In the 1990s, Chicago indy label bands like DragKing would sell their discs on consignment at Ajax Records, Dr. Wax, Wax Trax, Tower, and Reckless Records. The last of these is the only one still in business.
Comic Books (Ben 14)
The first comic books were just collections of the cartoons from the Sunday funny pages. The 1930s saw the origins of superheroes and then crime, horror and romance that contained explicit sex and violence until the Comics Code forced a move to mostly kiddie comics in the 1950s.
Just Rambling (Julia 6)
The Chicago International Film Festival claims to be the longest running film festival
in North America. Three years before it began, The University of Chicago’s Documentary Film Group put on its own festival.
It’s Robin (Robin)
Trixie Records was a Chicago based label that released eight records in the early nineties, including by DragKing and Sabalon Glitz.
That Mumble (Julia 5)
The 1980s was the last decade when most college students still relied on typewriters, but recently there has been a revived interest in vintage machines.
Paul Mason Fotsch 