This weekend is the Chicago Zine Fest! On Friday and Saturday, Chicago will host what promises to be one of its biggest zine fests to date. The fest begins on Friday, March 12th with readings at Quimby’s, followed by an art opening, meet and greet and film at Johalla Projects. On Saturday, zinesters from [...]
When I was younger, we had the Soviet Union to worry about. At any moment the USSR would send 50,000 tanks across the East German border and before you could say “Thank God for Ronald Reagan,” we would be at war. Nuclear war. Major cities would vanish under a field of mushroom clouds. We were [...]
John of Toledo, a Church Cardinal, predicted the world would end in 1186 after a planetary alignment in the constellation Libra during the month of September. Reportedly, only a few humans were to survive this ultimate cataclysm. Records are spotty, but historical records show humanity marched on after 1186.
In 1524, astrologers in England predicted that [...]
I attempt to read as much as possible. Over the past few months, the bulk of that has been limited to mainly pixels, but like the month two years ago I spent hold up using a corporate bookstore as a library (which I highly recommend), I’ve decided I need to get back to reading ink [...]
Sometimes, people come so close to hitting the mark but miss big.
Mark Dice, conspiracy theorist and Alex Jones acolyte, would like people to boycott the Super Bowl on Sunday and “read a book.” On the surface, I both understand and to an extent, completely agree. Before unweildy mobs of football fans show up at my [...]
Our very own Aaron Cynic will be reading at this fantastic event. If you’re local to Chicago, please come check it out!
The Liquid Burning
of Apocalyptic Bard Letters
Chicago, IL - Chicago writers Aaron Cynic (Chicagoist, Diatribe Media), Jeff Phillips (Whiskey Pike, Turban Tan), Kevin Robison (Chicagoist) Ian Randall (Farmers Tan Market, slam poet), [...]
Every time I log in to the site to do maintenance and add posts, I get a bit excited when I see I have pending comments. “Wow! Not only is someone reading, but someone has something to say about it!” Unfortunately, this usually isn’t the case. That someone turns out not to be exactly human [...]
Celebrity deaths don’t often phase me, as I find it (however callous sounding) somewhat difficult to mourn for someone I’ve never met or feel like I haven’t known. I can recognize a tragedy when I see one and it’s certainly sad to see someone who brought joy or happiness into someone’s life [...]
On Thursday, the Supreme Court handed electoral politics over to corporations, who will undoubtedly spit in the court’s face and sue it for not giving them their right to blatently buy elections sooner. In a 5-4 decision handed down by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and backed by five Republican presidential appointees, the court [...]