Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The Mighty Tony Fitzpatrick


Is interviewed in the Sun-Times today.

I'll give you a little taste, 'cause you've been pretty good.

It's got a bit of foreign policy:
I just got back from Istanbul, which is 98 percent Muslim, and found people who basically want the same s--- we do: a dignified standard of living, a decent life for their family and to be left the f--- alone.
Some sober market truths:
The visual art world here in Chicago is run by pigmies, midgets and Chihuahuas. It's clannish. Access is denied. It's about rich people.
Local folk wisdom:
Ever hear of Chicago Alzheimer's? It's when you forget everything except the grudges.

And like that.

You should go read it.

Because like Riverview Amusement Park

or the distant echos of the 18-RPM stroke-victim/jingle-jingle version of "Smoke on the Water" that tells you the ice cream man is near, if you wait to make sure your tie is straight or your lipstick is geometrically perfect and don't run over there nownownow, it might be gone by the time you get around to it.

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