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Bedroom Music

September 2021 TSM will make its video producing debut with Bedroom Music Season 1!

Each episode of Bedroom Music will feature a different local favorite covering a sexy “bedroom music” type song from their own bedroom along with an exclusive interview and tour.

Check out the trailer below,  and Episode 1 hosting on our website!

Bedroom Music - Trailer #1

Bedroom Music - Trailer #2

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Situations – A Logan Square Diy-Venue Goes Off-Line Permanently After 9 Years Of Dedicated Underground Punk Service To The North Side Of Chicago
Situations – A Logan Square Diy-Venue Goes Off-Line Permanently After 9 Years Of Dedicated Underground Punk Service To The North Side Of Chicago
July 15, 2021
Community Issue #14
Situations – A Logan Square Diy-Venue Goes Off-Line Permanently After 9 Years Of Dedicated Underground Punk Service To The North Side Of Chicago
July 15, 2021
all photos by Sarah Marie Coogan I went to Situations many times. You had to walk through a door in the alley opening to...
“Seeing You”: Film Sheds Light on the Struggle Against Chicago’s Migrant Child Detention Centers
“Seeing You”: Film Sheds Light on the Struggle Against Chicago’s Migrant Child Detention Centers
July 15, 2021
Community FIlm Issue #14
“Seeing You”: Film Sheds Light on the Struggle Against Chicago’s Migrant Child Detention Centers
July 15, 2021
“Remember when you don’t see hope, hope is seeing you”. This line caps the last verse of José Orozco’s “Hope ...
WEAR YOUR ART ON YOUR SLEEVE: The Works of Earwig H. Airplug
WEAR YOUR ART ON YOUR SLEEVE: The Works of Earwig H. Airplug
The Sick Muse
July 15, 2021
Issue #14 Visual Art
WEAR YOUR ART ON YOUR SLEEVE: The Works of Earwig H. Airplug
The Sick Muse
July 15, 2021
As proclaimed on their website, “Earwig H. Airplug is a reclusive flesh and spirit tangle alive in Chicago IL.” And ...
Grandma Knows Life
Grandma Knows Life
July 15, 2021
Issue #14 Poetry
Grandma Knows Life
July 15, 2021
Edited by Sarah Roderick Grandma sing Gospel Contralto low rasp Mahalia take my hand high c crescendo    ...
Dead Self
Dead Self
July 15, 2021
Comics Issue #14
Dead Self
July 15, 2021
https://www.hink.club/ IG: @hinkstink
Jesus The Redeemer
Jesus The Redeemer
July 15, 2021
Issue #14 Poetry
Jesus The Redeemer
July 15, 2021
I checked the news on my phone and saw that a new verse in the bible had been discovered. It was found in a sealed pot o...
Collage #8
Collage #8
July 15, 2021
Comics Issue #14
Collage #8
July 15, 2021
Comic artist and book maker and Brian Judge is an excavator. He mines the bins at comic shops for the most startling ima...
Weakness and Wheatus
Weakness and Wheatus
July 15, 2021
Issue #14 Musings
Weakness and Wheatus
July 15, 2021
Wheatus is a rock band mostly known for their 2000 one-hit wonder “Teenage Dirtbag.” They have five albums: Wheatus ...
Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon
July 15, 2021
Issue #14 Poetry
Meshes of the Afternoon
July 15, 2021
Glassy eyes, seeing only dark figures, bête noire, ne vois pas, seulement toi, toi seul tu verras Blades of steel and o...
“Factory” and “Crimson”
“Factory” and “Crimson”
July 15, 2021
Issue #14 Lyrics
“Factory” and “Crimson”
July 15, 2021
lyrics and artwork by Cordoba Specter by Cordoba Specter by Cordoba
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