The town can appear idyllic, and in many ways it is, but like anywhere in America, you can scrape through the sparkle in the finish and see hypocrisy, the denial of history, and you sometimes hear sh*t that makes you think it's 1952. My kids and their families are here, my mother is still here, I have many friends and many, many more acquaintances here, too. I've lived here my whole life, and I do love it. People do pretty well here, and we have notable folks that come from this place - Marlon Brando, Adam Jones (from the band Tool), Gwynne Shotwell (the president of SpaceX), and my good friend Tom Morello - they all hail from Libertyville.
We have a regular farmer's market, a town square, plenty of happenin' restaurants, upscale and dive bars, yoga studios, and an army of baristas. I live in a pretty homogenous upper-middle class town in Illinois called Libertyville. Acclaimed singer-songwriter Ike Reilly released his new album, 'Because The Angels', this week and to celebrate he tells us about the song 'F*** the Good Old Days.' Here is the story:
