Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Crickets Music Fish to Ride Bicycles on July 12
Posted by Miles Raymer on 05.31.11 at 03:11 PM
Crickets Music Scenes from the HoZac Blackout
Posted by Brian Costello on 05.31.11 at 02:55 PM
Just got back from the Velvet Perineum, and boy, are my arms tired . . . from raising can after can of ice cold, refreshing Pabst Blue Ribbon to my pie hole. Eeyowch! Nobody's safe here tonight!
Like past incarnations of the Horizontal Action Blackout, this year's festival—the first since 2006—offered a diverse party platter of wild sounds for discerning hedonists young and old.
Morning Newsfeed House approves Chicago casino; Emanuel "key" to deal
Posted by Alex Parker on 05.31.11 at 10:18 AM
The Illinois House approved plans yesterday for a casino in Chicago, while senate president John Cullerton called Gov. Quinn “irrelevant” to the current budget process. Skokie Democrat rep. Lou Lang said Mayor Emanuel's lobbying was "key" to the gambling bill's passage. (Tribune)
While Chicagoans were enjoying a warm day off, six people were killed and another 21 were shot yesterday. The heat also caused police to close North Avenue Beach. (Tribune/Sun-Times)
As the 50th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s suicide approaches, Hemingway societies are ignoring the date. (Tribune)
Media News Bites Conversations with the morning paper
Posted by Michael Miner on 05.31.11 at 09:26 AM
Notes on reading the Tuesday Tribune:
Is this bait-and-switch being played on the op-ed page? "Weeding out some of the GOP hopefuls," says the headline to the Dennis Byrne column, which turns out to be an exercise in flogging Barack Obama with the memory of Harry Truman. Key passage:
Media News Bites News Thomas Roeser
Posted by Michael Miner on 05.31.11 at 08:42 AM
Friday, May 27, 2011
Local Wares Style I Heart Illinois necklace and other things you should buy from your neighbors
Posted by Asher Klein on 05.27.11 at 05:32 PM
A moment of silence, please, as we take this time to remember our rodent friends who lost their lives crossing Lake Shore Drive. Honor their memory with this soap, cast from a raccoon skull and made from goat's milk, complete with its own concrete pedestal. $8, Sarah and Joseph Belknap, etsy.com/people/iamhome.
If I had my way, everyone would know that these earrings made from bullets and feathers by Cities in Dust are a warning to the band behind the awful "Hotel California." $38, available at Post 27, 1819 W. Grand, and other Chicago stores, etsy.com/people/citiesindustinc.
Crime Politics Clout City News Pot bust of the week: Iowa City women fail to enjoy baked goods from Illinois
Posted by Mick Dumke on 05.27.11 at 05:10 PM
From the They Tasted Almost Good But Then I Started Freaking Out Department, compliments of the the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Gazette:
- FLICKR / Matty Bizzlehoff
IOWA CITY — Two Iowa City teenagers were charged with possession of marijuana after their roommate called 911 because her heart was racing after eating pot brownies, police reported.
Local Wares Style Something's rotten in the state of jewelry design
Posted by Asher Klein on 05.27.11 at 05:00 PM
Featured this week on Local Wares, the Reader's column listing cool stuff made by Chicagoans, was a necklace by Stevie Koerner. Pretty, stylish, and most importantly a show of loyalty to a great state, the heart Illinois necklace (pictured) is one of a number of metal necklaces of heart-inscribed states Koerner sells under the line tru.che.
- Courtesy of tru.che
- Heart Illinois necklace by tru.che
If allegations Koerner made Wednesday prove true, and the Webiscite (that's Web+plebiscite) is voting in her favor so far, then it might turn out buying a necklace from Urban Outfitters is a pretty unstylish thing to do.
Food Chain Food & Drink This Week in Food & Drink: The Aviary, Key Ingredient pork cheeks, neighborhood food councils, and more
Posted by Kate Schmidt on 05.27.11 at 03:41 PM
- Julia Thiel
- Marianne Sundquist's pork cheek ragout with gnocchi
Mike Sula reviews the Aviary, the Fulton Market lounge cum restaurant next to Next. Working under partners Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas, executive chef Craig Schoettler has devised a menu of eye-popping cocktails like the Blueberry, a porthole-shaped vessel filled with a rye-based liquid in which bob fruits and botanicals. (A few of the YouTube videos of his test runs are here, here, and here.) In addition to the drinks there’s a concise menu of small bites like tempura-fried crab coquettes and corn-pudding-loaded chowder balls.
In Key Ingredient In Fine Spirits chef Marianne Sundquist makes a rich ragout out of pork cheeks she seared in rendered pancetta fat, slow braised, and served with ricotta gnocchi. Pork cheeks are “underused,” she says, which is too bad because “it’s really inexpensive, and I think something magical happens when it’s braised.” Next up is Abra Berens of Bare Knuckle Farm in Northport, Michigan, working with yinzen silver needle white tea, a favorite of Sundquist’s.
How to ... ditch annoying Facebook friends
Posted by Taylor Goldenstein on 05.27.11 at 03:00 PM
If you’re tired of Obnoxious Olivia, Self-Absorbed Sal, and their sad and pointless Facebook status updates, it might be time to defriend them. How to muster up the courage? Try this approach.
