![[The 90’s Election Specials raw: Paul Tsongas at Ann Sather restaurant]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/634400658_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage for The 90’s election specials. Senator Paul Tsongas appears at Ann Sather restaurant in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood to speak to the gay and lesbian community. In attendance: Joan Jett Blakk, the Queer Nation’s candidate for President. Videomaker Skip Blumberg mostly just walks around talking to various attendees, who are for the most part quite articulate. Important moments are listed below:
![[The 90’s Election Specials raw: Jim Edgar speaks with Bush]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-90s-election-specials-raw-jim-edgar-speaks-with-bush-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
Layoff of raw tape for The 90’s election specials. Illinois Governor Jim Edgar attends a 1992 Bush / Quayle event during which President George H.W. Bush calls in to thank everyone for their attendance.
![[The 90’s Election Specials raw: South Side Irish parade]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/635248340_640-228x160.jpg)
Footage for The 90’s Election Specials. South Side Irish Parade in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood, in which many political candidates, local and national, are marching. This tape features a lengthy interview with incumbent Congressman Charles Hayes.
![[The 90’s raw: Windshield Cleaners]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/635096839_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw tape for the award-winning series The 90’s. This tape follows a young windshield cleaner attempting to earn some money at the corner of Ashland and Armitage in Chicago.
![[Sox #1, outside on field, opening day]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sox-1-outside-on-field-opening-day-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
Chicago White Sox warm up before game, shot for “Inside Spring Training.”
![[Commentary and poem by Bill Veeck #1]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/646360097_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage of Bill Veeck doing multiple takes of a commentary and a poem. Veeck seems to determine the general topics and trajectory of his speech and then improvises it on-camera. The first 13 minutes are takes of the commentary, and the last 4 minutes is one read-through of the poem. In the commentary, Veeck talks about the subtle differences in baseball today. He says the players don’t play as well (despite being bigger, faster, stronger, and more educated) because they don’t have the same training players used to get. Veeck values very much the apprenticeships in the minor leagues that used to be so common. They were fundamental, he thinks, because players would learn from their peers–other players who had played the majors for a decade and then moved back down–instead of managers or roving instructors. He says players today make mistakes due to their inexperience. In addition, the game has also suffered due to high player salaries. Veeck says this makes players unwilling to take risks with their “million dollar bodies.” Their attitude has changed: players act like prima donnas instead of just loving the game. The poem is called “Ode to an Agent” or “Advice to an Aging Client.” The poem mocks the aforementioned habit of players who put no heart or energy into the game in the name of business and money.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Dan Sandin” by Christine de Lignieres, “Video Junkins” by Nancy Simon Harris, and “Duck and Cover.”