Sid Yiddish is a semi-sweet kosher industrial poet-throat-singing radio broadcasting-Furby spy. He's performed in tight spaces within the USA & Denmark & by web-cast in Norway, plus published poetry & prose in; Tomorrow, Children, Churches & Daddies, Flipside, Si Senor, Satyr, Urban Coaster, Magnetic Poetry-Book Of Poetry, , & . From 1986 to 1991, he published the poetry fanzine, Cops Hate Poetry. In the past, he's worked diligently as an oddball actor, teacher, beat reporter & as the Chicago coordinator for the Bathroom Poetry Project. In 2010, he served as President for Chicago Composers Forum. , which he has been a member of since 2007. He also recently tried out as a contestant for America's Got Talent, Season 6. He regularly performs with Adepetive Radiation, Flabby Hoffman Trio, Chicago Scratch Orchestra, Candy Store Henchmen & frequently collaborates with Danish punk band, Clean Boys & has been covered by news media including Time Out Chicago, Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, WGN Radio & Yahoo! Sports. This past spring, Sid embarked upon a major tour of Denmark with Clean Boys in support of their collaboration together of the Skype-recorded & produced album, Safari Freakshow Adventure. In his spare time, Sid roots out crazy sounds by throat-singing & playing Shofars to be in harmony with crows & Furbys worldwide. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

Sid Yiddish's performanace history includess: WGN Radio, The Sunday Papers, Rick Kogan, Host, Chicago, Illinois; Art Or Shit-Internet-Web Series (Lorenzo Ross, Director/Co-Host), Co-Host-2009-present; Objects In Motion Festival (Chicago, Illinois-2009); Punk Rock Night-What The Fuck Was That? Award Nominee-2008;The Green Mill, both as featured performer, 2008/2007 & 1999 National Poetry Slam Chicago team finalist-Chicago, Illinois Chicago Coordinator, Bathroom Poetry Project (2007-2009); The Visitor From Elsewhere-Internet-Web Serial, Joseph Ornelas, Producer (Sid Yiddish as The Visitor) 2007; Conspiracy?-Kecksburg UFO/History Channel-Jason Bolicki, Producer (UFO Eyewitness) 2005; Hilarious Posters-Andy Garland, Director (Bartender) 2005; Tough Times- Jason Pittman, Director (Rabbi Sterling) 2005; Recipient of New Light Studio Poetry Fellowship-Beloit, Wisconsin, 2000; Performance Anxiety Interactive Exhibition, Rirkrit Tiravanija, creator; Dominic Molon, curator (Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago), Illinois-1997

Sid Yiddish's press history includes: Time Out Chicago, From Art To Zine Exhibit, Review, December, 2005; Chicago Reader, Our Town Feature-August 21, 2008; Yahoo! Sports Blog-September 12, 2008; Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine-“Sidewalks” Column, March 15, 2009; Chicago Reader, Objects In Motion Festival Review-March 19, 2009; Huffington Post-March 25, 2009; Veljeposten Ugeavisen Velge-Feature, Velje, Denmark-April 28, 2010 Sid Yiddish's discography includes: Safari Freakshow Adventure (CD/with Clean Boys/Misspelled Records, Austrailia-2010); Spines Spindling Sparingly Some Seconds Still-Adeptive Radiation (2010); Atomic Theory Dance Band-Atomic Theory Dance Band (CD Zelwel-2010); Mi Yodea-Mi Yodea (CD Zelwel-2010); Middle-Aged Mishegas! (CD/PROTEST-2010); Cousin Bones Blues Bum (CD-WH Productions-2010); 2 Cockroach New York Demo (CD/ PROTEST-2009); Holfatzib: My Life With Shomer Negiah (CD/PROTEST-2006); My Wife Is The Universe Caw! Caw! Caw! Caw! (CD/PROTEST-2005); Phoneticathon-(Compilation CD/Sad Penguin Records-2004); Errorwrist: 9 Muses Of Error In Underconstructualism (CD/PROTEST-2004); Drum Poems (Compilation Cassette/WYMBS Productions-1997); Tripped Back Up (Compilation CD, Northwestern University-1998); Birthdeath Demo (CD/ PROTEST-1997)


“You're (Sid Yiddish is) a poetic fool”---Allen Ginsberg, poet