Peter Margasak
Bio:
I’ve been a staff writer at the Chicago Reader since 1996, which is when I started writing the Post No Bills column. It ran until 2004 and was reborn a few years ago as my Reader blog. I've written about all kind of styles and music-related topics over the years, from proto-punkers to rabid record collectors to jazz drummers. My work has also appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, DownBeat, and on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. I also appear on the third Friday of each month as a guest on WBEZ’s Radio M program.
I’ve been a staff writer at the Chicago Reader since 1996, which is when I started writing the Post No Bills column. It ran until 2004 and was reborn a few years ago as my Reader blog. I've written about all kind of styles and music-related topics over the years, from proto-punkers to rabid record collectors to jazz drummers. My work has also appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, DownBeat, and on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. I also appear on the third Friday of each month as a guest on WBEZ’s Radio M program.
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 7, 2008
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A Bridge to Iraq
Amir ElSaffar forges a singular fusion of jazz and Iraqi classical music—and reconciles his roots in the process.
- News & Features, Our Town, Apr 10, 2008
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Great Black Music in Print
After ten years, George Lewis's monumental history of the AACM is finally finished.
- News & Features, Our Town, Sep 28, 2006
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Ra Materials
Hundreds of artifacts from Sun Ra's Chicago years nearly wound up at the dump.
- News & Features, Our Town, Jan 12, 2006
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Spirits on the Rise
A determined couple with no experience have launched Illinois' first small-batch distillery.
- News & Features, Our Town, Oct 27, 2005
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Ask Me About My Grandma
The Fiery Furnaces' latest flight of fancy is grounded in the true story of their 83-year-old grandmother, Olga Sarantos.
- News & Features, Our Town, Aug 25, 2005
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Socialized Medicine and Now This
Empty Bottle staffers get a working vacation courtesy of the Norwegian government.
- News & Features, Our Town, Jun 23, 2005
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Pimp My Pine
It's not just for Cub Scouts anymore.
- News & Features, Our Town, Jun 16, 2005
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Mmmm, Sauerkraut Custard Pie
Meet Sue Anne Zollinger: no-wave guitar hero, doctoral candidate, collector of unusual pastries
- News & Features, Our Town, Mar 17, 2005
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You Don't Have to Be Austrian to Love Mozart
How a Chinese guy came to be Chicago's Balkan folklore maven.
- News & Features, Our Town, Sep 16, 2004
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Our Least Known Local Treasure
Foday Musa Suso's played all over the world, but he mostly just sleeps here.
- News & Features, Our Town, Jul 15, 2004
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All the World's On Stage
The acclaimed Chicago Immigrant Orchestra gets together again--for its second gig ever.
- News & Features, Our Town, Jun 17, 2004
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One Man's Dumpster Is Another Man's Billboard
Stencil artist Josh MacPhee gets his message out by any means necessary.
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