A glimpse into the harbingers of networked culture

CHIRP PREPS WEB STATION

As previously reported, the people behind the Chicago Independent Radio Project aren’t ones to sit around and just wait for great radio to happen. Although legislative decisions still need to be made about low power FM, the organization is moving ahead with a more immediate project: launching a web station.
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VOTE FOR COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED PUBLISHING

Looking for a specific way to help preserve your independents? South End Press is in the running for a $20,000 grant from the quirky website Ideablob.
The small, social justice-oriented press became a candidate for the grant via its Community Supported Publishing (CSP) Program, designed to promote sustainability in independent publishing. Like […]

A throwback to a time when punk rock could conceivably change the world — or at least provide the soundtrack to a grimy, bacchanalian all-night party — the all-woman five-piece Mika Miko is unapologetically punk rock.

A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar. It is Line Dancing Night, and they are wearing Stetson hats. Fiction by Matt Gajewski.

Emily Gould, the New York Times, and blogging the Uber Ich

FROM LITERAGO.ORG: The Stupidest Tribune Article of ALL TIME
The world’s stupidest op-ed appeared in today’s Tribune. I do not mean this condemnation as hyperbole. This was literally the dumbest editorial I’ve ever read in that paper. If we have any readership left after our impromptu hiatus (hi, Mom!), please be advised against reading Tom Mullaney’s […]

Punks vs. jocks in a Bellingham nightclub

You’ve seen his work; you just might not know it. An interview with iconic artist Jesse LeDoux, best known for his work with Sub Pop and The Shins.

The indie literati offers tips on this summer’s best reading