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Ian Randall talks about why poems should be read aloud and the music of words. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Ian Randall’s full interview will be up tomorrow.
1968 saw the assassination of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. In Chicago 1968 was the year of The Democratic Convention. Officer Wayne Wiberg was there and he gives us the rare perspective of a policeman in the middle of a “police riot.” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download here Photo by: [...]
Props, sets, make-up, and all around art department person, Vanessa Conway talks about making the things that make the movies. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download here “(We made) an entire twenty foot tree out of cardboard and muslin… pretty dangerous, but awesome”
Keith Fort has done a lot of shows in Chicago, and he’s got about a million stories to tell. This one is the best. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download here “They were up on the stage in the middle of the show and they were angry.”
Peter Chavez was a Pilsen graffiti kid. He wrote on walls, buildings, and train cars. One of those pieces of “vandalism” won him a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago. Now his writing/painting/design is more likely to be in an ad or a t-shirt than a viaduct. This interview was recorded in a cafe [...]
Keith Fort is the man in charge of the mainstage at the Taste of Chicago, and countless other concerts and events around the world. In part one of this two part interview with North and Clark Keith talks about his experiences at this years taste and at some of the best shows he’s ever been [...]
North and Clark upcoming Interviews Wednesday 7/22 Peter Chavez went from graffiti writer to graphic designer. Wednesday he sits down at a coffee shop with North and Clark to talk about how he turned writing on subway walls in Pilsen into a way to “make that money.” Wednesday 7/29 Vanessa Conway is a permanent [...]
