Challenged to create a cocktail with umeboshi, Gilt Bar’s Rémy Walle creates a spin on the Vieux Carré.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 15
Issue of Jan. 8 – 14, 2015
Posted inBlogs
Did you read about Tony Fitzpatrick, fracking, and Nazi cows?
Also former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell, the Joe Biden random compliment generator, fossil fuels, Chicago man who died from a 70-year-old gunshot wound, and The Onion‘s response to the Charlie Hebdo attack?
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Action Bronson raps about eating oysters, speaking six languages, and ‘Actin Crazy’
The New York MC does his outsized persona right with his first single from his forthcoming major-label debut.
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Mannequin Men officially call it quits after more than a decade together
The local garage staple disbands after 11 years together.
Posted inMusic
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Albert Ammons
This pianist helped kick off the boogie-woogie craze, but his fame has faded—in part because he died young in 1949.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Advice for the milquetoast missionary man
Dan Savage advises a timid lover, a deprived bottom, and a habitual wearer of bras, panties, and stockings, gender unknown.
Posted inMusic
Haki get as punk as they ever will on a new EP
Gossip Wolf: Haki get as punk as they ever will on a new EP, the Deep Kutz series signs off with one last outlandish covers show, and more
Posted inBlogs
Hey, Mayor Rahm—North Lawndale is good enough for a presidential library
Apparently the city thinks North Lawndale is OK for an illegal garbage dump, but not a presidential library.
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Local rapper-producer Martin Sky’s new single hints at a huge year for Chicago hip-hop
The Chicago hip-hop scene didn’t slow down for the start of the new year, and Martin Sky’s dropped one of the best tracks this past week.
Posted inNews & Politics
Did Cook County prosecutors overlook evidence and help send an innocent man to prison?
In 1999, a grand jury heard ample testimony implicating Anthony Porter in a double homicide. A month later, a different grand jury heard a sliver of evidence suggesting that Alstory Simon committed the same crime. So why was Simon indicted?
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Next’s Paris Bistro teaser is ever so twee
Plus an introduction to Intro, Big Jones goes soul, and more food goings on
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Steven McClellan’s off the 43rd Ward ballot but still in the race
Even though his petition was disqualified, the candidate still plans to run as a write-in.
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Norwegian black-metal veterans Khold understand your feelings about winter
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Til Endes,” a chunk of icy groove from the band’s sixth full-length.