Wow. Just wow. A man and his (acoustic) guitar made those sounds. Much respect.
Been a Robert Johnson fan since I was a teen about 40 years ago, but have never heard him so, so clearly. This is beautiful.
I recall a Northwestern professor (engineering, I think?) decades ago who used the university’s server to post his Holocaust denial views. The admin said something to the effect of “this guy’s crazy, but we don’t want to thwart his academic freedom.” Is my memory correct @rogersparkman.bsky.social?
He was also what we today would call “President of Football Operations” for…(checking my notes)…63 1/2 seasons. Only reason he didn’t make it a full 64 was that he died in mid-season!
We’ve got about a 5-hour window!
Good to be found!
Just read it. Excellent work, Robert! I know their old home on King Drive well, we pre-planned that whole block when I was a captain in Bronzeville.
Happy birthday to your son! Coincidentally, it’s my younger daughter’s 11th tomorrow too!
It was article #14 in our pre-nup. No skydiving for her, no motorcycle racing for me.
Especially because Apartheid in his native South Africa helped him get the education needed to move here and amass that fortune!
AND fixing the clogged toilets (not easy to do under any circumstances, but certainly not in Zero-gravity).
Spotted by my sister-in-law at an O’Hare bookstore, in a Chicago author-themed section. “Eckie” is sandwiched between Barack Obama and Phil Jackson, pretty good company! (My wife’s college professor & mentor, Carl Smith, is on the shelf below.) @univnebpress.bsky.social
We had a Mongolian Beef frozen dinner & a pre-prepared cilantro-lime chicken dinner, both over rice. Haven’t felt this single since my second daughter was born 11 yrs ago! In our (i.e. my, I’m the family cook) defense, we drove 13+hours yesterday after visiting family in South Carolina for a week.
Nobel Peace Prize material right there. Or at least FIFA Peace Prize.
The pride of Tilden Tech! 9-time Illinois state track champion there (broke Walter Eckersall’s 25-year-old record in the 100-yard dash), 6-time NCAA champ at Marquette, tied Eddie Tolan in the 100 in the 1932 Olympics but lost the gold on the photo-finish review. Much respect!
I think he’s on the wrong app? (I have no idea what the right app is though.)
Come on, man. Oceanía has always been at war with Eastasia.
“State power can and should be exercised when we’re in power. But when the other guy’s in power, that’s a dangerous overreach which must be stopped!”
Out of all the good corned beef sandwiches in the city, Romanian Kosher’s are the best! (Full disclosure, I haven’t been there in at least 5 years, but they’d built up enough trust and goodwill in the decades prior.)
Here’s the whole story, for those who haven’t read it yet…a Venn diagram which, despite his Ivy League education, would probably include Sec. Hegseth. americanliterature.com/author/mark-...
“The country was up in arms, the war was on…An aged stranger entered…[and] uttered in fervent appeal…”Lord our God! Help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells.”…It was believed afterward that the man was a lunatic, because there was no sense in what he said.” Mark Twain, 1905
Maybe this is showing my age, but “Chicago’s Band” will always be “Chicago.” (To my almost-90-year-old parents, “Chicago’s Band” is “The Benny Goodman Orchestra.”)
We had 1929 in front of my childhood home (and it was an actual metal plate, not a concrete stamp!), but that sidewalk was replaced in the early 1990s.
We did have a semi-organized first-snowfall streak at Holy Cross. Ended my freshman year, when a guy (who more recently earned fame as The Great Lake Jumper!) ended up in the burn ward. Long story…
We were lucky because, by chance, we grew up bridging racial dividing lines. We certainly saw race, race matters-but my peers & I were tolerant, understanding, and accepting, to the point where I, as a white guy, feel uncomfortable in any room that’s 100% white. And I think that’s a good thing!
My best friend growing up had a Haitian father & French mother. My regular playmates next-door were Korean immigrants who didn’t speak any English at first. My grammar school graduating class of 45 students (in 1984) included 20 white students, 12 Hispanic, 7 Black, 4 Asian, & 1 Native American.
I like where she’s going with this, BUT…the description of the 6900 block of North Ashland as “largely white and affluent” may miss the mark. Rogers Park (where I grew up & lived until I was 40) is EXTREMELY diverse, which is one of its greatest strengths & has largely influenced my own life.
The kestrel knows.
Making America Great Again, I suppose.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
