Ahead of Vanity Plates' tour kicking off at X-Ray Arcade on May 13, Shah joined Lake Effect's Joy Powers in-studio — along with bassist Peter Ciolino and drummer Shane Timm.

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file Springfield Transportation Transportation 'MUNCH,' 'BICHIN,' 'JAGWEED' are among the 335 vanity plates rejected by Illinois Secretary of State last year ...

Some are political in nature, like FJB2020 and multiple plates referencing The Oathkeepers, a group that’s been connected to the insurrection at the White House on Jan 6, 2021. A few of them are ...