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Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 5, 2017
Video
Researchers: Chicago gun violence behaves like a disease, and other news
Also, some Danish ideas for staying sane this winter.
By Robin Amer
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Did You Read __________?
,
News
,
gun violence
,
epidemiology
,
public health
,
Cure Violence
,
sanctuary cities
,
immigration
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
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Donald Trump
,
bed bugs
,
hygge
,
Denmark
,
Copenhagen
,
Video
Music
,
In Rotation
Jul 27, 2016
Video
Ganser’s Alicia Gaines on the only way to make
Twin Peaks
’ music more unsettling
Plus:
No Friends
editor Ray Martinez on the greatest lyrics in punk, the
Reader
’s Kevin Warwick on a pleasant surprise at Pitchfork, and more
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
In Rotation
,
John Bender
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No Response Festival
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Vinyl-on-Demand
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Superior Viaduct
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Cincinnati
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Ceremony
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Rohnert Park
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Matador
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Bridge Nine Records
,
Ross Farrar
,
Empress Of
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Pitchfork Music Festival
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Blue Stage
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Lorely Rodriguez
,
Ray Martinez
,
No Friends
,
zine
,
Chris Gethard
,
The Chris Gethard Show
,
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
,
Harold Washington Library
,
The Coolest Retard
,
The Gabba Gabba Gazette
,
Matter
,
Traitors
,
Everything Went Shit
,
Fuck You I’m a Cop
,
Alicia Gaines
,
Ganser
,
Xiu Xiu
,
Plays the Music of Twin Peaks
,
David Rakoff
,
Half Empty
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Lower
,
Seek Warmer Climes
,
postpunk
,
Copenhagen
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 6, 2015
Video
Lust for Youth bring their pretty darkwave to town this weekend
On Saturday these synth-loving Copenhagen postpunks stop at the Empty Bottle on their North American tour.
By Luca Cimarusti
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12 O'Clock Track
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Music
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12 O'Clock Track
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Lust for Youth
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Empty Bottle
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International
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Armida
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Sacred Bones
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Copenhagen
,
new wave
,
darkwave
,
post punk
,
Video
Film
,
Movie Review
Feb 6, 2013
Recommended
Meet the skull and crossbones
Stolen Seas
dives deep into the economic waters of modern Somali pirates.
By J.R. Jones
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Movie Review
,
Maersk Alabama
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Somali pirates
,
Pirates of the Caribbean
,
U.S. Navy Seals
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Richard Phillips
,
Stolen Seas
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University of Chicago
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Thymaya Payne
,
Facets Cinematheque
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CEC Future
,
Gulf of Aden
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Somalia
,
Yemen
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Daniel Howden
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Independent
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Ishmael Ali
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Clipper Group
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Panama
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Liberia
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the Marshall Islands
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Philippines
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Copenhagen
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Per Gullestrup
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Bahamas
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Georgia
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Lithuania
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Canada
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France
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Great Britain
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Japan
,
Stephen Haskins
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Eugene Kontorovich
,
Richard Dowden
,
Cold War
,
Juergen Kantner
,
Sabine Merz
,
Matthew Rafferty
,
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Bleader
Oct 2, 2009
2016 Olympics: more post-mortem
By Whet Moser
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Chicagoland
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Politics
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Sports
,
Clout City
,
Mayor Daley
,
2016 Olympics
,
Chicago Olympics
,
Robert Fioretti
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Scott Waguespack
,
Joe Moore
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Barack Obama
,
Michelle Obama
,
Copenhagen
,
City Council
,
Ben Joravsky
,
Mick Dumke
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 2, 2009
Video
From Copenhagen: 2016 Olympics Presentations
By Whet Moser
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Chicagoland
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Politics
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Sports
,
Clout City
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Olympics presentations
,
2016 Olympics
,
Copenhagen
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IOC
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,
Barack Obama
,
Chicago
,
Rio
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Tokyo
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Madrid
,
Video
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 2, 2009
Morning Olympics Roundup
By Whet Moser
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Politics
,
Sports
,
Clout City
,
2016 Olympics
,
Chicago Olympics
,
IOC
,
International Olympic Committee
,
Copenhagen
,
Rio
,
Mayor Daley
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 1, 2009
We're Doomed
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
,
Politics
,
Clout City
,
David Broder
,
2016 Olympics
,
Chicago Olympics
,
IOC
,
Copenhagen
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 1, 2009
Video
Maybe Partying Will Help
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
,
Politics
,
Clout City
,
2016 Olympics
,
Chicago Olympics
,
IOC
,
Copenhagen
,
Mayor Daley
,
Chicago parking meters
,
Olympics opposition
,
Video
Blogs
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Bleader
Sep 30, 2009
Olympic Delegates: Decked Out by Chicago Designers
Local designers have the city's Olympic bid sewn up, with designs for the delegates to Copenhagen.
By Heather Kenny
Tags:
Style
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Olympics
,
Chicago 2016
,
Olympic bid
,
President Barack Obama
,
Michelle Obama
,
Maria Pinto
,
Lee Allison
,
Hart Schaffner Marx
,
Oprah
,
Chicago fashion designers
,
women's clothes
,
menswear
,
Copenhagen
Blogs
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Bleader
Sep 15, 2009
2016 Olympics: No Comment edition
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
,
Politics
,
Clout City
,
Barack Obama
,
2016 Olympics
,
Chicago Olympics
,
health care
,
Copenhagen
,
IOC
,
International Olympic Committee
,
Michelle Obama
News & Politics
,
Feature
Sep 10, 2009
Chicago's 2016 Olympic Bid
An archive of the Reader's coverage by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
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,
2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympics
,
2016 Olympic Games
,
Mayor Daley
,
Richard Daley
,
CPS
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Chicago Public Schools
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Copenhagen
,
Barack Obama
,
City Council
,
Manny Flores
,
Midway Airport
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O'Hare Airport
,
Chicago Parking Meters
,
city parking meters
,
property taxes
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TIF, TIFs, tax-increment financing, tax increment financing, city taxes, tax hike, stewardship report, 2016 stewardship report, olympics oversight, Joe Moore, Olympic Village, Michael Reese Hospital, Pat Ryan, Lori Healey, Blue State Cowboys, Tony Peraica
,
Lisa Madigan
,
Roland Burris
,
Rod Blagojevich
,
Emil Jones
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Chicago Sun-Times
,
Hyde Park Herald
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IOC
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,
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,
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,
Olympic stadium
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Lake County
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