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Steve Johnson

@StevenKJohnson

Exceptional pedestrian. Bike lover. Americana aficionado. Not the only Steve Johnson you've met. He/him.

 Chicago
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Joined January 2009
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It's pretty insane to have been a guy in his early 20s with some aspirations of becoming a culture writer and then it turns out 15 years later they just canceled that job. That's not a type of guy anymore, I was graduating college with the very last ones
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Round 1 Day 1 game thread (1/4): (1) Dexys Midnight Runners (essay Em Pasek) vs (16) Emmylou Harris (essay @StevenKJohnson). Which is the raddest song? Read, listen, vote by 9am 3/2 here and at: marchxness.com/thegames#/1st…
78%Come On Eileen
22%Mister Sandman
305 votes • Final results
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The world is ten million years old. If you think of that period condensed into one year beginning on the first of January, then people do not make their appearance in it until the thirty-first of December; or to be more precise, in the last forty seconds of that day.
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Literally took my gear out of the case while walking to the United Center just to take a moon pic.
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SAIC decided to shutter its New Arts Journalism graduate program. Which means 1. The program that brought me to chicago, shaped my work, and now employs me, is gone; 2. A program that could have built a future for arts-specific criticism in chicago is dead
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Today is the first day of our third annual joint-media fundraiser to support all of these local media outlets. Donate today at savechicagomedia.org and TRIPLE your impact! #WeAmplifyChicagoVoices
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WBEZ@WBEZ7 Sep 2022
There’s a new twist in the story behind Chicago’s push for a downtown casino, and it has to do with the riverfront, reports @StevenKJohnson. ow.ly/TaLu50KC51G

The plan for a downtown Chicago casino now has a surprising ally: river lovers

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Hey, Chicago 👋coming up: *⃣ @StevenKJohnson tells us why environmental activists are optimistic about riverfront casino plans. *⃣ We hear from @dreanyc123 about "No More Police." *⃣ We talk Chicago Sky and Game 4 with @Crayestout and @AnnieCostabile. wbez.org/stories/ballys-chic…

The plan for a downtown Chicago casino now has a surprising ally: river lovers

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Brilliant (ahem @CDCgov & #COVID19 control) "Look, the war is over. You can get back to your normal, pre-zombie-#Apocalypse life, unless, again, you think you would not win a fight with a zombie because, to be clear, they are still out there." washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Announcing a few more picks we've been waiting on this morning. @StevenKJohnson selects Emmylou Harris's only Top 40 hit, "Mister Sandman," and @StephJayB picks up "Rapper's Delight"
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In 2019, @StevenKJohnson spoke with a victim of the bizarre boat incident: chicagotribune.com/entertain…
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Brahm Resnik@brahmresnik5 Aug 2022
IRONY ALERT "The voting system does not reliably provide trustworthy and verifiable election results": @KariLake & @RealMarkFinchem have pending lawsuit in Federal Court to throw out the machines that counted the ballots that delivered them to victory. #AZGOV
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From my ride to work this morning, a car driving in the Milwaukee bike lane and multiple vehicles blocking the Dearborn bike lane. @ChicagoDOT we need enforcement and hard protection now, not months or years from now. #safestreetsforall
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US Open Tennis
@usopen10 Jul 2022
List of men to win Wimbledon in the last 2 decades: Federer Nadal Djokovic Murray -end list-
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Will Gardner@DubGardner13 Jun 2022
American Aquarium’s latest is its own life-saving station, a series of mournful reflections on the various ways in which the last two years have left him (and us) shipwrecked.
No Depression – Roots Music Journalism (@nodepression) profile pictureNo Depression – Roots Music Journalism@nodepression11 Jun 2022
💿 American Aquarium Throws Out a Lifeline on ‘Chicamacomico’ Learn more about this album! @USAquarium @ItsMattConner @LosingSideRecs @ThirtyTigers nodepression.com/album-revie…

ALBUM REVIEW: American Aquarium Throws Out a Lifeline on ‘Chicamacomico’ - No Depression

B.J. Barham has spent the last couple of years trying to make musical sense of his own wreckage, so it’s not surprising to see the resulting set of songs named after a place that historically...

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WBEZ@WBEZ9 Jun 2022
WBEZ caught up with her before a slate of high-profile performances, including chances to see her perform for free. ✍️: @StevenKJohnson 📸: @DenverManuel wbez.org/stories/melody-ange…
Melody Angel is Big Mama Thornton-meets-Hendrix and Chicago’s next big blues star

Melody Angel is Big Mama Thornton-meets-Hendrix and Chicago’s next big blues star

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#OTD in 1997: The @chicagotribune published the "Wear sunscreen" column written by the wonderful, kind, accomplished @MarySchmich chicagotribune.com/columns/c…
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Replying to @EdwardGLuce @FT
2004: assault weapons ban expired and wasn’t renewed
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Kyung Lah@KyungLahCNN25 May 2022
Uziyah Garcia, 10 years old. killed at Robb Elementary. Uziyah was in fourth grade. His uncle says his nephew was “Full of life. Loved anything with wheels, and video games.” Uziyah leaves behind two sisters.
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