Ken Stringer says he saw a motionless Tin Man in Las Vegas and figured he could bring the act back to Chicago, spiced up with a bit of liquid dancing. He’s not the only one who claims “Tin Man Original” status… at least one other claims the title. When I saw him, he was unloading a tall paint-bucket full of cash. He laughingly refused to let me take a picture of him until he was given a ‘donation’ of at least one dollar.
Ken Stringer has another stream of income through his “dating consultant” service. He started a company labelled “Alpha Male, Inc.” where he delivers advice to men on how to dress and act around women. He claims that all men fall into one of four categories: king, warrior, magician or lover. He goes by the title “Master Trainer”, and he has a MySpace page at: www.myspace.com/pure5
David, August 19th 2007, 10:31 pm
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Kenneth Stringer claims to be the first to invent the “Tin Man” persona.
I met Gillian and Meghan on a Red Line train last Monday, coming home from
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Reema helped me find my way to Clybourn. After seeing my Funkadesi shirt she asked, “Are you a member of the band?” Her little sister knows the lead singer’s sister, and she was pleasantly surprised to learn that Funkadesi attracted such a large audience the night before
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Valentino the Puppetmaster performing in front of the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago. Also, meet Zaria, the young guitar phenom, rocking out on her new Fender Stratocaster.
Location: The Art Institute of Chicago
Time: Friday, August 10th ~7:30pm
Check out this article from the Chicago RedEye, titled “We have a wiener–with a $50 ticket”. The (ostensibly anonymous) author, whomever she is, is simply brilliant. Her word economy is remarkable. Here are the choice cuts (err, quotes):
- 1. “A massive hot dog clogged Chicago’s main artery Thursday morning”
- 2. “A police officer wrote the ticket and affixed it to the wiener’s foot-long side mirror“
- 3. “The entourage got a grilling from the officer”
- 4. “The company neither condones nor relishes such action”
I knew Summer Dance was happening in Grant Park, so I stopped by to see the action. I became familiar with a few of the others, including Susanna, featured here dancing with her new friend Leo.
By the way, Susanna is a second-year anthropology major and dance minor at Macalester, where Kofi Annan went to school. She canvasses for Environment Illinois, as well as for the Human Rights Campaign. Presently, much of her time is spent raising awareness about the Green Cars Initiative.After the awards were announced, Katie & Susanna invited me out to Images (a restaurant and Latin dance spot in Lincoln Park) for an evening of salsa, cumbia and bachata. Susanna and Katie are hereby promoted to “friend+” status.
A human rights advocate working for the City of Chicago, Maury has been friends with Leslie–a human rights lawyer herself–for years. Leslie and Maury battle issues that relate to affordable housing in the Chicagoland area.
I found Maury outside Kinko’s restraining a 150-pound Newfoundland female. To put this into perspective, the dog weighs 40lbs more than its senior citizen owner (Leslie’s mother). Here’s the story…
Now how’s that for a dog? Can anyone tell me how much a dog like this eats?
Time: Thursday night, 9 August 2007
Location: Kinko’s Copy Shop, 57th and Kenwood Chicago