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Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2017
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In case the weather doesn’t already have you thinking about summer, here’s Tennis

Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley of Tennis offer summery sounds on the catchy new Yours Conditionally.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Tennis, climate change, Conditionally Yours, My Emotions are Blinding, Alaina Moore, Patrick Riley, pop, Madonna, Cardigans, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2016
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CIMMFest opening night: The Smart Studios Story revisits the Madison recording studio that helped birth indie rock

The Smart Studios Story, opening the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, revisits the Madison recording studio that nurtured the indie rock of the 90s.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Midwestern Defensiveness, Music, The Smart Studios Story, Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Steve Marker, Butch Vig Madison Wisconsin, Killdozer, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Dead Milkmen, Michael Gerald, Headliners, Bunky’s, Club de Wash, Merlyn’s, Bucky Pope, Tar Babies, Doug “The Duke” Erickson, Spooner, Garbage, Plaza Tavern, Gisholt Machine Company building, Billy Corgan, Old Style, Friendly Tavern, Wendy’s, Nevermind, Young Fresh Fellows, L7, Freedy Johnston, Everclear, Soul Asylum, Archers of Loaf, Rainer Maria, Dave Grohl, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab for Cutie, South by Southwest, Bo Diddley, Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, Aretha Franklin, MC5, Curtis Mayfield, Iggy and the Stooges, Pere Ubu, Devo, Prince, Husker Du, Madonna, Breeders, Guided by Voices, Wilco, Frank Anderson, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods, audio recording, movies, Video

Arts & Culture, Book Review Feb 25, 2016
Madonna, the key to self-discovery

In Madonnaland, and Other Detours Into Fame and Fandom, Alina Simone reconciles herself to her own music career by investigating the biography of the famous pop star.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Book Review, Madonnaland and Other Detours Into Fame and Fandom, Madonna, Alina Simone, Bay City Michigan, Question Mark and the Mysterians

Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2015
The Reader's guide to the Chicago Jewish Film Festival, which starts this weekend

The second editon of the annual festival opens Saturday at Century 12/CineArts 6 in Evanston.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Chicago Israeli Film Festival, Chicago Jewish Film Festival, Century 12/CineArts 6, Victory Gardens Theater, Illinois Holocaust Museum, Landmark's Century Centre, David Chack, Friends From France, The Dove Flyer, Mr. Kaplan, Night Will Fall, Julie Cohen, The Sturgeon Queens, Russ and Daughters, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morley Safer, Calvin Trillin, The Outrageous Sophie Tucker, William Gazecki, Bing Crosby, Mae West, Bette Midler, Madonna, Bert Tucker, Paul McCartney, Beatles, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Fanny Brice, Nora's Will, Mariana Chenillo, Little White Lie, Lacey Schwartz, Compass Cabaret 55, Mark Siska, Second City, film festivals, Jewish culture, movies

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2015
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Madonna siphons PC Music into the mainstream with her first Rebel Heart singles

The PC Music sound was always going to find its way onto the charts, but Madonna is the first to bring it there.
- By Sasha Geffen
- Tags: The Internet, On the Charts, Music, Madonna, Sophie, Diplo, PC Music, Bitch I'm Madonna, Rebel Heart, Soundcloud, Video

Arts & Culture, Art Sidebar Sep 16, 2014
Five must-dos at Expo Chicago

An installation by Ai Weiwei, video viewing stations by Studio Gang Architects, and more recommendations for the mammoth art exposition at Navy Pier
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Art Sidebar, Expo Chicago, International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, Navy Pier, One and J. Gallery, South Korea, Tell Me the Truth, Seung Yui Oh, See Saw, In/Situ, Michael Rakowitz, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, Expo Editions + Books, Medium Cool, Western Exhibitions, WesternXeditions, Lilli Carre, Paul Nudd and Onsmith, Deb Sokolow, Dialogues: "What Do Your Politics Get From Being in My Art?", Duncan MacKenzie, Bad at Sports, Mess Hall, Abigail Satinsky, Jim Duignan, Expo Video, Studio Gang Architects, Monster Movie, Takeshi Murata, Jennifer K. Reeder, A Million Miles Away, Madonna, Like a Prayer, E.T.

City Life, Space Apr 27, 2014
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Alan Lake's casa de soul in Ukrainian Village

The musician, chef, and author's apartment is bursting at the seams with art, cookbooks, and percussion instruments from around the world.
- By Andrea Bauer
- Tags: Space, Alan Lake, Madonna, Bryan Ferry, The Garlic Manifesto, Ian McDonald, King Crimson, Asian Youth Services, Casa de Soul, Ukrainian Village, berimbau, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2014
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Christina Perri does Lana Del Rey

A copycat song highlights how Del Rey's more than a pretty face.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: On the Charts, Music, Lana Del Rey, Christina Perri, On the Charts, Madonna, Sam Smith, DJ Mustard, Trey Songz, Naughty Boy, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 12/19: Vogue for Tots, Mark Kozelek, and LA Jesus

