If you're interested in rap music — specifically the Chicago scene — beyond what you hear on B96, there is no better place to go than Fake Shore Drive.

Is this just a made-up memory or did Valentine’s Day in elementary school used to be a much crueler affair?Today, my son brought 20 valentine cards to school to give to the 20 other kids in his class.

Listen to Mark Bazer discuss this post on Afternoon Shift There's no part of the grocery store experience more pleasurable than reading the comment boards. People find all kinds of wonderful ways to tell grocery stores that they're not up to snuff.

Last week, I shared my Super dilemma.In short: Have a chance to go to the Super Bowl. Sit alone. Nosebleed seats. Dilemma: Promised son, 6, I'd watch with him. One more detail: I grew up in New England.

Here’s the dilemma.I have been offered a ticket to the Super Bowl. It’s one ticket, and I’d be sitting alone. In nosebleed seats. But I grew up right outside of Boston and, despite my attempts to join Beardom, I am and will always be a Patriots fan.

I was looking to describe White Mystery while doing publicity before I had them on The Interview Show a couple months ago, and I kept writing in cliche.

You know how sometimes you see a play in Chicago and think, “From now on, I’ll see whatever that actor’s in.