An old friend of mine, Anton, lives in Chicago (or ‘Cago, as pronounced by the little man) and we haven’t had a chance to see him since last spring. His band, Get it Away, was scheduled to play the Midwest Hardcore Fest II in Minneapolis today. But yesterday I had an uneasy feeling…when I heard about a building on Lake Street being gutted by fire. The first photo I came across didn’t clearly show which building. This morning I saw another that did (below, from the Star Tribune). As well as a number of businesses, the Gustavus Adolphus Hall building housed the Babylon…the arts and cultural center that was to host the now canceled fest. This is a most crapulent turn of events.
