Chicago Vinyl Connection celebrates one year of bringing independent record sellers, vintage vendors, and music lovers together with today’s latest edition of their nomadic gatherings of good times dealers. Thousands of new and used albums will be for sale this afternoon at Chicago Vinyl Connection 010 from a long list of locals, including South Rhodes […]
Tag: robots
Posted inMusic
Multimedia artist Frank Garvey makes music with robots to satirize late capitalism
Frank Garvey, creator of the long-running OmniCircus, also recorded two brilliantly unclassifiable albums in Chicago in the late 70s.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Robots will eat your job
The Passion Economy author Adam Davidson on why that’s a good thing
Posted inArts & Culture
Robot Riot, the tabletop sumo competition, is back
Its creators promise lots more mechanical mayhem, doughnuts, and beer.
Posted inBlogs
How Logan Arcade got its Misfits-playing robot dogs
The Biscuits began life as decrepit Chuck E. Cheese animatronics in the collection of Logan Arcade proprietor James Zespy—and now they’re lean, mean horror-punk machines.
Posted inBlogs
Maker Class Listings
A list of some of the most interesting maker classes the city has to offer.
Posted inFilm
With Lo and Behold, Werner Herzog ponders the heaven and hell of digital technology
Werner Herzog explores the dream and the nightmare of 21st-century technology in Lo and Behold.
Posted inArts & Culture
Robots take over in Writers Theatre’s Marjorie Prime
The sad thing is, we’re no better off for it.
Posted inArts & Culture
What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival 2013
What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival: Robots, pigs, Bambi, and more
Posted inBlogs
Study Inside a Fabergé Egg
Check out the new, futuristic Joe and Rika Mansueto Library.
Posted inBlogs
Pavement Tour Diary: Nagoya, Japan
Sayonara, Japan! Pavement’s monitors engineer describes the last days of the band’s Japanese tour and finds the best soba noodles he’s ever had. Plus, robocop.