Michael Joseph Madigan can play it either way.
Tag: The Wire
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An interview with cinematographer turned director Ernest Dickerson
The veteran filmmaking reflects on his career in film and television, making the transition to directing, and his collaborations with Spike Lee.
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Strawberry Jacuzzi’s Shannon Candy on bratty punks who love drag and snacks
Current musical obsessions of Strawberry Jacuzzi’s Shannon Candy, Rahim Salaam of the What About Chicago?! podcast, and Reader staff writer Leor Galil
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Where’s Chicago in Chicago P.D.?
Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf’s cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.
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Matana Roberts drops the stunning second chapter of her Coin Coin project
The saxophonist and composer, a Chicago native, releases Mississippi Moonchile, the second chapter of her ambitious exploration of black music and history.
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The Next level of vegan
Next’s Vegan menu is predictably ambitious and fantastical, but can a vegetarian fine dining rookie hang with it?
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The Reader’s guide to the Printers Row Lit Fest
Reader critics’ picks: Judy Blume, Art Spiegelman, D.T. Max, Haki Madhubuti, and more
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12 O’Clock Track: Miss Tony, “Pull Ya Gunz Out”
“Pull Ya Gunz Out” is a party-starting Baltimore club banger that should be blasted at every New Year’s Eve party
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Wednesday: The Adventures in Modern Music festival begins
Christina Vantzou and R. Stevie Moore are among the highlights at Wednesday’s kickoff show for this year’s Adventures in Modern Music festival
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Now playing: Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer
Clarke Peters and Jules Brown star in Lee’s latest
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Cause of death: poverty
The protagonist of David Simon’s book on a Baltimore neighborhood consumed by drugs has died of an overdose
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Adventures in Modern Music
Liturgy collides with Oval, Pelican, Grouper, Peaking Lights, and more
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In Rotation: Permanent Records’ Lance Barresi digs the scenes in Australia and Chile
Plus: Kevin Warwick on Rip Off Records’ great comp, and Moniker’s Robert Cole Manis plugs crowdsourced review mag Dusted
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Adventures in Modern Music
The collaboration between the Empty Bottle and the Wire continues with performances by Sleep, Rangda, Buke & Gass, High Places, Cloudland Canyon, Cave, and others.
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The AIG Bailout In Less Than 30 Seconds
Inspired by a tweet from lit blogger (and former colleague) Mark Athitakis. Further reading: NYT, the Order of the Shrill, Naked Capitalism, Dean Baker, Felix Salmon, Brad DeLong, The Big Picture, and other fine econ blogs near you. Update: I finally realized why Omar whistles “The Farmer in the Dell.” It’s a nursery rhyme about […]