The Boka group brings most of Japan to the West Loop.
Tag: Vol. 44 No. 8
Issue of Nov. 13 – 19, 2014
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Chicago voice-over actor and romance novelist Ruth Kaufman is ‘the most rejected person in America’
Meet this week’s Chicagoan, voice-over actor and romance novelist Ruth Kaufman.
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The Nik Wallenda of style
Isa Giallorenzo’s Street View ran into a guy who knows how to balance his details.
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We’re taking John Kass’s bike bullying seriously
The Trib columnist continues to create excuses to bash cyclists.
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Good old Bill, good old Bob, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Brand-new spaced-out punk from Ex-Cult
The Memphis five-piece has released a new blast of heavy bleakness.
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Did you read about Apple, the Onion, and Joakim Noah?
Also US Marshals, Single Room Occupancy hotels, the NYT Styles section, the Knowledge of London, and a glorious error?
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Breaking Away, Full Metal Jacket, and and other Reader-recommended movies to watch online this week
Reader film capsules guide what you should watch online.
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Lincoln Square’s Gideon Welles gets bar food right
Looks like a sports bar, but the food is a notch up from pub grub.
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An alternative to the black puffy jacket
In a new Street View, shearling puts nylon and down to shame.
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Dylan Wright’s queer folk music traces the seams between love and violence
The most interesting thing about the songwriter’s new video for “Iron Gates” isn’t the kissing but the blood that streaks it.
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Disappears debut a track from their upcoming LP
The spacey local act has a new record coming out early next year.
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New Pornographers hit town behind one of their best records yet
The power-pop juggernaut headlines the Riviera on Friday.
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All hail the abrasive, feedback-ridden hardcore of Olympia’s Strange Wilds
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track features the noisy hardcore-punk of “Slime,” from Olympia’s Strange Wilds.
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Did you read about popular dog breeds, cat passwords, and Patrick Kane?
Also smelly comets, the digital revolution, the indoor mall, bike hooligans, Jurassic Park, and Lebron’s Dad tweets?