Posted in Day to day on June 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Just got back from seeing Evan Almighty with the GF. I believe the moral is never run for public office with a campaign slogan God could possibly mangle into some kind of expectation. All that is to say, don’t see it…
The good news is McSweeney’s has been saved for now. Good news? More like fucking [...]
Posted in Writings on June 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Greetings, loyal readers; you’re a sight for sore eyes, that’s for sure.
First, I want to give you all a RAGAD update. As of a few weeks ago, RAGAD is a year old. It’s still cute and loveable, and it’s just now learning how to walk, and I swear that yesterday I heard it say it’s [...]
Posted in Day to day on June 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Punk Planet, a seminal Chicago-based magazine, promoters and critics of any independent art form, has closed up shop. T’was a sad day when word fell on my ears. I begrudgingly pass this info on to you. The following is a little letter/statement from PP. Best wishes to all who were involved with it, and thank [...]
Posted in Day to day on June 8, 2007 | No Comments »
New City, a great online magazine of Chicago culture, just relased it’s top 50 people we all should know in Chicago lit. The Lit 50, is the term. The list is below. Some heavy hitters this year, although, to me, a few good people were left out. Like a good Northside-grown saying goes: there’s always [...]
Posted in Periscopes on June 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Periscopes has received a few more nice blurbs from different literary thugs recently, and I thought I would post one of them here. More as we get closer to that projected September release.
“Nick Ostdick is well on his way to becoming one of those people that
college English majors name-drop to each other in bars. It’s [...]
