This classic track from the post-Godflesh band is massive and beautiful.
Tag: Vol. 43 No. 33
Issue of May. 8 – 14, 2014
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about San Francisco, Donald Trump, and Lupita Nyong’o?
Also this morning’s jobs report, satanic monuments, Peter Matthiessen, and young restaurant reviewers?
Posted inBlogs
Does Chicago have an important new use for newspaper bags?
The plastic-bag ban raises an important question: What about newspaper bags?
Posted inBlogs
All Night Long, End of Watch, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week
Some recommended movies from Old Movies to Watch Now, in which Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
Posted inBlogs
Reader’s Agenda Fri 5/2: Wine Riot, the Walk, and Mobb Deep
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, May 2
Posted inBlogs
Murders, and the political responses to them, have become all too familiar
How city leaders reacted to some of the most notorious outbreaks of violence over the last two decades
Posted inBlogs
Has Darren Aronofsky’s Noah opened the floodgates for a midrashic cinema?
Further thoughts on the influence of Jewish storytelling traditions on Darren Aronofsky’s biblical epic, and on how these traditions might inspire other filmmakers
Posted inBlogs
A Sound of Music for its fans, old and new
The Sound of Music at Lyric Opera is big, beautiful, and traditional.
Posted inBlogs
New trio Closed Mouths release their debut tape tonight
Featuring half of Wide Angles, the new band celebrates their first release at Quenchers.
Posted inBlogs
CIMMFest ascendant, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inBlogs
Battle Hot Chicken: The Roost vs. Leghorn
Nashville-style hot is the latest weapon in the fried chicken war.
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about Bruce Rauner, Chapo Guzman, and Cliven Bundy?
Also Donald Sterling, DJ Rashad, the Mutiny, Babel, hack movie critics, middle initials, and Peter Parker and Clark Kent?
Posted inBlogs
River North’s last non-Italian restaurant to reconcept as Italian restaurant
A dispatch from the near future of our restaurant scene, with a side of pasta.
Posted inBlogs
Forces of the past in Only Lovers Left Alive and Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life
Chicago is currently playing host to films by two great cinematic poets, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Jim Jarmusch; the works complement each other rather nicely.
Posted inBlogs
Gig poster of the week: The Dark Lord of Three Floyds welcomes you
This week’s gig poster was designed by and screen-printed by local artist Dan Grzeca.