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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jul 5, 2018
The Bongo Room turns 25: A look back at Wicker Park's beloved brunch spot

“We’d just sit over pancakes and have these big dreams.”
- By Sarah Nardi
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Bongo Room, oral history, brunch, Wicker Park, Wicker Park restaurants, John Latino, Derrick Robles, Megan Stielstra, Kristin Lewis, Margaret MacKay, Gabrielle Shelton, Manao Davidson, Wicker Park in the 90s, Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville, restaurant workers, pancakes, Rolling Stone, Matchbox

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Dec 1, 2016
Jason Diamond’s Searching for John Hughes is really a journey of self-discovery

The Brooklyn author’s North Shore adolescence was a different kind of teen movie.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Lit Feature, Jason Diamond, Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know About Life I Learned From Watching 80s Movies, John Hughes, North Shore, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Home Alone, Rolling Stone, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Shermer Illinois, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, H.H. Holmes, Rich Cohen, McHenry County, Lake Forest, Chicago Cubs

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Mar 9, 2016
After a rape story unravels, a disgraced reporter heads home

Calamity West's Rolling imagines the aftermath of a real-life media scandal.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Rolling, Calamity West, Rolling Stone, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, "A Rape on Campus", Dana Black, Pat Whalen, Abby Pierce, Ann James, Janet Malcolm, The Journalist and the Murderer, Nate Silver, sexual assault on campus, Columbia School of Journalism

Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2015
Video
Bop king Dlow dances up the Billboard Hot 100 with 'Bet You Can't Do It Like Me'

The Chicago bop king has a new viral hit, and it's racked up millions of YouTube views in a little more than two months.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Hip-Hop, Music, Dlow, bop, bopping, Lil Kemo, Bet You Can't Do It Like Me, 12 O'Clock Track, Billboard Hot 100, DJ Maine, Big Sexy Slide, Chance the Rapper, Justin Bieber, Angels, Hit the Quan, Rolling Stone, the whip, Nae Nae, Silento, Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae), iLoveMemphis, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2015
Rock photographer Paul Natkin didn't just shoot superstars—he was one

A new retrospective at the Ed Paschke Art Center looks back on Natkin's extraordinary 40-year career.
- By Debra Filcman
- Tags: Arts, Music, Visual Art, Paul Natkin, photography, rock photography, Ed Paschke, Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stone

Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2015
Rolling Stone's UVA rape story and the case against pseudonyms

Is use of a pseudonym a reporter's mortal sin?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Steve Buttry, Rolling Stone, Columbia Journalism Review, University of Virginia, Columbia School of Journalism, Mike Royko, Slats Grobnik, rape on campus

Film, Movie Review Mar 25, 2015
Recommended Video
In The Hunting Ground, universities get an F in addressing sexual assault

Producer Amy Ziering and writer-director Kirby Dick follow up their documentary about rape in the military with one about rape on campus.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick, The Invisible War, campus rape, The Invisible War, Andrea Pino, Annie Clark, University of North Carolina, University of North Carolina, Jameis Winston, Florida State University, Rolling Stone, University of Virginia, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2015
When Keith Haring painted Chicago

The story behind the Keith Haring mural at Wells High School
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: You Are Here, Zoom in, Arts, Visual Art, Keith Haring, Irving Zucker, Wells Community Academy High School, Grant Park, mural, WTTW, Rolling Stone, Chicago Public Schools, CPS

Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2014
The Newsroom and headline news collide

Sometimes art and history arrive at the same time.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Television, Media, News, The Newsroom, The New Republic, University of Virginia, campus rape, Rolling Stone, Aaron Sorkin, Gary Dotson and Cathleen Webb, Chris Hughes, Guy Vidra, Franklin Foer, Leon Wieseltier

Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2014
Chicago-style democracy endures under Mayor Emanuel

How did the city pick the Near North Side for Obama College Prep? The mayor's office won't discuss it.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Education, Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, Rick Perlstein, Rolling Stone, Richard J. Daley, Richard M. Daley, Michael Bilandic, Harold Washington, Obama College Prep, Chicago Public Schools, Near North Side, Stanton Park

