't get a . . . high five!

I'm leaving work early today (high-five!) to start my vacation. So other than MP3 Friday (and maybe some other posts), I won't update this site as much. Before I take off though, a few things. First, Leo Laporte is hilarious. Yes, I've seen the video . "Ice cream social" at the end had me in stitches. The only thing I'm not happy about is the amount of name-calling in the youtube comments. And maybe the lack of spell-check. But that's me. Are any readers of this site in Chicago? Our buddy Charlie...