Last Week Tonight With John Oliver writer Josh Gondelman at Zanies, and more goings-on the week of December 4-7
Tag: Jay Z
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Pitcher Jake Arrieta to start for Cubs on Opening Day and other Chicago news
Also, RIP to the Shrine nightclub, and plans for sex club in River North are off the table.
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Searching for gold in Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo
Jumbled, half-formed, and oddly engrossing, Kanye’s seventh album mirrors his public ups and downs.
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After rapping for Jay Z twice, MoBo the Great is claiming her own space
The young Chicago MC just put out her debut record, Fuck the Public.
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Scharpling and Wurster revive ‘Rock, Rot & Rule’ for the Reader
To help celebrate the return of The Best Show, the Reader asked Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster to revisit their first collaboration, the famous “Rock, Rot & Rule” sketch, which predated the show by several years—and still stands as one of the great moments in the history of trolling. Wurster played fictional blowhard Ronald Thomas […]
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 7/24: Beyonce and Jay Z, Ignition Festival of New Plays, and Zine Book Club
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, July 24.
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Gossip Wolf: Bil Vermette’s spacey synths return from 1984
Bil Vermette’s spacey synths return from 1984, Indian releases a new LP of hateful doom, and more.
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Best shows to see: Carter Tutti, Jay Z, Jack of Heart, Anthony Pateras
The best shows to see on Thu 1/9 through Sun 1/12
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 1/9: Jay Z, Hellcab, and Punk Rock Karaoke
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, January 9
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What this week’s top ten has to say about the year in pop
The 2013 pop charts in a nutshell
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Best shows to see: The Handsome Family, Abraham Levitan, Peter Brötzmann, Jay Z, Justin Timberlake
Between now and Wednesday, your live-music options include the Handsome Family, Abraham Levitan, Peter Brötzmann, Mayer Hawthorne, Twin Peaks, and Justin Timberlake and Jay Z.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 7/22: Justin Timberlake, Ghostbusters, and Waiting for Lefty
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, July 22
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Hipper Hop
New York hip-hop is shaking up and waking up to a new electronic music that’s both innovative and commercial. The new style is not so much a sound as a strategy, a cold fusion that maps a middle ground between tripped-out Wu-Tang science and overeager Puffy pop.