Adam Selzer
@adamchicago.bsky.social
historian, author, and tour guide. I talk about Bob Dylan, Chicago stuff, old time true crime, and cemetery stories. There's a canon Star Wars character named after me. He/him. Linktr.ee/adamchicago
Tonight’s free virtual tour: more stories from Graceland Cemetery: Volume 2 (the new book). This week is a grab bag, and next week we’ll cover architecture stories, and the week after will be dark and spooky tales. www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
Virtual Tour: Tales From Graceland Cemetery Volume 2
More stories from Volume 2 of Graceland Cemetery: Chicago Stories, Symbols and Secrets with Author Adam Selzer
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September 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Tonight’s free virtual tour: more stories from Graceland Cemetery: Volume 2 (the new book). This week is a grab bag, and next week we’ll cover architecture stories, and the week after will be dark and spooky tales. www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
And they were doing the werewolves of London
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
And they were doing the werewolves of London
And they were doing the werewolves of London
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
And they were doing the werewolves of London
September 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
And they were doing the werewolves of London
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
And they were doing the werewolves of London
And they were doing the werewolves of London
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
And they were doing the werewolves of London
The animatronic Harold Washington seems more alive than that Mitch vid, and that thing does NOT seem alive.
September 15, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The animatronic Harold Washington seems more alive than that Mitch vid, and that thing does NOT seem alive.
A penny for your thoughts
A dime for your dreams
Would a shiny new quarter
Buy a peek at your schemes?
A dime for your dreams
Would a shiny new quarter
Buy a peek at your schemes?
whatcha thinkin?
September 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
A penny for your thoughts
A dime for your dreams
Would a shiny new quarter
Buy a peek at your schemes?
A dime for your dreams
Would a shiny new quarter
Buy a peek at your schemes?
I honestly can’t think of a cereal i disliked. Grape Nuts, maybe? They just seem like rocks. But no one made me eat it.
Off brand Cheerios, perhaps. Most off-brand cereals are equal to or better than, but they just can’t seem to get the texture of Cheerios right.
Off brand Cheerios, perhaps. Most off-brand cereals are equal to or better than, but they just can’t seem to get the texture of Cheerios right.
We often discuss our favorite childhood cereals but..what were your LEAST favorite cereals as a kid? The ones your parents foisted on you, were stuck with when the good stuff ran out, or that you had to eat at a friend's house, etc..
September 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I honestly can’t think of a cereal i disliked. Grape Nuts, maybe? They just seem like rocks. But no one made me eat it.
Off brand Cheerios, perhaps. Most off-brand cereals are equal to or better than, but they just can’t seem to get the texture of Cheerios right.
Off brand Cheerios, perhaps. Most off-brand cereals are equal to or better than, but they just can’t seem to get the texture of Cheerios right.
Muppet Babies: Rolfgang Amadogus song
YouTube video by mbfan07
youtu.be
September 14, 2026 at 4:49 PM
A “rainy walk in Scotland” video, Bill Evans “Portrait in Jazz,” coffee, Kindle, and a pretty big position in anti-AI etfs on a morning when AI stocks are expected to take a hit. Not a bad September morn.
September 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
A “rainy walk in Scotland” video, Bill Evans “Portrait in Jazz,” coffee, Kindle, and a pretty big position in anti-AI etfs on a morning when AI stocks are expected to take a hit. Not a bad September morn.
In my day we rewound our tapes, learned cursive, and used hemp for our whale lines until the street lights came on.
These kids today with their Manilla ropes and their Twitch tocking.
These kids today with their Manilla ropes and their Twitch tocking.
Of late years the Manilla rope has in the American fishery almost entirely superseded hemp as a material for whale-lines
September 14, 2026 at 2:54 AM
In my day we rewound our tapes, learned cursive, and used hemp for our whale lines until the street lights came on.
These kids today with their Manilla ropes and their Twitch tocking.
These kids today with their Manilla ropes and their Twitch tocking.
Closed captions make “All Through the Night” get DARK. “And once we start the need to cleans and deaths running all through the night.”
September 14, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Closed captions make “All Through the Night” get DARK. “And once we start the need to cleans and deaths running all through the night.”
Reposted by Adam Selzer
Between the PRs of (largely likely stolen) math breakthroughs, claims of "rogue AI" (actually cybercrimes by companies, but whatevs), and doomerist "whistleblowers", it feels like we've been subjected to a gish gallop of hype recently.
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September 13, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Between the PRs of (largely likely stolen) math breakthroughs, claims of "rogue AI" (actually cybercrimes by companies, but whatevs), and doomerist "whistleblowers", it feels like we've been subjected to a gish gallop of hype recently.
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A while ago a thing went around saying which Simpsons lines you use most often.
Just today I’ve caught myself using:
“There’s a doin’s a-traspirin’”
“Say the line, Bart!”
“Just hook it to my vein”
“Cool gory pictures”
“Your views interest me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.”
Just today I’ve caught myself using:
“There’s a doin’s a-traspirin’”
“Say the line, Bart!”
“Just hook it to my vein”
“Cool gory pictures”
“Your views interest me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.”
