
Scott Smith
WEB EDITOR
RESPONSIBILITIES: Edits, writes and produces content for the TOC Blog and timeoutchicago.com.
Smith previously worked as coeditor at local culture blog Chicagoist, where he wrote about music and movies, and engaged in a public feud with '80s rocker Richard Marx (which was later immortalized in a YouTube video). He's on his fifth career after stints in radio promotions, teaching, tech support and social work. In his spare time, Smith can often be found on the CTA not reading the last 400 pages of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead (because if you don't get what she's driving at after the first 300 then what's the point?). He has also freelanced for Metromix and Centerstage Chicago, and has been a commentator on Chicago Tonight, WGN Radio 720, and Filmspotting, a film review podcast.
Ask me about: comic books (especially Superman), whiskey, the oeuvre of Queen, the difference between the CTA's capital and operating budgets, and the Atlantic Rhythm and Blues boxed set.
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