Cakewalk

Fifteen years after a gut-busting debut at Lounge Ax, The Sea and Cake continue to engineer a new rock sound

The Scene at the Tribune Tower Lobby

It’s day three of post-election/pre-inauguration, and people are still
flocking to the Tribune Tower like we’re selling iPhones. We’re not. The
folks in the lobby are selling commemorative Chicago Tribune papers
announcing Barack Obama’s win, and there are lines nearly every time of the
day. I leave for lunch and have to cut through the line. Leave after work and have to cut through
the line. Dr. Beat Soltermann (yes, that is a real name) is a Swiss radio
reporter who was in town covering the election, and he couldn’t…