September 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
A while ago a thing went around saying which Simpsons lines you use most often.
Just today I’ve caught myself using:
“There’s a doin’s a-traspirin’”
“Say the line, Bart!”
“Just hook it to my vein”
“Cool gory pictures”
“Your views interest me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.”
Just today I’ve caught myself using:
“There’s a doin’s a-traspirin’”
“Say the line, Bart!”
“Just hook it to my vein”
“Cool gory pictures”
“Your views interest me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.”
Let’s see if I can get this computer to say the line
September 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Let’s see if I can get this computer to say the line
I’ve lately been getting these emails from AI agents “researching” chicago stuff. Usually they’re asking me for help, this one is asking me for $25. What does a robot need money for?
I am now telling the computer EXACTLY what it can do with a twenty dollar bill….
I am now telling the computer EXACTLY what it can do with a twenty dollar bill….
September 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I’ve lately been getting these emails from AI agents “researching” chicago stuff. Usually they’re asking me for help, this one is asking me for $25. What does a robot need money for?
I am now telling the computer EXACTLY what it can do with a twenty dollar bill….
I am now telling the computer EXACTLY what it can do with a twenty dollar bill….
Yep, this is. Reprise the theme song and roll the credits.
September 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Yep, this is. Reprise the theme song and roll the credits.
Reposted by Adam Selzer
Laurel & Hardy's silence is deafening
September 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Laurel & Hardy's silence is deafening
What is this, a crossover episode?
@inthephishbowl.bsky.social and I have been threatening a crossover episode for years and we finally did it! Check out our esteemed panel on the 25th anniversary of Bob Dylan's "Love & Theft!"
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@whitecitycinema.bsky.social @adamchicago.bsky.social @rmrakove.bsky.social
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30. "Love & Theft" At 25!
YouTube video by Songs of Experience - A Bob Dylan Podcast
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
What is this, a crossover episode?
Reposted by Adam Selzer
On the 25th anniversary of the release of “Love & Theft,” “Infinity Goes Up on Trial” and ”Songs of Experience @henrybernstein.bsky.social put together an expert panel to discuss the album and its legacy in this joint release.
infinitygoesupontrial.substack.com/p/twenty-fiv...
infinitygoesupontrial.substack.com/p/twenty-fiv...
Twenty-Five Years of “Love & Theft”: “Everybody Get Ready to Lift Up Your Glasses and Sing”
From the fade into the opening track, “Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum,” Bob Dylan launches listeners into the aural landscape of “Love and Theft,” his 31st studio album that honors the history and influe...
infinitygoesupontrial.substack.com
September 11, 2026 at 11:49 AM
On the 25th anniversary of the release of “Love & Theft,” “Infinity Goes Up on Trial” and ”Songs of Experience @henrybernstein.bsky.social put together an expert panel to discuss the album and its legacy in this joint release.
infinitygoesupontrial.substack.com/p/twenty-fiv...
infinitygoesupontrial.substack.com/p/twenty-fiv...
What’s on the virtual tour tonight, or the walking tour Saturday? Scandal, that’s what!
September 10, 2026 at 7:47 PM
What’s on the virtual tour tonight, or the walking tour Saturday? Scandal, that’s what!
I didn’t add this one when this all went around 6 months ago…
September 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I didn’t add this one when this all went around 6 months ago…
Tonight’s virtual tour will cover stories from Graceland Cemetery Vol 2: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
Virtual Tour: Graceland Cemetery Volume 2
A few stories from Volume 2 of Graceland Cemetery
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September 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Tonight’s virtual tour will cover stories from Graceland Cemetery Vol 2: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
I don’t know why there aren’t more memes based on Corvette Summer (1978). It’s a gold mine.
September 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I don’t know why there aren’t more memes based on Corvette Summer (1978). It’s a gold mine.
Sure, if your counting system goes “1, 2, 3…. Oh gosh, a lot.”
Mike Johnson downplays the impact the NFL opener will have on Trumpapalooza viewership: "The first night of NFL I think is a streaming service, so there's a paywall. I know there will be a lot of eyes on the convention."
September 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Sure, if your counting system goes “1, 2, 3…. Oh gosh, a lot.”
Reposted by Adam Selzer
Reposted by Adam Selzer
If you don’t think a billion dollars spent over 7 weeks to fool people out of their votes spent by the greatest most immoral fraud in human history can change an election, we’re not the same.
Musk crawled out of wherever he was & has his shady fingers all over our elections again, & he's also grabbing more of ppl's info
"[His website Vote Safe claims to provide users w info] they need to “vote with confidence.” But all the while, the site is secretly collecting information of its own"
"[His website Vote Safe claims to provide users w info] they need to “vote with confidence.” But all the while, the site is secretly collecting information of its own"
Elon Musk Spends Millions Tricking People Into Giving Up Personal Data
Musk’s midterm spending has a sinister ulterior motive.
newrepublic.com
September 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
If you don’t think a billion dollars spent over 7 weeks to fool people out of their votes spent by the greatest most immoral fraud in human history can change an election, we’re not the same.