Josh Locks is the coach of the boys sophmore baseball team and a teacher at Whitney Young High school. In the wake of Chicago Public Schools considering cutting all Sophmore sports for boys and girl across the city I caught up with Josh to get his take on the situation and ask what could be [...]
If you live in Illinois, today is the deadline to register to vote in the primaries.
If you live in Illinois and want to vote but don’t want to go to some horrible bureaucratic hellhole simply print of the form you can get here and send it in today.
Voting in primaries is especially important in states [...]
Chicago needs the CTA. A big part of what is good about this city has to do with how much of the city is always within reach. Besides the grid and size of the streets there is nothing that has as much to do with that as the public transportation. The city’s economy depends heavily [...]
In the coming month North and Clark is going to feature original music from James Farrell, Tom Fort, and Emily Claire Palmer. These musician’s are all singer songwriters and they are going to be participating in a performance for you, the gentle readers of North and Clark on the 3rd of December. I am excited [...]
Are Leaders Born or Made?
An age-old question! Certainly, leadership comes more naturally to some people, but leadership is definitely something we can learn. Great leaders are often great learners, and cultivate an aptitude for learning around them. Life often presents us with unexpected opportunity to take on a leadership role, in an emergency, for example. [...]
My buddy and all around design genius Mike Johnson, put this logo together for H for Hombre.
My band and my website have a logo. Now, I just need something to put on my cape.
The show’s next Friday at the Elbo Room, we go on at midnight. Hopefully the cops will let us finish this one.
Friday October 23 H for Hombre Will Play The Elbo Room
This is a big deal, to me because this is my band. We’re playing the best venue we have ever been booked at on the biggest night of the week. So, in honor of Hombre headlining the Friday show at the Elbo Room I am [...]
IJ Quinn is an up and coming singer songwriter playing in Chicago’s music scene.
In today’s post IJ talks about playing, writing, and moving to the big city. We did this interview and a few minutes and later I shot video of him playing some of his songs. He’s an animated interview and an agreable sort. [...]
Mutual - IJ Quinn from Lazer P on Vimeo.
Today’s post is a video preview of the music of IJ Quinn.
IJ Quinn is a Chicago based songwriter with the range to sing Michael Jackson and the writing chops to sell his songs to major recording artists. I heard IJ play at Schuba’s and I knew I wanted to get this man on the blog. [...]
I got a chance to talk with the man in charge at Stanley’s Kitchen and Tap last week. Jack Binyon has been involved with a number of bars and restaurants around the city. He has been in the business since before the Jordan days in Chicago and his family has been selling food, beer and [...]
