- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Yoko Ono, "Why"
"Why," a brilliant slice of experimental rock from Yoko Ono
- Blogs, Bleader, May 7, 2012
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The origins of Ludwig drums
The Ludwig Drum Factory had its origins in Chicago
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 26, 2012
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Scorsese's George Harrison doc on the big screen
Living in the Material World, broadcast earlier this year on HBO, screens Sunday at Facets Cinematheque.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 4, 2012
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WHPK launches the music-movie series Roxploitation at Doc Films
WHPK launches a weekly music-movie series at Doc Films.
- Music, Music Feature, May 26, 2011
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Hard-Nosed Soft Rock
David Browne's new Fire and Rain proposes 1970 as the year the counterculture had to learn to do business
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, May 18, 2011
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Musical satirist Neil Innes on Monty Python, the Rutles, and cutting a record with Hitler
- Music, Music Review, Mar 17, 2011
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A Homemade Canon
Loud Family front man Scott Miller picks his favorites from a half century of pop, and his choices are fun to read about even when the're hard to agree with.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 25, 2010
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Now Playing: Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?
Lincoln Hall presents the Chicago premiere of a new documentary on singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 23, 2010
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Sonic Orphans
Bill Daniel screens films of The Beatles, The Avengers, The Huns, Boy Problems, Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers, Sunday at the Nightingale.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 29, 2009
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The Beatles Babies
A new biopic about John and Paul's teen years
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 31, 2008
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Next up: Science proves that "The Fool on the Hill" blows
Math solves a Beatles mystery.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 7, 2008
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Blame the Beatles: Planetary Apocalypse Edition
Will John Lennon inspire an alien invasion?
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 6, 2008
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Digging for "Maharishi Dug the Scene"
The closest I can get to a tribute to the Maharishi.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 23, 2008
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Hype alert
New York Dolls: "the Beatles of attitude"?
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 1, 2007
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Stop making sense
There's a lot to like in Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, but be sure to put your brain on hold.
