Solo exhibition at Zg Gallery, Chicago opens on September 7th

Overwhelming Acrid Odor of Potential Paramour: New Paintings and Drawings by Gregory Jacobsen

Zg Gallery, 300 W. Superior St., Chicago, IL
September 7-October 13
opening reception on 9/7 5:30-7:30

image: Fly Me! I’m Mandy! oil on linen, 18”x24”, 2012

Lovely Little Girls at The Burlington in Chicago with Cool Devices and Hot Garbage

We will have a 9-piece band! Trombone! Sax! Singers! The Burlington is at 3425 W. Fullerton. Show starts at 9:30. We will be recording in April.

Lovely Little Girls - Poor Fitted Boys/Pressed Face Downwards/I'm So Good Looking!

Here is a video of our performance at the Empty Bottle on Friday- a two camera shoot of a suite of songs: Poor-Fitted Boys/Pressed Face Downwards/You Fuck Me Anyway. I am very excited about this fantastic lineup that features guitarist Jim Cooper (Detholz!), keyboardist Jon Beavo (Hot Garbage), drummer Charlie Werber (Guzzlemug, Murmur), saxophonist Cory Bengtsen, and backup singers Carmen Armillas (Cheer-Accident) and Sacha Mullin. Our next show is at Cobra Lounge with Arriver on January 13th.

Lovely Little Girls photo by Jim Newberry

I am currently digging through my file cabinet, scanning old work and documentation for a group show curated by Temporary Services called Designated Drivers. It will essentially be the last ten years of my creative life on a 4 gig flash drive. I'll post more about the show as it approaches.

Anyway, I found a great photo by Jim Newberry of my old band Lovely Little Girls taken for a 2001 Chicago Reader write-up by Liz Armstrong. Click on it for BIG VERSION.

Cake & Polka Parade: Chicago Field Recordings

The latest episode of my podcast on WFMU features field recordings from Chicago...thugs, drunks, firecrackers, sirens, late-night conversations, neighbors fucking, a brass band and many other audio oddities. Go here to listen to it.


image by flickr user kswcu05

Lovely Little Girls - CD Release Show at Empty Bottle July 24

Lovely Little Girls CD Release Show at Empty Bottle - July 24th
1035 N. Western, Chicago - 9:30 - w/ Electric Set & Mark Solotroff

We will be playing a suite of our extra-fancy new material with special guests Melissa Colbert of Jitney on backup vocals and Alan from The Bitter Tears on trumpet and bass clarinet. We guar·an·tee absolute entertainment and a one of a kind show featuring smothering convulsions such as:

Wide Mouth Penetrated Makeshift Mustache Man!

Half-Used Vulva!

Faint Pungency!

Pale Pink Pancake Punching Bag!

Wretched Substitute!

Lovely Little Girls website

The photo above was taken by Adam Hoff from one of our shows.