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- Music, Music Feature Jun 23, 2020
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Chicago punk was born queer
How three gay bars—La Mere Vipere, O’Banion’s, and Oz—became the cradle of the city’s punk scene
- Film, Film Issue May 8, 2019
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Meet the new pornographers who want to make adult entertainment better for everyone
Inside the world of “beautifully shot, ethically made, and sexy smut.”
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2018
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Five big-screen movies obsessed with the small screen
Five movies remind us that filmmakers have always been fascinated with the box in the living room
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Nov 15, 2017
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Could dockless bike share disrupt Chicago?
The latest development in the shared-mobility boom may soon arrive in Chicago, sparking concerns about street clutter, equity, and Divvy disruption.
- Music, Concert Preview Jun 8, 2017
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Pennsylvania’s Tigers Jaw have figured out the shape of emo to come
- Music, Music Feature May 5, 2014
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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.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 31, 2013
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Unlicensed to ill
Bootleg rap and R&B vinyl is thriving, even though most of the music is easy to buy or free to download.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 17, 2013
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Charter school operator won't say how it spent your tax dollars
UNO fights to keep financial records secret.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Critic's Choice Jun 26, 2013
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Hari Kondabolu's incendiary humor
The comic has helped change the way race and class are talked about on TV.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2013
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Read this oral history of Exile in Guyville
The inside story of a local masterpiece
- Music, Music Feature May 23, 2013
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The return of Dance Mania Records
Twelve years after it folded, the Chicago label that helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music makes a play for the new EDM crowd.
- Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2013
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MC Tree shows his roots on Sunday School II
Reflecting on Tree's Cabrini-Green roots and rap career as he drops the next big local mixtape, Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 26, 2013
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Before the schools, Mayor Emanuel closed the clinics
Advocates fight for patients a year after Rahm shuttered mental health clinics across the city.
- Film, Artist on Artist Mar 12, 2013
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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."
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2012
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Chief Keef's probation, the Ultra Lounge shooting, and more music news
Chief Keef's probation hearings, the Wednesday-morning shooting at Logan Square's Ultra Lounge, and White/Light's upcoming performance with Kim Gordon
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2011
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Kembe X, Spin magazine, and hip-hop's new underground
Spin says there's a new hip-hop underground shaking things up; it doesn't mention Chicago rapper Kembe X, but it should have.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 17, 2011
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Meet El General
The young Tupac fan behind a nation-shaking protest anthem
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2011
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The Disappointment: Or, the Force of Credulity
Brian Springer's family searches for an anarchist diary and buried treasure on their Missouri farm in his documentary "The Disappointment: Or, the Force of Credulity," screening Thursday 3/17 at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review May 6, 2010
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Adding Insult to Comedy
The alienation device that works all too well undermines Spin.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 23, 2010
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4/25-5/2 — Free Performances of Spin at Theater Wit
Theater Wit (1229 W. Belmont) is offering two weeks of free performances of Penny Penniston's new comedy, Spin.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Nov 10, 2005
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On the Records
Two rock writers wade neck-deep into a favorite album.