Music, Music Feature May 5, 2014
Video
Five honors students from Chicago rap's freshman class

Alex Wiley, Saba, Spenzo, Taylor Bennett, and ZMoney all have new mixtapes that should light the fuses on their careers.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, rap, hip-hop, drill music, Chief Keef, south side, World Star Hip Hop, Noisey, WTTW, Chicago Tonight, Chance the Rapper, MCs, Rolling Stone, Spin, Drake, bop, west side, Sicko Mobb, Dlow, Tink, Atlantic Records, Sony, WGCI, Lil Kemo, Timaland, Lucki Ecks, Danny Brown, Alex Wiley, Saba, Spenzo, Taylor Bennett, ZMoney, Village crew, Reggie's, YouMedia Center, Harold Washington Library, Alex Wiley, Kembe X, Village collective, Closed Sessions, Jean Deaux, Glass Animals, Top Dawg Entertainment, Isaiah Rashad, TDE, Schoolboy Q, Action Bronson, Freddie Gibbs, GLC, Vic Mensa, Arctic Moneys, samples, Ozzy Osbourne, Ludacris, sheep, howler monkeys, flow, lyrics, mixtapes, Alex Fruchter, Saba, Tahj Chandler, Young Chicago Authors, Frsh Waters, Pivot Gang, Joseph Chilliams, John Walt, MFn Melo, Sway Swala, Kevo B, Smack, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Cam Osteen, Spenzo, Demarius Johnson, DJ Deeon, ghetto-house, Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, Dance Mania, Young Chop, beats, Joakim Noah, Englewood, The Clinic, E, Kanye West, Crucial Conflict, A$AP Mob, L.E.P., Bogus Boys, Taylor Bennett, Bronzeville, Urban Prep Academy, Ken Williams-Bennett, King Louie, Roseland, country music, R&B, ZMoney, Zernando Tate, Emma's, recording studios, prison, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 2, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Den replace their bassist and ready their first LP

Plus: Soundtrack Serenade plays Spinal Tap, and Chance the Rapper plays Bob Marley
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Den, Ray Keenan, Austin, Adam Harris, Ian Piirtola, Corey Mahaney, Crodar, Movie, Retrograde Tapes, Exhausted, BLVD Records, Quenchers Saloon, Soundtrack Serenade, The Royal Tenenbaums, Forrest Gump, This Is Spinal Tap, Tim Daisy, Makaya McCraven, Eric Montzka, Rolling Stone, Chance the Rapper, the Beatles, Acid Rap, Adult Swim, Black Dynamite, Bob Marley

Arts & Culture, Book Review Apr 3, 2013
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Gun Guys: Not quite lock, stock, and barrel

Dan Baum's latest could use more guys, less Baum.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Book Review, books, guns, gun control, Dan Baum, weapons, Harper's, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, New Orleans, roadtrips, hunting, murder, gun shows, gun stores, NRA, National Rifle Association, Aaron Zelman, Jeremy Parker, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Rick Ector, gun violence

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 27, 2013
Gossip Wolf: A changing of the guard at the Hideout

Plus: A new indie "supergroup" and a solo album from half of String Theory
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Hideout, Michael Slaboch, Pitchfork, Mike Reed, Constellation, Viaduct Theater, Seth Dodson, Rolling Stone, Concession Speech Writer, Evan Thomas Weiss, Into It. Over It., Matthew Frank, mathcore, Loose Lips Sink Ships, Mike Kinsella, Owen, Owen Mallon, Noumenon, Stay Ahead of the Weather, Polyvinyl, Record Store Day, Beat Kitchen, Joshua Davison, Nathan Tucker, IDM, String Theory, Thirds, I Been Thinking of the Universe, Origin of the Cosmos Ensemble, Brian Eno, Vangelis

Film, Artist on Artist Mar 12, 2013
Artist on Artist: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants nerds out with Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune

