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There are few things better than a warm summer night at Ravinia . You get off the Metra and boom—you’re there. You walk a few feet and you're inside one of the most beautiful outdoor music venues in the country. The sound is always great, the trees sway gently overhead, and the picnic game is legendary. Wine bottles popping, gourmet spreads laid out on blankets, lawn chairs planted just right—it’s magical. My girlfriend Julie and I packed our own picnic, jumped in the car, b

I have been a fan of The Roots , the amazing hip hop band out of of Philadelphia (best known as the house band on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” ), for many, many years, but I had never seen them live until this past Saturday night at Ravinia  (with Digable Planets  and Arrested Development ) and WOW. Some Background I became obsessed with hip hop around 1987 and it was my favorite genre of music until the mid-late 90s when I felt it began lose its edge, get repeti