A Well-Known Cultural Blog - And An Interview

Over 20 years ago I ran and published a culture/music/art Blog in Chicago called Avant/Chicago that lasted until about 2009. (some of it archived here)(more on the Wayback Machine too) A/C was pretty popular and while there wasn’t any financial gain per se, it got me in to lots of amazing events, led me to some other paying writing jobs and helped me meet lots of creative people that benefited when I transitioned more into film and video.

Recently, I was trying to locate some of the coverage the Blog got and after a deep dive found one of a few pieces I remember being written about it (me). Centrstage was the Chicago Sun-Times Online Arts & Cultural section at the beginnings of such things in 2004. The article below was from 2005.

Another day I’ll write a longer piece (post) on my Blogging Adventures!