My grandmother taped this copy of Council Wars in 1983.  We used to listen to it every once in a while.  It was a Star Wars themed radio show and comedy play lampooning the Chicago's city "council wars".

I digitized the tape from my Mom's house this Christmas and as far as I know, this is the only copy available on the internet.  Enjoy:

The story at bloomberg.com does not give credit to the blog that first posted this idea.

For those of you who missed it, here is Austin Mayor Will Wynn's ghoulish Thriller dance last Halloween.

Last week, at the Alamo Draft House, we listened to a talk by Josh Frank, author of In Heaven Everything is Fine, a book about the crazy-ass host of New Wave Theater, composer, yoga master and culturalist, Peter Ivers.  Josh showed two episodes of New Wave theater which were awesome.  Peter Ivers would hilariously taunt and jab at the punk rock bands he featured on his show.  I guess the show was originally on public access and then picked up by Night Flight on the USA Network.  In 1983, Peter was murdered in his bed which remains an unsolved crime.  Josh is supposed to be back in Austin in November for the Texas Book Festival.  Hopefully he'll have more un-YouTubed clips.