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12 O'Clock Track: The grungy goodness of Slothrust's "Crockpot"
Brooklyn-based Slothrust play up that they're a mix of blues-inflected grunge and punk. But while that's kind of true, front woman Leah Wellbaum can definitely lay down a hearty guitar lick or two, and...
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Best shows to see: Youth Code, Jack Name, Maria Rita
If you're like me you probably spent Super Bowl Sunday finding ways to fit Cat Butt jokes and other grunge references into the chatter about a fairly boring football game—I think I might have gone a,...
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City of the low shoulders: Rahm Emanuel doesn't measure up to Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio, the new mayor of New York, has been telling tall stories about his height, the New York Times revealed yesterday. He's been misrepresenting his stature in a surprising direction: he has...
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I love you but I've chosen Surly Darkness
Regular readers of Beer and Metal already know how I feel about doppelbocks and Belgian quads in the wintertime. Of course, when it's cold enough for your eyelashes to freeze together, a Russian...
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Molly Soda's trash is Paul-David Young's treasure
UPDATED at the end of the post with comments from Paul-David Young.——This morning the Reader posted a story about Paul-David Young, a curator whose new show, "To Perform, To Conceal," comprises 30...
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The projector bulb at Doc Films is growing romantic as it grows old
During last night's screening of La Ciénaga at Doc Films I noticed throughout the presentation a subtle rippling effect in the upper part of the screen. It looked as though part of the image were being...
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Getting Tibetan with beef and purple barley soup
Last month when I was going on about the panoply of locally produced foods at Ravenswood's River Valley Farmer's Table, I neglected to mention the small stock of obscure grains grown by Hazzard Free...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 2/4: Read/Write Library, Jack Name, and The Phantom of...
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In a remapped ward, politics is not a two-way street
Residents meet their new alderman during a Lincoln Square traffic dispute. by Ben Joravsky Many years ago Berny Stone, the legendary former alderman of the 50th Ward, taught me an axiom about Chicago...
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Chicago's Neil Tesser wins Grammy
The applause that broke out as Neil Tesser accepted his Grammy Award puzzled me a little—and, as he told me later, surprised Tesser as well. He was taking the occasion to say a few words on behalf of...
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Did you read about Rihanna, T.J. and Dave, and Ezra Klein?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About Rihanna signing up to promote a lipstick whose proceeds are a major contributor in the fight against AIDS?...
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12 O'Clock Track: Hey, this new Beck song's not all that bad
Beck's new album, Morning Phase, comes out February 25 on Capitol. Having released no recorded LPs since 2008's Modern Guilt, Beck bummed me out with "Blue Moon" (the first released song off of his...
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Ratchet king DJ Mustard makes moves on the Hot 100
Rap music is such a protean form that no one bothers to come up with specific names for its different stylistic phases, unlike, say, indie rock with its thick catalog of microgenres. It just moves too...
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Inkwell
Links to PDFs of Reader crossword puzzles and previous weeks' solutions by Ben Tausig Recent Crosswords Unofficial Titles (PDF) - 02.06.2014…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Wherever You May Roam
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Poetry Foundation to screen films by famed photographer Rudy Burckhardt this...
On Thursday at 7 PM, the Poetry Foundation will present a free program of short films made by Rudy Burckhardt (1914-99) in collaboration with famous poets, among them John Ashbery and Frank O'Hara....
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The Lisagor Awards make a thrilling comeback
When I last reported on the Lisagor Awards, in mid-January, just 71 entries had been received by the Chicago Headline Club and executive director Aimee DeBat was worried—more worried than she let on....
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This is between me and Her (and Spike Jonze)
Spike Jonze's Her invites a subjective response. by J.R. Jones As a grammarian, I commend Spike Jonze for using the objective case to name his comedy Her, because this futuristic tale, about a man who...
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Honoring Saint Martha (Graham) with "Vision, Faith & Desire"
In the latest installment of the "Vision, Faith & Desire" series, Chicago dancers honor their patron saint, Martha Graham. by Jena Cutie Martha Graham's reputation as the patron saint of modern...
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Gossip Wolf: A new app uses your movement to make music
A new app uses your movement to make music, soul singer Doug Shorts returns to the studio, and more by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil Over the years the Reader has covered the comings and goings of local...
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