Shamir spent the first months of quarantine directing the video for “On My Own,” the first single from their new self-titled album, entirely within their Philadelphia home. Using wardrobe and hairstyle changes, the mononymous singer and multi-instrumentalist depicts themselves in various personas: a childlike figure surrounded by stuffed animals, a confident rocker swinging her hips […]
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A tragic plane crash denied horn-rock juggernaut Chase their legacy
Bill Chase’s virtuosic nine-piece band, powered by four trumpets, belongs on the same pedestal as Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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Rapper-producer Baby Keem has fun switching up his styles on his latest mixtape
Las Vegas rapper-producer Hykeem Carter, aka Baby Keem, got his foot in the music industry’s door thanks to hip-hop powerhouse Top Dawg Entertainment, where he’s pitched in on writing and producing three of the label’s big recent releases: Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther soundtrack, Jay Rock’s Redemption, and Schoolboy Q’s Crash Talk. Now living in Los […]
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Johnny Pate is one of the great unsung architects of Chicago soul
This 95-year-old living legend has played jazz, written blaxploitation soundtracks, and arranged for Stan Getz, B.B. King, and most famously Curtis Mayfield—but he’s probably most widely heard via hip-hop samples.
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Let us now praise Elvis Presley and his movies
It’s the King’s birthday, so Viva Las Vegas, baby!
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Five literary biopics whose pictures are worth a thousand words
Five literary biopics whose visual style lives up to the words.
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The Illinois house failed to override Rauner’s veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news
Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.
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Stephen Paddock rented two Michigan Avenue hotel rooms overlooking Lollapalooza but never showed up, and other Chicago news
Also, Cubs home playoff tickets are the most expensive in the MLB..
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ACLU of Illinois sues for federal oversight of CPD reforms, and other Chicago news
Also, the Blackhawks allowed Bryan Bickell to retire as a Blackhawk with a one-day contract.
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Emanuel criticizes Trump administration’s response to Las Vegas massacre: ‘Take responsibility and accountability for something,’ and other Chicago news
Also, Las Vegas gunman’s notorious bank-robber father lived in Chicago.
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Chicago not adding more security at marathon, Cubs playoffs after Las Vegas mass shooting, and other news
Also, Robin Kelly to Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Most guns used in Chicago shootings come from out of state.
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Think you want to be a travel writer? A pro describes the ‘not sexy’ reality of the job
Freelance travel writer Elaine Glusac: “I’ve been projectile-vomited on on a plane.”
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A pilot brings the war home in American Blues Theater’s Grounded
George Brant scores a direct hit with Grounded, his one-woman play.
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Colson Whitehead deals a weak hand with The Noble Hustle
In The Noble Hustle, novelist Colson Whitehead bellies up to the table at the World Series of Poker ready to fold.
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Zoom in: Edgewater
The Heart O’Chicago Motel can still easily be spotted thanks to its iconic neon sign.