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City Life, Stay at Home Apr 28, 2020
The Reader's stay-at-home chronicles: day 39

What we're reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Stay at Home, COVID-19, coronavirus, soccer, Caitlin Murray, Netflix, The Magicians, The English Game, Queen, WOXY, macaroni and cheese, cocktails, bourbon, Jo Snow, Quincy Street Distillery, cats

Music, In Rotation Feb 12, 2019
Video
Hip-hop duo Glitter Moneyyy on a rapper who’s demanding respect, not asking for it

Plus: Slumpgang777 rapper Vagabond Maurice on a UK neosoul wunderkind, Reader digital managing editor Karen Hawkins on the album that almost redeemed Under the Cherry Moon, and more
- By Karen Hawkins
- Tags: In Rotation, Erykah Badu, Aragon, Prince, Parade, Under the Cherry Moon, Flopcorn, Parade: Music From the Motion Picture Under the Cherry Moon, Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’, The Color Purple, Quincy Jones, Glitter Moneyyy, TayyySlayyy, Queen Trashley, Quay Dash, U.A.F.W.M., Tasha, Kind of Love, Perfume Genius, Queen, No Shape, Vagabond Maurice, Uyama Hiroto, Najubes, Samurai Champloo, Freeform Jazz, Mahalia, Colors, Black Thought, Roots, Tariq Trotter, Funk Flex, freestyle, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Aug 15, 2017
Ritz played ornate, arena-ready 70s rock—but just a few years too late

Popular Chicago rockers Ritz lost a Polygram deal in 1989 and broke up without releasing any music at all.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Ritz, Paradise, cover band, arena rock, 1970s, 1980s, Queen, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Tom Pecora, Richard Jasker, James Orion, Robert Mraz, Polygram, Cheap Trick, REO Speedwagon, Mother's, B'ginnings, Thirsty Whale, Haymakers, Hillside, Melrose Park

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Apr 26, 2017
Aladdin, Marry Me a Little, and ten more stage shows to see now

A top-notch touring Broadway show and an intimate Sondheim concept revue are among this week's notable new productions.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Aladdin, Disney's Aladdin, Jonathan Weir, Reggie de Leon, Anthony Murphy, Bob Crowley, Alan Menken, Dundee: A Hip-Hopera, Gabe Caruso, Force Continuum, Kia Corthron, The Wolf at the End of the Block, Ike Holter, Michael Aaron Pogue, Hookman, Vanessa Stalling, Lauren Yee, Steep Theatre, Marry Me a Little, Porchlight Music Theatre, Austin Cook, Bethany Thomas, Stephen Sondheim, Company, Follies, Into the Woods, Saturday Night, Evening Primrose, Jess McLeod, Never the Milk & Honey, MPAACT, Carla Stillwell, Renee Lockett, Chicago Opera Theater, Philip Glass, The Perfect American, Walt Disney, Andreas MItisek, Der König von Amerika, Rudolph Wurlitzer, Kevin Newbury, Justin Ryan, Karl Knapp, Scott Ramsay, Apollo Chorus, Prince Max's Trewly Awful Trip to the Desolat Interior, Red Theater, Ellen Struve, Maximilian, Heather Riordan, Charlee Cotton, the Mandan, the Hidatsa, Karl Bodmer, Queen, Victory Gardens Theater, Madhuri Shekar, Joanie Schultz, Priya Mohanty, Darci Nalepa, Adam Poss, The New Colony, Scapegoat, Connor McNamara, Kristina Valada-Viers, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare in Love, Lee Hall, Romeo and Juliet, Rachel Rockwell, Luigi Sottile, Nathaniel Braga, Linda Reiter, The Other Theatre Company, Threesome, Yussef El Guindi, Suzan Faycurry, Mike Tepeli, Demetrios Troy, Jason Gerace, Darren Jones

Music, Music Feature Jul 27, 2016
Video
Can Vic Mensa radicalize Lollapalooza?

The Chicago rapper publicly supports Black Lives Matter and LGBT rights, among other progressive causes—which makes him an interesting fit for a festival that tries to please everyone.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Vic Mensa, Save Money, Kids These Days, There’s Alot Going On, Lollapalooza, Pepsi Stage, Grant Park, Perry Farrell, Innanetape, Respect My Vote!, Hip Hop Caucus, Black Lives Matter, Black Youth Project 100, Malik Yusef, Free Love, 16 Shots, Laquan McDonald, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Justice for Flint, One Campaign, Rock the Vote, HeadCount, Syd Rocks, Working Bikes, CeaseFire, Center on Halsted, Cure Violence, Aja Monet, Blood Orange, Bike 4 Life, Chicago Cares, Straight Up, Whispers, Nico Segal, Towkio, Queen, Pride, Traphouse Rock, Pulse, Orlando, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 20, 2014
Adam Lambert did Freddie Mercury proud

The theatrical American Idol runner-up is touring with Queen.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Things I Love, Whoa, Music, History, queen, united center, adam lambert, tour, opening night, american idol

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2014
Recommended
The Trey McIntyre Project brings Edward Gorey to life

The Boise-based choreographer takes the piss out of traditional dance with The Vinegar Works, based on Gorey’s cautionary tales.
- By Jena Cutie
- Tags: Arts, Dance, Edward Gorey, Boise, Trey McIntrye, Harris Theater, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, Trey McIntyre Project, The Beastly Baby, The Vinegar Works, Shostakovich's Piano Trio in E Minor, Music Institute of Chicago, Mercury Half-Life, Queen, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Nov 25, 2013
Show us your . . . bicycle karaoke machine

