last week, i called Richard Kelly while he was killing time at the airport to talk about how Southland Tales predicted the future

(Feral growling sounds)

Gotta love whoever took the time to classify Elvis sets with a data field for his different jumpsuits

7 dollar gas. Well, I guess I'll buy an electric car. Oh those are 60 thousand dollars? Well at least electricity is cheap. Oh the government won't build solar panels because it's "Too transgender"? Well at least wages are going up. Oh the idea of jobs is fake now? Well at least everyone is happ

As welcoming as a shipping container.

New mini-release! This short performance from a while back has been spiffed up into a punchy EP by Jason. RIYL Greg Kelley, Lehn/Schmickler, splattery micro-texture improv in general.

May 4th will mark 140 years since the Haymarket Affair, a watershed moment in the American labor movement. Haymarket Square, which had been a gathering place for a century, was effectively obliterated in the late 1950s by the construction of the Kennedy Expressway. Before-and-after below.

i just got an email that PAWS Chicago received 25 beagles today

you do not tax billionaires to fund universal healthcare. you, yes you the person reading this, and everyone you know, pay more in taxes to fund universal healthcare. you tax billionaires to take away a gun that Elon Musk is pointing at your head.

When I'm on a work trip and start to clock the librarians cropping up around me as the conference approaches... T, there's nothing like it 🤌

Any LA friends on here, come out to see some music tonight! I'll be playing in an improvised duo up in Altadena with saxophonist @caseyanderson.bsky.social, sorta going Nmperign mode(?!) Also on the bill is a baroque lute performance and an improvised chamber string trio!

coffee is goated when grimly staring out the window imagining the future built for us by indifferent fate is the vibe

Why didn’t the mentalist see it coming?

They TOLD the dj not to play paper planes

More and more we're saying it – and hearing it said: car-free Cortland

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of #Prince, who joined the silent majority aged 57 on 21 April 2016. We’re marking the occasion by diving back into our extensive archive of writing on one of the greatest musicians ever... #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive buff.ly/afkdXRQ

Tim Heidecker's whole On Cinema/HEI Network story arc ending with him literally running Infowars is just a mind-melting long-term bit. World record stuff.

In Chicago you can drop a pin on this map to request a bike rack bikeparking-chicago.hub.arcgis.com It made me so happy to see a family use this rack I requested for the first time 🥹

#TeslaTakedown How it started: How it's going:

I love seeing the Illinois Restaurant Association and co take a FAT L 😎

Tell me you've never heard the delicate tamtam murmurings of Mark Wastell without telling me you'v

Feels very Chicago that it was 80 today and my neighbor and I both still have our snow shovels out

does yglesias ever make arguments that arent transparent motte/baileys

Someone made a 2000s-style iTunes-like player for this collection, which is just extra super awesome: aadamjacobs.dunlap.ai

“We’re at capacity”

Wanna Be A Baller samples Prince’s “Little Red Corvette” making it the perfect anthem for my two hometowns: Houston and Minneapolis. “‘Prince gave us the OK, he loved how we did it. We ain't paid Prince a dime. He gave us props, he liked how we did it,’ Lil Troy explained.”

Do you ever get the feeling that no one is expanding images you sent them and just looking at artificially cropped versions inline? Ah ok

My photo archiving game is too complete for my own good

Seeing this tweet led to me spending my day off in Jackson Park today. Very nice!!

i survived the zoh amba wikipedia edit wars

Spring is springing

Bitcoin Depot hacked for $3.67 million April 6, 2026 https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=bitcoin-depot-hack

Ok fine the Trib does some good—and important—work

It's so cool that Chicago has all these public homages to the humble worker's cottage 🏠

Warren Ellis is currently leading Chicago in a chant to wake up the spirit of Steve Albini

Volunteers turn a fan’s recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove Chicago’s Aadam Jacobs gets an AP news story apnews.com/article/aada...

NOT TODAY SATAN

He's running...

Everything is terrible, but the Garden of the Phoenix on Jackson Park's Wooded Isle exists, & they let you just walk in & experience one of the most gorgeous oases in Chicago

Oof this is really really good.

kind of shit bob dylan posts on instagram

Rahm Emanuel today with @daveweigel.bsky.social

I fucking love Libraries www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/p...

im tired of 2026, it's just insane bullshit 24/7 what the fuck do you MEAN kristi noem's husband is a fucking sissy bimbo

Today's the long-awaited day: Bob Dylan has to kill time between Rockford (last night) and Waukegan (tomorrow night). What do we think he's hitting up today. Ikea? Lake Geneva? Gurnee outlet malls?

This is the new most cursed thing I've ever heard youtu.be/7QwhJTc6fDg