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Last night was the 3rd annual Printers’ Ball, hosted by the Poetry Foundation at the Zhou B. Center. It was really awesome, until the cops shut it down (around 10:30 or so). This was the best possible event anyone could have hoped for. For my own part, I walked out with about 20 pounds worth […]

Don’t be so shocked that I’m back.
You might recall that Sarah and I were making a zine. That zine is called Try Less Hard, and if you haven’t gotten a copy, you’ll be able to pick one up (for free!) at the Printers’ Ball, which will be at the Zhou B. Art Center on the […]

The zine is almost done

I apologize to those who actually want to read what I have to say here. I have been entirely too busy trying to finish up issue 1 of Try Less Hard with Sarah to be able to post anything. I also went to four separate performances last weekend, which really took a lot of time […]

So the Chicago Underground Library folks have sent out another update email. Being the sort of person who wants them to succeed, I’m going to tell you all about it.
First and foremost, CUL rocks. They’ve only been around for 6 months, but they are so cool (and so nice) that you should feel very small […]

Chicago Underground Library

When I think back on all of the people I met at Version this year, I remember that a lot of them were standoffish hipsters lacking good personal hygiene. But those people form a sort of ugly stinky backdrop to the tons of awesome people I did meet. I’ve mentioned Barry from the ABCO ArtSpace […]