'Morning Shift' #22: So goes the nation

October 9, 2012

By: Kate Dries

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View the story "'Morning Shift' #22: So goes the nation" on Storify'Morning Shift' #22: So goes the nationOn Monday's Morning Shift, we talk about the documentary As Goes Janesville, the film and television industry in Chicago, presidential plays, and the music of Sea and Cake.Storified by · Tue, Oct 09 2012 06:38:018. Chicago Fire (old Chicago Firehouse)anhjanFirst, the new show Chicago Fire premieres Wednesday night on NBC. It's one of a few shows on the fall schedule that's filmed here in Chicago. We talk with the head of the Illinois Film Office about the uptick, and the barriers that stand in the way of more locally-generated film production.This could be interesting. Law&Order's Dick Wolf writes show about #firefighters. @NBCChicagoFire http://www.nbc.com/chicago-fire/Winchester FireTime for, Chicago fire,90210, and How i met your mother!anwar soukainaChicago Fire previews have enough bad dialogue for me to dislike the show. "Go home, Chief." "I am home." I see past his tough guy exterior!Kevin DuganThen, WBEZ theater critics Jonathan Abarbanel and Kelly Kleiman “duel” over two presidential-themed productions in Chicago: The Neo Futurists’ 44 Plays for 44 Presidents and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at the Pastime Theater.Don't-Miss List: Chicago theater enters the presidential fray, Cuban play has its English-language world premiereElection season means plays about presidents as much as it means deciding who gets to misspend Your Tax Dollars for the next four years.Hoping not to die while watching #44 plays for 44 presidentsDork Face LizzieTonight I saw a show called "44 Plays for 44 Presidents." I felt they were needlessly harsh toward Calvin Coolidge.Deremy UnderhillNext, The Morning Shift talks with the filmmakers behind the documentary As Janesville Goes,which tells the story of workers laid off by the closure of a GM plant that employed many residents in the hometown of GOP vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan. As Goes Janesville | Economy Fuels Political Wrestling in Wisconsin | Independent Lens | PBSWhen a GM plant closes in Janesville, Wisconsin, the town and the state become a microcosm of economic struggles and the ideological conf...Now on PBS "As Goes Janesville" @RexSikesMovieBT director Brad Lichtenstein> http://bit.ly/TnhLJd @Kartemquin @bradleylbarrex steven sikesI don't understand the title of As Goes Janesville. Is it meant to imply that pretty much the whole world is just doomed?Legal Eagle (Jenni)RT @Progress2day: Want to know why Romney wants to kill PBS? It's films like this one. TONIGHT: As Goes Janesville on PBS http://t.co/9J ...Sara Goldrick-RabChicago post-rock institution The Sea and Cake are out with a new release, Runner. According to the band’s principle songwriter, Sam Prekop, the album is a sort of expansion on the band’s 2011 EP, The Moonlight Butterfly. Prekop, and fellow bandmate Archer Prewitt, stop by Studio 6 to discuss and perform songs from their new release.THE SEA AND CAKE - WeekendthrilljockeyrecordsThe Sea and Cake: "Harps"It's fair to wonder why the first song from the Sea and Cake's new record, Runner , sounds so unerringly breezy when Sam Prekop kicks off...