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The Dodgy Instagram
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...
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Coming Tuesday Night to The Dodgy
Coming Tuesday night (May 20) to The Dodgy. “The Asshole Book Club Part 3″ and possibly a chapter or excerpt from the book “Finn’s Rain.” “The same fist she put through the windshield. The fist that...
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Two Assholes and a Growler
One weekend earlier this month Aidan and I picked up a growler of Space IPA at Half Acre Brewery on Chicago’s north side. We decided on an experiment. With no advanced calls or texts, bring the growler...
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I Kissed A Girl With Armpit Hair
I went to meet Randall, a guy who claims to have been part of a mysterious cult based in Chicago and nearby Northwest Indiana. Their “base” was mostly along the lakefront shared by both states. A house...
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Up Next: Interview with The Fontaines and first excerpt from The Young Martens
The Dodgy’s next interview is with the new-wop L.A. band The Fontaines. And this weekend, finally, the first excerpt from The Young Martens – love, sex, loss and vigilantism of a secret Midwest...
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The Young Martens – An Excerpt
An excerpt from The Young Martens – love, sex, loss and vigilantism of a secret Midwest fraternity. “That’s a lot of beer, Irish.” “Yea Dylan, it’s a lot of beer. It’s a lot of beer.” I’ve been in...
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Chapter Two of “Liffey’s Rain”
CHAPTER TWO Old Style suds dripped down Torpe’s crippled hand as he poured another draft for Norm. The grizzled war veteran limped around the bar to the front door, locking it. Then he turned off the...
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Hey it’s The Fontaines
Siblings Hank and Charlotte Fontaine are behind the L.A. new-wop pop group The Fontaines. They have a new EP coming out and have begun a month-long residency at the Silverlake Lounge on Sunset...
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UK Grief walks into a bar
“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...
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Next Interview: September Girls
They’re girls. They rock. They’re from Dublin. They’re the next interview on The Dodgy. What else is there to know? Coming this week. Filed under: random dodgy
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September Girls
They’re girls. They rock. They’re from Dublin. They kick my ass and yours. What else is there to know? Here’s their new interview on The Dodgy. September Girls are Lauren, Paula, Caoimhe, Jessie, and...
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Happy Birthday Asshole
It was my birthday last week. My friend Aidan brought me a growler of Half Acre Space IPA. “Happy Birthday Asshole,” he said. It was the same thing he said to me in junior high at our Chicago Catholic...
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Coming Next: UK Grief’s St. Pats loft gig (and how it went to shit)
Tuesday. St. Patrick’s Day. At some point. Maybe at night? UK Grief returned this weekend to play a St. Patty’s gig at the same Chicago Wicker Park loft featured in The First and Last Gig of UK Grief....
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UK Grief’s St. Pat’s Loft Gig
On Saturday night UK Grief played a St. Pat’s gig at the same Chicago Wicker Park loft of its “first and last gig.” As Irish, I’m like the vampire that takes Halloween off. It’s amateur hour. All the...
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Coming Soon: “Mosquito” and “The First and Last Witch of Bucktown.”
“Mosquito” was UK Grief’s driver and roadie to a show in (Fuckin’) Dowagiac, Michigan recently. This is that story. And then…a little tale of horror in a Chicago neighborhood. The First and Last Witch...
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The Asshole Book Club – Final
The Asshole Book Club has reached a point where it no longer brings books to the party. To quote Aidan, “I don’t have fuckin’ time to read.” Aidan was never much of a reader. What he most enjoys...
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UK Grief’s Non-Record Release Party
Or “Angie’s Eye” UK Grief’s Non Record Release Party was held at Chicago reclusive author (and keyboardist) Clive Javanski’s new Logan Square Apartment. Clive still had his place near Quencher’s Saloon...
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Kiss Me and Throw a Record at My Head
Some vinyl stories in honor of Record Store Day. When I first moved into my basement apartment in Bucktown on Medill St. the previous occupant left me a 12-inch record with a note attached reading,...
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Coming Next: “The Badger Game” interview and a new Chicago Bucktown story
The Dodgy interviews the filmmakers behind the award-winning dark comedy, The Badger Game, as well as co-star Jillian Leigh, who was featured in our interview “City Babes.” This film had its...
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The Badger Game
Who’s the cast member you’d most likely want to share a pint with? Should more women wear polka dots? Find out from The Dodgy’s interview with Joshua Wagner and Thomas Zambeck, the filmmakers behind...
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