Artist on Artist: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants nerds out with Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune
Tag: Canada
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Meet the skull and crossbones
Stolen Seas dives deep into the economic waters of modern Somali pirates.
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Best shows to see: Cold Specks, the Coup, the Fugs, and Suzuki Junzo
Some of your best options for live music this Thursday through Sunday include Cold Specks, the Coup, the Fugs, and Suzuki Junzo
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12 O’Clock Track: Single Mothers, “Christian Girls”
Single Mothers’ “Christian Girls” is a great punk number to help you shake the bad parts of this year’s Lollapalooza
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12 O’Clock Track: Antediluvian, “Force of Suns of Adversary”
Nothing says “sunny summer day” quite like dark, primitive, inhuman death metal
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Sarah Polley traces another triangle
Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz is the tale of a painful love triangle
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Is using “safe word” as a safe word laughable?
What to do when your 13-year-old comes out, what not to do when it comes to other people’s business, and a call for testimonials to monogamy.
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Trial of the Arsonist Slave
Tetchena Bellange’s documentary “Black Hands: Trial of the Arsonist Slave,” examines the controversial 1734 case of a woman accused of setting the fire that burned much of Montreal. It screens Thursday 3/3 in the Black World Cinema Series.
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Reel Shorts
The Chicago Reel Shorts Film Festival runs Thursday through Sunday at Original Mother’s and Columbia College.
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Chicago Anarchist Film Festival
The 10th Annual Chicago Anarchist Film Festival screens new and archival works, 5/5-5/16 at St. Paul’s Cultural Center and No Exit Cafe.
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America to Canada: “Our Corporations Can’t Exploit All Your IP Laws Yet—So Change Them”
The fallout up north from “Buy American” laws inspires a “Bribe Canadians” approach to copyright negotiations. Plus, the major labels may have a comeuppance on the way for their Great White Northern artist-cheating scheme.
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No Obama in sight in Europe
There’s no Obama on the horizon in Europe, the AP reports.