Also the wife of the mayor of Iguala, currency exchanges, DeRay Mckesson, Jackson C. Frank, paternity-leave-related alcoholism, and Ruth Reichl’s advice?
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 15
Issue of Jan. 8 – 14, 2015
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Scott Davis and Mark Thomas take on Alderman Tom Tunney
For the first time in 12 years, there’s an aldermanic race in the 44th Ward.
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Patton Oswalt reflects on his addiction to film in the new memoir Silver Screen Fiend
Comedian Patton Oswalt’s memoir Silver Screen Fiend is about his biggest addiction: film.
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Soul Summit celebrates its fifth anniversary in the gig poster of the week
The monthly soul party’s been around for half a decade, and the poster was designed by its go-to artist, Scott Williams.
Posted inFilm
Paul Thomas Anderson gives us a Pynchonian epic to get lost in
You don’t just watch Inherent Vice, you wander around it.
Posted inMusic
Where is Bloodshot Records going now that ‘insurgent country’ has outgrown it?
On the occasion of the label’s 20th birthday party, cofounders Rob Miller and Nan Warshaw talk about diversifying their roster, surviving the collapse of album sales, and not getting rich.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Shimer College: Worst in the U.S.?
Ranked first among the worst U.S. colleges by Washington Monthly, the tiny Great Books school once again finds itself on the hot seat.
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Predestination: A pulpy sci-fi movie that’s also about the art of fiction
Previewing the upcoming Australian sci-fi feature starring Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook
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Party with Vic Mensa tomorrow at Emporium before he plays Coachella in April
The rapper and Save Money leader teams up with Smoko Ono to DJ the Wicker Park arcade bar.
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Galavant is just what the singing, dancing doctor ordered
A little frivolity never killed anyone.
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Baker Miller says kiss my grits
The toast is pretty special too at Lincoln Square’s bakery and millhouse.
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Op art pioneer Bridget Riley’s first U.S. solo exhibition in 15 years is at the Art Institute
An exhibition of the work of the reluctant queen of op art
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Stoner-rock dubstep courtesy of Earth and electronic producer the Bug
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Boa b/w Cold.”
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Did you read about a $1,200 Walkman, the Chicago River, and Haruki Murakami?
Also a Seattle judge’s essay, custom deer breeding, the Oscar Mayer mansion, Mr. Show, and a transgender teen?
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The American military not so smartly inspected in the Atlantic
James Fallows’s January/February cover story on the American military could be a little more thoughtful.