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Thumbs up to Robin Thicke covering Icona Pop
Making fun of Robin Thicke is almost too easy, which may explain why I do it so often. There was that corny-ass video for his otherwise impressive debut single, "When I Get You Alone."…[ Read more ][...
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Best shows to see: The Handsome Family, Abraham Levitan, Peter Brötzmann, Jay...
If you weren't sleepy-eyed this morning, either you didn't bathe in Union Park for the past 72 hours, or else you did and R. Kelly's grand Sunday-night opus was so good you couldn't wait to wake up and...
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The latest from the NRCC and the DCCC: I read it but you don't have to
I'm writing to share some e-mail I get that is so dull and dispiriting I rarely open it anymore. If you're not on the same lists, you're not missing a thing.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on...
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Next on the hit list: Edo Belli's Cuneo Hospital complex
On the heels of Prentice Hospital and the Hull House theater, Edo Belli's mid-20th-century Cuneo Hospital complex is headed for destruction. by Deanna Isaacs Back in 1983, when he was interviewed for...
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Heads up, Port Authority: Do you know where our wallet is?
News that brings parking meters to mind: the Sun-Timesreported this morning that the board of the Illinois Port Authority District is negotiating the terms of a megalease with a large, privately owned,...
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Photo highlights from a Burmese feast
I've whinged aplenty in my day about the lack of Burmese food in Chicago, a deficit much smaller nearby cities like Fort Wayne and Indianapolis don't suffer due to their relatively large and fairly...
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Dreaming big in small spaces
Nathan Minnehan transformed a modest Rogers Park studio apartment into an imaginative, boat-like getaway. by Andrea Bauer I left Nathan Minnehan's Rogers Park apartment figuring I'd do some math and...
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Width and without, part two; or, freedom is slavery?
In the comments section of my post from last Monday about wide-screen cinematography, someone who signed off as "JM" opined that "the idea of perceptual freedom due to wide-screen/depth-of-field seems...
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Our photo recap of the Pitchfork Music Festival 2013
Our photo recap of the Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 This year's Pitchfork Music Festival saw a healthy amount of sun, a bit of sludge-punk, and handfuls of seapunks. The blowout boasted a broad...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 7/23: Thai Comic Horrors, Abraham Levitan singing Groupon...
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered:At Quimby's, artist Logan Bay returns from four years abroad to exhibit Thai Comic Horrors Vol.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on...
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Remembering Canada's "others"—the French Canadians
I recently wrote about my childhood in Canada in the context of places where hockey players come from. My sister Dixie McIlwraith has her own memories, much different from mine, and after listening to...
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Why your tax money keeps going down the TIF portal hole
Why your tax money keeps going down the TIF portal hole by Ben Joravsky I was all set to give a little love to Mayor Rahm Emanuel for finally getting around to making good on his long-delayed promise...
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Did you read about Bill Clinton, Pakistan, and jokulhlaup?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That Bill Clinton got $17 million last year for giving speeches? (George Packer comments on the overcompensation...
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12 O'Clock Track: Matrixxman's retro-tronic "A Witness"
If you've heard the avant garde NYC rapper Le1f's underground twerk anthem "Wut" you are probably well familiar with the work of a guy named Matrixxman, who as one half of the production crew...
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Six points and 40 bands at Wicker Park Fest 2013
Six points and 40 bands—including Roky Erickson, the Reigning Sound, and Ted Leo—at Wicker Park Fest 2013. by Luca Cimarusti Wicker Park Fest offers three stages of rock-leaning acts from all across...
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Robert Pollard's not-at-all-haphazard Honey Locust Honky Tonk and 14 more...
Six Reader writers fan out to consider Author & Punisher, Ciara, and more by Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Kevin Warwick, Peter Margasak, Leor Galil and Luca Cimarusti Author & Punisher, Women...
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Amanda Ross-Ho creates a public work with the public very much in mind
As Anish Kapoor can likely attest, once you introduce a work of art into the public realm, the people will claim it as their own. Public art is, by definition, removed from the hermetic atmosphere of...
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Andy Kaufman on tape, like it or not
Andy Kaufman's debut album is culled from over 80 hours of recorded material, much of it recorded against someone's will. by Kevin Warwick Drawn from 82 hours of microcassette tapes that outsider...
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The Finatticz's mysterious hit "Don't Drop That Thun Thun!"
Watching the pop charts can be a form of entertainment in and of itself, kind of like a massive horse race that never ends. On that level it's been kind of a dud recently.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to...
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The only good tip on writing: Don't read tips on writing
"Should We Write What We Know?" is an essay written by English professor Ben Yagoda and posted on the New York Times Opinionator blog. I spotted it being touted on Facebook by my friend Henry Kisor.…[...
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