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Music Review
Oct 31, 2020
Recommended
Chicago rapper Brittney Carter makes her case for hip-hop stardom with
As I Am
By Leor Galil
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Brittney Carter
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As I Am
,
Loop Theory
,
Missy Elliott
,
Jay Rock
,
rap
,
hip-hop
,
Twitter
,
Recommended
City Life
,
Public Service Announcement
Aug 7, 2020
Is your lovin’ worth two transfers?
What our listings coordinator is musing about this week
By Salem Collo-Julin
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Public Service Announcement
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long distance
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relationships
,
love
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neighborhoods
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CTA
,
bus
,
livestream
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Dee Alexander
,
Twitter
,
Rebuild Foundation
,
Chicago Architectural Center
,
Empty Bottle
,
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
,
iO
,
el
,
CTA
,
COVID-19
City Life
,
Stay at Home
Apr 4, 2020
The
Reader
’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 15 and 16
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
By
Reader
staff
Tags:
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
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car alarm
,
care
,
collapse
,
coronavirus
,
COVID-19
,
depression
,
Duke University
,
homework
,
Jessy Parr
,
light rock
,
lite rock
,
Little River Band
,
Metafilter
,
Modachrome
,
pandemic
,
Peanuts
,
Quarterflash
,
Sally Brown
,
stay at home
,
Twitter
,
YouTube
Arts & Culture
,
Comedy
Mar 2, 2020
Recommended
Gossiping with Caleb Hearon
The comedian on his style, inspiration, and the Chicago comedy scene.
By Jonathan Dale
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,
Caleb Hearon
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Holmes Holmes
,
Missouri
,
Roseanne
,
comedy
,
Hideout
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Lincoln Lodge
,
Caleb Says Things With Friends
,
At What Cost?
,
Twitter
,
gossip
,
Recommended
News & Politics
,
Feature
Aug 21, 2019
The Twitter rabbi
“This, too, is Torah,” says Danya Ruttenberg.
By Aimee Levitt
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Feature
,
religion
,
twitter
,
rabbi
,
judaism
,
torah
,
danya ruttenberg
,
jews
,
jewish
,
prayer
,
donald trump
,
npr
,
charlottesville
Arts & Culture
,
Books and Comics Issue
May 29, 2019
Chicago’s summer reading
We asked you (via Twitter) whose lists you wanted to see. And then we asked them.
By
Reader
staff
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,
summer reading
,
reading list
,
Chicago readers
,
Twitter
Film
,
Film Issue
May 8, 2019
Sliding into @MusicBoxTheatre’s DMs
An investigation into the best movie theater Twitter in town.
By Brianna Wellen
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Film Issue
,
Music Box Theatre
,
Twitter
,
Buck LePard
,
movies
,
social media
,
Drop Dead Gorgeous
,
Baby Driver
,
Edgar Wright
,
A Fistful of Fingers
,
Kevin Kline
,
Music Box
Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Apr 9, 2019
Meltdown at Pitchfork
An excerpt from
Music to My Eyes
By Dmitry Samarov
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,
Books
,
Music
,
Lit
,
Schubas
,
Pitchfork
,
twitter
,
instagram
Music
,
Music Feature
Mar 15, 2019
Video
How did the 'industry plant' take root?
Hip-hop’s favorite conspiracy theory is now used to discredit breakout successes in other genres—and it’s no more plausible there.
By Leor Galil
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Music Feature
,
industry plant
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rap
,
hip-hop
,
conspiracy
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,
YouTube
,
Reddit
,
Twitter
,
DJ Akademiks
,
Alex Jones
,
Complex
,
Everyday Struggle
,
Russ
,
Exposed
,
XXL
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Columbia
,
There’s Really a Wolf
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Clairo
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Pretty Girl
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Fake Shore Drive
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Andrew Barber
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Blueface
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the Coli
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IGN
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Trinidad James
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Def Jam
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Chance the Rapper
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Raury
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Freshman Class
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Shins
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New Slang
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McDonald’s
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Avery Springer
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Retirement Party
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Phoebe Bridgers
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Billie Eilish
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Lorde
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Dua Lipa
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Halsey
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In Sight Out
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Ric Wilson
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Stevie Wonder
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Justin Bieber
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Miley Cyrus
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Demi Lovato
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Trippie Red
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Baby Goth
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Bria Bueno
,
Republic
,
A Love Letter to You 3
,
No Jumper
,
Video
Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Oct 15, 2018
Jill Soloway wants you to stop arguing with people online
The
Transparent
creator comes home to Chicago to demonstrate how to do it in person.
