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- Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2018
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Grateful Dead alumni Bob Weir and Phil Lesh closed out a tour last night at the Chicago Theatre
On the Bobby & Phil duo tour, the two founding Grateful Dead members stripped the band's songbook down to acoustic simplicity.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2017
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The writer-director of White Men Can’t Jump returns to put you to sleep
In Just Getting Started, the maker of Bull Durham wants the world to know he enjoys being an old man.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2016
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Buying a thrill with Steely Dan at Northerly Island
It was two against nature when Steely Dan played Northerly Island Saturday night.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2015
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What's the right nickname for Schwarber? Vavoom!
Cubs phenom Kyle Schwarber still needs a nickname—here's another suggestion.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2015
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Strap on your dancing shoes for the Chicago Square Dance Summit
Recent Bloodshot Records signee Al Scorch throws a jamboree for lovers of string bands and contra dancing.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 15, 2015
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Catching up with Tavi Gevinson, Rookie of the year
The 19-year-old returns home to Chicago on her book tour for Rookie Yearbook Four.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 19, 2015
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Is The Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot the final flush for Captain Underpants?
If it is, the other caped crusader is going out in style.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2015
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Terminator Genisys didn't have enough Arnold Schwarzenegger? Then go see Maggie!
Henry Hobson's subdued zombie drama is currently a featured rental at Redbox kiosks.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 30, 2015
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Al Pacino demonstrates the magic of Method acting in the 'naturalistic fairy tale' Manglehorn
The collaboration between Pacino and indie director David Gordon Green (George Washington) screens all week in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 26, 2015
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Revisit The Decline of Western Civilization this weekend
Director Penelope Spheeris hosts a screening of the first two Decline documentaries at the Music Box this weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2015
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Blythe Danner grows old angrily in the deceptively genteel I'll See You in My Dreams
. . . while French master André Téchiné looks quizzically at wild youth in his unjustly marginalized In the Name of My Daughter.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2015
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Harrison Ford, looking like a beloved pet goat, is the heart and soul of Age of Adaline
The 72-year-old actor has a crucial role in the new romantic fantasy.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 21, 2015
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Remembering a time when Todd Rundgren wrote incredible pop-rock songs
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Bleeding," off of 1971's Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren; Rundgren plays the Vic tomorrow night.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2015
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Listen to 'Rise' and 'Rotation' for Herb Alpert's 80th birthday
Also, they're today's 12 O'Clock Track.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2015
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The myth of Liam Neeson turns tragic in Run All Night
The third collaboration between Liam Neeson and Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra builds on the melancholy strain in the star's recent action vehicles.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 13, 2015
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The Liam Neeson myth is still going strong in Taken 3
Thoughts on the 62-year-old actor's second life as an action-movie star.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2014
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Researchers rouse drowsing elders to tell them they're happy
"Embrace your cohorts"
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2014
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The Marx Brothers TV Collection follows the legendary comedy team into the 1950s, '60s, and '70s
A new three-DVD set from Shout! Factory collects the Marx Brothers' TV appearances.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 22, 2014
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I choo choo choose you: Reader staffers pick their all-time favorite episodes of The Simpsons
Make the most of FXX's Simpsons marathon.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 19, 2014
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Hanging out at the used-car lot that was Rod Stewart and Santana on Saturday night
The two classic-rock mainstays flew to Allstate Arena and boy are their arms tired!
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2013
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The special effect of screen actors playing characters older than themselves
Noting a few fine performances by younger actors of older people in light of teenager Adèle Exarchopoulos's performance in Blue Is the Warmest Color
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 4, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: The NBA theme song for the Jordan era, John Tesh's "Roundball Rock"
In honor of the Michael Jordan of the 90s, today's 12 O'Clock track is John Tesh's "Roundball Rock."
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2013
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Oscar-nominated documentary shorts: kvetching past the graveyard in King's Point
Oscar-nominated documentary shorts: King's Point
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2012
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How old is too old to rock?
What does "old" even mean, anyway?
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 12, 2012
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One last look at the old Seminary Co-op Bookstore
After 51 years, the Seminary Co-op moved out of the labyrinthine basement that made it famous. Grab a ball of twine and take one last look.
