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Geoff Farina from Karate busts some new moves in the power trio Exit Verse
Geoff Farina from Karate busts some new moves in the power trio Exit Verse, the Hood Internet throw a cookie party at the Hideout, and more. by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil Ever since former Karate...
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XTC's 'Respectable Street' is as booming and lively as it was 34 years ago
There was a brief stretch some years back in which I bought five XTC records in the span of about two weeks, many of which were easy to track down in used-LP bins all over the world. The catalyst for...
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Soul Jazz's encyclopedia of disco-record cover art will make crate diggers swoon
For Chicago house pioneer Jesse Saunders, the thing that stung most about Disco Demolition Night wasn't the current of racism and homophobia flowing through the infamous 1979 stunt, the apogee of shock...
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Mike Ditka is trapped in time at the 1992 Republican National Convention
The other day I came across an old Mike Royko column that reminded me the Republican Party started hating Hillary Clinton even before her husband was elected president. When Royko wrote, the 1992...
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Three residents of Chicago's first LGBT senior center tell their stories
There are few places in the country like Boystown's new Town Hall Apartments, which serves one of the city's most overlooked and vulnerable populations. by Novid Parsi When 61-year-old Pat Cummings...
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Tommy Lee Jones, trapped in a covered wagon with three madwomen
Tommy Lee Jones shepherds three madwomen across the plains in The Homesman. by Ben Sachs The Homesman is such a deeply pessimistic work that I'll be surprised if it becomes a popular success. American...
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Is Umami Burger the most overrated burger chain in town?
Umami, aka the fifth taste, is a real thing, much to the irritation of antifoodists who dismiss it as a term of pretension among vocabulary-starved food writers. It was discovered in 1908 by Tokyo...
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The Greatest Ever Chicago Book Tournament
Last March, as it does every year, the Morning News held its annual Tournament of Books to determine the best book that was published in 2013. It coincided, as it also does every year, with the NCAA...
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The kind of letter that gets Dan Savage in trouble
Dan Savage on clit stimulation, knife play, and other sticking points of consensual bondage by Dan Savage QI am a 30-year-old trans guy, on T since college, happy and comfortable with my sexuality....
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That time in '77 Jane Byrne and I were on TV together
I wasn't going to write about the death of Mayor Jane Byrne, whose funeral took place on Monday. No, there were just too many other pressing issues, most having to do with the grotesque interconnection...
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Theaster Gates brings the coffee shop to Washington Park
One of the great milestones in the life of a celebrity is the opening of a restaurant. Theaster Gates reached that point in June when the Currency Exchange Cafe opened in Washington Park, next door to...
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Revisit the Twilight Sad's debut ahead of Sunday's slightly nostalgic performace
On Sunday the Twilight Sad performs its debut in full at the Empty Bottle, a promising show that falls somewhere between "too soon" and "what really?" on the nostalgia spectrum. The Scottish shoegaze...
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Did you read about replacement organs, Mike Nichols, and People's Sexiest Man...
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About "an escalating political crisis" in Mexico?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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The new Wedding Dress LP has a new video to go along with it
Tomorrow night, local indie-pop outfit Wedding Dress celebrate the release of their excellent debut LP, this week's Desperate Glow, with a show at Township. To go along with the record, they've shared...
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Our guide to the Chicago Italian Film Festival
Music Box presents the inaugural Chicago Italian Film Festival. by Drew Hunt, J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Lil Tits' 7 Year Bleed EP is an onslaught of heavy punk tunes
Lil Tits might prove George Carlin's point that "tits" almost works better as an affectionate nickname than a swear word, but the music this trio makes together is anything but cutesy. The band's new...
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Who you calling polak, Polak Eatery?
One way to call attention to your small neighborhood restaurant is to give it a name that could be perceived as an ethnic slur. It's even better if you're a member of said ethnicity, and can cover...
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Drinking booze with elephants at the Lively Water Whiskey Festival
With the popularity that whiskey is enjoying these days, there appears to be plenty of room for multiple whiskey festivals in Chicago. After all, WhiskyFest Chicago regularly sells out months before...
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Time Bandits, Lola Montes, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch...
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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Your moment of Zen, and the rest of this week's screenings
Here at the Reader we pride ourselves on covering yesterday's films today, so in this week's issue we review Jon Stewart's Rosewater, which got a big promotional push a week ago. What, you've forgotten...
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