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- Music, Music Feature Oct 2, 2020
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Spelunking in the Reader of 1971
The music ads in the paper’s very first issues add context—and curiosities—that the stories alone can’t provide.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Sep 18, 2019
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The many dreams of Wesley Willis
Matthew Rachman Gallery documents the architectural creations of Chicago's ultimate outsider artist.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 10, 2019
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Saxophonist Hunter Diamond debuts four free shows’ worth of new material at the Whistler
Plus: Matthew Rachman Gallery opens a new exhibit of Wesley Willis’s artwork, and Camp Smokey Bear returns with another free day of top-shelf local hip-hop.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature May 13, 2019
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Arte Agora collection brings outside(r) art inside
With his new self-published book, patron of public art Daniel X. O’Neil displays what he’s bought from street artists and swiped from light posts.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 22, 2018
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Andrew Smith throws Jungle Green’s homemade songs at a bigger wall—will they stick?
The Chicago singer-songwriter has promoted his music mostly by sending it to people who reply to flyers he’s taped to lampposts. Fortunately he’s also made some well-connected fans.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2018
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You can (almost) buy Wesley Willis’s drawing of Quenchers
Quenchers closes in less than two weeks, but at least until then you can get a print of Wesley Willis's 1991 drawing of the beloved bar.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2018
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Exploring the long-lost Wesley Willis collection at Quenchers Saloon
Earle Johnson isn't just selling the bar he's run for nearly four decades—he also wants to make something of the archive of artwork and music by Quenchers regular Wesley Willis that he accumulated over the years.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Sep 6, 2017
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The Big Boys’ Tim Kerr paints his heroes in Skokie
At Miishkooki, “Your Name Here” boasts colorful portraits of the artist’s influences.
- Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 23, 2016
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Reading the subtext in bathroom graffiti
Sometimes what people write on walls is nastier than it is funny, but it can tell you a lot about the culture and history of a neighborhood.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 30, 2016
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Midwich throws a double-barreled release party for Hide and Alex Barnett
Plus: Moniker donates a 1976 Death seven-inch to the Smithsonian, and GlitterGuts celebrate Wesley Willis at Beauty Bar.
- City Life, Space Feb 15, 2014
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A blaze of glory for Taryn and Sanford Parker's home
After their newly acquired Logan Square residence went up in flames, the couple got creative with an "unintentional gut rehab."
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 20, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Fri 9/20: Edition Chicago, Wesley Willis, and Disappears
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, September 20
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: My Dad, "Cut the Mullet"
Local punk outfit My Dad takes on Wesley Willis's "Cut the Mullet"
- Music, Music Feature Oct 3, 2012
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Please don't stare
Outsider musicians like David Liebe Hart are a sort of litmus test for fans of the bizarre
- Music, Music Feature Jul 28, 2011
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Willis Earl Beal: super unknown
This below-underground Chicago songwriter wants something that might be impossible to get on purpose: a cult following
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2009
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So wildly inappropriate that it's actually kinda appropriate
Now that the Sears Tower is being renamed the Willis Tower, a Facebook group has formed to make sure we're all talking about the right Willis. Hint: No "Diff'rent Strokes" reference is involved.
- News & Politics, Our Town May 25, 1984
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Tunnel Vision