Who?
About me!
Jim Laczkowski is a Chicago-based musician, writer, filmmaker, and librarian whose short films include The Switching Division, selected for several festival programs, and The Past Is Here, a piece on mental health and memory. He is currently in production on a feature documentary about the arts, mental health, and survival, and is working on a memoir-in-essays. His recent essay "Song for John Darnielle" appears in The Sunset Tree at 20 (Broad Sound Spotlights). Since 2011 he has hosted Director's Club, a podcast on film and pop culture obsession, and founded the Now Playing Network to host several podcasting friends. Jim has had the pleasure of playing the Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert at Uncommon Ground, produced and compiled a collection of Wilco covers to benefit local Chicago venues and programs a variety of arts-related events for the Chicago Public Library. Finally, he has recorded, self-produced original songs for records and film soundtracks for the past two decades, including his new album, Hold On.
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One of the more successful endeavors happens to be the previously hosted Substack page (migrated to here thanks to Ghost). Over 250 paid readers and over 500 subscribers that engage with his work. Finally, there are over 25,000 subscribers to Director's Club, available through all streaming platforms. Thanks to all for the continued support; please do sign up for the newsletter at anytime.
