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Music, Music Review May 22, 2020
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Sonic Boom uses retro-futuristic psychedelia to explore today on his first album in three decades
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Music Review, Sonic Boom, All Things Being Equal, Carpark Records, psychedelia, psych-rock, Peter Kember, Spectrum, Spacemen 3, EAR, Experimental Audio Research, Recurring, Jason Pierce, Spiritualized, synth, Stereolab, Tim Gane, Portugal, The Way That You Live, BBC, Recommended, Video

Music, The Block Beat Sep 18, 2019
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Sheila Rashid makes possibilities you can wear

The Chicago designer’s unisex clothes give people the freedom to define themselves.
- By The TRiiBE
- Tags: The Block Beat, Sheila Rashid, Fishman’s Fabrics, Block Beat, the TRiiBE, Chance the Rapper, fashion, design, ComplexCon, Brands to Watch, Marcus Ivory, Wearable Art Gala, Tina Knowles-Lawson, A Journey to the Pride Lands, Nissan, Nissan Rogue, The Lion King, Zendaya, Fucci, Bella Hadid, Lena Waithe, MTV, Video Music Awards, Adult Swim, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, BBC, Icecream, Billionaire Boys Club, N.E.R.D., Pharrell Williams, Columbia College, Horacio Nieto, Brooklyn Fashion Week, LGBTQ+, Video

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jul 18, 2018
A 20-year-old bottom having an affair with a 50-year-old European dom wonders what’s next now that she’s a big girl

Plus: a #MeToo moment on the massage couch, a gay man with a thing for breasts wonders whether he's straight after all
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, Fifty Shades of Grey, sadomasochism, illicit affair, grooming, kinks, sexuality, broken marriages, European attitude toward sex, #MeToo, erotic massage, full-body massage, premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, BBC, bottom, Living my truth

Music, Music Feature Jul 6, 2016
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The Daphne festival sings the unsung women of electronic music

Performers from this week’s Smart Bar celebration talk to the Reader about artists who inspire them.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Daphne, Daphne: A Women’s Movement in Dance Music, Daphne Oram, BBC, Radiophonic Workshop, Delia Derbyshire, Wendy Carlos, Laurie Spiegel, Clara Rockmore, Oramics, Amphitryon 38, Cherushii, Nathan Drew Larsen, Eris Drew, Marea Stamper, The Black Madonna, Chelsea Faith, Jason Garden, Smart Bar, Tara Shanahan, T. Mixwell, Ariel Zetina, Aurora Halal, Dahlia, Chrissy & Hawley, Chris Shively, Chrissy, Sold, Michael Serafini, Garrett David, Pauline Oliveros, Kelli Hand, K-Hand, Acacia Records, Lime, Denis LePage, Denyse LePage, Ellen Allien, BPitch Control, Helena Hauff, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2016
Slideshow
Are we learning to live with Trump?

Is the left pivoting toward Trump?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Politics, Donald Trump, Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times, BBC, Anthony Zurcher, Huffington Post, Jeb Bush, Gawker, Washington Times, Slideshow

Music, Music Feature May 13, 2015
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Who made the Who?

Reader film editor J.R. Jones talks to the director of Lambert & Stamp, a new documentary about the visionary managers who shaped the band in its early days.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Music Feature, The Who, Lambert & Stamp, Kit Lambert, Pete Townshend, The Who's Tommy, Chris Stamp, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, The Kids Are Alright, James D. Cooper, Shel Talmy, BBC, British Invasion, Brian Epstein, Video

Arts & Culture, Book Review Feb 5, 2015
The title character of Nick Hornby's Funny Girl just isn't all that funny

Failure can be so much funnier than easy success, but Hornby doesn't let his heroine suffer or struggle.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Book Review, Nick Hornby, Funny Girl, High Fidelity, Barbara and Jim, Fever Pitch, Arsenal Football Club, BBC

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2014
A fussbudget marks up the Tribune for words we could do without

Not everyone the press calls "sheepish" is actually sheepish.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Chicago Tribune, adjectives and adverbs, sheepish, sheepishly, disastrous, Obamacare, Brad Richards, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Jonathan Bernstein, Ted Cruz, Google News, BBC

Columns & Opinion, On Culture May 13, 2014
Vivian Maier, the lawsuit

The owners of Wicker Park gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey are being sued as a result of a 2012 exhibit of works by the photographer.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Corbett vs. Dempsey, galleries, Vivian Maier, photography, Ron Slattery, John Maloof, Jeffrey Goldstein, bighappyfunhouse.com, Chicago Reader, Deanna Isaacs, documentaries, BBC, Pamela Bannos, John Corbett, Jim Dempsey, lawsuits, art conservation, art restoration, Kenneth Goldin, provenance, Eric Vander Arend, hinge tape, Joel Oppenheimer Inc., mediation

Columns & Opinion, On Media Oct 9, 2013
Marina Shifrin dances her way out of a job

But remains a member in good standing of the troupe of oddball media makers.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Marina Shifrin, resignations, YouTube, viral videos, University of Missouri, journalism, journalists, The Kansas City Star, Garrison Keillor, The New Yorker, Tina Brown, George W.S. Trow, blogs, NMA, Next Media Animation, Cartoon Network, Conan, The Daily Show, BBC, California job case, headlines, Rich Robertson, marinashifrin.com, Facebook, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lalo Shifrin, Queen Latifah, jobs, UPI, Richard Sudhalter, obituaries, tradition

Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2013
Remembering Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered Hills

Revisiting the 1979 BBC teleplay in light of I Declare War, the recent Canadian feature playing at Facets Multimedia
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Television, Film, Small Screen, Blue Remembered Hills, Dennis Potter, I Declare War, Jason Lapeyre, Helen Mirren, BBC, teleplay, Last Year at Marienbad, The Purge, A.E. Housman, childhood, nostalgia, Chicago Public Library, Facets Multimedia

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2013
When to pull the plug—or should we ever?

