• Radio

    Air America In Chicago

    It’s good news for lefties because local talk radio is now dominated by conservative voices. WLS-AM 890 has gradually sloughed off or muted its liberal hosts, while WIND-AM 560 is now a full-time outlet for syndicated right-wing programming. It will be refreshing to hear steady chatter from Bush administration critics for a change, instead of the defenders and apologists who now dominate the dial. Even though my listening tastes run toward balanced debate and an illuminating clash of ideas and philosophies, I’ll take our side’s agitprop over theirs any day. But it’s bad news for lefties because AM 850–now oldies…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    The Big News: 911 Transcript

    The big sad news in the area, of course, is the Vasilev murders. The satellite trucks are no longer gathering for “live updates” and about the only visible sign from the main street in the neighborhood is a white van (no, I’m not driving or walking down there). It appeared that somebody had set up one of those shrine things for a while – 3 crosses on the corner – but they’re gone. The Trib published the transcript of the 911 call today – it seems to take forever for the trained operator to comprehend that children had been stabbed…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Crappy Weather And Stuff

    Hey, it’s May already. What’s the dealio with the spittin’ snow? I went to lunch in my car, and when I came back, there were little spitballs of the stuff coming down. I suppose in a month we’ll be whining about how hot it is, but come on with the good weather, okay? Under “Stuff” I’ll just add that I’m pretty much done with incessant screwing around with the blog design for at least a few months. I do have a few oddities to fix. Feel free to stop by the “About” page, I stuck some fan merch links in…