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Chicago Way w/John Kass: The voice of my father and where it all began

Chicago Way w/John Kass: The voice of my father and where it all began

Update: 2024-07-22
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The Palikari Project: Part I – Rizes | Thirty-five years ago in Oak Lawn, John Kass & his brother Nicholas set a card table with coffee, cigarettes, & a tap recorder, hoping to capture their family’s story from a primary source, their father, Spyros John Kass. The tapes were part of an art project John’s wife Betty put together, a ballet. But the tapes were thought lost and the voice of the Kass patriarch with them after his death in 1992. This is part one those recordings wherein we learn about family’s rural beginnings, life at the ‘root of the mountain,’ and what happens when fascists coming knocking on your door.





Read more about John Kass’ father here – The Palikari Project: Voice of My Father





Check out more from Kass at JohnKassNews.com or contact me at john@johnkassnews.com, or Facebook, or on X (Twitter). Tell your friends about us. Join the great adventure. Subscribe today! And read writings from John’s brother Nick for the American Conservative here and here.








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Chicago Way w/John Kass: The voice of my father and where it all began

Chicago Way w/John Kass: The voice of my father and where it all began

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