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Home » Vol. 41 No. 34 » Page 3

Tag: Vol. 41 No. 34

Issue of May. 17 – 23, 2012

Posted inMusic

The Secret History of Chicago Music: T. Valentine

by Chicago Reader May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

T. Valentine is the outsider R&B auteur behind the 1985 novelty classic “Hello Lucille Are You a Lesbian?”

Redd Kross
Posted inMusic

Festival: the 2012 HoZac Blackout

by Miles Raymer May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Bubblegum punks Redd Kross, psych-rock legend Roky Erickson, and more at HoZac Blackout 2012

Posted inBlogs

Xiu Xiu return, bloody and harrowing as ever

by Peter Margasak May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Bay Area button pushers Xiu Xiu bring their pyschodramas to Lincoln Hall on Thursday

Reportero: All the journalist assassinations in Mexico really put the Reader's sale in perspective
Posted inFilm

A world of hurt

by Charlie Frago May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Gene Siskel Film Center

Posted inBlogs

In this week’s Food & Drink: Balena plays two

by Kate Schmidt May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

In this week’s Food & Drink: Chris Pandel and Boka Restaurant Group’s Balena, Key Ingredient pu-erh tea

Andrezj Zulawksi has created some of the most original, unpredictable, and terrifying modern European movies.
Posted inFilm

Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession, uncut

by Ben Sachs May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Gene Siskel Film Center presents the Chicago premiere of Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession, uncut

Posted inBlogs

Prescription for White Sox success: win in your damn division

by Ted Cox May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

The White Sox continue to disappoint against their AL Central Division rivals

My Kind of Town sets up CSI-esque legal intrigue
Posted inArts & Culture

Bad cop, bad cop

by Justin Hayford May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

My Kind of Town and The Whole World Is Watching, look at ugly chapters in Chicago history

Posted inBlogs

Punk isn’t quite punk

by Miles Raymer May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Hooray for the 90s and for ripping off would-be punks

Posted inBlogs

What’s this again about a Riot Fest carnival in Humboldt Park?

by Kevin Warwick May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

This year’s Riot Fest moves into Humboldt Park for two days

Posted inBlogs

Logan Square Kitchen to close next month

by Julia Thiel May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

After three years and endless battles with city bureaucracy, Logan Square Kitchen will close next month

Posted inBlogs

Death, despair, destruction: a few long reads

by Sam Worley May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

The Internet is for aggregation! The least you can do is read some good shit

The duck, the Birthday Boy, and "the Other Side of the Elephant"
Posted inArts & Culture

Another pachyderm from the producers of Rhinofest

by Rebecca Cohen May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Curious Theatre Branch’s “The Other Side of the Elephant” offers nine short plays in three batches

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: MV & EE, “Sweet Sure Gone”

by Miles Raymer May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Hippie hipsters keep it chill

Rad Times Express IV by Black Bananas
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Photographer Todd Diederich on “demon bass”

by Chicago Reader May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Musical obsessions of the Reader‘s Miles Raymer, photographer Todd Diederich, and Young Joon Kwak of Xina Xurner

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