About Tansmission
Transmission is the music section of Gapers Block. It aims to highlight Chicago music in its many varied forms, as well as cover touring acts performing in the city.
Editors
Anne Holub, Music Editor - Transmission
Anne still thinks of herself as a Southerner, even though she moved to Chicago from Montana. During the daylight hours she likes to edit books and pictures, and in her copious amounts of free time she writes poems for no money at all. At night, she enjoys knitting and roving with The Crafty Ladies. Email her at ash@gapersblock.com.
Andrew Huff, Editor & Publisher
Staff
Aharona Ament
Aharona Ament was born in Skokie, but considers herself a Chicago native since the Skokie Swift is so gosh darn quick. She is a contributor to Cul de sac magazine where she writes about music, art and health. Now a Ukrainian Villager, Aharona divides her time between school, working for various non-profit social service agencies, volunteering with the Chicago Independent Radio Project and watching "House" on her computer with her cerebellar hypoplasic cat. You might see her around at shows drinking a fizzy water and singing along.
Jason Behrends
Jason Behrends has lived in the suburbs of Chicago his entire life. He is the creator of the arts & culture blog What to Wear During an Orange Alert. As a natural extend of the blog, Orange Alert Press was born. The first novel, Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine by Chicagoan Ben Tanzer can be found here (link). His interviews have been published by Rural Messenger Press and Tainted Coffee Press, and he is involved with three different on-line literary journals. He has been a music nerd since birth.
Stephanie Griffin
Stephanie grew up in one of those small suburban towns two hours away from the city where the residents still considered themselves Chicagoans. Having now lived in Chicago proper for five years, she feels she is finally gaining some street cred. She is a science fiction and Scrabble enthusiast and embraces all things nerd. Her lifelong goal is to acquire the perfect avocado. You can usually find her reading underneath a tree, sipping vodka and cranberry at a dive bar, or dancing horribly at concert venues around the city.
Troy Hunter
A creative trapped in a techie body, Troy Hunter came to Chicago from Southern Cali for proper schooling. More than 10 years, four worn keyboards, and numerous sheets of Bristol paper later, he's still here. He and his wife reside in Edgewater and coordinate activities at UrbanTherapy.
Brian Leli
Brian Leli is a singer-songwriter, writer and photographer. The rest of it is inspiration or distraction; sometimes it is both. He does his best to document it all at The Spinal Staircase.
Kara Luger
Kara is a Chicago transplant who escaped from the Rocky Mountain high that is Colorado, and before that, North Dakota. She currently works as an editor and writer of things both structurally and sonically sound. She enjoys reading obsessively, knitting, live music, and beating the holy hell out of other women (i.e. roller derby).
Dan Morgridge
Dan has wandered the paid and unpaid music worlds of Chicago for some time now, and is currently a DJ and music director at 88.7 WLUW. He can be found wearing ugly hats to good concerts, playing Ultimate all year round, and encouraging an artistic re-appraisal of video games. He is a tireless advocate for socially-conscious hedonism.
Michelle Meywes
Michelle escaped from small-town-Missouri to big-city-Chicago because she wanted to live in a city where she didn't need a car. Little did she know what a nightmare the CTA is. She can usually be found at a concert, on the beach, or under the bar. She also has a blog about -- get this -- music.
J.H. Palmer
J.H. Palmer is a secret writer who has lived in Chicago since 1992. She was born in Boston, but you'd never know it. Notable moments in her life include a brief stint as a census taker, writing copy for a hangover chaser, and a temp job at a catheter factory. She lives on the Northwest Side with three cats and a man. When she's not catching up on cable TV shows on Neftlix, she enjoys biking, eating, and writing about her life in her blog, Buttered Noodles.
Chris Sienko
Chris' earliest musical memory was hearing "Lady Madonna" by the Beatles emanating from his parents' wood-paneled console turntable. He has no idea what happened from that point to the where he is now, writing about the most unusual and difficult "music" to be found in Chicago. Like the witnesses at the scene of the crime always say, he seemed like a regular guy — nobody really saw this coming.
Kirstie Shanley
A photographer covering Chicago shows in the area for the past three years, Kirstie Shanley is just as excited about the music as she is about capturing the live experience. You can check out her portfolio that also includes theater, street, and experimental photography at kirstiecat.com or on flickr.
Lisa White
Lisa is a born and raised Midwestern girl who's had numerous adventures and escapades, all in the name of music. She's spent time working at labels, venues, in publicity, touring, and of course writing about music. You can usually find her at a show jumping around and encouraging others to dance, and if you ask nicely, she'll probably make you a mixtape. You can find her on numerous social internet sites, including Twitter
James Ziegenfus
James Ziegenfus moved to Chicago on a whim and now lives in Ravenswood. He spends entirely too much time digging for records wherever Odessey & Oracle and The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady could be hiding.
Contributors
JP Pfafflin
JP was raised in Glendale Heights, and now lives in Roscoe Village. She also moonlights as a designer for MEAT, a set-up that specializes in hand-printed textiles, and has designed gig posters and album art for bands around Chicago. Since you axed, her guitar heroes are Fred Frith, Frank Zappa and John Fahey.
