Having just set up streaming internet radio, independent of our media oligarchs, I've devoted a stream to the great poet of the prairie. Who actually reads his best poems, even in his home town, especially during the government-funded BIG READ?

I would like to see Karen Finley as the featured author for the BIG READ. We could read about her sweet potato, and what she does with it. As much fun as that might be, I still prefer Sandburg. It is his time. Carl Sandburg Days starts in a few weeks. Yet we are supposed to be reading Edgar Allen Poe, because it is our assignment. And this in a town that hates its crows.Quoth the raven,nevermore.

Sandburg doesn't seem like he's dead.; He sees the same things I do. Everything is living,

For the sake of the upscale consumers who might visit their shiney new store, Apple Computer has kicked in to renovate the North and Clybourn L station. The Chicago Transit Authority now considers selling "names rights" to stations, probably as the result of this corporate investment. I used to live near there. It was always a dump, reeking of urine. People have been shot for $50 not far from those creaky stairs. Is this "renovation" really a good thing. and is it unique? Read on...

Late last night authors of the Chevron spoof affixed their signatures to the website that provoked the ire of Chevron executives whose greenwash initiative was hijacked as it launched. 2 of the most likely suspects announce plans for a larger campaign.