Oct 2001 Jello Biafra at my Humboldt Park home
from an interview with me Alex Zander from 1997
Shirley Manson MK ULTRA Magazine Spring 1997
8 AM 6/27/2025
The Schoenhofen Pyramid Mausoleum is a tomb in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. It was designed by Chicago School architect Richard E. Schmidt in the requested Egyptian Revival style as a family mausoleum for the Chicago brewer Peter Schoenhofen.
Sold my other CHEMLAB tie on eBay today and made $69 after fees
6/28/2025 It was a lot cooler than any day all week so I decided to take my ride on the Lake Shore Bike Trail to the top and work my way back around Montrose to Belmont Harbor then home. A lot of the trail had construction so their were a lot of detours. I did two hour on and off the main path. It was a nice morning ride and only just starting to get crowded although the beaches were packed. Tomorrow I close the window and have to run the damned AC again and it’s the Pride Parade so I’ll be biking Graceland and possibly to Mariano’s (guess why?). My neighborhood will be out of control till late afternoon.
Kwanusila is a 12.2 meter (40 foot) tall totem pole carved from red cedar. It stands in Lincoln Park at Addison Street just east of Lake Shore Drive in the Lake View neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The colorfully painted totems include a grimacing sea monster at the bottom, a man riding a whale above it, and Kwanusila the Thunderbird on top.
Montrose Harbor Saturday 6/27/2025
I truly enjoy FOX 32 mornings on weekends with Elizabeth Matthews who has been absent since the Indy 500 and replaced by whothefuckever next to Mark Strehl who has really grown on me but Saturday morning I heard the voice that makes me cringe, Anita Blanton I got up and was out on my bike., Sunday was better with the always wonderful Dawn Hasbrouck next to Mark, it was much better but I really miss the Elizabeth and Mark dynamic,. They are an excellent enjoyable news team.
Sunday 6/28/2025
Philip Danforth Armour Sr. (16 May 1832 – 6 January 1901) was an American meatpacking industrialist who founded the Chicago-based firm of Armour & Company. Born on a farm in upstate New York, he initially gained financial success when he made $8,000 during the California gold rush from 1852 to 1856. He later opened a wholesale soap business in Cincinnati, then moved it to Milwaukee.
His meatpacking plants pioneered new principles of large-scale organization and refrigeration to the industry. Armour implemented the assembly line in order to speed up production, was one of the first to reduce the tremendous waste when slaughtering of hogs by refining and selling waste products. His biggest concern was ensuring that every part of the animal was made useful, “thus, out of meatpacking came auxiliary industries such as glue, fertilizer, margarine, lard, [and] gelatin.” Armour famously declared that he made use of “everything but the squeal”. By developing these profitable manufacturing innovations and expanding the reach of his company, Armour & Co. became one of the largest meatpacking firms in America by the 1890s. It earned an estimated $110 million in 1893 and established Armour’s position as one of the great industrialists of the Gilded Age.
SCANDAL
The company’s reputation was tarnished further in 1898, when Major General Nelson A. Miles, Commanding General of the United States Army, claimed that the major meatpacking companies of Chicago—including Armour’s—were sending chemically-treated meat to soldiers fighting in the Spanish–American War. An investigation followed, but no definite verdict was reached. Skeptics would claim that Armour simply bribed the panel while Armour would defend his innocence for the rest of his life. Even so, the damage was done. The evidence that was found provided fodder for the muckraking novel by Upton Sinclair entitled The Jungle, which was published in February 1906 and became a bestseller. Armour’s reputation never recovered from the 1898–1899 scandal.
Those GIANT pickles from Marianos
Appropriate purchase on Pride Parade Day
Wunder’s Cemetery 6/29/2025
Situated on 14.5 wooded acres, Wunder’s Cemetery is bounded by Irving Park Road, Clark Street, Seminary Street, and Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery. Wunder’s position on a sandy beach ridge provides good drainage and easy excavation. Wunder’s Cemetery is easily accessible on public transportation via buses running along both Clark Street and Irving Park Road, as well as rail from the nearby CTA Red Line stop at Sheridan Road. Wunder’s Cemetery holds some 15,000 gravesites. Many Chicago notables have chosen Wunder’s as their final resting place. Among these luminaries are William and Anna Wieboldt, founders of a department store chain, George Manning, professional baseball player, Lorenzo Thundercloud, Chief of the Sioux Nation, Charles Seyferlich, Chicago Fire Department Chief, Frederick Dinkelberg, architect of notable New York and Chicago skyscrapers, and Rev. Wunder and his family.
Tuesday, July 01, 2025 Parade Aftermath
I just confirmed with Elk Grove Village Mayor’s office that this is definitely BYOB and we are permitted to bring a cooler with food and adult beverages. Austin Smith and @Max Bravo
Tuesday 7/1/2025
William Hulbert, 1832 – 1882, has a most appropriate memorial – a big, carved baseball. It marks the resting place of the man who founded the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs. Hulbert, a big fan of the game, became a stockholder in the Chicago White Stockings in 1870 and its president in 1875. The following year, he organized the National League with the 8 teams whose names are on the stone baseball. The White Stockings won the league’s first championship, and their descendants, the Cubs, play in Wrigley Field. Through an oversight, Hulbert wasn’t enshrined in Baseball’s Hall of Fame until 1995.
White Sox great Orestes “Minnie” Miñoso. He was a pioneering Cuban-American baseball player who broke barriers as one of the first Afro-Latino players in Major League Baseball. Known as “Mr. White Sox,” Miñoso had a stellar career with the Chicago White Sox, earning nine All-Star selections and three Gold Glove Awards. Renowned for his speed, hitting prowess, and defensive skills, Miñoso’s legacy extends beyond his impressive statistics, as he played a vital role in integrating and diversifying the sport. His influence remains a celebrated part of baseball history.
