Harvey Tillis Photography

The James R. Thomp­son Cen­ter atrium in Chicago.

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A for­est of trees in winter.

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The lone build­ing on a Chicago city block in the early morn­ing hours of the new year 2012.

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Fresh water­melon sold from the back of a truck is com­ing. Keep that thought on icy days.

Snow and ice were reported this morn­ing. Many acci­dents and back­ups on the express­ways. Likely to stay this way for a while, but sum­mer is coming.

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Big Time per­forms for the last time at Quenchers in Chicago.

I am prob­a­bly the old­est groupie of the band Big Time. They are — were — a Tom Waits trib­ute band play­ing all over Chicago and the mid­west. Some­times instru­men­ta­tion included a dou­ble row of rust­ing old fire extin­guish­ers played with what looked like a rail­road spike. The side­men changed over the years. Zeb, singer, piano/fire extinguisher/garbage can player and Chris the drum­mer were con­stants. They might do an entire Waits album in one night or a vari­ety of selec­tions from many. Last Wednes­day night was their last gig together for at least a year. They’ll see what hap­pens. What hap­pens is that they will be missed. Thanks for your superb musi­cian­ship and for the show. Come back soon.