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Exploring Magda Apanowicz and “The Green Inferno”

Posted on January 30, 2016

Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno is now out on DVD and On Demand. If you have yet to see it I don’t know what you’re waiting for. I wouldn’t watch it alone. And I don’t think I’ll be visiting any rainforests anytime soon. Next up in The Dodgy’s fun and unique interview series is with one of the films stars, Magda Apanowicz. You may have also seen her in Caprica, Continuum, Kyle XY. And did you know she played a cheerleader in Hellcats?   What was  your favorite part of filming The Green Inferno? My favorite part of this movie was being able to film somewhere so incredible like the jungles of Peru. I got to see amazing, small villages and towns that I might never…

UK Grief’s Dodgy Winter Kick-Off

Posted on December 27, 2015

On Saturday, Dec. 19, the band UK Grief was walking past the legendary Fireside Bowl in Logan Square on its way to perform at a party celebrating the start of winter. We saw a skinny dude with tight pants, an over-sized winter cap and a goldfish-shaped birthmark under his right eye outside enjoying a cigarette. Reclusive Chicago author Clive Javanski and keyboardist for UK Grief knew him and asked “what the fuck he was doing there” since it was no longer the punk venue it once was. Clive was regaling the smoker about the time he was saw Shellac at Fireside where he passed out in the bathroom and “broke my ass.” A tall blonde girl with red streak in her hair and large…

Coming Sunday: UK Grief’s Dodgy Winter Kick-Off

Posted on December 26, 2015

Chicago’s own “band of assholes” UK Grief recently played at a Logan Square party in celebration of the winter season. So obviously, shit happens, even on the way walking to the gig. NOTE: More time has been spent between posts and why? Yours truly has been busy working on the book version of The Dodgy. That news is certainly worth having a pint or two. Meanwhile, enjoy this pic of the stray cat named Bucktown. Cheers.