#OTD (Oct 31) in 1930, #Chicago gangster Frank #Nitti is located at #BerwynIL and arrested on a tax evasion indictment.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Local Hero: we consider #MichaelShannon a #chicago actor & he's not only appearing in "Waiting for Godot" on Broadway he's fixing to tour REM's "Murmur" in February.

#sethmeyers last night; the guitarist on the far right is my friend Dag Juhlin, a virtuoso & regular in the hot show band that plays monthly down the street here at Friendly's Tap, a block or two from Fitzgerald's (Berwyn, where #nicklowe plays).

"Radio Free Europe" YouTube

#REM #berwynIL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8oOt6u_xK0

Pub rock live, Within Walking, Friendly's Tap, Berwyn. IL, round about midnight. A block west of Fitzgerald's, where Nick Lowe now often plays. Did I say pub rock? The Courtesy Patrol.

The jamming got close to dub rock.

#rock #chicago #berwynIL #courtesypatrol #nicklowe #pubrock

Just down my street.

#chicago #berwynIL #rooseveltroad