Current musical obsessions of Rob Garmer and Victor Nwankwo (both halves of DJ duo We Theory)
Tag: David Bowie
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Ten more CIFF reviews, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Where to find more Nam June Paik video art outside of the MCA’s David Bowie exhibit
Thanks to YouTube, you can now curate your own Paik retrospective on your laptop.
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The time David Bowie called Chicago home
The artist’s monthlong stint in Chicago in 1980 provides some insight into his career and the MCA’s blockbuster retrospective.
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How to get ‘David Bowie Is’ to come to your town
And a few other fun facts about the exhibit currently at the MCA
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 9/23: Bowie Day, Joe Swanberg, and Whirr
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, September 23
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‘David Bowie Is’: Rock odyssey or art-museum oddity?
“David Bowie Is” everything fantatics dreamed it would be. (Novices like it too.)
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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
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Gossip Wolf: Ghetto-house pioneer DJ Funk releases a career retrospective
Ghetto-house pioneer DJ Funk releases a career retrospective, the Adler mashes up stars with rock stars, and more.
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Behold a remarkable re-creation of Ed Paschke’s art studio
Behold Ed Paschke’s studio, re-created at the just-opened Ed Paschke Art Center.
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In Rotation: Whitney Allen of Toupee on the world’s loneliest whale
Current musical obsessions of Verma’s Whitney Johnson, Toupee’s Whitney Allen, and the Reader‘s Kevin Warwick
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The miniseries Labyrinth will leave you longing for that Bowie movie
The CW airs a Holy Grail story based on a 2005 best seller—not the Labyrinth you’re thinking of.
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Chandler London’s star trek
The Chicago rapper just set a course for the hip-hop heavens with his new EP, Ritchie: A Space Odyssey.
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In Rotation: Composer Marcos Balter on contemporary-classical covers of Kreayshawn and Kesha
Current musical obsessions of composer Marcos Balter and Ensemble dal Niente saxophonist Ryan Muncy