Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Politics Clout City News What Streets Do They Sweep?
Posted by Hunter Clauss on 03.31.10 at 05:32 PM
A majority of aldermen didn’t show up for today’s special session of the City Council, which meant they didn't get to weigh in officially on Mayor Daley’s plan to overhaul the city’s street-sweeping system. But the meeting was more about bucking Daley’s authority than bitching about a bunch of street sweepers.
Food Chain Food & Drink This Week's Food and Drink Events
Posted by Julia Thiel on 03.31.10 at 05:14 PM
An all-beer edition, including a chili cook-off with Dogfish Head, New Beer's Eve, and lots of events in honor of the Craft Brewers Conference and Stone Brewing Company's arrival in Chicago.
Crickets Music Isn't Beck Clever?
Posted by Kevin Warwick on 03.31.10 at 04:22 PM
Beck's informal one-off supergroups may scream "Look at me and all my hip and talented friends!" but all the same they often turn out great. These "Record Club" bands, as Beck calls them, are one-day-only mutations that cover albums of their choosing. The sessions are obviously whirlwinds, so the renditions are rough—according to Beck's Web site, "nothing is rehearsed or arranged ahead of time." Previous albums include The Velvet Underground & Nico, Songs of Leonard Cohen, and Skip Spence's Oar.
Once the session is over, one track a week is posted to the Record Club page on Beck's site. Right now tracks from the 1987 INXS album Kick are going up, covered on March 3 by Liars, St. Vincent's Annie Clark and Daniel Hart, Sergio Dias of Os Mutantes, and of course Beck. Check out the video for the first song, "Guns in the Sky," after the jump:
Style So That's How They Stay Thin
Posted by Heather Kenny on 03.31.10 at 04:08 PM
Music Post No Bills Sindri Mar Sigfusson, aka Sin Fang Bous, Comes to Schubas as One-Seventh of Seabear
Posted by Peter Margasak on 03.31.10 at 12:59 PM
- Seabear
Lit & Lectures Free Shit Food & Drink Other Stuff Apropos of Nothing Swag Books 4/2 — Free PB & J Sandwiches and Stories for Kids
Posted by Sam Worley on 03.31.10 at 12:59 PM
- International Board on Books for Young People
Media News Bites How Will the Internet Change Our World in the Next Ten Years?
Posted by Michael Miner on 03.31.10 at 11:00 AM
What do you think our Internet world will be like in another ten years? (1) Totally cool. (2) Not so hot. (3) Are those the only choices?
The Pew Research Center has just conducted a “Future of the Internet” survey, and if you answered the above question with number three, Pew understands and agrees with you.
Hack Nite Cap
Posted by Dmitry Samarov on 03.31.10 at 10:00 AM
They were probably in their early 40s, dolled up for a night out, with makeup showing the strain of many hours' service. The brunette gave a Roscoe Village address and we shoved off. I hopped on the Kennedy to skip a few traffic lights and when we exited on Addison, they asked if we could stop at the White Castle on the corner of Kedzie.
Chicagoland Visual Art Morning Art: Mark Rumsey
Posted by Julia Thiel on 03.31.10 at 08:13 AM
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Crickets Music Anti-Choice Organizations Among Potential Beneficiaries of Lilith Fair's "Choose Your Charity" Campaign
Posted by Jessica Hopper on 03.30.10 at 07:57 PM
- http://www.facebook.com/lilithfairtour
Minneapolis and Indianapolis fans are given the option of supporting Metro Women's Center and Indianapolis Life Center, respectively—institutions whose approach to women's reproductive health services (especially birth control and abortion) is guided by an explicitly anti-choice agenda. Several other cities, including Atlanta and Seattle, have potential beneficiaries that offer so-called abortion alternatives and faith-driven pregnancy counseling.
