VENUE Art Gallery & Wine Social

The concept of Venue has been around for some time. The hybrid of an art gallery and wine bar combines some of our favorite things…wine, art, and live music. Come up for a taste of wine during the day with your friends and check out the latest exhibit, or semi-permanent collections that are for sale [...]

Ambient @ Swingers Grille in Normal, IL

the goat tapes – odu

This is from the 1993 tape “worship” It is all eric* lyrics: my sex. my drugs. my rock. my roll. my body. my mind. my heart. my soul. i am going to overdose you.

The Skabs "Sweet Home Obamalama"

From “Afro Show” episode of SkabTV. Intro is an apology by The Skabs for making fun of other bands and not being nice, polite punk rockers. Should “Revenge of the Skabs” be changed to “Gentle Teasing of the Skabs”??? http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/745184 Grab this FREE mp3 download now. It’s a rare track available exclusively on LiveMusicPeoria.

Metaphysical Platypus "in my head 100 yous"

From their debut CD “X” – Sludge Farm Records (2008) http://www.last.fm/music/metaphysical+platypus/Metaphysical+Platypus+%22…

The Skabs "Kurt Cobain cover"

Nirvana song. Tune secretly snatched from their punk comedy internet show. Grab this FREE mp3 download now. It’s a rare track available exclusively on LiveMusicPeoria. From SkabTV “Afro Show” episode. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/745184

Paul Newman dies after battle with cancer

Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," ”Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money" — followed by a second act as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario — has died. He was 83. Newman died Friday at his farmhouse near Westport following a [...]

Nothing alarming about this cafeteria food

It’s a testament to our hunger that even after setting off a very loud, wailing alarm trying to enter the cafeteria at Eureka College, we followed the directions of the waving, laughing students to another door and went in, anyway. Nothing like keeping a low profile when you’re doing a restaurant review. But since the [...]

Eureka College cafeteria

Quick Guide Dickinson Commons, corner of College and Burgess streets, Eureka 467-6358 Hours: Weekdays, 7:15 to 8:15 a.m. for breakfast, with continental breakfast available until 9 a.m. Lunch on weekdays is from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., with dinner served from 5 to 7 p.m. On weekends, brunch is from noon to 1 p.m., with [...]

What do you sweat to?

Maybe you’re one of those elite athletes who is content just to hear your own breathing as your footsteps pound the pavement during a workout. You’re in tune with the mechanics of your body, and maybe you even have a mantra that you repeat over and over, something like ‘No pain, no gain.’ But more [...]