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Best shows to see: Neil Young, the Knife
Tonight local artist and musician Steve "Plastic Crimewave" Krakow celebrates the ten-year anniversary of his Reader comic "The Secret History of Chicago Music" with a free show at the Empty Bottle....
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Did you read about Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, gutter punks, and Detroit?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the five kids wounded in a drive-by shooting near 66th and Michigan yesterday evening? —Steve Bogira• About...
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12 O'Clock Track: The hammering feedback of the Unholy Two's 'Hard Times Daddy'
A sneak peek at the unrelenting abrasiveness of the upcoming Unholy Two album, This Is Hardcore—dropping May 20 on 12XU—today's 12 O'Clock Track, "Hard Times Daddy," is a Brainbombs-like pile of...
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In Rotation: My Gold Mask's Gretta Rochelle on Omar Souleyman's 'psycho...
Current musical obsessions of Oshwa's Alicia Walter and My Gold Mask's Gretta Rochelle by Leor Galil Leor Galil, Reader staff writer Doleful Lions, Song Cyclops Volume One I ran into 1980 Records...
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Links Taproom: Go for the beer, stay for the beer
Links Taproom is more bar than restaurant; the food seems to be there solely to line the stomachs of patrons, allowing them to absorb more of the 36 beers and three wines on tap. There's no table...
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What's worth a gold medal at the World Beer Cup? Try Piece's APA the Weight.
I realize that Piece can be a tough place to spend much quality time, especially if you're old and cranky and prefer to be able to talk to people rather than hollering at their ear holes from...
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The case of the missing missing reel
Something unexpected happened during the revival of All About My Mother that I attended at the Siskel Center a couple weeks ago. About one-third of the way into the screening, the film skipped a reel,...
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Show us your . . . Popeil gadgets
Cultural historian Tim Samuelson appreciates the Chicago story in as-seen-on-TV appliances. by Jake Malooley As the city's cultural historian, Tim Samuelson has had occasion to amass all manner of...
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The Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club rides again
Documentary photographer Danny Lyon's The Bikeriders revs up for a long-overdue reissue. by Patrick Sisson Danny Lyon doesn't want to talk about the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club. The legendary...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 4/22: Scott Turow, Schoolboy Q, and The Way West
Looking for something to do today? Agenda's got you covered.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Help the U. of C.'s Young Center help immigrant children
On Sunday, the New York Timesran the chilling story of Noemi Álvarez Quillay, a 12-year-old girl who attempted, twice, to travel alone and without papers from her home in the southern highlands of...
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Did you read about powdered alcohol, Axe body spray, and metalheads' cats?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That the Justice Department has started working to free thousands of nonviolent drug offenders from federal...
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12 O'Clock Track: There are still tickets to see Neil Young tonight
Neil Young played the Chicago Theatre last night and he's playing tonight as well. If you're not going, you're either me (because I can't really afford Neil Young tickets right now) or you're totally...
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On the Hillary beat: Granny and president are not mutually exclusive titles
It's no surprise that the Chicago Tribune today saw fit to reprint an astoundingly wacky Bloomberg News column about Hillary Clinton's pending entry into grandparenthood. Sexist, ageist Hillary bashing...
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County clerk David Orr's reform talk annoys another mayor
Cook County clerk David Orr's reform proposals have been irritating mayors for 35 years. by Ben Joravsky In honor of his 35th year as an elected official, Cook County clerk David Orr did what he does...
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A great DJ, a better human being: Last night at Frankie Knuckles's memorial...
To those who knew him well, there was a certain rhythm to Francis Nicholls, better known to Chicago and the world as Frankie Knuckles. Of course there's the pulse of house music, which the late DJ and...
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Iggy Azalea flips the script and goes pop
There aren't many careers where being a statuesque blonde with model-level good looks and an exotic accent could count as a disadvantage, but "rapper" seems to be one of them. For the past few years...
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Getting to know pre-Code star Ann Dvorak with biographer Christina Rice
As we reported on Friday, tomorrow night marks the Patio Theater's last screening for the foreseeable future, as the Northwest Chicago Film Society will present a 35-millimeter print of The Strange...
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TV gives Fargo a go
It's not impossible to turn a movie into a good TV show. But for every M*A*S*H, there are a dozen Baby Talks.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Goofballs United, one for all and all for one
The late-night variety show Goofballs United brings together stand-up, improv, and sketch. by Brianna Wellen The worlds of stand-up, improv, and sketch rarely intersect onstage. It's not surprising;...
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