Alex Rauch did it. He attached a karaoke machine to a bike. Now you never have to stop singing.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Show us your [____], Alex Rauch, Queen, Somebody to Love, University of Illinois at Chicago, karaoke, Hyde Park Art Center, Home Depot

Film, Movie Review Jan 30, 2013
Recommended
Location is everything in the Brazilian drama Neighboring Sounds

Kleber Mendonca Filho's first feature takes us somewhere real.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Les Miserables, Tom Hooper, The King's Speech, Neighboring Sounds, Brazil, Gene Siskel Film Center, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Robert Altman, Recife, Pernambuco, condominium towers, Aaron Cutler, Cinema Scope, architecture, Maeve Jinkings, Queen, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, surveillance cameras, privacy, Irandhir Santos, Nivaldo Nascimento, W.J. Solha, Gustavo Jahn, Irma Brown, Taxi Driver, New York, Recommended

Music, In Rotation Feb 9, 2012
In Rotation: Jail Flanagan of Forced Into Femininity on pissed-off diva Xina Xurner

Plus: Reader music editor Philip Montoro on Finnish black-metal psychonauts Oranssi Pazuzu and composer Charles Joseph Smith on Rockford piano prodigy Emily Bear
- Tags: In Rotation, Oransi Pazuzu, Kosmonument, Comsic Hearse, Aesop Dekker, Caspar Brötzmann Massaker, Michael Gira, Jail Flanagan, Forced Into Femininity, Xina Xurner, Die Tödliche Doris, Alabaster Choad, Charles Joseph Smith, Mr. Forefinger, Franz Liszt, Leslie Howard, Emily Bear, Rockford, Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody

Music, In Rotation Jan 12, 2012
In Rotation: Big Star manager Ben Fasman on contemporary country that doesn't suck

Plus: Reader music critic Miles Raymer on iMaschine for iPhone and artist Cody Hudson on studiomusic.fm and Spacemen 3
- Tags: In Rotation, iMaschine, Guy Clark, Queen, musician, band, Ben Fasman, Yob, Atma, studiomusic, Big Star, Dischord Records, The Numero Group, Cody Hudson, Eric Yahnker, Peter Blake, Kathryn Ferguson, Spacemen 3, The Perfect Prescription, The Work of Hipgnosis, The Devil Makes Three

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The Reader's stay-at-home chronicles: day 39

What we're reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Video
Hip-hop duo Glitter Moneyyy on a rapper who’s demanding respect, not asking for it

Plus: Slumpgang777 rapper Vagabond Maurice on a UK neosoul wunderkind, Reader digital managing editor Karen Hawkins on the album that almost redeemed Under the Cherry Moon, and more

Ritz played ornate, arena-ready 70s rock—but just a few years too late

Popular Chicago rockers Ritz lost a Polygram deal in 1989 and broke up without releasing any music at all.

Aladdin, Marry Me a Little, and ten more stage shows to see now

A top-notch touring Broadway show and an intimate Sondheim concept revue are among this week's notable new productions.

Video
Can Vic Mensa radicalize Lollapalooza?

The Chicago rapper publicly supports Black Lives Matter and LGBT rights, among other progressive causes—which makes him an interesting fit for a festival that tries to please everyone.

Adam Lambert did Freddie Mercury proud

The theatrical American Idol runner-up is touring with Queen.

Recommended
The Trey McIntyre Project brings Edward Gorey to life

The Boise-based choreographer takes the piss out of traditional dance with The Vinegar Works, based on Gorey’s cautionary tales.

Show us your . . . bicycle karaoke machine

Alex Rauch did it. He attached a karaoke machine to a bike. Now you never have to stop singing.

Recommended
Location is everything in the Brazilian drama Neighboring Sounds

Kleber Mendonca Filho's first feature takes us somewhere real.

In Rotation: Jail Flanagan of Forced Into Femininity on pissed-off diva Xina Xurner

Plus: Reader music editor Philip Montoro on Finnish black-metal psychonauts Oranssi Pazuzu and composer Charles Joseph Smith on Rockford piano prodigy Emily Bear

In Rotation: Big Star manager Ben Fasman on contemporary country that doesn't suck

Plus: Reader music critic Miles Raymer on iMaschine for iPhone and artist Cody Hudson on studiomusic.fm and Spacemen 3

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What we're reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Plus: Slumpgang777 rapper Vagabond Maurice on a UK neosoul wunderkind, Reader digital managing editor Karen Hawkins on the album that almost redeemed Under the Cherry Moon, and more

Popular Chicago rockers Ritz lost a Polygram deal in 1989 and broke up without releasing any music at all.

A top-notch touring Broadway show and an intimate Sondheim concept revue are among this week's notable new productions.

The Chicago rapper publicly supports Black Lives Matter and LGBT rights, among other progressive causes—which makes him an interesting fit for a festival that tries to please everyone.

The theatrical American Idol runner-up is touring with Queen.

The Boise-based choreographer takes the piss out of traditional dance with The Vinegar Works, based on Gorey’s cautionary tales.

Alex Rauch did it. He attached a karaoke machine to a bike. Now you never have to stop singing.

Kleber Mendonca Filho's first feature takes us somewhere real.

Plus: Reader music editor Philip Montoro on Finnish black-metal psychonauts Oranssi Pazuzu and composer Charles Joseph Smith on Rockford piano prodigy Emily Bear

Plus: Reader music critic Miles Raymer on iMaschine for iPhone and artist Cody Hudson on studiomusic.fm and Spacemen 3

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