tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8045354716761421213..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Chicago is a fine place and worth savingNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48541237698808431492022-02-01T04:57:44.860-06:002022-02-01T04:57:44.860-06:00Thank you Clark Street! In this forum I never fear...Thank you Clark Street! In this forum I never fear being wrong. I'll just get the right info, and here The System Works.J.J. Tindallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381555158949851490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40514860220962500942022-01-31T18:40:53.504-06:002022-01-31T18:40:53.504-06:00When I was in Europe, I couldn't tell you how ...When I was in Europe, I couldn't tell you how many people said bang, bang, Al Capone, once they heard I was from Chicago. It really was bizarre. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89083003139557111852022-01-31T18:02:25.952-06:002022-01-31T18:02:25.952-06:00You have mixed up Ludwig Drum which was on Damen a...You have mixed up Ludwig Drum which was on Damen around 1800 North & then that was closed about 1984 & is now condos, then it moved to North Carolina<br />Slingerland was in Kalamazoo.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2860187555976874092022-01-31T14:21:47.904-06:002022-01-31T14:21:47.904-06:00Totally enjoyed this walk through our city of outs...Totally enjoyed this walk through our city of outsized shoulders. So sad that much of the world reduces us to Al Capone and Michael Jordan.Baruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568908951400103413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38593788192259857122022-01-31T12:43:55.837-06:002022-01-31T12:43:55.837-06:00There are clearly many things which originated in ...There are clearly many things which originated in and/or are associated with Chicago. But that Japanese shop has it right, I think. If you had to narrow it down to 3, used kimonos, palm trees and sharks would probably be the most resonant. <br /><br />I guess the Chicago Handshake is pretty far down the list. (By which I mean an Old Style and a shot of Malort, not a bribe nor shooting somebody while shaking their hand -- earlier meanings of the term.) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72584650937489356662022-01-31T10:48:35.287-06:002022-01-31T10:48:35.287-06:00Jelly Roll had a storied career and an unmatched e...Jelly Roll had a storied career and an unmatched ego. His autobiography began "In the beginning God created heaven and earth. In 1492 Columbus discovered the Americas. And in 1885 Jelly Roll Morton was born." Got started as a professor (pianist) in a New Orleans whore house and spent a long career playing with and irritating most of the jazz greats.<br /><br />Tom Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91071858080214637242022-01-31T09:24:15.395-06:002022-01-31T09:24:15.395-06:00* The Loop 'L' structure: A National Histo...* The Loop 'L' structure: A National Historic Landmark, used by tens of millions of CTA riders every year. It's an elevated rapid transit system. San Francisco and its cutesy cable cars? A tourist attraction. Meh.<br /><br />* Essanay Studios on W. Argyle: The earliest animated cartoons. And the first Westerns were made on the prairies of what later became Lincolnwood and Skokie (there's still an East Prairie Road), until Charlie Chaplin, fed up with Chicago's unpredictable weather, left for Hollywood. The film industry soon followed. But Hollywood began at Essanay. There are still working studios, film labs, and soundstages at the original historic site.<br /><br />* Wrigley Field: Keep your Sawx, Boston. Fenway Park has rats the size of small cats. I've seen them.<br /><br />* Italian beef. Deep-dish pizza. Twinkies. Vacuum cleaners. Sixteen-inch softball.<br /><br />* And all the innovations introduced at the 1893 World's Fair: Including the first Ferris wheel. Brownies. Yellow pencils. Zippers. And maybe the most important one of all--the first mechanical dishwasher.<br /><br />My kind of town!Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66109349700219684212022-01-31T09:23:12.353-06:002022-01-31T09:23:12.353-06:00Re: Jelly Roll. He made some of his best recording...Re: Jelly Roll. He made some of his best recordings with his Red Hot Peppers at the Webster Hotel in 1926. That was also the venue for Benny Goodman's first recordings (at the age of 17) with Ben Pollack's orchestra. All these sides are available on YouTube and well worth listening to.Rich Samuelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876002381169460754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7486253578362826362022-01-31T08:44:14.234-06:002022-01-31T08:44:14.234-06:00Hmm, I don’t think the Stones’s (I Can’t Get No) S...Hmm, I don’t think the Stones’s (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction is a reworked I Can’t Be Satisfied, although they did cover the latter song. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60816207224381924652022-01-31T08:35:29.234-06:002022-01-31T08:35:29.234-06:00I go through recording gear set ups as technology ...I go through recording gear set ups as technology evolves. Starting a new mic collection which will total precisely one: the SM-57, Shure's masterworkhorse (from the German meisterwerkpferd). Thank you for consistently reminding me of their being here which reminds me of Slingerland drums (o my heart!). I believe their snare drum factory remains on the Western Line at Damen, now condos. P.S. newest phone is a sassy little Motorola Moto G. Our Town!J.J. Tindallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381555158949851490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1406376430475776182022-01-31T07:35:21.827-06:002022-01-31T07:35:21.827-06:00Let’s not forget the changing of the flow of the C...Let’s not forget the changing of the flow of the Chicago River. No small feat.<br />Thanks for the memories and the credible optimism.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49630944702094591292022-01-31T07:27:03.506-06:002022-01-31T07:27:03.506-06:00Chicago , my birthplace and still my home. no fore...Chicago , my birthplace and still my home. no forest fires, hurricanes, volcanos, or mudslides. Very few earthquakes or tornados . Plenty of water and centrally located. Two daily newspapers and sufficient electricity. <br /><br />An easy place to make a living.<br /><br />A real tough place to raise children. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52211604723116023722022-01-31T02:56:56.755-06:002022-01-31T02:56:56.755-06:00Don't forget the Chicago City Council, probabl...Don't forget the Chicago City Council, probably the single most corrupt elected group in the country. <br />There hasn't been an honest alderman/woman since Paul Douglas left it to become a US Senator, who then saved the Indiana Dunes from being destroyed for steel mills & Indiana hasn't forgiven Illinois for that!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com