Patrick Sisson - Writer, Journalist, Cultural Documentarian, Music Lover

Category: Time Out Chicago

Interview Time Out Chicago February 2009 Link “We face the same problems that the Latino community faces, like people being deported or mistreated,” says Kasia Tarczynska, 27, a full-time student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “But nobody wants to talk about it.” One incident, the case of Polish-born immigrant Tony Wasilewski, inspired Tarczynska, […]

Interview Time Out Chicago October 13-19, 2005 Link Green Velvet Humorous, outrageously dressed alter ego of house jock Cajmere Style: Techno Chicago residencies: None, but I regularly play at Sound-Bar and Smartbar. First gig ever: In Baltimore with the singer Dajae in the early ’90s, probably ’92 or ’93. It just happened. I really don’t […]

Show Preview Time Out Chicago May 2005 Hip hop thrives on the excitement of visceral, spur-of-the-moment freestyle rapping—but few groups improvise a whole set the way locals Modill did at the Empty Bottle in May opening for DJ Spooky. When showtime arrived and a guest MC never showed up—making the set list and the vinyl […]

Feature Time Out Chicago April 2005 “Sometimes, I feel like the invisible man of Detroit techno,” says Anthony “Shake” Shakir. Being in the right place and being connected can make all the difference. But sometimes, even those big breaks aren’t enough. Working during the ’80s in the studio of dance music icon Derrick May (who […]