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Tag: Vol. 43 No. 14
Issue of Dec. 26, 2013 – Jan. 1, 2014
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A brand-new Christmas EP from local high school punks the Ungnomes
Local high school punks the Ungnomes unleash a brand-new Christmas EP.
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Best shows to see: Macabre, Ashtray Boy, Making Ghosts, Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub
The best shows to see on Thu 12/26 through Sun 12/29.
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12 O’Clock Track: The GTW’s clothes were sacrificed in order for us to get down to “Bleach Pool”
The local rapper-singer draws upon 90s R&B, Miami bass, and that time an ex messed up his clothes with bleach for the sensual, sparkling “Bleach Pool.”
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Did you read about farm crimes, naked Christ, and Rap Genius?
Also housing, a murder plot, and rich slobs?
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 12/26: Kid Sister, The Normal Heart, and Merry Kwanzaa
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, December 26
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Our favorite music of 2013
Six Reader writers, 12 months, 30 picks—and not one list that just rearranges the same records you’ll see everywhere else
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Comic Liza Treyger on the funny thing about being a young woman
Comic Liza Treyger offers incisive commentary with a stoner-sweetheart affect.
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Finger-blast from the past
An archival Savage Love on the importance of the clitoris
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The year onstage: Five debuts, four imports, three revivals—and two feuds
The Building Stage said good-bye, Jamil Khoury said a lot, and other notable moments from the year in theater.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Song My Love Can Sing,” a preview from Doug Paisley’s forthcoming album
A tender gem from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album Strong Feelings
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My five favorite Chicago rap details of 2013
It’s been a fantastic year for Chicago hip-hop, and there are more ways to remember it than simply listing great albums; these are five details that, in some small way, helped make 2013 such an outstanding year in local rap.
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Head of Passes: Bless this mess
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes was one of the best and worst plays of 2013.