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January 2, 2012 - Uncategorized

Cains and Abels

is a Chicago band. I caught their New Year’s Day set at the Whistler in Logan Square. During their soundcheck,…

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December 14, 2011December 14, 2011 - Uncategorized

Merry X-mas…. War is ON!!!

Hello lovelies, I would like to share with you my latest XXXmas classic, a special gift for all my atheist…

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March 21, 2010 - Uncategorized

a grievance in search of a reason: notes about the failed artist

I’ve been watching the movie Amadeus (1984, directed by Milos Forman), in which the life of Mozart is told in…

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March 12, 2010March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized

the second naïveté: notes about the artist who retreats

Below is a painting by Syd Barrett (1946-2006), a founding member of the English band Pink Floyd who left the group…

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