“Pull Ya Gunz Out” is a party-starting Baltimore club banger that should be blasted at every New Year’s Eve party
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 14
Issue of Dec. 27, 2012 – Jan. 2, 2013
Cal’s closes its doors on New Year’s Day
Cal’s Bar, a South Loop staple, will be closing its doors one final time after their New Year’s Eve party
Reader’s Agenda, Thu 12/27: glam-rock dance party, Russ Johnson Quartet, and Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer
What’s on the Agenda for Thursday, December 27, 2012
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Gollum
All that remains of freaky rockers Gollum is a promo photo and one amazing single
Gossip Wolf: Sasha Go Hard won’t let up
Sasha Go Hard keeps the mixtapes coming, Fig Dish reissue their debut, and more
Parental Guidance must be good for someone besides Billy Crystal
Two takes on the new family comedy
Mayor Rahm goes on vacation and the City Council undoes all his damage!
It’s all a dream . . .
Photo Issue 2012
Photo Issue 2012: reader-submitted images honoring Chicago’s quiet-but-worthy moments
12 O’Clock Track: Barbara Lewis, “Hello Stranger”
The indelible soul-pop classic “Hello Stranger” turns up on the terrific The Complete Atlantic Singles by Barbara Lewis
Did you read about Spike Lee, facial-hair transplant tourism, and what Rahm Emanuel’s reading?
Also Charles Durning, A Copy Editor’s Twelve Days of Christmas, and the year’s biggest douchebags?
The Year in Review: Music
Six Reader writers, 12 months, 30 picks, and no generic “top tens”
Gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster is a collaboration between Lukas Abubeker and Sonnenzimmer for the Eternals New Year’s Ever show at Hideout.
Reader’s Agenda, Wed 12/26: Frank Rosaly, My One and Only, and Ethan D’Ercole
What’s on the Agenda for Wednesday, December 26, 2012