The Bird and the Bee "La La La" (18.7 MB) from The Bird and the Bee Schubas Chicago, IL January 11, 2008

We were in Chicago for something last year, maybe a craft show, and realized on the way home that it's really a quick two and a half hours down from Madison and we should maybe take advantage of that more often. So over semester break we decided to head down for a weekend, and scheduled it based on good show availability. The most attractive club show in January was this appearance by the Bird and the Bee at Schubas, which I was kind of surprised to realize was only my second Chicago show ever.

Schubas turned out to be a pretty nice venue -- I could certainly get used to spending a lot of time there if the opportunity came up -- and it was a really good all-around show experience. This first clip features a bit of weird coloring, as my white balance settings were out of whack, but it's nothing too distracting. This whole set also features my first title card experimentation of the year, which didn't come out that great -- it looks a lot better at DVD resolution than at podcast/YouTube resolution. Next week's clips will have some different stuff with them, and so on, until I come up with something new that I like.