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Ward of the State

Martin Billheimer

Transmissions from the depths of Bubbly Creek, Chicago. Up all night, we watch the riverrun while others sleep. The caretaker welcomes and thanks you!

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  • Martin Billheimer

    Born 1970, Uptown, Chicago. Author at Counterpunch.org. Author of 'Mother Chicago: Truant Dreams and Specters Over the Gilded Age', published 2021 by Feral House. Member of punk-noise-agit-obscura groupuscule, the Devil Bell Hippies, founded 1983.

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