We won.
Tesla Chicago is closed.
Their new location is in a ghost town. They sacrificed visibility to thousands/day--& proximity to the other luxury car dealerships--to get away from us, because we'd turned their brand ambassador location into a liability.
Organizing works.
@teslatakedown.com
Have you been to Bryant's yet? ;) youtu.be/iwFmQ2Fq4zg?...
Simulacra homily.
1/Every-time, some bro-tech fascist open their mouths about “culture” and “Western Civilization”, I play Robert Johnson: www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco....
Whalefall is pretty much a horror movie. Its whale body horror if it's anything like the book which is EXTREMELY gross. I'm kinda amazed it's being made into a movie by Disney. In the old days it would have firmly been a touchstone film.
A bronze statue of the late Cubs announcer Harry Caray that stands by the entrance to the bleachers at Wrigley Field. Harry is seen wearing a windbreaker and his signature large and thick-rimmed glasses. He’s gesticulating with both arms, one holding a microphone as he leads the crowd singing in the 7th inning stretch. The base of the statue is a sculptural rendition of the stands of Wrigley Field and rising up from it, in what can easily be interpreted as bronze hellfire, are faces of damned and tormented Cubs fans. I know it sounds like I’m being facetious but that is sincerely what it looks like.
For those previously unacquainted here’s the sculpture known to me as ‘Harry Caray and the Harrowing of Hell’
NYT can suck an egg.
Listening to this now. Excellent! It's beautifully recorded and the playing is peerless.
BuildTheTunnelChicago.org
We are 96% of the way to a six-line, 140+ station thru-running regional rail network for Chicagoland.
It’s time to finish the final 4%. It’s time to #BuildTheTunnel.
Dive in: BuildTheTunnelChicago.org
a scene with one man (labeled "nap-inducing dreary weather") threatening another man (labeled "getting stuff done on the weekend") with a knife
(sleepily) it's the freakin' weekend
Bumping this for the early birds.
Shame on me for not previously thanking @harebrained.bsky.social for his pepperific mascot drawing! Isn't it sweet?!
So unbelievably nauseating and FUBAR.
I wonder if the next volume of that biography will ever be published. I'm waiting for it!
Thank you, sir!
Thanks, Marilyn!
promo image for Crust Fund Pizza: The Motion Picture
My new film profiles John Carruthers' Crust Fund Pizza project, which slings alley pizzas for the benefit of the people who make Chicago a better place to live. If ya like pizza we've got some really cool rewards when you support the project! www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
very proud of the first six films I've programmed as part of my role as guest programmer of Must-Watch Indies at FACETS here in Chicago.
April titles still have screenings through the 23rd. May titles begin on the 10th. June is shaping up to be great too!
Tickets: facets.org/portfolio-ca...
One thing that's guaranteed: it'll be more expensive than the Cherry Circle Room. Sigh.
I mean, yeah, absolutely.
Update: Bluesky has identified the problem
GOAT of the GOAT.
Is it 5 o'clock yet? Check out my playlist!
"Something for the Lounge: Cocktails with Henry Mancini"
tidal.com/playlist/5ac...
