When Garbage broke out with their self-titled debut album in 1995, their alluring but abrasive sound—dark power-pop melodies topped by Shirley Manson’s alternately growled and whispered vocals—enticed listeners like sweet pink candy with a messy center. Their second album, 1998’s Version 2.0, expands on this recipe of fuzzed-out guitar and distorted vocals with multilayered tracks […]
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These sculptures made of washed-up garbage are the coolest art on the lakefront right now
The “Washed Ashore” display, which shines a spotlight on all the garbage in the ocean, is now outside the Shedd Aquarium.
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The truth about what happens when you recycle the wrong stuff in Chicago
Claims about truckloads of recyclables ending up in landfills have been misleading.
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CIMMFest opening night: The Smart Studios Story revisits the Madison recording studio that helped birth indie rock
The Smart Studios Story, opening the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, revisits the Madison recording studio that nurtured the indie rock of the 90s.
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Chicago trash man fears ‘monsters of the garbage’
Squirrels have replaced rats as the most troublesome pest for trash haulers, says commercial garbage man Jaime Queroz.
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The politics behind Chicago’s garbage bins
The City Council passed a new fee on Dumpsters—without knowing who’s going to pay, who’s going to profit, and whose idea it was.
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Zoom in: Avondale
Hector Alvarenga transformed his Avondale home into an art installation of mostly discarded junk.
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Gossip Wolf: Sons of the Silent Age do Bowie at a Pablove benefit
Sons of the Silent Age do Bowie for pediatric cancer research, and more
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Photo Issue 2012
Photo Issue 2012: reader-submitted images honoring Chicago’s quiet-but-worthy moments
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Mayor Emanuel’s dumping ground?
Is Chicago about to lift its landfill moratorium?
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Lake Michigan politely returns our trash
I recently wrote about how much I love swimming in the lake, and how I sometimes see litter on the lake bottom when I’m offshore a couple hundred yards. That hasn’t been an issue this week. Winds, currents, and waves stirred up the water enough that it’s been so cloudy I could barely see my […]
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Now We’ve Established Something Precious
Circles, squares, pizza, sandwiches, chocolate milk, snow storms, Entenmann’s, messes, Chicago winter and relationships. Hangout? Date? It’s all just getting to know someone—
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Our garbage keeps piling up
A new report confirms that Chicago has a mounting environmental and economic problem: its garbage.
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Next city property to go private: garbage sorting facilities?
Daley administration officials are getting ready to lease out more taxpayer-owned assets: the city’s three garbage sorting centers.
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Dumpster tax dumped again
The failed Dumpster tax: how poor planning may have added to the city’s growing budget deficit.