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Home » News & Politics » The Reader's Guide Feature

Category: The Reader’s Guide Feature

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It Takes a Worried Man

by Peter Margasak June 2, 2005August 19, 2021

Devo front man Mark Mothersbaugh on his latest art project, his oldest obsessions, and the continuing story of de-evolution.

Posted inNews & Politics

Spoils of the Culture Wars

by Michael Lenehan May 12, 2005August 19, 2021

John Kerry’s failure brought the world to Tom Frank’s door.

Posted inNews & Politics

A Neo-Futurist Never Looks Back

by Jeffrey Felshman May 5, 2005August 19, 2021

A profile of Greg Allen, founder of the Neo-Futurists, in midlife.

Posted inNews & Politics

The Bard of Baghdad

by Justin Hayford April 28, 2005August 19, 2021

Against all advice, a theater vet and two precocious teens team up to bring Saddam Hussein’s first novel to the stage.

Posted inNews & Politics

Bill, Jim, Abe, and Me

by Brian Nemtusak April 21, 2005August 19, 2021

Touring American history with Sarah Vowell, the country’s most self-absorbed docent.

Posted inNews & Politics

You’re Reliving All Over Me

by Jessica Hopper April 14, 2005August 19, 2021

Dinosaur Jr is reuniting to promote reissues of its first three albums. Too bad–those records deserve better.

Posted inNews & Politics

The Sky Has Fallen

by Philip Montoro April 7, 2005August 19, 2021

Seattle’s A Frames play the music you’ll be listening to in your bomb shelter.

Posted inNews & Politics

Dollhouses of Death

by Erin Hogan March 31, 2005August 19, 2021

A photo exhibit in Frances Glessner Lee’s childhood home provides an intimate look at the remarkably precise crime-scene models she built in the 40s and 50s.

Posted inNews & Politics

Three Likembes and a Wooden Microphone

by Peter Margasak March 24, 2005August 19, 2021

With a few thumb pianos, junkyard percussion, and a homemade PA, the Congolese band Konono No. 1 is gaining a worldwide rep.

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So Long, Second City

by Kabir Hamid March 17, 2005August 19, 2021

Why did Dan Bakkedahl throw away what every improviser in Chicago would kill for?

Posted inNews & Politics

The Cubbalist

by Jeffrey Felshman March 3, 2005August 19, 2021

Rabbi Byron Sherwin knows how to lift the Cubs’ curse. But don’t ask him to do it.

Posted inNews & Politics

Cruel to Our Kind

by Justin Hayford February 3, 2005August 19, 2021

Trap Door’s latest, a rarity by Austrian nihilist Werner Schwab, lets humanity have it but good.

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A Strange Hell

by Lee Sandlin January 13, 2005August 19, 2021

Tolkien’s tidy war, brought to life more faithfully than ever in a new extended box set.

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The Underachiever

by Heather Kenny December 30, 2004August 19, 2021

Janet Desaulniers blew a book deal with Knopf, and boy is she glad.

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The Comedy Behind the Tragedy

by Ben Schwartz December 9, 2004August 19, 2021

You know Lenny Bruce, the free-speech hero. But how well do you know his work?

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