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Home » Vol. 44 No. 14

Tag: Vol. 44 No. 14

Issue of Dec. 25, 2014 – Jan. 7, 2015

Posted inBlogs

High Priests play explosive postpunk at Ian’s Party this weekend

by Luca Cimarusti January 2, 2015August 18, 2021

The fresh local trio brings some fire to the festival.

Posted inBlogs

Did you read about Mario Cuomo, Bono, and Kanye?

by Reader staff January 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Also No Child Left Behind, a New Year’s Eve stampede, moviegoing’s two-decade low, Tania Bruguera, photography and memory, digital music, and the woman who inspired “Disco 2000”?

Posted inBlogs

Reader premiere: Local punk band Rad Payoff’s video for the surly jam ‘Sunglasses’

by Kevin Warwick January 2, 2015August 18, 2021

We’re premiering the music video for Rad Payoff’s “Sunglasses” just prior to the local punk band’s Sun 1/4 performance at Ian’s Party.

Posted inBlogs

The best books we can’t wait to read in 2015

by Aimee Levitt January 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Here’s a list of 29 upcoming titles we’re looking forward to.

Posted inBlogs

Marnie, The Turin Horse, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week

by Reader staff January 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.

"Sometimes you go into sex 'not wanting or needing it,' and then you start to enjoy it too. Those are the times when mellow, low-impact, low-stress maintenance sex turns into mind-blowing, toe-curling, sheet-shredding sex."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

In praise of maintenance sex

by Dan Savage January 1, 2015August 18, 2021

Dan Savage weighs in on maintenance sex, sniffing discarded briefs, and more

Posted inBlogs

Doc Films salutes one of the best French directors you’ve never heard of

by Ben Sachs December 31, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago’s first Jacques Doillon retrospective in 27 years begins Monday.

Posted inBlogs

Pop a cork in honor of 70s funk and the J.B.’s

by Kevin Warwick December 31, 2014August 18, 2021

Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Here We Come, Here We Go, Were We Are,” from James Brown’s band (and 70s-funk instructor) the J.B.’s.

Posted inBlogs

Did you read about Lagunitas, Patton Oswalt, and Jeb Bush?

by Reader staff December 31, 2014August 18, 2021

Also Sony Pictures, minimum wage, Eric Eatherly, Helen Hayes Awards, barge stories, boyfriends, a two-letter word, and Christina Fernandez de Kirchner?

Posted inBlogs

‘Socialist’ 25th Ward candidate Jorge Mujica brings breakfast to the unemployment line

by Chloe Riley December 31, 2014August 18, 2021

Because serving up free breakfast is a good socialist thing to do.

Posted inBlogs

Alderman Joe Moore explains his choice of beer and support for Rahm

by Mick Dumke December 31, 2014August 18, 2021

The 49th Ward alderman says he backs Mayor Emanuel for his “progressive” record.

Posted inBlogs

How Hollywood drains the subversion out of Into the Woods

by Ben Sachs December 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Disney’s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s stage musical extinguishes much of the show’s power.

Posted inBlogs

Did you read about economic inequality, the death of the artist, and Serial?

by Reader staff December 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Also interns, the least powerful people in the art world, a no-snow December, and Father Gleb Yakunin?

Posted inBlogs

Can a 26-year-old beat Rey Colon in the 35th Ward?

by Gwynedd Stuart December 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Progressive Carlos Rosa enters the race to take on Rahm’s loyalists.

Posted inBlogs

Listen to the Advisory Circle’s vintage horror-film electronica before 2014 ends

by Tal Rosenberg December 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Escape Lane,” a haunted synth work from the British act’s latest album.

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