Ryan Segedi’s portraits of the festival’s artists, taken with portable lights in front of a simple white backdrop in the corner of the press tent, provide a more intimate look at people we’re used to seeing under colored spotlights.
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Classic albums in full: Riot Fest goes six for seven in 2018
Riot Fest only missed the mark with one record—and it’s not Suicidal Tendencies’ thrash landmark, Cypress Hill’s dark trip, or Bad Religion’s brainy skate-punk masterpiece.
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Who can say who wrote that unsigned New York Times essay? Who can say but shouldn’t?
The ethical swirl around the op-ed by an anonymous White House official?
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Urgh! A Music War and other punk and postpunk new wave cinema
Five films that captured the vibrant, changing pop-music scene of the 1980s.
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Riot Fest announces its first wave of acts for 2018
Riot Fest got Blink-182! Cypress Hill! Blondie! The Jesus Lizard! Liz Phair! Atmosphere! Beck! Cat Power! And . . . the 82-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis?
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How dangerous are cows?
The Straight Dope: Should you get a moo-ve on if a cow comes charging your way?
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This week’s Chicagoan: Adam Selzer, ghost-tour guide
This week’s Chicagoan is Adam Selzer, ghost-tour guide.
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Reliving Fear’s SNL riot
The full version of SNL‘s most notorious musical guests is finally easily viewable online.
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The bipartisan politics of fear
The politics of fear is the wrong approach to terrorism — and to environmental deterioration.