The Change Jar

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants - 


Benjamin Franklin




cash rich dough dollars paper dollar currency green poor bills bank cheese broke bread pimp money loot coin moolah euro loot gold scrilla bucks cheddar benjamins change bling coins "United States Dollar"

Wicked Chicago Wind Storm - Remix

Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crestsmust eventually collapse within itself - Stefan Zweig 

rain snow hurricane weather thunder blizzard tornado lightning wind thunderstorm flood hail sand snowstorm winter hurricane blow weather rain hail hurricane surf ocean surfer beach tsunami sea waving remix 

Wicked Chicago Wind Storm

Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests must eventually collapse within itself - Stefan Zweig
rain snow hurricane weather thunder blizzard tornado lightning wind thunderstorm flood hail sand snowstorm winter hurricane blow weather rain hail hurricane surf ocean lake michigan surfer beach tsunami sea waving

The Garfield Park Conservatory

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust -Gertrude Jekyll 

Chicago West Side Garfield Park Conservatory "landscape art under glass," ferns plants hailstorm shattering glass panes Fern Room Show House Desert House Fern Room palm tree gully weed pot bud cannabis chronic dirty fat fearne fernando fernie ferns ferny friend fun ganja grass herb marijuana plant gnome weed yard lawn gardening gardens green olive plants snake city flower plant garden city hose 

Garfield Park Conservatory

Yesterday I brought my camera to the LP Conservatory. Yesterdays video turned out to be more about love and love lost than the conservatory. But that's ok. Some things just evolve.

Today I plan to bring the camera out to the Garfield Park Conservatory. I'm thinking I'll ride the train, red line to green line. Back in the spring the Conservatories roof got blown off in a storm, hopefully they have that fixed by now.  Also in the spring they recovered a bronze sculpture that had been stolen 50 years ago.  It ended up in ohio, of all places. We'll see if they have back out in front.

The Senses

Every gesture is a gesture from the blood, every expression a symbolic utterance... Everything is of the 
blood, of the senses - Henry Williamson 
smell touch taste hearing sight baked bread bread flower grandmother grandma kitchen sound of rain rain remember place and time Lincoln park conservatory lincoln park conservatory gardenia brasil brazil new york city central park woman iemanja things past senses emotions feelings tragic love blind love perception sense sensory smarts tingling vision time belief consciousness memory opinion perspective reality sense active ambient anxious attractive aware awareness brain washing brainwashing consciousness confused remember forget amnesia brain computer recall mind forgetfulness deja vu loss forgetful nostalgia flashback past forgetting brazil brazilian brasilian portuguese brasileiro portugal br rio de janeiro soccer adriana lima argentina brasileira brazil women brazuca carioca curse gisele goiás manhattan new york city harlem manhatten new nyc urban

The Aragon Ballroom

The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band - Paul Stanley 






black sabbath rock-n-roll rock & roll tangerine dream marshall tucker charlie daniels blue oyster cult rick derringer tommy bolins santana montrose sammy hagar frank marino and mahogany rush robin trower edgar winter the outlaws  the kinks kansas supertramp kraftwerk uriah heep adam ant buzzcocks cheap trick run dmc metallica billy idol punk rock metal classic rock art of noise the ramones suicidal tendancies social distortion iggy pop the clash the jam stray cats the cult slayer anthrax megadeath megadeth merciful fate faith no more pantera system of a down pixies motorhead cromags portishead

Chicago Film Festival

Madame X 

Madame X, is a Cross Dressing, Indonesian Superhero Movie. Destined to be a Cult Classic, this movie Rocks!

Aming who is a famous cross dressing Indonesian celebrity, thanks to his daring, cross-dressing role in a top rating TV show, pitched the Madame X idea to producer Nia Dinata, who is known for directing Arisan! (The Gathering), which featured the first gay kiss in Indonesian cinema. Nia bought the idea and signed on director Lucky Kuswandi to direct Madame X in 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtUXHANanMU&feature=player_embedded

Wed Oct 12, 1:45pm , EFMADA1 – $5
Fri Oct 14, 10:15pm , EFMADA2 – $13/$10
Sun Oct 16, 4:10pm , EFMADA3 – $13/$10

Chicago Film Festival Director Lucky Kuswandi Indonesia Madame X actor Aming LGBT homosexuality ILGA queer clubs hair salon transgenders cult classic Hong Kong International Film Festival Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival campy Jakarta Cross Dressing Indonesian Superhero Movie Cult Classic movie Rocks outfits makeup clothes music disco kung fu action hair nails

Occupy Chicago Day 12 - Moskow Day 2

I'm heading back down to Occupy Chicago at Jackson & LaSalle tomorrow = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiA2rpqr07E

Occupy Chicago

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another - Gandhi.





















Peacekeeper Civil Disobedience Student Activist march Police occupywallst occupywallstreet standupchicago demonstration occupymortgagebankers occupychicago standupchicago takingbackchi unemployment foreclosure bankrupt schools job creation Chicago working families jobs corporate greed corporate welfare Occupy Wall Street greed corruption the 1% revolutionary Arab Spring social justice democracy wall street equality movement social network arab spring great recession main street federal reserve nwo george soros bail-outs unions looting goldman sachs wall street  infowar chicago tonight elizabeth bracket

Saints & Sinners - Al Capone's Final Resting Place

Mt Carmel Cemetery is the final resting place of Chicago's Bishops and Archbishops. It is also the final resting place of a number of notorious gangsters including Al Capone.

Mt Carmel cemetery final resting place Bishops Archbishops Chicago notorious organized crime Al Capone Saints Cardinal Bernardin Sinners Vincent Drucci "The Schemer" Dean O'Banion lieutenant North Side Gang Sam Giancana Tommy Dorsey Frank Sinatra CIA / Mafia CIA Mafia President Kennedy The Gennas the Terrible Gennas Tony Lombardo consigliere boxers Machine Gun Jack McGurn Green Mill Broadway the Enforcer Frank Nitti henchmen chrysanthemum flower shop Frank Rio gunman St. Valentine's Day Massacre Hymie Weiss Holy Name Cathedral smuggling highjacking bootlegging prostitution Robin Hood tax evasion Alcatraz federal prison died natural causes obituary machine guns this mortal coil

The Statues of Lincoln Park

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.  - Michelangelo 

art bronze prystash dirty sanchez figure god gold liberty metal object photo picture representation sculpture lincoln park "lincoln park zoo" "ulysses s grant" "abraham lincoln" "benjamin franklin" goethe sculpture statue bronze "manifest destiny" indians injuns "native americans" thunderbird chicago cpd metal vlog vlog moskow david moskow drawing fountain water drink fountain of youth school light town area capital city government state street