Miles Raymer: Avril Lavigne goes Chinese.
Tag: Vol. 36 No. 25
Issue of Mar. 15 – 21, 2007
Stanley over the Smithereens
Monica Kendrick: A new release you need and one you probably don’t.
Never forget that Barack Obama is a Chicago politician
Don’t forget where “Obambi” cut his teeth.
How much did they take?
The government says Conrad Black took a lot of money but isn’t clear about how much.
Around the web: surly bonds of earth edition
A big plane electrifies the city, Patrick Fitzgerald gets dissed by the Justice Department, and more.
Simeon: a Rose, by any other name
Simeon becomes the first Public League basketball team to win back-to-back state championships
Are nukes inefficient?
Another reason to think twice before reviving the nuclear industry.
America’s most particular tastemaker meets the “blogs”
Anna Wintour does not like the word you use to describe the thing you are about to read.
It’s not an endorsement, OK?
49th Ward alderman Joe Moore has appointed former aldermanic challenger Jim Ginderske to his zoning advisory committee.
Benga blast
A terrific new album by Opiyo Bilongo of Extra Golden introduces Americans to the pleasures of Kenyan benga music.