"For somebody who grew up on a healthy diet of five hours of TV a day, it’s just an interesting show."
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Artist on Artist, John Flansburgh, Adele, the Fall, Stephen Malkmus, Glee, Kalamazoo, Iowa City, Lansing, East Village, The New Yorker, The New York Times, MySpace, GarageBand, John Linnell, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Pyramid Club, Mick Jagger, They Might Be Giants, Canada, Grimes, I've Got a Match, They'll Need a Crane, Nanobots, Idlewild, Megaforce, Abraham Levitan, Yale Whiffenpoof, Baby Teeth, The Last Waltz, Shame That Tune, Brian Costello, Hideout, Piano Power, Barbara Bush, Lebanon, Lindsay Lohan, Public Enemy, Flavor Flav, Australia, Flavor Flav, New Kids on the Block, Fear of a Black Planet, John Linnell, The S1Ws, New York City, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Bomb Squad, Apollo 18, Milli Vanilli, East Village, Mary Boone, Tony Shafrazi, Steve Buscemi, CBGB, Danceteria, Violent Femmes, R.E.M., 10,000 Maniacs, Replacements, Husker Du, Our Band Could Be Your Life, the Polyphonic Spree, Spin, Louisville, Kentucky, Almost Famous, Kim's Video, Car and Driver, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, No Regrets, Eartha Kitt, Jonathan Coulton, Midnight Train to Georgia, the Vic

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2013
Video
Kitty Pryde and the benefits of cultural short-term memory loss

It's been less than a year since Kitty Pryde first captured the Internet's attention, which has been enough time for people to forget their most polarizing opinions of the teenaged rapper
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: The Internet, Music, Kitty Pryde, rap, hip-hop, Florida, Rolling Stone, Dead Island, D.A.I.S.Y. Rage, Okay Cupid, Sufjan Stevens, Chopped and Scrooged, Why?, Yoni Wolf, Haha I'm Sorry, Video, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2012
Video
Does Sarah Palin speak jive? and other bullshit concerns

The week in political grammar
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Grammar, Election 2012, Media, News, bullshitter, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rolling Stone, Joe Biden, binders, Big Bird, words that start with the letter B, Michelle Malkin, racists, Erik Rush, Katy Waldman, Erik Wemple, Slate, Sarah Palin, shuck and jive, Andrew Cuomo, beautiful symbols, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2012
Real talk alert: Deadmau5 edition

EDM heavyweight Deadmau5 admits "we all hit play"
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Shots Fired, Music, Deadmau5, David Guetta, Rolling Stone, EDM, real talk

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2012
Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender

Against Me! leader Tom Gabel will become Laura Jane Grace
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Whoa, LGBT, Music, Against Me!, Tom Gabel, Laura Jane Grace, punk, DIY, Rolling Stone, Fat Wreck Chords

Blogs, Bleader Aug 17, 2011
The Electric Kool-Aid "Acid" Premiere

Yawn's trippy new music video
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Yawn, Chicago, indie rock, psychedelia, Sharp Darts, Rolling Stone, video, Open Season, Acid

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2011
Jim DeRogatis, the cranky VIP

The proper way to complain when you're wearing an Elite badge
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Pitchfork Reviews Reviews, Jim DeRogatis, Rolling Stone, inside baseball

Blogs, Bleader Dec 14, 2009
21-Single Salute

All the Green Day singles, for the price of an early, out-of-print one on eBay
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Green Day, Rolling Stone, box sets, vinyl, Christmas, Hanukkah, gifts

Blogs, Bleader Oct 10, 2008
John Dramesi's unflattering memories of his fellow POW John McCain

Fellow POW John Dramesi has rough things to say about John McCain in Rolling Stone.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: News, News Bites, John McCain, Rolling Stone, Faith of My Fathers, John Dramesi, James Bond Stockdale, Tim Dickinson, Ed Atterbury, Code of Honor

Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2007
Tell Paula she ain't doing right

Protesters will picket Food Network host and Smithfield Ham spokeswoman Paula Deen at the Chicago Theatre this Saturday.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Food Network, Rolling Stone, Smithfield ham, Paula Deen, Labor protests

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2007
The Year of the Pig

Factory farming: still on the fence?
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Rolling Stone, Jeff Tietz, Smithfield ham, factory farming

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