Cal Ripken, move over! Chicago Cubs Organist, Gary Pressy, just passed Cal’s consecutive games played record at 2,633. This is a record that will never be broken! Baseball’s last great iron man is with America’s favorite Chicago baseball club. With this achievement, does Gary Pressy guarantee induction into the baseball hall of fame on the first ballot?

A group of Chicago Cubs superfans have decided that the world needs a musical interpretation of the Cubs World Series run in the context of a blue collar Cubs family losing their faith and then rediscovering it. Knowing that Joe Ricketts is the pro-Trump owner of the Cubs, what bothers you most about this musical?

Chicago, the home of the start of Route 66, began a shared scooter program on June 15th. This 21st century invention proposes to solve the last mile challenge for short trips. However, many other transportation promises have blown a tire on their way to heaven. Will this e-scooter pilot end in a stairway to heaven or a highway to hell?

The iconic Chicago small club the Double Door, replaced in Wicker Park by the expensive cooler company Yeti, will open this August in Uptown. The Double Door will provide the finishing touches to a free market solution initiated by their owners who failed to extend their lease. Darwin wins again, or does he? Was Wicker Park’s loss more than offset by Uptown’s gain?

Ohio carpetbagger, Lori Lightfoot will be inaugurated on May 20th and usher in a new era in Chicago’s City Hall. A corporate lawyer who had police board oversight before running for Mayor, what will she do in the first 100 days to retain your support?

Our loyal readers know how strong our opinions are about cashgrab band Pearl Jam. Fortunately for you, Pearl Jam has been “selected” as the Record Store Day 2019 ambassadors. That means the PJ cashgrab is in fuller effect for 2019 than ever before! On an excitement level scale of one to ten, one being the Oscars and ten being the Splashlist Awards, how excited are you to hear Eddie Vedder’s nails on a chalkboard voice telling you how important record stores are?

In an upset, two female, african-american candidates won the run-off positions in the Chicago Mayor’s race. Toni Preckwinkle, Cook Country Board President, and Lori Lightfoot, former federal prosecutor, will face off on April 2nd. Why did none of the critics predicted this?

The Record Store Day official list is out and it comes in three inches! (Real News) Cosmopolitan elites love to appear anti-establishment by bashing this annual event, but they are the first ones with their hands out. There’s a new three inch format this year and it’s proof that the #cashgrab is in full effect. Looking at this year’s RSD exclusive list, what are the top three releases that you must have and why? (Real News)

Newly minted 2019 Record Store Day Ambassadors, Pearl Jam, a caricature of themselves these last 20 years, have jumped on the Chicago Cubs bandwagon for the last five years. So much so that they not only played Wrigley Field every year for the last five, but also put out a double LP *and* a two-hour propaganda vehicle in 2017. On the emotional #cashgrab spectrum from one to ten, one being any Dave Matthews Band RSD release to ten being a Smashing Pumpkin RSD release.

Live music nerds best friend, Live Nation, has been thwarted by 2nd ward alderman Brian “BoHo” Hopkins and the local music venue gestapo. Plans for a thriving entertainment district, including medium sized music venues, were swatted away. Why are these mob-like small music venues challenging the free market job creator, Live Nation?