CheekyChicago

There’s no way around it. I have to admit. I literally have become addicted to The Voice. Within a matter of days, I caught myself up to the current episode of Season 4. And now I can’t stop tuning in every week to see who’s making it past each of the live rounds. I’m someone who doesn’t really like to watch competitive reality shows (Real Housewives, all day errrrday!!). I never caught on to X-Factor, American Idol or even shows like Survivor. I heard great things from other people—it is currently the number one talent competition show, after all, and for good reason—but I never thought I would like it, let …  Read more

If you ever meet Matt Hires, do not ask him what his music sounds like. The 27-year-old singer/songwriter says that he blanks every time when attempting to respond. “It seems like it would be an easy question to answer, but it’s hard to sum up in words when you make this music that means something to you and is really important and then you have to boil it down to some sort of genre or a couple of sentences.” To find out for yourself, listen to the songwriter’s new four-track EP Forever on iTunes here. Hailing from Tampa, Hires grew up surrounded by two drummers: his father and grandfather. Yet Hires …  Read more

8:03pm: We open with “Ice Princess Heather” and her husband, Dr. Terry, quarreling in their bathroom. Apparently, Terry and Heather got into an argument on last week’s episode.  So they are hashing it out in the bathroom whilst Dr. Terry clips his toenails. Double-tasking, I like it. 8:04: Heather is complaining that Dr. Terry doesn’t take her seriously and is “always making jokes.” Then Heather gives him a laundry list of things she does for their children. To which Dr. Terry replies, “Did you say tutor twice?”  ANOTHER JOKE? Heather is not impressed and tells the Doctor: “You are a jerk.” 8:04: In Dr. Terry’s defense, Heather did say tutor twice. So …  Read more