Isa Giallorenzo’s Street View 127
Tag: Vol. 43 No. 2
Issue of Oct. 3 – 9, 2013
Culture Vultures: Illustrator Matthew LaFleur recommends the webcomic Space-Mullet
Chicagoans recommend the webcomic Space-Mullet, a pair of contemporary art mags, and Lisa Alvarado’s Still, Life
Gossip Wolf: Den replace their bassist and ready their first LP
Gossip Wolf: Soundtrack Serenade plays Spinal Tap, Chance the Rapper plays Bob Marley, and more.
12 O’Clock Track: “Testcard/Horizontal Hold,” proto-noise rock by This Heat
A prophetic slice of genius from the group’s eponymous 1979 debut album
Did you read about Herman Wallace, John Boehner, and fourth-wave emo?
Also, the federal shutdown’s impact on the arts, the traffic light at Belmont and Lake Shore Drive, the Reichsbräuteschule for perfect Nazi brides, and Tom Clancy?
Gig poster of the week: Jonathan Toubin DJs a monster mash
This week’s gig poster was designed by Joe Schorgl, a local cartoonist and member of the Sueves.
Reader’s Agenda Wed 10/2: Atoms for Peace, Sam Amidon, and Festival of Preservation
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, October 2
Dancing around definitions in Michelle Kranicke’s experimental Out and Back In Again
A Zephyr Dance and Defibrillator coproduction plays with boundaries—both real and imaginary.
Maestro Muti’s Macbeth, minus the theatrics
Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra deliver a magnificent version of the Verdi opera.
Disco once again finds a place on the pop charts
Drake and the Arcade Fire revive a darkly funky sound.
Bopping makes its move
Bopping has already swept the Chicago hip-hop scene—all the dance needs to break nationwide is a crossover hit.
Should Rahm really rename a street after Bishop Brazier?
Should Rahm really rename a street after Bishop Brazier?
12 O’Clock Track: Rustie’s “City Star,” in anticipation of Danny Brown’s Old
We’ve featured Danny Brown too many times, so it’s time to write about one of his producers.
Did you read about the government shutdown, Marcella Hazan, and Jeffrey Sachs?
Also yesterday’s Blue Line collision and the creationist-driven shutdown of a community theater production of Inherit the Wind?
On other roles in life that Joel Daly and Mary Mikva play
Did you know Joel Daly and Mary Mikva are also actors?