Thursday, August 22, 2013
Did You Read __________? / News Did you read about the New Regal Theater, Ichiro Suzuki, and the word "asswipe"?
Posted By Reader staff on 08.22.13 at 11:32 AM
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- Keith Allison
- Ichiro Suzuki
Hey, did you read:
• First, that Jay-Z and Beyonce are buying Chicago's New Regal Theater, and, then, that they aren't after all. —Tony Adler
• That a Chinese zoo tried to pass a dog off as a lion? (And, no, the source for this isn't the Onion.) —Tony Adler
• That the word "asswipe" originated in Chicago? (Also: "razzmatazz," "southpaw," "skyscraper," and "yuppie," among others.) —Julia Thiel
• That Ichiro Suzuki has become the first nice person in history to reach 4,000 major-league hits? —Kate Schmidt
• Anthony Lane's eulogy for recently deceased author Elmore Leonard? ("As for their conversation, swatted back and forth like Ping-Pong, the phrasing as dry as a scoreline: if you wanted that brand of comic beat, with all the frills torn off, where did you go before Leonard came along? Early Evelyn Waugh.") —Tal Rosenberg
• This investigation into why Chicago has so few independent doughnut shops—and why Dunkin' Donuts isn't solely to blame? —Mick Dumke
• That the French are making a serious (misguided?) effort to be nicer to tourists? —Aimee Levitt
• About the woman who successfully disputed $100,000 in parking-ticket fines? —Tal Rosenberg
• About what happened to Da Capo Press's Best Music Writing book series? —Leor Galil
• This investigative report on DONDA, Kanye West's mysterious design agency/technology company/architecture firm/secret clubhouse? —Drew Hunt
• Or see this really cool video about why we're so lonely? —Gwynedd Stuart
• That the world's gone mad? —Andrea Bauer
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