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Columbus band Connections premiere a deranged new music video
Columbus, Ohio's Connections, a Guided-by-Voices-worshiping, indie-pop powerhouse anchored by Times New Viking drummer Adam Elliott, are prepping the Tue 8/19 release of Into Sixes with a brand-new...
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Miranda Lambert and the relativism of country music
As the years have passed I've come to realize that music critics often use a kind of sliding scale, where the benchmarks fall in different places according to what genre they're discussing and where a...
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Why is Don't Fret painting a building that's about to be torn down?
For the last few months, reigning Best Street ArtistDon't Fret has been transforming a vacant hardware store on Halsted and Lake into a pop-up gallery. A series of his work from the past two years is...
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Cocktail Challenge: Makgeolli
Challenged to create a cocktail with makgeolli, Maria Carlin of Big Star makes a Ramos Gin Fizz riff inspired by her grandmother. by Julia Thiel OO.ready(function() { window.player =...
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Reader's Agenda Fri 8/15: Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins, Festival Cubano,...
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Helvetica, Quadrophenia, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online...
Each Friday, we recommend seven Old Movies to Watch Now, all of which come recommended by one of our critics and can currently be screened online. Read the review, watch the movie, feel accomplished.…[...
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The cross, the crosshairs, and the rest of this week's screenings
If you're sick of watching Brendan Gleeson prop up movies unworthy of his time or talent, make a beeline for Calvary, a potent combination of spiritual drama and wicked black comedy by writer-director...
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Is #IfTheyGunnedMeDown right about media bias?
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown, which picture would they use? That continues to be a burning question on social media.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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On racial upheaval in Saint Louis—or at least Ferguson
I haven’t lived in Saint Louis for a long time. When I did—and for many years afterward—Ferguson was a white, blue-collar suburb north of the city.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Oozing Wound keep shredding away on 'Drug Reference'
A new full-length from local thrash trio Oozing Wound is on its way in October—but if you're like me and getting anxious to hear new material from the band, here's a tune to hold you over. Today's 12...
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Did you read about Ferguson coverage, Ray Rice, and Wrigley Field?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About how algorithmic filtering and net neutrality affect #Ferguson coverage?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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'If I think too much about the music it stinks': An interview with the...
Punk's wake reached the shores of Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1978 when brothers David (guitar) and Hamish Kilgour (drums) formed the Clean. With Robert Scott on bass, the band's 1981 single "Tally Ho,"...
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Ivy's: Building a better hot dog for the neighborhood
When Hot Doug's was in its first bloom of world-historical fame, I often wondered why, in a city full of hot dog stands, almost no one else seemed to be following in the footsteps of the only hot dog...
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Swedish trumpeter Emil Strandberg showcases his intimate lyricism on his new...
Last fall, as part of a dynamic performance by Seval, the Swedish trumpeter Emil Strandberg shared his warm, melodic improvisational style with the audience of last year's European Jazz Meets Chicago...
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The name is bing, dan bing. At Uptown's Aodake Asian Bistro
One more bing and it's a Thing. Last week DNAinfo profiled the couple behind Nali, a vendor at the Friday Nosh market at Riverside Plaza that traffics in jianbing, stuff-stuffed mung bean and millet...
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Decorative board-ups: A tool in the battle against the vacancy epidemic
The Neighborhood Foundation has been installing painted panels on abandoned buildings for nearly two decades. by Jake Malooley The boarded-up storefront on the northwest corner of Chicago and Drake...
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Governor Quinn's employment prospects improve
Governor Pat Quinn had reason to cheer the latest Illinois job figures released this week. The state's unemployment rate fell in July to 6.8 percent, down from 7.1 percent a month earlier and 9.2...
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Reader's Agenda Sat 8/16: Residue Records Showcase, Chicago Hip-Hop Day...
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Mfk offers an underground refuge in Lincoln Park
Spanish-focused seafood spot Mfk is an underground refuge in Lincoln Park. by Mike Sula The great American food writer M.F.K. Fisher grew up with an ascetic grandmother big on boiling chickens, eating...
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This week's Chicagoan: Thaddeus Mazuchowski, exterminator
This week's Chicagoan: exterminator Thaddeus Mazuchowski talks bedbugs, rats and roaches. by Anne Ford A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. "I tell people I'm a...
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