Chicago 6 Corners

What Are Those Cute Little Maps?
An Interview with Lee Posey of UNSCENE

By David Shuey, December 19, 2008

UNSCENE is not necessarily new on the scene. It started in Chicago in 2000, then spread to 12 other cities. You've probably seen their useful neon-designed maps at Filter (when it was there) or Earwax (still there!) at six corners-North/Milwaukee/Damen or hundreds of other print material depots in Chicago. The maps point you to boutiques, coffee shops, and other indie stores – with any luck before they turn into banks (see: Filter). They also do online side projects on independent music, such as UNHEARD, and there's even something here for unsigned bands to get their music out.

Recently, my friend and former contributor Lee Posey asked to do an interview exchange for the UNSCENE Chicago newsletter. I would send her a few questions on email, and she would send me some. She started first, and you can read some of my responses on the genesis of Chicago 6 Corners on PDF [link has since been removed]. Lee's thoughts on local commerce, the bullies of the Big Shops overwhelming the Little Guys, and her band Chaperone are detailed below:

Hi Lee. First off, can you tell people what is UNSCENE. Is it a website? A resource? An idea? All the above?

Chicago Indymedia TV: See Latest  & Get Involved

From Mitchell Szczepanczyk, December 9, 2008

C6C contributor Mitchell Szczepanczyk is involved in many media-related activities in Chi-town, including Chicago Independent Media and the Chicago Indymedia Video Collective. The latter created Chicago Independent Television in 2003, and has since cablecast 43 episodes on CAN TV. We have their latest segment on the Obama victory rally below. You can watch all four parts or past episodes here, or on their own Youtube channel.

More information from Mitchell on the latest episodes and Chicago Independent Television, including how you can get involved, is below:

CAN TV Ordinance Doesn't Pass Amid Recessed City Committee Hearing

By Mitchell Szczepanczyk

About 100 CAN TV staff and supporters, who filled a Chicago City Hall conference room for an October 31st finance meeting, left the conference room in disappointment when the meeting ended in recess before a vote could be called over an ordinance to help fund CAN TV.



The meeting of the City of Chicago Committee on Finance ran about four-and-a-half hours without a break, from a listed 10 a.m. start time until about 2:30 p.m. The meeting was called in recess by Chicago Alderman and Finance Chair Edward Burke (14th Ward) when the meeting recorder was forbidden from continuing to work, and there was no replacement recorder ready.