Heroes & Villains

‌ ‌A couple weekends ago I went to Humboldt Park two nights in a row to see bands play at an idiotic food truck festival. Normally I wouldn’t be caught dead at an outdoor festival of any kind, especially one centered around overpriced, mediocre street food, but the bands in question were the Gories andContinue reading “Heroes & Villains”

Can’t and Won’t

Go read Lydia Davis’ story collection which this painting (as well as this week’s newsletter) is named after. It’s killer. This painting and a few other recent ones will go up at the Gold Star this Thursday and will stay up until somebody buys them or Mary Ann tells me it’s time to take ’em home. IContinue reading “Can’t and Won’t”

Eclipse

The more the news talked about it the less I cared. There were more and more articles as Monday approached. What to wear, where to go, who to go with. They built it up like some combination of Super Bowl, Christmas, and the Fourth of July. This only served to make me determined to avoidContinue reading “Eclipse”