It's 21 years since I went to see Suicidal Tendencies open up for Megadeth's Countdown to Extinction Tour with Phillips, Buttney, & Buttney's Step-Dad Bob at the UIC Pavilion.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
David Chang & Aziz Ansari at Schwartz.
Aziz Ansari chows down Schwartz's with David Chang. Affirms that it is delicious.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
To Lockwood, 84 years ago today at 10:30 a.m. in 1929, The St. Valentines Day Massacre
On this frigid morning, in an unheated brick garage at 2122 N. Clark St., seven men were lined up against a whitewashed wall and pumped with 90 bullets from submachine guns, shotguns and a revolver. It was the most infamous of all gangland slayings in America, and it savagely achieved its purpose--the elimination of the last challenge to Al Capone for the mantle of crime boss in Chicago. By 1929, Capone's only real threat was George "Bugs" Moran, who headed his own gang and what was left of Dion O'Banion's band of bootleggers. Moran had long despised Capone, mockingly referring to him as "The Beast."
At about 10:30 a.m., four men burst into the SMC Cartage Co. garage that Moran used for his illegal business. Two of the men were dressed as police officers. The quartet presumably announced a raid and ordered the seven men inside the garage to line up against a wall. Then they opened fire. Witnesses, alerted by the rat-a-tat staccato of submachine guns, watched as the gunmen sped off in a black Cadillac touring car that looked like the kind police used, complete with siren, gong and rifle rack.The victims, killed outright or left dying in the garage, included Frank "Hock" Gusenberg, Moran's enforcer, and his brother, Peter "Goosy" Gusenberg. Four of the other victims were Moran gangsters, but the seventh dead man was Dr. Reinhardt Schwimmer, an optician who cavorted with criminals for thrills. Missing that morning was Capone's prize, Moran, who slept in.
Capone missed the excitement too. Vacationing at his retreat at Palm Island, Fla., he had an alibi for his whereabouts and disclaimed knowledge of the coldblooded killings. Few believed him. No one ever went to jail for pulling a trigger in the Clark Street garage, which was demolished in 1967.
Although Moran survived the massacre, he was finished as a big criminal. For decades to come, only one mob, that of Capone and his successors, would run organized crime in Chicago. But the Valentine's Day Massacre shocked a city that had been numbed by "Roaring '20s" gang warfare over control of illegal beer and whiskey distribution.
"These murders went out of the comprehension of a civilized city," the Tribune editorialized. "The butchering of seven men by open daylight raises this question for Chicago: Is it helpless?"
In the following years, Capone and his henchmen were to become the targets of ambitious prosecutors.
Copyright © 2013 Chicago Tribune Company, LLC
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
The Hawks are knocking them out so far, 2-0.
Brandon Bollig squares off in a fight with the Coyotes' Paul Bissonnette.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Baseball Hall of Fame: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, MArk McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro & Mike Piazza shut out
2013 Hall of Fame voting
For the first time since 1996, no players were elected to the Hall of Fame by baseball writers. A player needs at least 75 percent of the vote to gain election.
Player Votes Pct
Craig Biggio 388 68.2
Jack Morris 385 67.7
Jeff Bagwell 339 59.6
Mike Piazza 329 57.8
Tim Raines 297 52.2
Lee Smith 272 47.8
Curt Schilling 221 38.8
Roger Clemens 214 37.6
Barry Bonds 206 36.2
Edgar Martinez 204 35.9
Alan Trammell 191 33.6
Larry Walker 123 21.6
Fred McGriff 118 20.7
Dale Murphy 106 18.6
Mark McGwire 96 16.9
Don Mattingly 75 13.2
Sammy Sosa 71 12.5
Rafael Palmeiro 50 8.8
Others receiving votes: Bernie Williams, 19; Kenny Lofton, 18; Sandy Alomar Jr., 16; Julio Franco, 6; David Wells, 5; Steve Finley, 4; Shawn Green, 2; Aaron Sele, 1.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Monday, December 17, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Friday, November 30, 2012
RIP on this day in 2007, Evel Knievel
“You can fall many times in life, but you’re never a failure as long as you try to get up.”
~Evel Knievel
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