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Music, Music Review Oct 29, 2020
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New York label Freedom to Spend ventures into the field with the compilation New Neighborhoods
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Music Review, Freedom to Spend, Neighborhoods, New Neighborhoods, Ernest Hood, Portland, Oregon, KBOO, Space Afrika, Ka Baird, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Decatur, Sugai Ken, electronic music, field recordings, ambient music, Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, Recommended

Music, Music Review Oct 20, 2020
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Chicago indie rockers Mooner embrace tender reflection on their third album
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Aerial Ballet, Mooner, The Alternate Universe of Love, indie rock, Lee Ketch, Americana, power pop, Nudè Barmados, Portland, Oregon, Recommended

Music, Music Review Mar 20, 2020
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Lord Dying’s Mysterium Tremendum is a beautiful meditation on tragedy
- By Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Music Review, Lord Dying, Mysterium Tremendum, Portland, Oregon, sludge-metal, sludge, Alyssa Maucere, Kevin Swartz, eOne, Erik Olsen, Chris Evans, The End of Experience, Recommended

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Sep 25, 2018
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Spoils of War pioneered the fusion of experimental electronics and psychedelic rock

The late-60s band founded by unheralded composer Jim Cuomo only released one EP during its lifetime.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jim Cuomo, Spoils of War, Mormos, John Cage, University of North Texas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Silver Apples, Fifty Foot House, United States of America, Frank Zappa, Harry Partch, Bix, Al Ierardi, Roger Francisco, Frank Garvey, Annie the Hat, Annie Williams, James Stroud, Shadoks, Paris, Australia, Portland, Oregon, Video

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love May 3, 2017
Open relationships, squirting, big boobs, butt sex, and more

Uncle Dan takes questions from a live audience in Portland
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, open relationships, threesomes, anal sex, penetrative sex, Revolution Hall, Portland, Oregon

Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2017
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Obama’s making a ‘last-minute push’ to reform Chicago police before Trump’s inauguration, and other news

Also, Showtime has picked up a new scripted show about the lives of young black men on the south side.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Barack Obama, Department of Justice, Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, police brutality, Chicago, Michelle Obama, David Axelrod, Affordable Care Act, University of Chicago, Lena Waithe, Common, Hollywood, Showtime, television shows, The Chi, Stumptown Coffee, restaurant openings, coffee, Ace Hotel, Portland, Oregon, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2014
Reader's Agenda Fri 2/28: Ron Funches, Wes Anderson Anthology, and Revelations

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, February 28
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Ron Funches, Oregon, Chicago, Zanies, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Music Box, Wes Anderson Anthology, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Alvin Ailey, Revelations, Auditorium Theatre, Wayne McGregor Chroma, Ronald K. Brown, Four Corners

News & Politics, Feature Jul 24, 2013
In the weeds of the state's medical marijuana law

Illinois's new cannabis program will help some ill patients, but its many rules, restrictions, and uncertainties are a real buzz kill.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, medical marijuana, Illinois Department of Public Health, pain, Wall Street Journal, Colorado, New Hampshire, California, documentation, Julie Falco, stress, drug reform, crime, patients, driving records, background checks, registration, dispensing organizations, dispensaries, marijuana, FAQ, frequently asked questions, q&a, questions and answers, dialogues, drugs, drug policy, Al Sharp, Community Renewal Society, cancer, debilitating medical conditions, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, MS, Parkinson's, Crohn's, lupus, traumatic brain injuries, cannabis, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Dan Linn, NORML, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Illinois state law, zero tolerance, Alaska, Oregon, Illinois Senate, marijuana cultivation, growing marijuana, cultivation centers, Illinois Department of Agriculture, police districts, Illinois State Police, licensing fees, Massachusetts, Michigan, federal law, Illinois House, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. attorneys, Montana, Gabriel Plotkin, Illinois General Assembly, MedMen, Adam Bierman, banks, lending, Miller Shakman & Beem, political contributions, political campaigns, Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program, Pat Quinn, drug legalization, regulation, Lou Lang, pilot programs, Eric Berlin, decriminalization, patients' rights

Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2013
Homeslice pays homage to the Beaver State and its pizza

Inspired by the log cabins and pizza pies of the Pacific northwest, Homeslice cozies into Lincoln Park.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Food & Drink, Homeslice, pizza, Lincoln Park, Oregon, Pacific northwest, DePaul, crust, log cabin, wood, more wood, Douglas fir, slice, crust, cornmeal, lacquer, turtlenecks

Film, Movie Review Apr 3, 2013
Secrets of The Shining

The documentary Room 237 reveals the hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's horror classic.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, The Killing, Room 237, Rodney Ascher, Music Box, Holocaust, Apollo 11, EMI Elstree Studios, Alexander Walker, Danny Lloyd, Stanley Hotel, Estes Park Colorado, Colorado State Archives, Stanley Kubrick, Director, Diane Johnson, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Geoffrey Cocks, The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History, & the Holocaust, Walt Disney, Three Little Pigs, Timberline Lodge, Oregon, Lolita, Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut, Bill Blakemore, Julie Kearns

