We’re authentic, buy our stuff. Sociologist David Grazian in his new book, Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs: “Like many of the city’s blues bars, B.L.U.E.S. offers the strange atmospherics of a dingy, down-home tavern colonized by an airport gift shop.”
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“Labor markets in New York and Los Angeles recovered from 9/11 by late Spring of 2002, while Chicago has yet to recover,” according to a March 26 press release describing a new report by urbanologist Pierre deVise. “Chicago lost 29,300 jobs in the 4th quarter of 2002, compared to a job gain of 64,000 for New York and 35,300 jobs for Los Angeles.” Chicago and Atlanta have fared the worst of the nation’s ten largest metro areas, probably because of “their greater dependence on travel and tourist-sensitive industries.”
Florida in June? Clearly not an elite group. Jobs With Justice is holding its annual meeting in Miami June 19-22.
