Fit to Print
Style & Design
Profiles
Review Mirror
Letters
Audio Visual
Creative Non-Fiction
Fiction
The Daily Blotter





Who We Are
Contributors
Submit to Jargon
Advertise with Us
Press

Friend us on MySpace




Jargon Chicago is an online magazine, published early and often since 2006.

All it Takes is a Mixtape
by Greg Boose
Forget all this nonsense about Across the Universe, Greg Boose just wanted his girlfriend to move across the country - from Los Angeles to our fair city of Chicago, to be exact. Here, he chronicles how he accomplished this feat using a time honored wooing tradition: The mixtape.

The latest from Fit to Print...
Idiot Soldier at the Last Northern Frontier
by Andrew Reilly
There's a question that has been rattling around in the back of Chicagoans' minds for years now: What the hell is going on with Uptown?

Andrew Reilly, our resident Uptownian, tackles that question and shares the sad state of affairs facing our neighbors to the north.

The latest from Audio Visual...
Biggest Little Mistake
by Josh Eisenberg
In 2002 Josh Eisenberg quit his job, broke up with his girlfriend, and bought a one-way train ticket to Reno, Nevada. Not surprisingly, things didn't go as planned.

Listen to him tell the full story here.

The latest from Fiction...
Reaction
by Kim Morris
Kim Morris graces us with some new fiction.

The bittersweet piece details the life of a bike messenger dealing with life, loss, and (of course) bad drivers.

The latest from Creative Non-Fiction...
Dinner Party on Devon
by John Darragh
John Darragh shares his story of being a fish out of water while dining up on Devon. Those of you who have been up on Devon, you can imagine how this went. For those of you who haven't...read on and enjoy.
The latest from Style & Design...

Your Clothes Are Speaking - Can You Hear Them?
by Josh Eisenberg
There's the old saying that clothes make the man. Josh Eisenberg tells us why clothes not only make the man, but they say a lot about him.

For example, you might be closer than you thought to being Elmer Fudd or the creep from Silence of the Lambs . So watch out for that.


The latest from Profiles...

Ray St. Ray: The Singing Cab Driver
by Ross Wolinsky
He's the mother-fucking singing cab driver! And although you'll have to wait for fate to catch a ride with him, Ross Wolinsky's got the whole story about this underground Chicago legend.
The latest from Reviews...

Spa Me the Details
by Byron Flitsch
Byron Flitsch gives us the scoop on The Spa at Halo [for Men], and reveals that getting pampered can be pretty damn masculine.

Well...maybe not the back scratch part. But everything else.
The latest from Letters...

All it Takes is a Mixtape
by Greg Boose
Forget all this nonsense about Across the Universe, Greg Boose just wanted his girlfriend to move across the country - from Los Angeles to our fair city of Chicago, to be exact. Here, he chronicles how he accomplished this feat using a time honored wooing tradition: The mixtape.
The Daily Blotter
Chicago Transit Authority Deploys Wi-Fi Mesh Network for Mobile Maintenance Management of Train Yards. Sounds awesome, but really equates to nothing cool for the average person.
• Wednesday, February 13

The Chicago Tribune reports the the Chicago Tribune will cut 100 jobs. Way to get the scoop!
• Wednesday, February 13

This month's Reading Under the Influence reading series happens tonight at Sheffields at 7. Hear stories and do shots.
• Wednesday, February 6



Tomorrow night at 8:00, Black Rock Bar features readings by Kyle Beachy, Liz Birch, Anders Nilsen, and others. What's not to love?
• Tuesday, February 5

The Dutch unveil robot gas station attendant. But can he squeegee your windshield?
• Tuesday, February 5

Several aldermen have introduced an ordinance that would require hundreds of Chicago stores to take back, and then recycle, plastic bags. But how will dog owners pick up poop.
• Tuesday, February 5

FBI offers $20,000 for Chicago-area bank robber dubbed 'Second Hand Bandit'. Jargon offers $3 and some Junior Mints for a second hand copy of Adam Ant's 1982 album, Friend or Foe.
• Monday, February 4

Yes, that was an Arcade Fire song in a Super Bowl ad.
• Monday, February 4



Forget about having an oral fixation. The Times thinks Google has a Microsoft fixation.
• Monday, February 4

New species of mammal discovered in the mountains of Tanzania. Not surprisingly, kinda ugly.
• Friday, February 1