T. Valentine is the outsider R&B auteur behind the 1985 novelty classic “Hello Lucille Are You a Lesbian?”
Tag: Vol. 41 No. 34
Issue of May. 17 – 23, 2012
Festival: the 2012 HoZac Blackout
Bubblegum punks Redd Kross, psych-rock legend Roky Erickson, and more at HoZac Blackout 2012
Xiu Xiu return, bloody and harrowing as ever
Bay Area button pushers Xiu Xiu bring their pyschodramas to Lincoln Hall on Thursday
In this week’s Food & Drink: Balena plays two
In this week’s Food & Drink: Chris Pandel and Boka Restaurant Group’s Balena, Key Ingredient pu-erh tea
Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession, uncut
Gene Siskel Film Center presents the Chicago premiere of Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession, uncut
Prescription for White Sox success: win in your damn division
The White Sox continue to disappoint against their AL Central Division rivals
Bad cop, bad cop
My Kind of Town and The Whole World Is Watching, look at ugly chapters in Chicago history
What’s this again about a Riot Fest carnival in Humboldt Park?
This year’s Riot Fest moves into Humboldt Park for two days
Logan Square Kitchen to close next month
After three years and endless battles with city bureaucracy, Logan Square Kitchen will close next month
Death, despair, destruction: a few long reads
The Internet is for aggregation! The least you can do is read some good shit
Another pachyderm from the producers of Rhinofest
Curious Theatre Branch’s “The Other Side of the Elephant” offers nine short plays in three batches
In Rotation: Photographer Todd Diederich on “demon bass”
Musical obsessions of the Reader‘s Miles Raymer, photographer Todd Diederich, and Young Joon Kwak of Xina Xurner