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Posts by Michael Frasca

Setlist in a notebook. There is a pen on the page.

Setlist in a notebook. There is a pen on the page.

2026-03-28 - The Castle Theatre
#LiveMusic Bloomington, IL
#ClusterPluck
#ChicagoFarmer
11:15 pm.
Lights go on.
Hippies go to home.
I’ll be posting my audio recordings of all the sets to the Live Music Archive sometime in the next day or so.

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Audio recording deck.

Audio recording deck.

Yes indeed.

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Singer and guitarist with a drummer in the background.

Singer and guitarist with a drummer in the background.

2026-03-28 - The Castle Theatre
#LiveMusic Bloomington, IL
#Bluegrass #Slamgrass
#Homeaid
#ChicagoFarmer & The Fieldnotes
I: Tina Hart’s Mustang

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Four piece band, from left: bass player, guitar player, drummer, and guitar player.

Four piece band, from left: bass player, guitar player, drummer, and guitar player.

2026-03-28 - The Castle Theatre
#LiveMusic Bloomington, IL
#Bluegrass #Slamgrass
#ClusterPluck
I: Blue Collar Country

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Well played!

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> If you see this, post a concert photo you took

From left: Jaik Willis and Chicago Farmer at Kenny’s Westside.

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Not anymore!

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Theater marquee:
CHICAGO FARMER 
& THE FIELDNOTES
ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

Theater marquee: CHICAGO FARMER & THE FIELDNOTES ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

2026-03-28 - The Castle Theatre
#LiveMusic #Bloomington
#ClusterPluck
#ChicagoFarmer

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No Kings protest  2026-03-28 - Peoria, IL
No Kings protest 2026-03-28 - Peoria, IL YouTube video by Michael Frasca

At todays's #NoKings protest in #Peoria #Illinois, I recorded a video while walking the rally from start to finish along US Route 150 near Peoria Stadium. The video is 15 minutes long, but it gives you a good idea as to what the gathering was like. Lotsa signs, costumes and singing!

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Another view of my local No Kings rally. We are a small mostly rural community. I would guess a couple hundred people turned out on a very chilly day.

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Samizdat discs.

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Daniel Donato Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on 2025-07-19 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive ONLY SET 01. Sunshine In the Rain 02. Luck of the Draw > 03. Sugar Leg Rag 04. Chore 05. Blame the Train 06. Broadside Ballad > 07. Hangman's...

My #DrivinAroundMusic is last year's Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country show at Red Rocks.
I am partial to Chore and this version doesn't disappoint.

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I estimate that there are between 6 to 8 thousand here. I made a video while walking from the beginning to the end of the rally. I’ll post it to YouTube when I get home.

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No Kings rally lining a highway.

No Kings rally lining a highway.

Things got started a little early at the #Peoria #IL #NoKings rally. This is 25 minutes before the official start time.

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Perhaps due to the weakened jet stream from climate change?

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Otis and Belle say "What's this then?"

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And back up to 80 on Monday.

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Concert poster showing a white Ford Mustang with the license plate "TNA HRT" driving through a riverboat's life preserver. The color scheme is yellow, orange and brown.

Text:

CHICAGO FARMER
AND
THE FIELDNOTES

3/6 DAVENPORT, IA
3/7 DES MOINES, IA
3/8 KANSAS CITY, MO
3/12 APPLETON, WI
3/13 BANGOR, WI
3/14 MINNEAPOLIS, MN
-3/19 NEWPORT, KY-
3/20 INDIANAPOLIS, IN
3/21 ANN ARBOR, MI
3/27 SAINT LOUIS, MO
3/28 BLOOMINGTON, IL
4/3 CHICAGO, IL
4/4 CHICAGO, IL 
4/11 KALAMAZOO, MI
4/17 EFFINGHAM, IL
4/18 CARBONDALE, IL
4/24 CLEVELAND, OH
4/25 COLUMBUS, OH
5/8 WEST BEND, WI
5/9 STOUGHTON, WI

SPRING 2026

Concert poster showing a white Ford Mustang with the license plate "TNA HRT" driving through a riverboat's life preserver. The color scheme is yellow, orange and brown. Text: CHICAGO FARMER AND THE FIELDNOTES 3/6 DAVENPORT, IA 3/7 DES MOINES, IA 3/8 KANSAS CITY, MO 3/12 APPLETON, WI 3/13 BANGOR, WI 3/14 MINNEAPOLIS, MN -3/19 NEWPORT, KY- 3/20 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 3/21 ANN ARBOR, MI 3/27 SAINT LOUIS, MO 3/28 BLOOMINGTON, IL 4/3 CHICAGO, IL 4/4 CHICAGO, IL 4/11 KALAMAZOO, MI 4/17 EFFINGHAM, IL 4/18 CARBONDALE, IL 4/24 CLEVELAND, OH 4/25 COLUMBUS, OH 5/8 WEST BEND, WI 5/9 STOUGHTON, WI SPRING 2026

#LiveMusic tonight - it'll be Chicago Farmer & the Field Notes for their hometown, album release party at The Castle Theatre in Bloomington IL.
Pirates-in-the-bathtub troubadours ClusterPluck will be opening.
Doors at 7 pm.
See you there!

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three cartoon characters are riding birds on a brown background Alt: Three mini-pixel video game characters riding yellow birds across a desert

Chocobo?

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Will do!
Will you be there too?

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SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings?

CPAC CROWD: *cheers*

SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer.

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#LastFourWatched
- Night of the Living Dead
- MST3K: Reptilicus
- Tom Jones
- Scarface

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After the water supply collapses in central California, I look for many Illinois farms switching from beans and corn to garden produce.

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"Which side are you on?"
Good film to watch before tomorrow's #NoKings marches.

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Morgan's Raid - Wikipedia

It’s often said that Gettysburg was the “high water mark of the Confederacy” but I think that happened a week later during John Morgan’s raid on Indiana when his troops stole 2000 hams and subsequently had to dump them as they spoiled, leaving a trail of rotting ham for Union pursuers to follow

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Poster with the following messages:
(NO) Epic Fury
(YES) Epstein Files 
No Kings logo
#ETTD

Poster with the following messages: (NO) Epic Fury (YES) Epstein Files No Kings logo #ETTD

My wife went the more traditional route in using poster board for her sign for tomorrow march.
#NoKings #Peoria

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Dry erase board with the statement "You're One (banana) Short Of A Republic!"

There is a picture of a banana in the right upper corner and a No Kings logo in the left lower corner.

Dry erase board with the statement "You're One (banana) Short Of A Republic!" There is a picture of a banana in the right upper corner and a No Kings logo in the left lower corner.

I finished up my sign for tomorrow's #NoKings demonstration in #Peoria IL.
I opted for a light weight dry erase board which would allow me to change my message during the march.
Many thanks to Tom Sullivan at Digby's Hullabaloo for the idea.
@tmsullivan.bsky.social

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“Plato had just downloaded another update and was refusing to teach us math until we upgraded to a Be Best Platinum subscription…”

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INDIANAPOLIS—NCAA officials are calling the situation “unprecedented” as expert bracketologists discovered a fifth team in the Final Four. “We’re not sure how we missed that,” said one researcher, who spoke on condition of anonymity

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