The Night Watch could be your life

Last Thursday, Action Pap and I traveled to one of the best dive bars I've come across in Chicago so far, a little place called the Lake View (which is next to the Burger Delights seen here). This place was classic, all wood-paneled and smoky. It has the best arcade sports game to feature a trackball (no not Golden Tee, Fraty) Capcom Bowling, in which I pulled a stunning, 10th frame comeback to triumph over Pap. The real reason to go check the place out, though, is the house band, The Night Watch (who play behind the bar, to give you an idea of the kind of place this is). The lead singer looks like a Hispanic David Crosby and the guitar player looks like the most pissed off school bus driver you've ever seen. It's the best old man cover band I've ever seen.

. . . According to Amanda, the girl who told me about the Night Watch, they used to be even better than they are now. Apparently, they used to have a different guitar player, some fifty-something guy with a sparkly guitar and matching guitar strap. I'm still unable to determine whether or not her statement is the truth or just one of those indie rock "they were better before" kind of things. She swears it's not the latter, but she looks a little shifty when she says it.