Labor firebrand Joe Hill wrote some of the most enduring anthems in the IWW’s Little Red Songbook—and today’s activists carry on his legacy.
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John Becker of Vaskula on the best gothic rock being recorded today
Current musical obsessions of Vaskula’s John Becker, Plague Bringer’s Greg Ratajczak, and the Reader’s Philip Montoro
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A drama inspired by the Edward Snowden leaks fails to stick to its own source
Route 66 Theatre’s The Source is a strange type of bait and switch
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Listen to the gorgeous black metal on Austin Lunn’s new Panopticon album—and drink his Viking beers
Panopticon mastermind Austin Lunn is also the cofounder of Minnesota’s Hammerheart Brewing, whose excellent smoky beers draw inspiration from Norse and Celtic folklore.
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CHIRP Radio DJ Joy Merten on Japanese noise from 1984
Current musical obsessions of Ed B. from Black Metal of the Americas and CHIRP Radio DJ Joy Merten
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Gossip Wolf: New music and a new side project from black-metal band Vukari
New music and a new side project from Vukari, crowdfunding for a documentary on Ella Jenkins, and more
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An early look at the finally-about-to-open Lagunitas tap room
A photographic tour of a long-awaited addition to Chicago’s craft-beer landscape
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Don’t worry Facebook friends, I’m not going this route
Recent research on willpower reveals some frightening developments
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Social Media Mission Control
If you’re talking about Gatorade, someone from Gatorade is listening.
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PANOPTICON FAIL
Chicago has plenty of cameras to catch you running red lights, but not many to catch acts of violence in Cook County Jail–and the ones they have don’t record anythig.