One of the best skateboarders anywhere, Manny Santiago, joins me tonight! He’s here in advance of competing tomorrow night in the Downtown Open SKATE Championship (which will be streamed live 5-7p).  No face plants… only face time. Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services

Find out this week why Frank and his wife are treating their new couch like a new car, his thoughts on Illinois’s suggestions for Halloween, an email he sent to the Illinois Department of Health and more!

Internationally acclaimed bluesman Dave Specter and blues harp icon Billy Branch join me tonight to talk about their recent collaboration ("The Ballad of George Floyd"), blues history (Willie Dixon, Little Walter), live gigs and more! Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services!

October is the month when it’s imperative to watch every horror movie possible. Start today by checking out the newly-released film “The Honeymoon Phase,” a thriller that offers an unsettling look into the nature of relationships. “Honeymoon Phase” director Phillip Carroll and stars Chloe Carroll and Jim Schubin join me to go in-depth about the movie on Car Con Carne! Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services

Music curation is a lost art. It’s hard to cut through the crap and find stuff worth listening to. My friend Denis Buckley (88 Fingers Louie) has evolved into a fantastically reliable curator, and is rolling through some of his favorite recent music releases. Get inspired to listen to new music tonight! Discussed in this episode: Idles, Shades Apart, The Lees of Memory, Narrow Head, Bob Mould and Moving Targets.   Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services

Tonight’s guest is RIYL artists like NIN, Portishead, Depeche Mode and Peter Gabriel. The music of The Head of a Girl is haunted. It’s haunting. It’s atmospheric and designed to bore into your skull and stay there. Glenn A.D. and Meghan Benson from The Head of a Girl join me tonight for their FIRST EVER INTERVIEW, featuring a few clips from their new album, "This Place is Really Nowhere." Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services.

The blues are everywhere! The Worldwide West Side Guitar Man Johnny Burgin turned his “No Border Blues” album concept into an ongoing video series (with producer Stephanie Tice). From the home of the blues… we’re talking blues, tonight on Car Con Carne.   Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services

It’s the little things in life that make you crazy. Life’s many tedious annoyances are spelled out by author Scott Cohen in his re-released book, “Don’t You Just Hate That?” We’re talking about all the annoying things in life on Car Con Carne tonight. Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services. _

Songwriters don’t get much more prolific than Steve Kilbey, frontman for the Church. Besides decades of anchoring mood- and mindscapes for the Church, Kilbey’s carved out a busy, creatively fertile solo career for himself. His latest release, “Eleven Women,” recorded during the pandemic, is raw and wonderful. Kilbey joins me from another continent this evening to chat on Car Con Carne.   Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services.

Wilmette's new self-titled EP came out today (on Mutant League Records), and the band chatted from bed(?) to talk about their music, videos, and horror movies. Car Con Carne is sponsored by C&H Financial Services.