TODD DIEDERICH
NATO in Chicago - Weekend Warriors
Here's what actually happened over the weekend. It was as crazy as you've heard.
NATO in Chicago - Let the Games Begin
The cops started it off with at least eight false arrests, and the summit doesn't even start until Sunday.
Murders in K-Town
In one week in Chicago we had five officers in six shootings, two of them deadly. Both victims were discovered to be unarmed and both cases seem to have been covered up by the city.
Todd's People - House of Escada Ball
Red Glamour Kills in Chicago's notorious Ballroom Scene, where the person with the most votes from the judges wins the walk... if not, that's a chop, bitch!
Todd Diederich - Uncle John
I used to do poppers so much my lips were blue. The last time I did it there was a big police raid and I was still on the dance floor in my grand finale.
Todd's People - Sometimes They Die
The cops left a dead guy lying in the street outside my girlfriend's house all night.
Todd's People - Michael's Art and Can All
"How do I get girls' clothes off? I tell them I'm an artist. And I don't like painting the tranquil-type jive."
Todd's People: Rejected Submissions – a Snapshot of Life in Chicago
Because not everyone I meet can be a knife-wielding self-immolater who won't go to rehab.
Todd's People - Even The Bullet Said 'Hi'
This week, our roving photographer in Chicago befriends a girl with a pretty blasé attitude about getting shot.
Todd's People - Lazy from Austin
He said his name was Lazy. He's from the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's Far West Side. I met him in Lawndale (also known as K Town), where local history has it the Harlem Globetrotters started.
Todd's People - Genesis Is A Good Girl
Our friend Todd's still making friends in Chicago. I guess they can't all be knife-wielding self-immolators who kick the shit out of people for God.