Photos of The Damen Silos as taken from The Damen Avenue Bridge.

I've posted photos of the Damen Silos before, but never from the vantage point of the Damen Avenue bridge at 29th Street.

FEATURED READER AT GUMBO FICTION SALON: 10 AUG 17

Also featured: David Munger with unknown man behind him and Richard Chwedyk, leaping into space. I read from my essay "My Own Personal Jesus", which will appear in CLICKERS FOREVER, edited by Brian Keene. I miss Jesus Gonzalez every day of my life.

The Girl On The Billboard Looking At The Guy In The Hat

BAD GRAMMAR THEATER, 04 AUG 17

A MURDER OF CROWS ON SANGAMON STREET

Years ago, Brendan Detzner started up a stellar reading series, Bad Grammar Theater, which originated in his strange and mystifying apartment at 17th & Halsted. (The current venue is at VOLUMES, on North Milwaukee Avenue, near Damen.) You know me, hunting around for old railroad tracks and abandoned warehouses. I took the first photo to have Brendan post as directions to his bachelor pad.

Well, as it turns out, just a few feet behind where I was taking said photo, and you can match it up with the last photo, five teenagers were shot at about 3PM Sunday afternoon. One of the kids died. As always, I'll say that I give a shit about the gang members. As long as there are no innocent bystanders hurt, its a win.

THE TIME I HAD ONE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE ONE TIME I MET THE DOMINATRIX