july 10, 2014

Warning: Today's post may cause tears of joy.

John legend created a beautiful video for his new song "You and I" which highlights all kinds of female beauty and even has some fun female cameos.

Check it out

july 9, 2014

The "50 States of LEGO" with hilarious images to portray every one of the United States.

Check out their take on the crossing of the Delaware, for example

july 8, 2014

Today's post is not something that will be an easy giggle or a simply smile. This post is a call to action.

Over the holiday weekend, there were eighty-two shootings reported in Chicago. Fourteen people were killed. Gun violence in this country is getting totally out of control and it's no long acceptable to say there's nothing we can do about it.

via The Onion

Today, I implore each and every one of you to sign the Gun Sense Pledge.  

july 7, 2014

Today I got to see a group from New Orleans I've been dying to catch live! Hurray for the Riff Raff played a free, outdoor show in downtown Chicago as part of the Downtown Sounds series.

Lead singer, Alynda Lee Sagarra played a song called "The Body Electric" that's her response to the tradition of murder ballads in American Folk music. Definitely worth a listen!

july 6, 2014

Your semi-weekly dose of PostSecret!

To change the world you have to first believe that you can.

july 5, 2014

Check out NPR's list of their 25 favorite albums of the year thus far. I was especially pleased to see Hurray for the Riff Raff on there!

july 4, 2014

Happy Fourth everyone! Hopefully everyone is taking it easy. Your video today comes, appropriately, from Captain America himself.