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WHO Is Listening to Krautrock?

Monday, April 23, 2012

It is I. I am listening to Krautrock. I have nothing worthwhile to say, apparently. Say, what did you think of my Portage Theater article? Thanks to Whet Moser of Chicago Magazine and Kate Dries of WBEZ for pointing it out on their blogs.

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Save the Portage Theater!

Friday, April 20, 2012

My Gapers Block article about the Portage Theater is now up. Read it, and please attend the zoning board meeting today at 9 a.m.!

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Dread

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Publication is always a thrilling yet stomach-churning experience for me. I love releasing my work into the wild, but I dread what will happen next. Mostly, I’m waiting to hear from “that guy.” I don’t have a specific “that guy” in mind. He’s more of an archetype; a self-taught scholar who becomes filled with righteous […]

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4,000

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Four thousand words about the Portage Theater, packed off and sent to Gapers Block. IT IS ACCOMPLISHED.

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Tired

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Up till 2:30; woke up at 6. I was trying to finish my as-yet unmanageable Gapers Block article about the Portage Theater. Circumstances prevailed to prevent me from finishing last night, and I am so very tired. I have Jasper TX’s song “braille” on repeat. I am steeped in the gravy of exhaustion. “Nobody gets […]

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A New Aphorism

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Research is easy; writing is hard.

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New Steppes of Chicago Post

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Parker Berry, Hegewisch, and the Hidden.

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Alas Parker

Monday, March 19, 2012

Princeton Dry Goods store facade (now “Super Wok”) redesigned by Parker N. Berry. Shamefully truncated and neglected.  

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Visiting Parker

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Today we made the journey to Manlius, and Princeton, IL, to see a few of the remaining works of former Louis Sullivan draftsman Parker N. Berry. The folks in both towns couldn’t have treated us better. My faith in humanity was reinforced by the graciousness and industry of the members of the Manlius Historical Society […]

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Finding Parker

Thursday, March 15, 2012

I’m heading to Manlius and Princeton, IL, this weekend to see some of the few remaining works of architect Parker Noble Berry, Louis Sullivan’s final draftsman and a promising architect in his own right. Sadly, Berry died at age 30, a victim of the 1918 Spanish Flu. I don’t think his hospital is still standing, […]

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