El Toro De Oro: Cinco De Mayo

Last night I say Ralph's band El Toro De Oro finally.
They played at the Cinco de Mayo fest outside of Mad Mex. They reminded me of The Murder City Devils. Ralph will probably take that as a big complement. Snacks and I went to see Shnozola. They were supposed to go on at 7:00 but got pushed back because they were deemed too vulgar. We were there way before 7:00 but we ended up missing them because we were at the bar.

PBR 4 Life

SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. — Bill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he’s got the custom-made beer-can casket to prove it.

“I actually fit, because I got in here,” said Bramanti of South Chicago Heights.

The 67-year-old Glenwood village administrator doesn’t plan on needing it anytime soon, though.

He threw a party Saturday for friends and filled his silver coffin – designed in Pabst’s colors of red, white and blue – with ice and his favorite brew.

“Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?” said Bramanti’s daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42.

Bramanti ordered the casket from Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights, and Scott Sign Co. of Chicago Heights designed the beer can.