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Music
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In Rotation
Jul 10, 2018
Video
Stephanie Marlow of Indie Publicity on a brutal band with a soft spot for pitties
Plus: Sweet Cobra drummer Jason Gagovski on three decades of weirdo prank calls,
Reader
editor Jamie Ludwig on a compelling reason to hire a drummer, and more
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Greg Fox
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Beth Winegarner
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Tenacity
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Heavy Metal in the Middle East and Africa
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The Columbine Effect
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Frequency Rhythm Distortion Delay
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Stephanie Marlow
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Indie Publicity
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Golden Dawn Arkestra
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Children of the Sun
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Wings of Ra
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Caleb Scofield
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Cave In
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Stephen Brodsky
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A Celebration of the Life & Art of Caleb Scofield
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Sweet Cobra
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Bleader
Sep 14, 2017
Video
The new
It
is an R-rated Disney movie
A new adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 novel is a shrewd mix of nostalgia and horror.
By Ben Sachs
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Bleader
Jun 6, 2016
Books we can’t wait to read: The back half of 2016 edition
There's plenty to look forward to in the rest of 2016.
By Aimee Levitt and Tal Rosenberg
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Alison Flowers
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Mary Roach
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Jessica Valenti
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Walter Mosley
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Amor Towles
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Jun 25, 2015
Here are 28 books we can't wait to read in 2015
New stuff to read from Sandra Cisneros, Harper Lee, Elizabeth Gilbert, Patti Smith, and more.
By Tyler Daswick
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Jonathan Franzen
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Gary Alan Fine
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Larry Bennett
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Bonnie Jo Campbell
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Stephen King
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Welcome to Night Vale
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Phil Lester
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Bleader
Nov 20, 2014
That time in '77 Jane Byrne and I were on TV together
As a young, mop-topped lad of 22, the
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political columnist was on WTTW . . .
By Ben Joravsky
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Oct 27, 2013
Weekly Top Five: Stephen King adaptations
Weekly Top Five: Stephen King adaptations
By Drew Hunt
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Carrie
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The Mist
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Christine
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From a Buick 8
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Movie Review
Jul 3, 2013
Recommended
What's going on in
The Wall
?
Martina Gedeck stars as a woman trapped by an invisible barrier.
By Drew Hunt
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Under the Dome
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Bleader
Mar 9, 2012
Obsolescence Week: book blurbs
It's time to retire the book blurb.
By Jerome Ludwig
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Obsolescence Week
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