In light of the current congressional impasse, even the Reagan years look good.
Tag: Vol. 43 No. 4
Issue of Oct. 17 – 23, 2013
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The man who wrote about the Woman Rebel
Peter Bagge talks about Margaret Sanger, the subject of his new graphic biography.
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Vancouver’s Gordon Grdina finds his sweet spot between jazz and Arabic music
Grdina, who doubles on oud, plays a couple of shows this week that will surely demonstrate his disparate aesthetic tendencies.
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On Brandon Marshall, mental illness, and the Bears’ win over the Giants
Should the league fine the Bears’ receiver for his green-cleat advocacy?
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12 O’Clock Track: “Queen of the Damned” brings Motorhead back to basics
“Queen of the Damned” is a brand-new song from heavy-metal masters Motorhead.
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Did you read about Black Flag, the Northwestern Wildcats, and doomsday preppers?
Also more praise for Alice Munro, how banks work against the poor, Twitter shitstorms, people in old photos, Cordell Broadus, what women astronauts really wear under their space suits, and the “pop butoh” marketing of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
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City job policies are helping create two different and unequal Chicagos
A new report finds that thousands of jobs have disappeared from black and Latino areas as the city subsidizes the exodus.
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The Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 10/11: Chicago International Film Festival, Elvis Fantasy Fest, and Sarah Jarosz
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, October 11
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Cocktail Challenge: Miracle Whip
Nick Ostapczuk of Bangers & Lace adds a dollop of Miracle Whip to the classic gin fizz—without spoiling it.
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Don Jon and Chloe in the Afternoon: Rare movies that successfully illustrate habitual action
How movies get us into a habit
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Bluegrass mandolinist Don Rigsby salutes Ralph Stanley
The Kentucky bluegrass master rolls into town in support of a great new album saluting a bluegrass legend.
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If you take only one online quiz about misanthropic metal and furniture, make sure it’s “Ikea or Death”
Leave it to a Pittsburgh marketing company to make a quiz that tests your knowledge of black metal and Ikea furniture.
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What if you didn’t know you were giving a party and nobody came?
I don’t know how it happened, but i just asked hundreds of people to link up. Most haven’t.
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Omaha’s Yuppies play two shows in town tonight
. . . at an in-store at Permanent and a DIY loft space