A song from Koïma, the new Thrill Jockey release by Malian guitarist Sidi Touré
Tag: Vol. 41 No. 29
Issue of Apr. 12 – 18, 2012
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12 O’Clock Track: Drake, “HYFR”
Drake throws one hell of a bar mitzvah blowout in the video for “HYFR.”
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All week long, taking a trip down memory lane
This week’s “Variations on a Theme”: nostalgia
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Peavy acts the ace he used to be for Sox home opener
The White Sox win their home opener behind a revived Jake Peavy.
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Breaking: dispatches from a copy editors’ convention
The American Copy Editors Society gathers in New Orleans
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Joe Berrios for Mayor!
Cook County assessor Joe Berrios sends out property tax assessments, which require a fun-filled explanation.
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A food porno mag debuts Monday, and other food news bites
The Hungry Hound in China, food trucks on the run, chef shuffling and more
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Lord of Illusion
A brief appreciation of Argentinian filmmaker Eliseo Subiela, whose Hostage of an Illusion plays at this year’s Chicago Latino Film Festival
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The feculency factor: reviewing a bunch of self-published books
A strange thing happened on the way to our spring books issue
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William Stead, Chicago’s man on the Titanic
William T. Stead, author of “When Christ Came to Chicago,” died on the Titanic
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A Chicago music documentary without the music
The documentary Parallax Sounds is about the Chicago underground music scene of the 90s, but you’ll hardly hear any of the music.
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12 O’Clock Track: Raw Nerve, “Wired Nation”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is Raw Nerve’s “Wired Nation,” from the new EP Every Problem Solved.