It’s hard to believe it’s been 16 years since Madison stoner giants Bongzilla dropped a studio album—surely at least a few people rocking out to their brand-new Weedsconsin LP were in diapers back then. The band, formed as a four-piece in 1995, had a lengthy run as one of the midwest’s finest purveyors of slow, […]
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‘Why do straight guys like anal so much?’ and other questions from live audiences
After a brief tour of the upper midwest, Dan Savage delves into the queries he didn’t get to.
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Iconic Wisconsin supper club the Gobbler has been revived, sans the supper
After an extensive renovation, the midcentury-modern architectural curiosity now operates as a theater for live music.
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Brilliant Michigan grindcore band Cloud Rat stream new album, play Chicago
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is the entirety of Cloud Rat’s forthcoming Qliphoth, because it’s too consistently good to pick just one song.
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One Bite: The ungrilled grilled cheese at Blue Door Farm Stand
You can blame a midwestern winter for lots of things . . .
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A vigorous Canucking in Nova Scotia
Dan answers Canadians’ questions about sex.
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Pasolini’s Salo: A film that bleeds onto other films
How the 1975 film has affected my enjoyment of everything I’ve seen since
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One dozen emotions I experienced immediately after buying $260 worth of records in Madison on Saturday
Blowing $260 on records in one day results in a whirlwind of emotions
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Fire at the Underground Kitchen
Madison’s Underground Kitchen is out of commission for now.
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This Week in Food & Drink: Madison’s Nostrano and Underground Food Collective, Key Ingredient bourbon, recent openings, alfresco dining, and more
In this week’s Food & Drink: Madison’s Nostrano and Underground Food Collective, Key Ingredient bourbon, recent openings, alfresco dining, and more
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Madison’s Nostrano
Destination dining from husband-and-wife vets of Blackbird and Boka
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With a restaurant and a charcuterie CSA, Madison’s Underground Food Collective is underground no longer
Every time Garin Fons dreams up a new piece of meat to cure, stuff, or process—say, nduja or goat bacon or pistachio- studded mortadella—he sends the ingredient list and the processing notes to Wisconsin state meat inspectors and waits for the go- ahead. If they don’t like something about one of these formulations—say, too many […]
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Inside the Poultry Underground
“Mad City Chickens,” a documentary that explores urban chicken raising, screens for free Wednesday 9/23 at Evanston Public Library.
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Reporting from Great Taste of the Midwest
Field notes from the Great Taste of the Midwest