Sunday, December 14, 2025

Miss America

Howdy Pinto and the Bean friends!     So, in the past few weeks, there have been a few updates in our Pinto and the Bean world.  First of all, Paul has learned how to do a headstand in his...
There's a musical ghost in the house. I've had this classical guitar since before I was born.  It was in my bedroom closet growing up, and well...here it is all busted.  I just woke up the other day and it...
Paul always wanted to be Megaman...one day... So, tonight is the night...all our songs are finally  mixed and being sent off to get mastered.  Mastering is like icing on a cake, in case you're confused about it (and most people are)....
One Christmas, I received a gift that I didn't realize was going to end up being used nearly as much as it has, and that's the Hohner Melodica 37, an incredibly cool little instrument that is now in several...
One wintery day in 2009, Ivan was headed off to O'Hare airport to jump on a plane to visit family for Christmas; right before he took off, he said something along the lines of "why don't we start up...
In June of 2010, we decided this little rock & roll project of ours needed a band name.  We had already written half a dozen songs since January of that year and the band certainly couldn't perform concerts without...

Halloween Chicago

It's Friday night - Halloween Chicago can get pretty nuts. Gotta love this city for how festive it gets. Pretty damn windy out tonight too. What a perfect eve for people to get out of their...
That's right we've got new songs... new ear candy for your listening pleasure - the first song we'd like to share with you is called "Better Off Alone" - scroll to the bottom of the page and click play on...

Night Rider

Yeah, Halloween has past but it still feels Halloweeny out...Ivan's out drumming for a friend's band tonight.  They needed a fill in for this show, and well, they chose Ivan the terrible. We shot this video right before Halloween last...
Lovelies, we're sorry we've been away hibernating.  It happens during these cold wintery times.  We'd love to see your pretty faces next Saturday night at Streetside.  Our very good friends Bad Bad Meow will also be performing.  Check out...