“Wildcat Strike” is a funky, experimental Krautrock jam by Baltimore’s Horse Lords
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 15
Issue of Jan. 3 – 9, 2013
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 1/4: Shatner’s World, the Interview Show, and Ian’s Party
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, January 4, 2013
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The hunt club
With Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the search for Osama bin Laden
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Chicago gets rid of its cops—just like Oakland
Chicago is not alone when it comes to firing cops and spending their salaries on things that no one needs
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Best shows to see: Magas, Rob Mazurek Pulsar Quartet, Gorilla Biscuits, Cody DeCamry
Local synthesizer experiments, local jazz, local rap, and nostalgic punk
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This winter at Doc Films: Mitchum, Wong, Coens, and more
Previewing the University of Chicago film society’s winter calendar
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12 O’Clock Track: D’Angelo, “Send It On”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is D’Angelo’s sensual stunner “Send It On,” from his acclaimed album Voodoo
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Did you read about rich people, poor people, shootings, and pickpockets?
Also retrograde amnesia and the self, Andrew Sullivan, and journalists writing about themselves?
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Ian’s Party is back and bigger than ever
Ian’s Party is back for its sixth year, with almost 40 bands playing at two venues
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 1/3: Magas at Empty Bottle, Second City’s 100th revue, and Dwayne Kennedy
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, January 3, 2013
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A list of 20 notable classics and rediscoveries that screened in Chicago in 2012
The year in revival screenings
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Cardinal George opposes gay marriage legislation in Illinois
The General Assembly could vote this week on the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, and Cardinal George urges Catholics to ask their representatives to vote against it
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Mayor Rahm emancipates himself on guns
Emanuel’s recent Sun-Times column leaves out an essential detail about the war against guns: he was missing in action when he could have done something to help wage it