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, December 19
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Madonna, voguing, Berlin, Stardust, Vogue for Tots, Toys for Tots, Mark Kozelek, Red House Painters, Lincoln Hall, Chop Shop, LA Jesus, Nate Euhus, Amen2Ten Dance Party, She's Crafty, the Fabulous Ladies of Fitness, Mr. Automatic & Vorteque, Saverio Truglia

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Oct 10, 2013
A vigorous Canucking in Nova Scotia

Just the Halifax, ma'am: Savage fields sex Qs from curious Canadians.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, the Coast, Save Love Live, Stephen Harper, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Shania Twain, Cher, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Venus Envy, Seattle, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Madison, Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, friends-with-benefits, semen, dirty sex

Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2013
Street View 102: Immaculate style downtown

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 102
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, spring, Madonna, cool accessories, nice purse, booties, downtown, fashion, Chicago street style

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2012
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Q&A: Boys Noize on Madonna being lame, Kraftwerk, and playing live

A conversation with a dance music mainstay
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Do This, Music, Boys Noize, EDM, UZ, Le1f, Kraftwerk, Deadmau5, Madonna, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2012
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This week's movie action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Ben Sachs, House of Pleasures, Bertrand Bonello, Gene Siskel Film Center, Walter Benjamin, Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012, Addiction Incorporated, Big Miracle, John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore, Chronicle movie, Leap Year, Roscoe Arbuckle, Fatty Arbuckle, Mr. Rogers & Me, The Owls movie, Cheryl Dunye, Splinters, Papua New Guinea, W.E. movie, Madonna, King Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson, Robert Bresson, Au Hasard Balthazar, Pickpocket movie, Otto Preminger, Fallen Angel, Northbrook Public Library, Todd Haynes, I'm Not There, Daniel Eisenberg, John Cassavetes, Love Streams, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia movie, University of Chicago Doc Films, Mikio Naruse, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, World on a Wire, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2012
What's new again: Abel Ferrara's Dangerous Game

A reevaluation of Abel Ferrara's 1993 feature Dangerous Game
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, Miss Bala, Gerardo Naranjo, Abel Ferrara, James Russo, Dangerous Game, Olivier Assayas, Boarding Gate, Madonna, Harvey Keitel, corruption, drug addiction, New Rose Hotel

Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2012
My year in music photos

Village on a downtown rooftop, backstage with Tyler, the Creator, and ten more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Visual Art, Tyler the Creator, Odd Future, Pitchfork Festival, Village, Danny Brown, Das Racist, Rick Allen, Def Leppard, Mickey, T.C. Starchild, Brent Zmrhl, Hatch Show Print, Tough Shits, Empty Bottle, Madonna, Sean Penn, Keith Haring, Sex Pistols

Blogs, Bleader Jun 3, 2011
Show us your ... dressing room
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: You Are Here, Show Us Your..., Show Us Your, You Are Here, Kathryn Cole, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club, Madonna, Cher, Gwen Stefani

Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2011
Oprah and friends host modest get-together
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Morning Newsfeed, Oprah, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Madonna, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Beyonce, Michael Jordan, Bloods, gangs, Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Code, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Catholic Church

Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2010
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The Style of Sade

An ode to the style of Sade.
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Music, Sade, Diamond Life, Soldier of Love, Madonna, celebrity style, Video

Reader, Matches blog Feb 9, 2010
Get Into The Groove!

Held onto the relationship long enough to gain a lifetime of dancing and singing.
- By Heartbroker
- Tags: Mismatched: Bad Dates, Great Stories, Madonna, herpes, oozing, albums, Napoleon Dynamite, Calvin Klein, iPod, dance, arms, tickets, relationship, crabs, Chlamydia, Dion, Enya, Cds, iTunes, life, long, lifetime, troll, E!, facebook, break, up, break-up, ghosts, past, records, hooks, catch, obsession

Music, Music Review Jun 20, 1991
Truth or Dare: Madonna's big lie
- By Bill Wyman
- Tags: Music Review, Rock, etc., Madonna, Alek Keshishian, Truth or Dare, concert films, concert tours, Papa Don't Preach, Material Girl, Like a Virgin, Like a Prayer

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Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley of Tennis offer summery sounds on the catchy new Yours Conditionally.

The Smart Studios Story, opening the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, revisits the Madison recording studio that nurtured the indie rock of the 90s.

In Madonnaland, and Other Detours Into Fame and Fandom, Alina Simone reconciles herself to her own music career by investigating the biography of the famous pop star.

The second editon of the annual festival opens Saturday at Century 12/CineArts 6 in Evanston.

The PC Music sound was always going to find its way onto the charts, but Madonna is the first to bring it there.

An installation by Ai Weiwei, video viewing stations by Studio Gang Architects, and more recommendations for the mammoth art exposition at Navy Pier

The musician, chef, and author's apartment is bursting at the seams with art, cookbooks, and percussion instruments from around the world.

A copycat song highlights how Del Rey's more than a pretty face.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, December 19

Just the Halifax, ma'am: Savage fields sex Qs from curious Canadians.

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 102

A conversation with a dance music mainstay

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

A reevaluation of Abel Ferrara's 1993 feature Dangerous Game

Village on a downtown rooftop, backstage with Tyler, the Creator, and ten more

An ode to the style of Sade.

Held onto the relationship long enough to gain a lifetime of dancing and singing.

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