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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 7, 2011
This Week in Reader Music

Crunchy grunge-pop and monolithic metal out of Chicago, Cook County Commissioner Jerry Butler's soul-man past, reviews of TVOTR and Chalk Circles, DeRogatis's bad mood, and more
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Gypsyblood, Indian, Bloodiest, Chicago, Wire, Wormrot, Joe Lovano, ICP Orchestra, Jim DeRogatis, TV on the Radio, Chalk Circles, Sharp Darts, Gossip Wolf, Jerry "Iceman" Butler

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Music, Gossip Wolf, Apr 7, 2011
Gossip Wolf: DeRo's Sour Note

WBEZ ’s music man has a case of the grumpies. Plus: a midwest supergroup hits Record Store Day, Weaselfest bites it, Bill Dolan comes back for free pizza, and more
- by Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jim Derogatis, Dan Sinker, @mayoremanuel, Hipster Puppies, Candy Golde, Cheap Trick, Eleventh Dream Day, Wilco, Nicholas Tremulus Orchestra, Record Store Day, Coupleskate, Chin Up Chin Up, Weaselfest, Ben Weasel, Riverdales, Screeching Weasel, Queers, Joe Queer, New Millennium Orchestra, Hollows, Dojo vs. Twitch, Ryan Fasshauer, Adonis Childs, 5ive Style, Heroic Doses, Das Boton, Lonesome Organist

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 2, 2011
Hooked on the Lines of Sinker

Jim DeRogatis overthinks Dan Sinker
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Politics, News Bites, Clout City, Dan Sinker, Jim DeRogatis, Rahm Emanuel, Punk Planet, @MayorEmanuel, Superman

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 1, 2011
Sinker's @mayoremanuel Was Vital Political Satire

@mayoremanuel lampooned the real Emanuel's propensity for profanity, and was a vital satire of local politics.
- by Alex Parker
- Tags: Media, Politics, News Bites, Clout City, @mayoremanuel, Twitter, Dan Sinker, Jim DeRogatis, Columbia College, Chicago Reader, politics, election, The Atlantic, satire

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 4, 2011
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, en Sachs, The Housemaid, Im Sang-soo, The President's Last Bang, A Good Lawyer's Wife, Andrea Gronvall, Louder Than a Bomb, Gene Siskel Film Center, Greg Jacobs, Jon Siskel, Breath Kim Ki-duk, 3-Iron Kim Ki-duk, Spring Summer Fall Winter . . . and Spring Kim Ki-duk, Lemmy 49% Motherf**cker 51% Son of a Bitch, Lemmy Kilmister, Motorhead, The Regretters, The Devilles, Chicago Filmmakers, The Wild Triumphs of Martha Colburn, Luchino Visconti, The Leopard, Martin Scorsese, Giuseppe Rotunno, Georges Franju, Eyes Without a Face, Howard Hawks, Gentlemen Prefer Blonds, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, Goodfellas, Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Sound Opinions, Music Box, W.C. Fields, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, Ernst Lubitsch, One Hour With You, Northbrook Public Library;, Satyajit Ray, Pather Panchali, Roberto Rossellini, Stromboli, Ingrid Bergman, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 8, 2010
Da Mare and Da Music

Farewell to the Chicago music scene's biggest enemy
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago, Mayor Daley, politics, Jim DeRogatis, E2 incident

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 15, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Restrepo, Afghanistan war, Korangal Valley, Taliban, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Pipers Alley, The Oath, Osama bin Laden, Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo, Gene Siskel Film Center, GasLand, out Halliburton, Chicago Filmmakers, Inception Christopher Nolan, The Living Wake, Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Adventureland, Facets Cinematheque, Predators, Something Better Somewhere Else, Ron Lazzeretti, The Sorceror's Apprentice, Disney, Jay Baruchel, Nicolas Cage, Wild Grass, Alain Resnais, Last Year at Marienbad, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Music Box, Ernst Lubitsch, Cluny Brown, Doc Films, Richard Linklater, Dazed and Confused, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Clara Bow, Douglas Fairbanks, Robin Hood, Chicago movies, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 25, 2010
In Music and Law News

Radius clauses investigated, YouTube's safe-haven status upheld
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, the Internet, Lollapalooza, antitrust, radius clauses, Viacom, YouTube, Jim DeRogatis, law, safe haven

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News & Features, Media, Jun 3, 2010
Old Hands, New Cred

The veterans blogging at Vocalo are making WBEZ's sib a serious read.
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Vocalo, Torey Malatia, Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ, Chicago Public Media, Justin Kaufmann, John Conroy, Jon Burge, Jim DeRogatis, Achy Obejas, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Steve Edwards, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Steve Dolinsky, Lee Bey, Robert Feder, ChicagoNow, Poynter Institute, Mashable, Tracy Samantha Schmidt, Ashley Bond, Silvia Rivera

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Blogs, Bleader, May 11, 2010
DeRo's Replacement Named

Thomas Conner will be the new Sun-Times pop critic.
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Jim DeRogatis, DeRo, Tom Conner, Thomas Conner, Sun-Times, Chicago, criticism, inside baseball

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 30, 2010
Two Cheers for Vocalo

An encouraging word for Vocalo
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News Bites, Vocalo, Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ, Torey Malatia, Jim DeRogatis, Jim DeRogatis, Rob Feder, Lee Bey, Jesse Menendez, Laura Miner, Luis Perez

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 20, 2010
Jim DeRogatis Leaves the Sun-Times for Vocalo

Jim DeRogatis leaves the Sun-Times for Vocalo and Columbia College
- by Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Music, News Bites, Jim DeRogatis, Vocalo, WBEZ, Chicago Sun-Times, Columbia College, R. Kelly, Greg Kot, Sound Opinions, Rob Feder

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Plus: Observations on Chicago's neighborhoods, DePaul's tenure process, and Gossip Wolf vs. DeRogatis

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Crunchy grunge-pop and monolithic metal out of Chicago, Cook County Commissioner Jerry Butler's soul-man past, reviews of TVOTR and Chalk Circles, DeRogatis's bad mood, and more

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WBEZ ’s music man has a case of the grumpies. Plus: a midwest supergroup hits Record Store Day, Weaselfest bites it, Bill Dolan comes back for free pizza, and more

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Jim DeRogatis overthinks Dan Sinker

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@mayoremanuel lampooned the real Emanuel's propensity for profanity, and was a vital satire of local politics.

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

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Farewell to the Chicago music scene's biggest enemy

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

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Radius clauses investigated, YouTube's safe-haven status upheld

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The veterans blogging at Vocalo are making WBEZ's sib a serious read.

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Thomas Conner will be the new Sun-Times pop critic.

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An encouraging word for Vocalo

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Jim DeRogatis leaves the Sun-Times for Vocalo and Columbia College