Chicago
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Captain Sky on Soul Train
Captain Sky, also known as mild-mannered Chicago bass player Daryl Cameron, stated on the back of his first album (Adventures of Captain Sky): “Oh, by the way, if you’re wondering, Daryl Cameron somehow entered the phonebooth of his mind and emerged as Captain Sky. Tune in again”…. REALLY? (this might be unrelated, but I personally…
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The Equalizer is Coming…
Chicago-based Shala’s music is afro-punk/hip-hop/electro/freshness. For the uninitiated, here’s links to some samplings: get-yur-Shala.-here and here coming soon: Equalizer presents Shala. at Darkroom Time and Place Start Time: Friday, February 27, 2009 at 9:00pm End Time: Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 2:00am Location: Darkroom Street: 2210 W. Chicago Ave. City/Town: Chicago, IL
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chickpea means love
I love Chickpea, or حمّص, a new Middle Eastern Restaurant on Chicago Avenue (just West of Damen). Fly ambiance, great lunch prices, fresh food, A Die Hard movie poster in Arabic, and a Genie pinball game. The owner, Jerry Suqi, told Time Out Chicago in November, “I came from Palestine when I was two and…
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We the People (Who are Darker than Blue)
Curtis Mayfield performing “We the People” and “Gimme Your Love”, plus archival tape of folks vibin’ in various Chicago parks back-in-the-day. From the classic film “Save the Children” (1972). The film chronicled PUSH Expo ’72 (at the International Amphitheatre** in Chicago), touted as the biggest gathering of black business in history. When black power was…
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Immodest Proposals Wanted
This came to me from the good people at Lumpen, an Arts magazine based in Bridgeport. They want to get folks involved in their Alternate Arts Festival (and the deadline in fast approaching). Sky’s the limit on the level of creativity you can express here….. VERSION>09 IMMODEST PROPOSALS April 23 – MAY 2, 2009 Chicago,…
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This Love’s For Real
This is a Local Chicago record also recorded by The Impressions (and written by Leroy Hutson). Very obscure. Very Lincoln-Continental-with-the-suicide-doors Gangster. Enjoy.
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Coffee and Cigarettes
I’ve never smoked, but that song made me believe in the common luxury of both. Remember when, if visiting someone’s house, the cupboards may have been bare…but they’d still offer you some coffee (even instant).
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Re-Thinking the Soup Kitchen
Re-thinking Soup , at Jane Addams Hull House Museum, serves up bowls of soup and, hopefully, change. According to Kelly Saulsberry, Hull House Museum Project Coordinator, Re-thinking Soup serves free lunch on Tuesdays — healthy soup (made in their on-site kitchen) and organic bread — inside the historic Hull House Residents’ Dining Hall on UIC’s…
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Bridgeport WPA: Alphabet Soup for Modern Times
Version Fest 09 (which will feature “An art parade, temporary housing structures, independent contemporary art space networking, one day only exhibition formats, video sweat lodges, an artist run art fair, a reincarnation of the depression era Public Works of Art Project, a social networked free public school, impressive musical performances, boring theoretical nonsense, the revamping…
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