Benji Espinoza’s work for Quantum Distributors and the D.J. International label helped boost house into its exalted place in the global pop pantheon.
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The saga of Punkin’ Donuts
How a doughnut-shop parking lot became a confluence of Chicago youth subcultures—and what killed it off
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Life was just a party: Prince’s 1999 and Chicago house music
Prince could hardly have avoided influencing Chicago house, whose earliest, most ardent fans were queer Black and Brown kids.
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Four characters battle existential dread in an Amazon-like Fulfillment Center
The Red Orchid cast is adept at humanizing some incredibly flawed human beings.
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I Kong Kult end a three-year hiatus to release their ass-shaking debut
I Kong Kult end a three-year hiatus to release their ass-shaking debut, Mako Sica hold a benefit to push back against cycling deaths, and more.
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 1/30: Out at CHM, Friends and Family Cocktail Challenge, and Drinking Gourd
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, January 30