The Chicago Cubs Etch features more players and detail then any work I've ever created. This piece took over 100 hours. I dont usually say this but I think it is my best work to date. I've put more time and effort into this piece than any other Etch. Ever. To get a free print of the Cubs Etch A Sketch, see more of my work or to download the song go to: http://www.gvetchedintime.com This work is all done on an Etch A Sketch and is one continuous line. Thanks for watching and go Cubs!

Jeff Mangum performs Engine at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago on October 21, 2008; part of the Elephant Six Holiday Surprise tour. Julian Koster played the saw. At the beginning of the video everyone is singing "Forever" by Circulatory System.

Footage from a 70's chicago TV special

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama casts his ballot Tuesday morning in Chicago. He was accompanied by his wife and daughters. (Nov. 4)

LEE ELIA TIRADE Elia's outburst occurred on April 29, 1983, after the Cubs suffered a one-run home loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The rant took place during a postgame session with reporters in his office. Elia was pissed off at the continual booing by the Wrigley crowd (both during and after the game) and frustrated that no one could see beyond the Cubs' 5-14 record for any of the progress he felt the team was making. The fact that Elia's rant has been preserved for posterity is something of a miracle. In the early 80s, "baseball reporters didn't work with tape recorders. But radio guys certainly did. So it was that Elia's outburst came to be a part of the public domain." Les Grobstein, aka "ubiquitous" Les, was lurking on the edges of Elia's office, with tape rolling. For Grobstein, graduate of Chicago's Von Stuben High School, "it was his Zapruder moment." Elia commented that he dearly wished Grobstein "had gotten a flat tire on his way to Wrigley that afternoon." Elia clearly regrets his ourburst. "I made some comments that I don't even know how they came out of my mouth, because they were not comments that I normally would make. Never in my wildest dreams did I think somebody would run out of there and put it on the air." 1983 turned out to be Elia's final year as the Cubs' manager. Many have argued that Grobstein's tape sealed upper management's decision to fire Elia. Grobstein heartily disagrees. He commented recently that "the tirade and my tape did not get Lee Elia fired - the team starting to suck again did." Whatever the case, the tirade is now 25 years old, solidly entrenched in the firmament of baseball lore...and is TOTALLY AWESOME. Enjoy.