“Hide the fuckin’ alcohol, here comes UK Grief” Yours truly, Chicago reclusive author Clive Javanski, Aidan, Franz, and Sasha are the local band UK Grief. We had plans to record our debut album in various Chicago dive bars. But plans go to shit. We wanted to record our first single, “Fuck Anne Hathaway’s Short Hair” at Mickey’s in Bucktown, but they closed down, it turns out. The bar on the corner of Leavitt and Medill had what one would call either the best or worst jukebox in Chicago. Once I was there and a van caught on fire outside the bar. It ended up with Aidan and I chasing a car down Leavitt, throwing rocks at it. That story is for another time. The…
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While you’re waiting on the next essay, story, or interview, I thought I’d post some pics The Dodgy has taken recently. We have not done that in awhile and it’s also a reminder that there is an Instagram for The Dodgy.
Half Acre Growler of Space IPA. Pure liquid heaven.
My chair at Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop bar, New Orleans.
A couple walking in front of me on Bourbon Street. This New Orleans pics were taken during the last week of May.
Spent a lot of time at The Spotted Cat (seen often in “Treme”). Drank Abita Restoration Pale Ale there and the bartender was from the Chicago area.
Junkyard Dog in Gary, Indiana
Wall Mural on Miller Pizza in the Miller Beach community of Gary, Indiana.
The Shamrocks Motorcycle Club spotted in Chicago.
CHAPTER ONE Only Kirsten Kogan could make a cute bumblebee costume look sinister. This I knew before she punched me in the face the night before I lost my job. Kirsten and I co-taught a class at an alternative school in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Well, Kirsten did most of the teaching. I was like her left arm, her muscle. My official title was intervention counselor and teacher’s aide. Really what it meant was I would take kids who acted up in class to a time-out room. At this school were a variety of “special needs” kids. Some would shit their pants, others would punch you in yours. Some did both. On our first day working together I had to clean up the bathroom…
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