Raven Hinojosa is a trapeze artist extraordinaire who sometimes uses spoken word as part of her act. She is the umpteenth artist that I met through the soon to be disbanded, Ever So Secret Order of the Lamprey, an underground art group that meets every month in Pilsen, Chicago. She used to live in New … [Read more…]
Hear from one of the most accomplished and vital directors currently working in India
“Blaster the Rocketman” combined a born again Christian perspective with a mostly punk sound, and sci-fi horror film inspired lyrics
“Mulholland Drive” is a disturbing, haunting, and brilliant film noir about a female amnesia victim who tries to find out about her forgotten past.
The editor of the transgressive political magazine, “The Lumpen Times,” which is published in Chicago .
Nina Corwin’s “Conversations with Friendly Demons and Tainted Saints” is a compelling, imaginative volume of poetry by a vital Chicago writer. Corwin attempts to speak for the marginalized voices in history and mythology. It is highly appropriate that she holds a mask on the back cover because in effect she becomes the tainted saints and … [Read more…]
Chicago art scene fixture aka the Springman
Dessa Kirk talks with Vito about her life and sculptures.
2004 was an excellent year for film.
Recent alternative rock/independent video collection rewiews
I’ve known Katherine Chronis for close to ten years, and I have always admired her work. I first met her when she was the feature at Thax Douglas’s late, lamented weekly reading at Myopic Books.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VERSIFIER: THE JOHN SINCLAIR CHRONICLES
Chicago artist-owned alternative gallery works layering video, music, and sound review.
“Return of the Living Dead” is a surprisingly effective and stylish rip-off of George Romero’s zombie films.
“Dancer in the Dark” is a remarkable, unique, and emotionally devastating film.
“Elevator Movie” is a disturbing, mesmerizing, and psychologically perverse film
Zeb Haradon directed and starred in “Elevator Movie,” one of the most idiosyncratic, and challenging surrealist films I’ve seen in a long time.
Interview with the owner and curator of the Roberto Lopez Gallery
Lloyd Kaufman is the head of Troma Studios, which has released many successful cult favorites.
The cult film star, David Carradine, was recently in town to promote his new film.
