Alt-country progenitors Souled American drop their first album in 30 years - Chicago Reader Plus: Jason Balla of Dehd celebrates a new record as Accessory, and CHIRP throws its fourth CD Blowout Sale.

I don’t always get it but Leor does. What the fuss is all about. Alt-country progenitors Souled American drop their first album in 30 years chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

I don’t always get it, but Leor does & concisely gets to the heart of what the fuss is all about.🙏

Ranch YouTube video by J.J. Tindall's Chicago Grindhouse

Ranch
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Manhole cover at F.L. Wright's Heurtley House, Oak Park 1902

By Wright's #1: Heurtley House, 1902 #manholecovermonday
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Lost Federico García Lorca verse discovered 93 years after it was written Eight-line poem found on the back of a manuscript sheds light on Spanish poet’s preoccupation with time

The clock sings
I count the hours mechanically
Seven o’clock; twelve o’clock
It’s all the same
I am not here
It is the mark of flesh
That I left behind when I departed
So as to know my place
Upon my return.

My poem "Hippogriff"

Hippogriff

Hippogriff YouTube video by J.J. Tindall's Chicago Grindhouse

Now playing at the Chicago Grindhouse: "Hippogriff"
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An anthropomorphic piece of sliced bread and a bunch of red roses smiling, walking hand-in-hand. The slice of bread carries a red banner that says "We Want It All" Beneath the image it says Haymarket Books Est. 2001, Chicago IL

We want it all

New design collab with @harebrained.bsky.social

You said a swear!👏🕺❤️

My poem "The Ugly American, Part 2"

The Ugly American, Part 2

My poem "The Ugly American, Part 1"

The Ugly American, Part 1

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Manhole cover

Fenced In #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social

@farsouthproject.bsky.social - Ginsberg Blake and Mysticism (lectures on The Four Zoas) continue this week allenginsberg.org/2026/04/ma-13/

Making the Marx Brothers The Marx brothers were born in New York, but Chicago was the true birthplace of the act called the Marx Brothers, one of the world’s funniest.

... and speaking of artists with unique visions, here's a lovely Robert Loerzel piece in the Trib on the Marx Brothers' Chicago origins.
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Neighborhood Nukes (from Michael Nesmith's "Elephant Parts") YouTube video by Scotto Moore

SEE THIS NOW...
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Wilt By Kathleen RooneyFeatured Art: “Spring Returns and So Do I” by Leo Arkus Usages tilt and words can wither, but they don’t get torn down like buildings do.  O archaic present tense second-pers…

Thrilled to have my poem "Wilt" in the latest issue of the @newohioreview.bsky.social! newohioreview.org/2026/02/15/w...

The Colored Moon

He's not really white
after all! They must be

again
crestfallen...

To the Waterways! #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social

My poem "The Last Book Lover"

The Last Book Lover

It's like watching Frank Sinatra Jr. trying to play Don Corleone.

"Mission Accomplished!" Come on, man, just say it. SAY IT! In 4...3...2...

Two Weeks! The recurring "about two weeks" riff he pulls out every single time. It's recognizable, quantifiable bullshit. Jesus! He got talked into breaking everything & now he's gonna walk away. But the oil prices? I'll be seeing you soon: "Hi! Thanks for coming to WalMart!"...

More on Spoon River Anthology: the creator of the first "audio log" video game, the now-common genre where you find recordings of the voices of dead characters, credits SRA with inspiring the form.

Centennial Celebrations - The Allen Ginsberg Project , Allen Ginsberg at 100 – at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, upcoming – July 2026 Ginsberg Centennial. Announcing a major event taking place this summer in London (Sunday July 12  7.30 pm) – “Rejoic...

@billymills.bsky.social - Centennial Celebrations - allenginsberg.org/2026/03/t-31/

Clow manhole cover

Clow Water #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @giegerj.bsky.social

I'm nostalgic, I guess, for a time when you'd actually bring the 82nd Airborne home when you won a war. I guess I'm funny that way.

My poem "The Thing Is"

The Thing Is