Can Obama persuade Americans about Syria who can’t imagine him being right about anything?
Tag: Vol. 42 No. 50
Issue of Sep. 5 – 11, 2013
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Exclusive releases and seven bands at the first annual Cassette Store Day
Avondale’s Bric-a-Brac Records is the only record store in the state celebrating the first annual Cassette Store Day.
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Street View 118: Totally tubular style in Wicker Park
Isa Giallorenzo’s Street View 118
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Now on DVD: This year’s other Michael Cera-Sebastian Silva collaboration
Notes on the accomplished psychological thriller Magic Magic, which comes out on DVD after being denied a theatrical release
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12 O’Clock Track: Royal Headache’s fast new garage ripper, “Give It All to Me”
One of Australia’s best garage acts speeds things up on the B side of its new two-song single.
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What a tangled web: Victor Alexander’s Line of Sighs
What a tangled web: Victor Alexander’s Line of Sighs.
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Did you read about Syria, ComEd, and Walmart workers on strike?
Also Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812, a Cold War-era home that’s back on the market, and the New York Timess “20 Directors to Watch”
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Best shows to see: House of Ladosha, Robbie Fulks, Willis Earl Beal, Marc Anthony
Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include the Hideout Block Party & A.V. Fest (with Neko Case, Mavis Staples, and more), House of Ladosha, Robbie Fulks, Willis Earl Beal, and Marc Anthony.
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Notes from a food revolution in progress
Chipotle wants to show you it’s serious about sustainability, but online TV series Food Revolution Chicago seems to have joined the mainstream.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 9/5: Dave Foley, The Beautiful Dark, and Onion City
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, September 5
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‘The word “free” doesn’t enter into my vocabulary’
Andre Davis was more than 20 years into a murder sentence when DNA evidence tied another man to the crime scene.
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Savage Love takes all comers
Dan’s quick Q&A to address various of your . . . needs
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Jazz guitarist John Scofield gets funky—sort of
John Scofield brings his aptly-named Überjam Band to the Old Town School