The fresh local trio brings some fire to the festival.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 14
Issue of Dec. 25, 2014 – Jan. 7, 2015
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Did you read about Mario Cuomo, Bono, and Kanye?
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”?
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Reader premiere: Local punk band Rad Payoff’s video for the surly jam ‘Sunglasses’
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.
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The best books we can’t wait to read in 2015
Here’s a list of 29 upcoming titles we’re looking forward to.
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Marnie, The Turin Horse, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week
Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
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In praise of maintenance sex
Dan Savage weighs in on maintenance sex, sniffing discarded briefs, and more
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Doc Films salutes one of the best French directors you’ve never heard of
Chicago’s first Jacques Doillon retrospective in 27 years begins Monday.
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Pop a cork in honor of 70s funk and the J.B.’s
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.
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Did you read about Lagunitas, Patton Oswalt, and Jeb Bush?
Also Sony Pictures, minimum wage, Eric Eatherly, Helen Hayes Awards, barge stories, boyfriends, a two-letter word, and Christina Fernandez de Kirchner?
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‘Socialist’ 25th Ward candidate Jorge Mujica brings breakfast to the unemployment line
Because serving up free breakfast is a good socialist thing to do.
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Alderman Joe Moore explains his choice of beer and support for Rahm
The 49th Ward alderman says he backs Mayor Emanuel for his “progressive” record.
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How Hollywood drains the subversion out of Into the Woods
Disney’s adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s stage musical extinguishes much of the show’s power.
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Did you read about economic inequality, the death of the artist, and Serial?
Also interns, the least powerful people in the art world, a no-snow December, and Father Gleb Yakunin?
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Can a 26-year-old beat Rey Colon in the 35th Ward?
Progressive Carlos Rosa enters the race to take on Rahm’s loyalists.
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Listen to the Advisory Circle’s vintage horror-film electronica before 2014 ends
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Escape Lane,” a haunted synth work from the British act’s latest album.