Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Reefer Politics Clout City Tweeting Chicago City Hall
Posted by Ben Joravsky on 01.31.12 at 05:42 PM
Alderman Rick Munoz wants to keep the city from blocking Twitter during the upcoming G-8 and NATO summits.
Apparently, you can shut down the whole tweeting thing "simply by turning off the power to the cell phone towers," Munoz told the Sun-Times.
Politics News Clout City The mayor pitches a shutout
Posted by Steve Bogira on 01.31.12 at 05:02 PM
What should we make of this? Not much. Murder rates rise and fall, and criminologists have tried forever to figure out what causes the changes, with minimal success. Moreover, when it comes to crime trends, a year shows very little, a month almost nothing.
Which is why a crime-fighting boast by the mayor earlier this month was ludicrous.
I Saw You Paranormal This is how the Internet is supposed to work
Posted by Kevin Warwick on 01.31.12 at 04:34 PM
- Shutterstock
- This is not Lauren
Food Chain Food & Drink Take a Sip: The Obscure Beers of Germany
Posted by Kate Schmidt on 01.31.12 at 04:17 PM
Media Film Film is dead in Logan Square (but not in our hearts)
Posted by Ben Sachs on 01.31.12 at 03:46 PM
Food Chain Food & Drink Asado Coffee reopens Saturday
Posted by Mike Sula on 01.31.12 at 02:52 PM
- Eric Futran
- Kevin Ashtari, Asado Coffee
When a restaurant or cafe suddenly closes for "remodeling," that's usually an easily breakable code for "it's all over for everyone but the debt collectors." That was the fear among slaves to Kevin Ashtari's marvelous coffee beans, roasted on the spot in his tiny Lakeview coffee shop Asado, when he abruptly and mysteriously shut down just before the holidays.
Science Media News Bites News The good old supernatural
Posted by Michael Miner on 01.31.12 at 02:26 PM
"Nearly everybody in the Middle Ages believed in magic," Kieckhefer's account begins.
Next I opened my e-mail. There was a note from a colleague, and the next e-mail I read turned out to be from an author, Jerry Kubicki, pitching his new book, A Dubious Dream. He began:
"History records many people that have had super natural powers. Are they all myth? Or is there a common thread between these unique people throughout the millennium? What if an item has come to earth and has provided those that possess it powers that are both good and evil?"
Crickets Music 12 O'Clock Track: Howlin' Rain, "Phantom in the Valley"
Posted by Kevin Warwick on 01.31.12 at 12:00 PM
Now fronting Howlin' Rain, Miller is focusing on the soul of classic rock, using psychedelia as more of a flourish. On Valentine's Day, the San Fran band releases its third full-length, The Russian Wilds, on Rick Rubin's American Recordings. The album's first single and today's 12 O'Clock Track, the seven-minute "Phantom in the Valley," wears its Springsteen and Hendrix influences with pride. The about-face jam that happens just over halfway through and rolls to the end is easily the song's best feature.
Broken Note to self: Don't die alone
Posted by Reader staff on 01.31.12 at 10:33 AM
Predictably enough, the Reader has a Valentine's Day issue hitting the streets on February 9, five days before the Hallmark holiday. We'll attempt to foil that predictability with a heavy dose of disenchantment and copious eye-rolling. Why even bother with love—am I right?
For a taste of the impending Valentine's snark, check out the nugget of gold that the good people at Found Magazine allowed us to swipe from their archives. It's a high schooler's view of what makes the perfect girl—and, yes, it's pretty bleak. You'll find it in all its glory after the jump:
Flotsam and Jetsam WikiEditing
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