Directly preceding the 9/11 era, I was early in my high school years. Living in Chicagoland, my memories are punctuated by Bulls championships, bleak winters, seeing John Cusack and a young Jack Black filming High Fidelity in Wicker Park when it was becoming the center of hipster music culture.

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