Because of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, most of Chicago’s primary neighborhoods are laid out in a fairly normal blocked grid system…this effectively locks in the neighborhoods, and most still retain some semblance of the old way of the corner shop, the kind that has a specialized business that works well in a somewhat closed community…the corner ( Read more... )

The Marked was ahead of it’s time in a few novel ways…although generally unsuccessful and clumsy in our attempts, we did our best to blend really loud guitar with 80’s English, alternative rock in a more forceful way then what had been popular at that time…our mixture of 60’style paisley fed psyche-a-delia, in itself not unique (with handy “spacey ( Read more... )

The road back home was not as memorable as the road I had taken out of there…I am uncertain what I am even going back for…without realizing it, I have given up on the best part of me, and given in to the voice that enslaves ( Read more... )

I figure out that if you put fresh pans of water in the corners at night, the roaches will climb in for some unknown reason and drown themselves...so each morning, I go around to the 4 corners of the 600 sq. ft. space and "collect" last night’s victims and dump them all in the toilet...the storefront has no shower, so I wash in the sink, using ( Read more... )

Picture me standing alone on a sidewalk in the old-town type area of Ybor City, Florida, watching a local band play thru the glass of a storefront coffee bar...the band has its back to the street, playing to a small audience of about 20 or so people inside...my hair is ratted, died blue-black, standing up and out...my eyes are ringed black as well ( Read more... )