- Music, Music Feature, May 23, 2013
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The return of Dance Mania Records
Twelve years after it folded, the Chicago label that helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music makes a play for the new EDM crowd.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2013
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MC Tree shows his roots on Sunday School II
Reflecting on Tree's Cabrini-Green roots and rap career as he drops the next big local mixtape, Sunday School II: When Church Lets Out.
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Mar 26, 2013
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Before the schools, Mayor Emanuel closed the clinics
Advocates fight for patients a year after Rahm shuttered mental health clinics across the city.
- Music, Artist on Artist, Mar 12, 2013
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Artist on Artist: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants nerds out with Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune
"For somebody who grew up on a healthy diet of five hours of TV a day, it’s just an interesting show."
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 5, 2012
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Chief Keef's probation, the Ultra Lounge shooting, and more music news
Chief Keef's probation hearings, the Wednesday-morning shooting at Logan Square's Ultra Lounge, and White/Light's upcoming performance with Kim Gordon
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 2, 2011
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Kembe X, Spin magazine, and hip-hop's new underground
Spin says there's a new hip-hop underground shaking things up; it doesn't mention Chicago rapper Kembe X, but it should have.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 17, 2011
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Meet El General
The young Tupac fan behind a nation-shaking protest anthem
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 16, 2011
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The Disappointment: Or, the Force of Credulity
Brian Springer's family searches for an anarchist diary and buried treasure on their Missouri farm in his documentary "The Disappointment: Or, the Force of Credulity," screening Thursday 3/17 at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Review, May 6, 2010
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Adding Insult to Comedy
The alienation device that works all too well undermines Spin.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 23, 2010
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4/25-5/2 — Free Performances of Spin at Theater Wit
Theater Wit (1229 W. Belmont) is offering two weeks of free performances of Penny Penniston's new comedy, Spin.
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Nov 10, 2005
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On the Records
Two rock writers wade neck-deep into a favorite album.