Stephen Hawking slammed for changing his view on assisted suicide
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Science, Media, News, Stephen Hawking, BBC, ABC News, Steve Drake, Not Dead Yet, Lou Gehrig's disease

Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2013
BBC2's The Fall delves into double lives

Everyone leads double lives, but especially serial killers.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Arts, Television, Film, Small Screen, bbc2, bbc, the fall, gilian anderson, jamie dornan, small screen, television, belfast, northern ireland, serial killers, murder

Blogs, Bleader May 14, 2013
Now online: Adam Curtis's Margaret Thatcher memorial

The British essay-filmmaker has uploaded his 1995 documentary The Attic to his website.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Television, Film, Politics, Adam Curtis, The Attic, Margaret Thatcher, Histoire(s) du cinema, Jean-Luc Godard, The Innocents, Winston Churchill, BBC, The Living Dead, British history

Blogs, Bleader Aug 27, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Mon 8/27

What's on the Agenda for Monday, August 27, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Chicago Trapeze School, Belmont Harbor, Doctor Who, City Grounds, Lincoln Park, Doctor Who 101, BBC, Links Hall Planetary Defense Force: Rise of the Dinosaurs

Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2011
Denim to die for

Why buying sandblasted jeans may do more than just make you look like a douchebag.
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, BBC, denim, sandblasted jeans, Levi's, H&M

Blogs, Bleader Jul 19, 2010
Video
Planet Earth Live

Oscar nominee George Fenton conducts the Grant Park Orchestra accompany highlights from the BBC nature series "Planet Earth" in "Planet Earth Live," Wednesday at Jay Pritzker Pavilion.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Music, Free Shit, Environment, Eco, Swag, George Fenton, Grant Park Orchestra, Grant Park Music Festival, BBC, Planet Earth, Planet Earth Live, Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 6, 2010
Video
The Man and the Dream

"Martin Luther King Jr.: The Man and the Dream" screens Thursday 1/7 at Chatham 14.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Free Shit, Swag, "Martin Luther King, Black World Cinema, Chatham, Civil Rights, John Akomfrah, BBC, Ghana, Black Audio Film, Reputations, documentary, Days of Hope, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2010
Video
Caught in a Mosh

"Caught in a Mosh," a BBC concert film of Anthrax performances at the Hammersmith Odeon and the Donington Festival during their "Among the Living" tour, screens Tuesday 1/5 at Delilah's.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Music, Free Shit, Swag, Anthrax, BBC, Delilah's, Caught in a Mosh, Among the Living, Hammersmith Odeon, Donington Festival, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2009
Video
How to save journalism, Armando Iannucci edition
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Film, Performing Arts, Arts, Armando Iannucci, The Armando Iannucci Shows, In the Loop, Alan Ford, BBC, Video

News & Politics, Feature Nov 1, 2007
Tough Love

Why soccer superfan Jamie Trecker is U.S. Soccer's harshest critic.
- By Scott Eden
- Tags: Feature, Jamie Trecker, soccer, U.S. Soccer, sports, 2006 World Cup, ESPN SportsTicker, Fado, American soccer, Jim Moorhouse, Inside Sports, 1998 World Cup, World Cup soccer, Li Trecker, Love and Blood: At the World Cup With the Footballers, Fans, and Freaks, Jerry Trecker, Hartford Courant, ESPN International, Fox Sports, The Magic of Soccer: An American's Appreciation, BBC, Major League Soccer, USA Today

News & Politics, Media May 6, 1993
Blunting the Cutting Edge/PR War
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Hot Type, Allan Bloom, Neil Howe, Bill Strauss, books, Generation X, Thomas Frank, The Baffler, consumerism, generations, "Diamonds" Dave Mulcahey, Ruder Finn, public relations, PR, Serbian American Media Center, George Bogdanich, James Harff, New Statesman & Society, war, propaganda, Rhoda Paget, BBC

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The Chicago designer’s unisex clothes give people the freedom to define themselves.

Plus: a #MeToo moment on the massage couch, a gay man with a thing for breasts wonders whether he's straight after all

Performers from this week’s Smart Bar celebration talk to the Reader about artists who inspire them.

Is the left pivoting toward Trump?

Reader film editor J.R. Jones talks to the director of Lambert & Stamp, a new documentary about the visionary managers who shaped the band in its early days.

Failure can be so much funnier than easy success, but Hornby doesn't let his heroine suffer or struggle.

Not everyone the press calls "sheepish" is actually sheepish.

The owners of Wicker Park gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey are being sued as a result of a 2012 exhibit of works by the photographer.

But remains a member in good standing of the troupe of oddball media makers.

Revisiting the 1979 BBC teleplay in light of I Declare War, the recent Canadian feature playing at Facets Multimedia

Stephen Hawking slammed for changing his view on assisted suicide

Everyone leads double lives, but especially serial killers.

The British essay-filmmaker has uploaded his 1995 documentary The Attic to his website.

What's on the Agenda for Monday, August 27, 2012

Why buying sandblasted jeans may do more than just make you look like a douchebag.

Oscar nominee George Fenton conducts the Grant Park Orchestra accompany highlights from the BBC nature series "Planet Earth" in "Planet Earth Live," Wednesday at Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

"Martin Luther King Jr.: The Man and the Dream" screens Thursday 1/7 at Chatham 14.

"Caught in a Mosh," a BBC concert film of Anthrax performances at the Hammersmith Odeon and the Donington Festival during their "Among the Living" tour, screens Tuesday 1/5 at Delilah's.

Why soccer superfan Jamie Trecker is U.S. Soccer's harshest critic.

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