Crime Wave: Vintage photos of when Chicago was a gangster’s paradise
Stick ’em up!: A cop with a gun. Watching too many Jimmy Cagney movies as a child made me think a gangster’s life as a…
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ONO: Vintage footage of the freaked-out ‘anti-music’ Chicago avant garde legends
This is a guest post from Galactic Zoo Dossier’s overlord, Plastic Crimewave on an unfairly obscure group from Chicago: Unless one caught them on their…
Red peppers, milk, cocaine: David Bowie-themed menu from the big Bowie exhibit in Chicago
In about a week residents of Chicagoland will be able to wallow in all things Bowie, as the much-acclaimed “David Bowie Is” exhibition makes its…
The feminist fireworks of Judy Chicago were loud, bright and very, very vaginal
Chicago’s 2012 fireworks demo, ‘A Butterfly for Pomona.’ Her latest, ‘A Butterfly for Brooklyn,’ was much larger. Judy Chicago is the original feminist artist–in fact…
Disco Sucks: Relive the madness of ‘Disco Demolition Night’ in Chicago’s Comiskey Park, 1979
On July 12, 1979, the schedule called for a twi-night doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox. The Tigers took the first…
Students, teachers and parents want YOU to donate toilet paper to Chicago public schools!
The cuts to the Chicago public school system are as egregious as they are politically transparent. Aside from the 50 schools that are closing outright,…
Striking, but misguided Chicago ad campaign wants to lower teen pregnancy with pregnant teenage boys
We’re already fully aware of the overwhelmingly largest factor in teen pregnancy: poverty. Say it again! Poverty! It’s pretty easy to figure out. Aside from…
Avant psychedelia: The Art Ensemble of Chicago show up in French hippie movie ‘Les Stances A Sophie’
In 1970, Egyptian-born Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi directed Les Stances A Sophie, a groovy, post May ’68 film which featured not only the music of…
Kind of Spicy: Miles Davis’ recipe for ‘South Side Chicago Chili Mack’
From John Szwed’s Miles Davis biography, So What: The Life of Miles Davis. Page 145: Miles Davis’s South Side Chicago Chili Mack 1 tablespoon bacon…
Cry Of Jazz: Only known footage of Sun Ra and his original Arkestra, Chicago, 1950s
Composer/arranger Edward O. Bland’s 1958 quasi-documentary short, Cry of Jazz was one of the first films to examine Black culture. Made during the Eisenhower era…