Comments on: Episode 67: Tony Feher and More!

By: link

link — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:43:20 +0000

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By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:04:05 +0000

Great to hear Tony Feher discuss his work! But, come on, does an out gay male really trip you up? seriouslly, get with it!

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:45:13 +0000

Neither can touch MC Paul Barman or the infamous Jelly-D!

By: kaveh

kaveh — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:07:44 +0000

forget miami. All available BAS agents should drop what they are doing and get right on this story:

http://slashdot.org/articles/06/12/15/1325255.shtml

By: Steve Hamann

Steve Hamann — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:25:09 +0000

Come on! What’s with all the negative nillies? I listened to this episode on the car ride home yesterday, and it did not make me want to swerve into traffic. I dug the Chicago stuff more than the Brittish stuff. I like the idea of super dooper local ‘zines. I hope Shures next Zine is even MORE specific. Like focusing on light fixtures of Rogers Park, or something.

My only minor complaint is that I want to hear more punk rock music. Come on D-can and Richard, let your punk flag fly.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:57:41 +0000

Well, they can’t all be winners.

This coming show on Miami will be stupid if not amusing.

By: James Cole

James Cole — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:53:52 +0000

Wait, I’m sorry. I really like the show. That was uncalled for. Please accept my apologies and continue on.

By: James Cole

James Cole — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:52:36 +0000

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Wake me up when either Tony Fitz is back on the show, the Brits are performing some Benny Hill-esque skits, or Browder is offering discounts on eye glasses.

By: BillDolan

BillDolan — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:25:55 +0000

Oh yeah, Larry, if you were referring to the bank on the northeast corner, it was torn down in the late 1990s. A Citibank branch was the last bank to occupy the building. I can’t picture what’s there now, but I think it was replaced by a strip mall.

By: BillDolan

BillDolan — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:11:11 +0000

It’s interesting to note that Richard and Tony Feher used the windows as part of their pieces. Richard, blocking them out to contrast his transparent (translucent with the fog), heavy door, while Tony used the window as a backlight. It’s hard to relate to Feher’s discussion of his work and process without actually seeing it. I’ll have to check it out while listening.

As a fan of arcane Chicago history and long-time far north side resident, I loved the interview with Larry Shure. It’s really sad that so many blocks of this city have been obliterated to make room for new condos. It’s nice to see that someone still cares about what was there.

I’d like to add that the L line also ran at grade level through Edgewater and Rogers Park from 1908 when the line was extended over the former Milwaukee Road right-of-way until 1916-1921 (it took six years to elevate it because of WWI) when it was elevated through the area. The rapid transit line was then elevated through Evanston in 1911, so for a while, the trains were elevated from the Loop to Wilson, ran at grade to the city limits and were elevated again to about Church Street.

Many of the streets on the far north side were named after developers of that area, including Touhy, Farwell and others. Rogers Ave. was originally an Indian trail and was the Indian Boundry that Native Americans couldn’t cross after the Treaty of St. Louis. It originally ran to Ottawa, IL and cut through Indian Boundry Park at Lunt & Campbell and Indian Boundry Woods at Irving Park and Cumberland.