Did two laptop thieves pose for Metromix’s photographer?
Tag: Vol. 40 No. 24
Issue of Mar. 3 – 9, 2011
Police identify house, witnesses in alleged Alshaibi beating
Authorities in Fairfield, Iowa, confirmed Tuesday afternoon that after a door-to-door canvas of the area, police had identified the house where filmmaker Usama Alshaibi was allegedly beaten Saturday afternoon, and that police and investigators from the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigations were questioning witnesses. “We’re interviewing people who were there and trying to get as […]
Blagojevich Makes Surprise Appearance on Daily Show
Rod Blagojevich makes a surprise appearance on the Daily Show.
Trap Them’s Darker Handcraft Slays My Face
Listen to “Damage Prose” from the upcoming Trap Them LP, due Tuesday, March 15, on Prosthetic.
What Is Currently the Ballsiest Dis Track on the Internet?
Hacker George Hotz opens another front in his battle with Sony by recording a scathing rap song.
Tonight: the Return of Colorlist
Saxophonist Charles Gorczynski and drummer Charles Rumback, aka Colorlist, return to the stage tonight at Danny’s.
Night of the Living Ales
Goose Island takes first and second place, Three Floyds wins the bronze, and Firestone Walker earns a special nod from the organizers.
A Voice Like The Last Day of Catholic School
Breaking out of your self made prison is way easier than breaking out of a federal one, even if you have tiger blood
“Snooki in Wonderland”
Chicago writer Phil Edwards’s e-book Snooki in Wonderland is a Lewis Carroll/Jersey Shore mashup
Die Warzau’s Jim Marcus, Fucksaw Virtuoso
Die Warzau’s Jim Marcus plays an intimate role in the Northwestern sex-demonstration story.
Calling Motherfucking Bullmotherfucking Shit on “the Pynchonian Realm of Highbrow Slapstick,” Motherfuckers.
The Atlantic gets a little too fucking precious when it tries placing @MayorEmanuel in a broader literary context.
Pitchfork Begins Announcing Lineup; Tickets Available at Noon Today
The Pitchfork Music Festival releases its lineup teaser. Tickets go on sale today at noon.
Rahm’s Runoff Quiz
Want Emanuel’s blessing for alderman? A few questions first.
This Week in Food & Drink: Artisan Bread, La Taberna Tapas, Key Ingredient Red Bean Paste, the Opening of Ing, and 14 More New Restaurants
In this weeks Food & Drink, a profile of artisan baker Ehsan Ganji of Edgewater’s Flourish Bakery Cafe, a review of University Village’s La Taberna Tacos on Halsted, Jared Van Camp takes on red bean paste in the Key Ingredient chef challenge, the opening of Homaro Cantu’s new Ing, and 14 more new restaurants.