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J.J. Tindall

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J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · Dec 1

Here I'm joined by @wgnradio.bsky.social' @rickkogan.bsky.social as I interview the Literary Hall of Fame's Don Evans on getting me into it. It's fun.
wgnradio.com/after-hours-...

Talking this year’s Fuller Award winner

Literary Hall of Fame president Don Evans joins Rick Kogan to talk about this year’s Fuller Award winner, poet Patricia Smith, and the ceremony Thursday at the Poetry Foundation.

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J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 5h

"Octopus"

J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 3d

You guys it appears that none other than Hollywood's Susan Sarandon has single-handedly apprehended the Louvre heist suspects. Jewels not yet recovered. You can't write this shit!

J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 3d

Yes!👏

ginsbergpoem.bsky.social @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social · 4d

@beatgrrrl.bsky.social - Remembering the legendary Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
- Bacon on Ginsberg - Bacon and Burroughs - allenginsberg.org/2014/10/fran...

J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you Ginsbergpoem! I can’t believe I have to go into a Dispensary & explain to the teens who Edie Parker REALLY was!❤️❤️❤️

ginsbergpoem.bsky.social @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social · 3d

@jjtindall.bsky.social - Remembering Edie Parker Kerouac allenginsberg.org/.../10/s-o29...

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ginsbergpoem.bsky.social @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social · 3d

@jjtindall.bsky.social - Remembering Edie Parker Kerouac allenginsberg.org/.../10/s-o29...

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maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social · 4d

for blackstar's SEEN journal, i had the honor of writing about becoming the country's largest black film distributor and the history of racist practices that keeps black film distribution locked up in a cyclical prison.

www.blackstarfest.org/seen/read/is...

A screenshot from my article that reads: "At its essence, film distribution depends on a checklist of external validation.
Before an independent film is selected for distribution, there is often an inquiry into whether it has received a New York Times review, a feature at Sundance or another established festival, or is beloved by an independent curator. This exporting of taste for institutions to corroborate binds film distributors to an echo chamber of white sensibilities and away from a unique point of view and ongoing accountability. Inversely, Black spectatorship of cinema has remained a duty akin to Black civic participation. For generations of Black moviegoers, cultural participation is a divine order, a calling to protect Black cultural heritage in a way that mirrors the commitment to Black voting rights. Whether it's feeling a duty to line up for the latest Black film release or starting our own awareness campaigns for Black media, Black cultural participation moves all media forward. If this is true, why haven't the worlds of distribution and Black cultural participation successfully met across time?"

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J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 4d

I know @rickkogan.bsky.social can, like me, literally hear Dom Pacyga say "it's just a little FIE-RR! (there's still buttloads of money to be made)" in the now-fading CANARYVILLE way. I'm making my call, here, BOTY jamokes!🕺

J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 4d

You guys Windy City is actually a pretty good New York burn. We should embrace it! Right after the Great Fire, TRAINLOADS of Shelley "The Machine" Levene's made for the Big Apple HATS IN HAND...20 years later we smoked them for the World's Fair. "Oh sure, that Windy..." We get it. It's a good one.

J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 4d

Thx! Getting better at it every year, lucked out this time on the brick street.👏

J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 5d

Seasonal #2 #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @giegerj.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social

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J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 5d

Pink Pegasus Rising, yo. Top of the wings lower right. She faces north & takes her time. In a moment, you’re see mane. Now thru January, Chicago’s Lakefront Theater.🔥

J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 6d

You guys, it was 2007 & we were really, really high. Chicago-made, all the way, yo. Apple & Spotify have this (I didn't know until now!). I'm on drums.
open.spotify.com/artist/5Bjl0...

Lert Somboon Festival of Love

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J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 6d

Get it?!🕺

J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 6d

Rapping Merch w/Rick on WGN Radio 720 wgnradio.com/after-hours-...

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J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 6d

My assistant Snowie getting a text from her 18 yr. old Mexican son Friday afternoon saying he wasn't at his SE side CHI school b/c ICE is raiding it.

My assistant here last Friday getting a text from her 18 yr. old Mexican son that he's skipping his SE side CHI school b/c ICE is raiding it.

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 7d

“What I need you to know is we are organized.
“What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
“What I need you to know is they are coming.
“What I need you to know is you can stop them.”

What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October | dansinker.com

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J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 8d

Acknowledgments from Camden Joy's just arrived "Unforgetting 'Flubber," about art being made here in the winter of '88. I still say "alt country" is a typo; it's art country. They were always an art band to me. I'm proud to have been there for it, thank you Mr. Joy for this joy.🙏

Acknowledgments from "Unforgetting 'Fluber'", by Camden Joy.

J.J. Tindall @jjtindall.bsky.social · 8d

Come to where the J.J. is. Come to Jimmy's in Forest Park (315 S. Harlem @ Washington)🕺

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Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 8d

Thinking back on when I was 12 and super into Marvel comics, but I knew instinctively that I shouldn’t go near the X-Men (then at their absolute peak of popularity) because their world was clearly so baroque and extensive my comics budget wouldn’t survive it.

I’ve basically always been me, iow.