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Home » the Mob

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Posted inFilm

The Outfit

by Adam Mullins-Khatib March 18, 2022March 17, 2022

The film is a bit smart for its own good, twisting for the sake of twists and leaning too heavily on the use of exposition and flashbacks to reveal surprising information.

Posted inFilm

The Outfit is a layer in Chicago’s storied past

by Arionne Nettles March 17, 2022March 28, 2022

“I think the Chicago gangland history is something [that] falls like the snow in Chicago.”

Stonewalling the history of the mob and gay bars in Chicago
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The mark of Cain

by Ben Joravsky July 15, 2021August 18, 2021

The mob, the Man, and hassling gay bars in pre-Stonewall Chicago

Posted inMusic

James Holvay helped create Chicago’s famous horn-rock sound in the 1960s

by Steve Krakow July 1, 2021August 18, 2021

James Holvay is best known for writing the Buckinghams’ “Kind of a Drag” and cofounding the Mob, but he’s still making music more than 50 years later.

Posted inMusic

A tragic plane crash denied horn-rock juggernaut Chase their legacy

by Steve Krakow June 16, 2020August 18, 2021

Bill Chase’s virtuosic nine-piece band, powered by four trumpets, belongs on the same pedestal as Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Posted inMusic

The Mob pioneered Chicago’s ‘horn rock’ sound—and wore dark pinstriped suits with carnations

by Steve Krakow September 18, 2015August 18, 2021

This big, ambitious band scored a couple Billboard hits and wrote several more for other artists, but their discography ends in 1977.

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