A few years back I took some snapshots of my wife-to-be. She was naked at the time. This unprocessed roll of film has been sitting in my desk for a while, and I’d like to get the pictures developed. However, I have no intention of going to the supermarket and having the old lady behind […]
Tag: Vol. 28 No. 27
Issue of Apr. 8 – 14, 1999
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Residents
RESIDENTS They may be anonymous, but the Residents need little introduction. Since the mid-70s they’ve been held up as genuine, slickproof eccentric holdouts–a band to be cherished, if not necessarily listened to. Not to mention they were tech geeks before it was cool, which still endears them to tech geeks everywhere, even those who realize […]
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The Groundlings
THE GROUNDLINGS As anyone who’s seen All Star Instant Comedy With the Groundlings on cable can tell you, the LA-based Groundlings provide a slicker, noisier brand of improv, punching tag lines with the force of laugh-hungry stand-up comics and painting quickly in broad strokes the kind of well-defined characters guaranteed to win yuks from the […]
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Vietname: Long Time Coming
Vietnam: Long Time Coming Essential viewing. This documentary about a group of American and Vietnamese war veterans, many of them disabled, bicycling 1,200 miles from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City is many things at once–act of witness, account of a multicultural exchange, sports story, journalistic investigation, and mourning for the devastation of war. Ultimately […]
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New Order
Sebadoh The Sebadoh (Sub Pop/Sire) By Franklin Soults Sebadoh’s new album, The Sebadoh, opens with a sustained dull electric buzz, like the sound of a cheap guitar amp turned up too loud. It’s a noise many old fans will surely take as a sonic welcome mat. After an unprecedented three-year hiatus, the loss of drummer […]
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Peabody Trio
PEABODY TRIO Aaron Jay Kernis, who last year won a Pulitzer for his string quartet, exemplifies postmodernism at its craftiest–he’s a parodist who grasps the consequences of his referential games. His music is meticulously fashioned, and its eclecticism shows off his erudition. And he knows when to be provocative and when to be playful, even […]
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Tag Team
From battling Franco’s fascists to challenging HUAC, Charles and Yolanda Hall have seldom backed down from a fight.
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Andrew Voigt
ANDREW VOIGT Andrew Voigt is best known as the V in the acronymically named saxophone quartet ROVA, which he cofounded in 1977 with Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, and Bruce Ackley and left almost exactly ten years later. That’s partially because there’s precious little documentation of the work he’s done since he quit: a 1990 duo […]
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Sebadoh
SEBADOH The Sebadoh backlash was inevitable, even understandable, but that doesn’t mean it ain’t misguided. Sure, the new The Sebadoh (Sub Pop/Sire) isn’t as good as the last album, Harmacy (1996), just as Harmacy wasn’t as good as its predecessor, Bakesale (1994); sure, Lou Barlow’s left the cred-littered streets of Boston for the glitz of […]
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Weak Hand
Among Friends Victory Gardens Theater By Adam Langer I was appalled to learn that Harold Pinter’s current off-Broadway play, Ashes to Ashes, was commanding top ticket prices even though it’s only about 40 minutes long. But after seeing Kristine Thatcher’s new drama, Among Friends, I’m beginning to come around to the dollar-a-minute idea. There are […]
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Nice Works if You Can Find Them
After 20 years of lax administration and misplaced masterpieces, is the city’s public art program finally getting its act together? Scott Hodes has his doubts.
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Asian American Showcase
Asian American Showcase The fourth annual Asian American Showcase, presented by the Foundation for Asian American Independent Media and the Film Center, concludes Saturday and Sunday, April 10 and 11. Screenings are at the Film Center, Art Institute, Columbus Drive at Jackson. Tickets are $7, $3 for Film Center members; for more information call 773-871-1977 […]
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Sports Section
It’s a fairly well-kept secret that the author more or less in charge of the best baseball annual in the nation works here in Chicago. “Although I am sort of the team manager, in a sense, it’s a very loose rein I run on,” says Chris Kahrl, sitting down in the Billy Goat one night […]
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Sandra Binion
SANDRA BINION A woman irons for 20 minutes while a jazz bassist riffs. Women scrub the floor for 20 minutes to the accompaniment of a string quartet. Make no mistake: Sandra Binion’s performance pieces are boring. But, then, so are watching the sunset, gazing at the stars, and listening to the ocean. Like these activities, […]
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Where Are They Now?/ Relentless Pursuit of Perfection: The BAT Award; Maybe We Don’t Want To
By Michael Miner Where Are They Now? Dave van Dyck’s doorbell rang as I told him the good news. “This could be the award now,” he exclaimed. If it is, I said, please tell me what it looks like. When van Dyck returned to the phone I told him that it’s a good thing the […]