Trump hates China in order to better hate the United States; by blaming the Chinese for the virus, he can pretend he’s not at fault for our own dead and our own misery. In that poisoned atmosphere, the new self-titled album by Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn isn’t just a relief but a call to […]
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Tengger Cavalry fuse Mongolian folk and death metal on the new Blood Sacrifice Shaman
Nature Ganganbaigal translates his Mongolian culture into the international language of metal with a combination of throat singing, horsehead fiddle, and galloping riffs.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 3/28: Jodorowsky’s Dune, Amy Schumer, and Carsick Cars
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, March 28
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Enough is enough in A Touch of Sin
Jia Zhang-ke’s A Touch of Sin tells four stories of people driven to violence
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12 O’Clock Track: Tengger Cavalry, “Galloping Steeds”
Mongolian pagan folk metal from China
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Chicago’s 2016 Olympic Bid
Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke on Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympic Games
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If you’re gonna preen, you’d better be green
More criticism of the coal-burning power plants in Pilsen and Little Village.