Mr. Dan Kelly
@mrdankelly.bsky.social
Chicago Writer from Oak Forest Living in Highland Park
"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto."—Terence
"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto."—Terence
Broadview a hellhole—SURPRISE!
An Illinois congresswoman says a tour of the Broadview ICE facility reinforced her concerns. blockclubchi.co/4rfLYep
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Broadview a hellhole—SURPRISE!
Guillermo del Toro’s “At the Mountains of Madness”
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Guillermo del Toro’s “At the Mountains of Madness”
Reposted by Mr. Dan Kelly
For folks outside Chicago, Robert is one of our resident writers and flâneurs, who wanders, writes about, and honors Chicago history and lore. Also, he takes great pictures of local wildlife!
www.instagram.com/robertloerzel/
He's a fine fellow and great follow on BlueSky and elsewhere.
www.instagram.com/robertloerzel/
He's a fine fellow and great follow on BlueSky and elsewhere.
Lit Editor Business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. I interview the redoubtable @robertloerzel.bsky.social about his new book (created with James A. Pierce) The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace from CityFiles Press.
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
Interview: Robert Loerzel on <em>The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace</em> | Third Coast Review
Sometimes the biggest things go unnoticed. The Uptown Theater, for example.
thirdcoastreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
For folks outside Chicago, Robert is one of our resident writers and flâneurs, who wanders, writes about, and honors Chicago history and lore. Also, he takes great pictures of local wildlife!
www.instagram.com/robertloerzel/
He's a fine fellow and great follow on BlueSky and elsewhere.
www.instagram.com/robertloerzel/
He's a fine fellow and great follow on BlueSky and elsewhere.
Okay, I know I’m very late to the party, but she’s the WICKED Witch of the West, not the COMPLEX AND MISUNDERSTOOD Witch of the West.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Okay, I know I’m very late to the party, but she’s the WICKED Witch of the West, not the COMPLEX AND MISUNDERSTOOD Witch of the West.
Big fucking ditches in the middle of the road
You pay a hundred dollars just for fillin’ in the hole
Listen to the general every goddamn word
How many ways can you polish up a turd
And left, right, left, left, right
Left, right
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
You pay a hundred dollars just for fillin’ in the hole
Listen to the general every goddamn word
How many ways can you polish up a turd
And left, right, left, left, right
Left, right
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Big fucking ditches in the middle of the road
You pay a hundred dollars just for fillin’ in the hole
Listen to the general every goddamn word
How many ways can you polish up a turd
And left, right, left, left, right
Left, right
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
You pay a hundred dollars just for fillin’ in the hole
Listen to the general every goddamn word
How many ways can you polish up a turd
And left, right, left, left, right
Left, right
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Hell broke luce
Inevitability of gradualness, @dkossy.bsky.social.
unflinching earnestness
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Inevitability of gradualness, @dkossy.bsky.social.
Reposted by Mr. Dan Kelly
maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
One more repost about my latest for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social.
Lit Editor Business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. I interview the redoubtable @robertloerzel.bsky.social about his new book (created with James A. Pierce) The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace from CityFiles Press.
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
Interview: Robert Loerzel on <em>The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace</em> | Third Coast Review
Sometimes the biggest things go unnoticed. The Uptown Theater, for example.
thirdcoastreview.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
One more repost about my latest for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social.
Reposted by Mr. Dan Kelly
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Borrowed this one from the library. I had my fill of the Beatles' main catalog decades ago, but hearing these raw takes of old rock songs from the early stages of their career reveals what was great about them. I'm a sucker for lo-fi garage rock too.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at...
Live at the BBC (Beatles album) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Borrowed this one from the library. I had my fill of the Beatles' main catalog decades ago, but hearing these raw takes of old rock songs from the early stages of their career reveals what was great about them. I'm a sucker for lo-fi garage rock too.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at...
Never thought I'd block a long-respected publication, but, well, here we are.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Never thought I'd block a long-respected publication, but, well, here we are.
Reposted by Mr. Dan Kelly
I interview @robertloerzel.bsky.social about his new book, The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace. The Uptown just turned 100, but it's been shuttered since 1981. From silent films to the Grateful Dead, the theater has seen it all.
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
Interview: Robert Loerzel on <em>The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace</em> | Third Coast Review
Sometimes the biggest things go unnoticed. The Uptown Theater, for example.
thirdcoastreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I interview @robertloerzel.bsky.social about his new book, The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace. The Uptown just turned 100, but it's been shuttered since 1981. From silent films to the Grateful Dead, the theater has seen it all.
