While living in Hyde Park, the north side of Chicago provided a space to escape our neighborhood joints and dance in nightclubs like Club Berlin and the Smart Bar.
Category Archives: Chicago
James’s First Message
This week I describe meeting my friend James at a Hyde Park party.
Chicago Bohemian
In this episode I describe my low income life of 1988. This included an early morning job unlocking buildings on the University of Chicago campus using a little known passageway that went from Cobb Hall to the Business School.
Rekha’s First Message
This week we here a message from my friend Rekha, and I recount an incident driving through Wisconsin that required us to take the bus from Osseo. At the time, Greyhound still had a bus stop in Osseo. This stop, along with hundreds of others, was closed in 2004.
Southend
This week I discuss volunteering for Southend Musicworks, an organization led by Leo Krumpholz that brought alternative music to Chicago from 1987 to 1994. I mention meeting Terry Riley and George Brooks and recall outstanding performances from Maria João with Aki Takase on piano and the duo of Marion Brown and Mal Waldron.
Paul Mason Fotsch 