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Bleader
Dec 12, 2018
Chicago rockers share their Mutiny memories, foggy and otherwise
Eulogies for the notoriously debauched punk bar from members of Sweet Cobra, Montrose Man, the Functional Blackouts, and more
By Luca Cimarusti
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Ryan Duggan
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Mark McKenzie
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Jason Gagovski
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Sweet Cobra
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Meg McDuff
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Adam Mohundro
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Functional Blackouts
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Catburglars
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Bleader
Jul 6, 2015
Slideshow
See our photos of the Grateful Dead's Friday farewell show
Get a full look at the band's "Fare Thee Well" show without rubbing shoulders with strange Deadheads.
By Leor Galil
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Bleader
Jun 29, 2015
In
Blackout
, Sarah Hepola shines a light on alcoholism
Her new memoir is honest and refreshingly free of self-pity.
By Aimee Levitt
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Bleader
Feb 5, 2015
Atlas Sound and others added to the already insane Levitation Chicago lineup
Plus the full schedule for the two-day fest.
By Leor Galil
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Austin Psych Fest
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Bleader
Sep 2, 2014
Video
The influence of David Bowie on the rom-com
Words and Pictures
How Bowie's "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" factors into a pivotal scene of the recent Clive Owen-Juliette Binoche vehicle
By Ben Sachs
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Bleader
Jun 13, 2013
Somm
: When a niche becomes a trap
A new documentary about wine tasters spotlights the challenge of making a movie about arcane subject matter.
By Ben Sachs
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Bleader
Mar 17, 2013
An irresponsible Saturday to close out my SXSW
The night that everyone stopped giving a fuck
By Miles Raymer
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the GTW
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Burger Records
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the Underachievers
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Lunice
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Bleader
Oct 24, 2012
Trick-or-treating's so 20th century: what to do for Halloween 2012
Where the party at for Halloween
By Asher Klein
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Bleader
Sep 25, 2012
#RIPBonny's: the last nights of Logan Square's dance bar
Have a look at Instagram pictures from the last two nights at Bonny's, the late-night dance bar that closed this weekend
By Asher Klein
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Bleader
Sep 19, 2012
Closing this Saturday: Bonny's Bar
The Logan Square dive bar shuts down this weekend
By Tal Rosenberg
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Best of Chicago 2011
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Bleader
Jul 20, 2012
Eight delicious photos of cats with fruit
I'm getting sick, and I live alone. Who will bring me vitamin C?
By Asher Klein
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Bleader
May 23, 2012
Eighth Blackbird are the toast of the (Violet) Hour
A review of Eighth Blackbird's benefit at Violet Hour
By Elly Fishman
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Lisa Kaplan
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Timo Andres
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Nico Muhly
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Andy Akiho
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Tim Monro
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Bleader
May 15, 2012
Slideshow
"My breasts are now your art"
My experience at "Crash the Gala," the Art Institute's annual gala afterparty
By Elly Fishman
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Bleader
Mar 19, 2012
Make mine a manhattan
There's no finer cocktail than a well-crafted manhattan
By Jerome Ludwig
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Hangover Week
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Steve Bogira
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Bleader
Mar 16, 2012
SXSW day three: Heads down, beers up
Scene report from the edge of town
By Miles Raymer
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Music
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SXSW
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Las Ardillas
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Spot
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Trailer Space
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2 Chainz
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Kanye West
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Bleader
Mar 9, 2012
Make mine a manhattan
I love a good manhattan.
By Jerome Ludwig
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One Sip
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Things I Love
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manhattan
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manhattan cocktail
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Steve Boira
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Chicago Tribune
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Hangover Week
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Steve Bogira
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Bleader
Mar 8, 2012
Make mine a manhattan
The perfect cocktail: a manhattan
By Jerome Ludwig
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Blotto
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Things I Love
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manhattan
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manhattan cocktail
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