March 2012
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Chicago Poet Avery R. Young’s photo-commentary on the Trayvon Martin tragedy.
Avery R. Young is a local poet, activist, and educator (and I am lucky enough to count him as a friend, too). He champions unconventional showcases for his work, including facebook and taped up on doors (see below). Jive on. more on avery. more on trayvon.
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It’s that Time Again! The weather is fine… come on out and celebrate!
Groove Conspiracy (me and Simeon Viltz) spinning at Morseland tomorrow night! All the good stuff I feature on Darkjive plus lots of new acquisitions, all spun on vinyl (I’ll be spinning with all 45s). Celebrate Chicago’s legacy of righteous music… and dance, too.. The Nitty Gritty: Groove Conspiracy 1218 West Morse Chicago 10pm till 1:30pm…
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a Chicago Be-In at Promontory Point, 1967
What’s a Be-In? Check the video below from the Lincoln Park Be-In for more background on the celebration of “Turning on and Tuning In”. Around the time of Chicago’s storied Blizzard of 1967 which dumped 23 inches of snow over the course of about 35 hours, out in San Francisco, the first “Human Be-in”…
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