trip to chicago

Just came back from Chicago, heartland of funk & soul. Also went to Minneapolis - which used to host the purple premises of Prince (Paisley Park). Ironically, the latter city surprisingly turned out to be the better one of the two for record digging.
Too much / hype list: (for when Europeans go crazy on midwest sh*)
* carne asada burritos
* John Klemmer
* Mizell Bros
* "Bomb the Suburbs"
* Chicago suburban radio: it's all Toto & John Cougar Mellencamp (crackers in the area are all still stuck in the 1980s)
* Eddie Kendricks "People...hold on"
* Ahmad Jamal "Jamal plays Jamal"
* Grain Belt beer
* NCAA basketball (go Gators!!!)
* Four Tet vs. Steve Reid, "Exchange Sessions" live @ the Empty Bottle