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
I don't think this sort of nonsense is a "distraction" anymore. What we have are not-very-smart folks who achieved power and now realize they have to run things that aren't very sexy or macho.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I don't think this sort of nonsense is a "distraction" anymore. What we have are not-very-smart folks who achieved power and now realize they have to run things that aren't very sexy or macho.
Suddenly getting an influx of right-wing pleas in my email box. What's up with that?
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Suddenly getting an influx of right-wing pleas in my email box. What's up with that?
Sorry to spoil a 100-year-old franchise, but Ozma of Oz basically features a trans character who's unaware of their true identity until the last chapter.
Well, there are a bunch of L. Frank Baum they could actually read...
‘Wicked: For Good’ is a box-office smash. Now, the process of figuring out another sequel is ‘underway’ at Universal, the studio’s chief marketing officer tells us.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sorry to spoil a 100-year-old franchise, but Ozma of Oz basically features a trans character who's unaware of their true identity until the last chapter.
Side note: whenever I watch movies from the 30s and 40s, the actors are often seen chain smoking and drinking like fish. Then when I look up everyone in the cast on Wikipedia... I discover most of them died of cancer or cirrhosis.
Sometimes I think about how for much of history everyone was medicated on booze, nicotine, cocaine, hasish, opiates, amphetamines, etc., and now we're all expected to just be out here raw-dogging life
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Side note: whenever I watch movies from the 30s and 40s, the actors are often seen chain smoking and drinking like fish. Then when I look up everyone in the cast on Wikipedia... I discover most of them died of cancer or cirrhosis.
He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a gu-ru
You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his RED RIGHT HAND.
[KLANG!!!!!!]
You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his RED RIGHT HAND.
[KLANG!!!!!!]
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a gu-ru
You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his RED RIGHT HAND.
[KLANG!!!!!!]
You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his RED RIGHT HAND.
[KLANG!!!!!!]
I often say, I am not an optimist. I mean that in the sense that I don't ASSUME things will always turn out for the best. I do believe most humans work to fight entropy, and do their best to keep things running smoothly. Sometimes that doesn't happen, and sometimes people are awful, but...
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I often say, I am not an optimist. I mean that in the sense that I don't ASSUME things will always turn out for the best. I do believe most humans work to fight entropy, and do their best to keep things running smoothly. Sometimes that doesn't happen, and sometimes people are awful, but...
I wonder how often I should repost something (a link to a @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social article, for instance) to ensure as many people as possible see it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I wonder how often I should repost something (a link to a @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social article, for instance) to ensure as many people as possible see it.
A surprising dearth of stickers on gas pumps of Trump pointing at the price and saying, "I did that!" Not that the president dictates gas prices, but it's as if people were insincere with the Biden ones.
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A surprising dearth of stickers on gas pumps of Trump pointing at the price and saying, "I did that!" Not that the president dictates gas prices, but it's as if people were insincere with the Biden ones.
I interview @robertloerzel.bsky.social about his new book, The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace. The Uptown just turned 100, but it's been shuttered since 1981. From silent films to the Grateful Dead, the theater has seen it all.
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
Interview: Robert Loerzel on <em>The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace</em> | Third Coast Review
Sometimes the biggest things go unnoticed. The Uptown Theater, for example.
thirdcoastreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I interview @robertloerzel.bsky.social about his new book, The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace. The Uptown just turned 100, but it's been shuttered since 1981. From silent films to the Grateful Dead, the theater has seen it all.
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
I can't lie to you about your chances, but you have my sympathies, Charlie Brown.
I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of bubblegum, Charlie Brown
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I can't lie to you about your chances, but you have my sympathies, Charlie Brown.
Reposted by Mr. Dan Kelly
Lit Editor Business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. I interview the redoubtable @robertloerzel.bsky.social about his new book (created with James A. Pierce) The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace from CityFiles Press.
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
Interview: Robert Loerzel on <em>The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace</em> | Third Coast Review
Sometimes the biggest things go unnoticed. The Uptown Theater, for example.
thirdcoastreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Lit Editor Business for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social. I interview the redoubtable @robertloerzel.bsky.social about his new book (created with James A. Pierce) The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace from CityFiles Press.
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...
thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/11/...