#empty bottle

[tompuschautz]

Movie Poster for a friend’s documentary on the Chicago Music venue The Empty Bottle.

[lisamarie-vee]

[huariqueje]

Stll life    -   Wout Schram 

Dutch , 1895-1987

Oil on canvas , 55 x 46 cm.

[fantasmicly]

Ryan Hadarah at Empty Bottle, Chicago IL

[shironezuninja]

Oh great. NOW I’m hungry. Depression made me lose my appetite for most of the day.

[trashcore-whore]

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

“The end?” Vintage “Finis” imagery.

[aninfinitedealofnothing]

i fell in love w the femme at the rock show

[spacebugarts]

Inktober '22 Day 14: Empty

I don't think today's drawing really needs any explanation, though I did consider drawing a brain since I couldn't think of anything to draw lol

Prompt is from the official Inktober prompt list!

[simplymariac]

Nick waking up from a rough day of sleep. #ForeverKnight

Just having fun with this screenshot. Sony has all the rights to this screenshot. 😊

[artistic-potato-goblin]

Inktober Day 14 - Empty

[fleshmess]

[lisamarie-vee]

[trappedinmy-mind]

There’s an empty liquor bottle

Next to an empty me

-empty

~e.t. | trappedinmy-mind

[fantasmicly]

Ryan Hadarah at Empty Bottle, Chicago IL 🪩

[sinceileftyoublog]

Rosali Live Preview: 4/18, Empty Bottle, Chicago

Photo by Asia Harman

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Isn't it remarkable that Destroyer's Dan Bejar, the king of obtuseness, managed to so deftly nail his description of Bite Down (Merge), the fourth album from indie rock musician Rosali? Bejar referred to Rosali's instrumental and lyrical evolution as sporting a "hard-won ease;" I couldn't help but come back to that phrase when listening to standout track "Hills on Fire". As Rosali Middleman gently sings validations like, "That color looks so good on you," her backing band, David Nance's Mowed Sound, hint at something darker, James Schroeder's guitars growing increasingly scraggly. Eventually, Middleman sings, "I can be hellish and awful, too / Anger built in my youth." It's a moment where you realize that Bite Down shows Rosali as wise in her reflective realism, while still avoiding cynicism and leaving room for hope.

Bite Down was written after Rosali moved from her long-time home of Philadelphia to North Carolina; it concerns physical and emotional change while remaining astonishingly present. That interplay is reflected in both her words and the band's instrumentation. Take "Rewind", an easygoing, earnest, romantic country rock song that sees the silver lining in bad times. Eventually, the band's subtle freak-outs yield effects that sound like someone attempting to whoosh back in time but being held back and reminded to live in the moment. On "Slow Pain", Middleman dives head first into her angst, atop steady, pattering drums from Kevin Donahue and Schroeder's restrained lead guitar. "Have you seen my grief? Hold it so I don't spill out," she sings. The song eventually lets you into Middleman's head with piercing guitars resisting being muted, as she describes, "Killing time with the slow pain." And the title track fights despair with Ted Bois' groovy keyboard lines and Megan Siebe's warm cello, Middleman reaching out for help: "I can't seem to bring myself ashore / Put aside your foolish pride / To move beyond the rising tide."

Photo by Harrison Martin

Sure, there are a few songs on Bite Down that center on moods more static: ennui ("Hopeless"), pain ("Is It Too Late"), even horniness (earworm opener "On Tonight"). But it all comes together on the building, burning closer "May It Be on Offer". "And I do wonder / And waste my life / No, I don't wonder / If I waste my life," Middleman sings, clarifying that she knows that "[sitting] for hours / Gazing at the light" is what most would consider bed rotting. As the song progresses, though--keyboard humming, guitars fluttering--Middleman's outlook is brighter. "There is hope upon me / There is reason to try," she sings, a hymnal, or maybe a lullaby, singing herself not to sleep but back to that hard-won ease.

Rosali plays the Empty Bottle tonight, with a backing band of Nance, Schroeder, and Donahue. Local indie rockers Fran open. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. Tickets still available at time of publication.