News & Politics, Zoom in Mar 21, 2013
Zoom in: Evanston

Northwestern's old Patten Gymnasium was the site of the first-ever NCAA tournament championship.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Zoom in, NCAA tournament, March Madness, Kansas, Ohio State, Oregon, Northwestern, Patten Gymnasium, George Maher

Music, In Rotation Mar 8, 2013
In Rotation: John Corbett of Corbett vs. Dempsey on vintage dead-stock vinyl from Kenya

Plus: The Reader's Peter Margasak on a Peter Brötzmann birthday box set, filmmaker Brian Ashby on Health & Beauty's hot streak, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Long Story Short, Peter Brotzmann, Music Unlimited, Luc Ferrari, Und so Weiter / Music Promenade, Gerard Fremy, Scattered Melodies: Korean Kayagum Sanjo, Sublime Frequencies, sanjo, kayagum, pansori, John Corbett, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Kesarbai Kerkar, Mississippi Records, Portland, Oregon, African vinyl, Kenya, Kundi, Sibuor, Harry Partch, Plectra and Percussion Dances, Record Collector, Los Angeles, Mike Gibisser, Anthony Levin-Decanini, Broken Research, Pittsburgh, Health & Beauty, Brian Sulpizio, Wintermagic, Perilous, The Retch, the Flow, Our Lady, Guns, Teen River, Tapes from John Corbett

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Feb 21, 2013
Four weddings and a three-way

Genderqueer fashion etiquette and gay strip clubs. Plus: How much is too much for an engagement ring?
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Savage Lovecast, Seattle, Valentine's Day, genderqueer, Brooklyn, Long Island, Columbus Day, college reunion, wedding, maid of honor, bachelor party, Washington State Liquor Control Board, Portland, Oregon, Silverado

Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2012
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Beer and Metal: At the mercy of the Beast

The Beast that came from Jersey and the Beast that comes from Milwaukee
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: This Will Kill You, Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, The Beast, Cosmic Hearse, Aesop Dekker, Devil's Music, Power Metal EP, Last Beastial Incarnation, Scott Ruth, Jack Pitzer, the Hinge, Milwaukee's Best, Milwaukee's Best Ice, New Jersey, Eugene, Oregon, poor life decisions, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2010
Whipping Boys

Everybody loved to hate a wife beater
- By Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Wife beaters, wife beating, law enforcement, crime and punishment, domestic violence, double standards, gender, spousal abuse, legal system, vigilantism, mince pie, whipping post, pillory, justice, judges, suicide, race, Maryland, Oregon, Delaware

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New York label Freedom to Spend ventures into the field with the compilation New Neighborhoods

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Chicago indie rockers Mooner embrace tender reflection on their third album

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Lord Dying’s Mysterium Tremendum is a beautiful meditation on tragedy

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Spoils of War pioneered the fusion of experimental electronics and psychedelic rock

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Open relationships, squirting, big boobs, butt sex, and more

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Obama’s making a ‘last-minute push’ to reform Chicago police before Trump’s inauguration, and other news

Also, Showtime has picked up a new scripted show about the lives of young black men on the south side.

Reader's Agenda Fri 2/28: Ron Funches, Wes Anderson Anthology, and Revelations

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, February 28

In the weeds of the state's medical marijuana law

Illinois's new cannabis program will help some ill patients, but its many rules, restrictions, and uncertainties are a real buzz kill.

Homeslice pays homage to the Beaver State and its pizza

Inspired by the log cabins and pizza pies of the Pacific northwest, Homeslice cozies into Lincoln Park.

Secrets of The Shining

The documentary Room 237 reveals the hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's horror classic.

Zoom in: Evanston

Northwestern's old Patten Gymnasium was the site of the first-ever NCAA tournament championship.

In Rotation: John Corbett of Corbett vs. Dempsey on vintage dead-stock vinyl from Kenya

Plus: The Reader's Peter Margasak on a Peter Brötzmann birthday box set, filmmaker Brian Ashby on Health & Beauty's hot streak, and more

Four weddings and a three-way

Genderqueer fashion etiquette and gay strip clubs. Plus: How much is too much for an engagement ring?

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The late-60s band founded by unheralded composer Jim Cuomo only released one EP during its lifetime.

Uncle Dan takes questions from a live audience in Portland

Also, Showtime has picked up a new scripted show about the lives of young black men on the south side.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, February 28

Illinois's new cannabis program will help some ill patients, but its many rules, restrictions, and uncertainties are a real buzz kill.

Inspired by the log cabins and pizza pies of the Pacific northwest, Homeslice cozies into Lincoln Park.

The documentary Room 237 reveals the hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's horror classic.

Northwestern's old Patten Gymnasium was the site of the first-ever NCAA tournament championship.

Plus: The Reader's Peter Margasak on a Peter Brötzmann birthday box set, filmmaker Brian Ashby on Health & Beauty's hot streak, and more

Genderqueer fashion etiquette and gay strip clubs. Plus: How much is too much for an engagement ring?

The Beast that came from Jersey and the Beast that comes from Milwaukee

Everybody loved to hate a wife beater

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