By Cody Corrall
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,
Jill Soloway
,
She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy
,
Transparent
,
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,
intersectional power movement
,
intersectionalty
,
Faith Soloway
,
Elaine Soloway
,
Hannah Gadsby
,
Pidgeon Pagonis
,
Claudia Martinez
,
rage
,
Twitter
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 6, 2018
Donald Trump is Bruce Rauner’s useful idiot—and vice versa
By Ben Joravsky
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,
Bruce Rauner
,
Donald Trump
,
J.B. Pritzker
,
capital gains tax
,
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,
LeBron James
,
Don Lemon
,
twitter
,
Mike Pence
,
Ron DeSantis
,
New York Times
,
HB 40
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jul 9, 2018
Rahm and Rauner's phony Ryan feud: Don’t be fooled by the Twitter barbs
Here’s hoping voters are too sophisticated to fall for the supposed discord over the protest that shut down the Dan Ryan.
By Ben Joravsky
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,
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,
Race
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
Bruce Rauner
,
Father Michael Pfleger
,
Dan Ryan Expressway
,
Mayor Harold Washington
,
Donald Trump
,
Twitter
,
Eddie Johnson
,
Amazon
,
Jeff Bezos
,
Pat Quinn
,
mayoral term limits
,
Karen Lewis
,
okeydoke
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jun 15, 2018
The Deckchairs
can't make American political comedy great again
Instead the show just highlights our Donald Trump fatigue.
By Dan Jakes
Tags:
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,
the deckchairs
,
donald trump
,
jacob weisberg
,
wait wait, don't tell me
,
peter sagal
,
jonathan swift
,
sid feldman
,
drumpf
,
brian rohde
,
Wm. Bullion
,
Conspirators
,
twitter
,
maga
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 13, 2018
Video
Lupe Fiasco’s ‘Harold’s’ builds on Chicago hip-hop’s historical connection to the fried-chicken chain [UPDATED]
His mouth-watering lyrics will make you change your dinner plans.
By Leor Galil
Tags:
Food & Drink
,
Hip-Hop
,
Music
,
Lupe Fiasco
,
Harold's Chicken
,
Drogas Light
,
Twitter
,
Chance the Rapper
,
First Mixtape Based Freestyle
,
Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape)
,
Can I Borrow a Dollar?
,
Twilite Tone
,
No I.D.
,
hip-hop
,
rap
,
Uncle Remus
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 30, 2018
Chinese billionaire puts the Vista Tower up for sale, and other Chicago news
Also, Afghan war veteran Miguel Perez Jr. could be deported this week.
By Kate Shepherd
Tags:
News
,
Did You Read __________?
,
Chicago
,
Illinois
,
Vista Tower
,
Beverly Hills
,
California
,
Wang Jianlin
,
Dalian Wanda Group Company
,
immigration issues
,
army veterans
,
Afghanistan
,
deportation
,
Chicago Police Department
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
McDonald's
,
Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's
,
Richard Roeper
,
Twitter
,
Grimes Sisters
,
unsolved murders
,
Babara Grimes
,
Patty Grimes
,
Elvis Presley
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 19, 2017
The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library is SAD!
A pop-up gallery by
The Daily Show
enshrines the propaganda of the world's most dangerous man.
By Steve Heisler
Tags:
Arts
,
Do This
,
donald trump
,
comedy central
,
the daily show
,
hillary clinton
,
elizabeth warren
,
cinco de mayo
,
diet coke
,
fake news
,
omama
,
Desi Lydic
,
Twitter
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 14, 2017
Chicago is Eve Ewing’s home, and her art
The U. of C. professor and Twitter star’s genre-defying debut book is the first part of a long-term creative project.
By Aimee Levitt
Tags:
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,
Eve Ewing
,
Eve L. Ewing
,
Twitter
,
poetry
,
Electric Arches
,
Haymarket Books
,
Chicago Public Schools
,
Claudia Rankine
,
Citizen: An American Lyric
,
Assata Shakur
,
Julie Fain
,
Northside College Prep
,
Young Chicago Authors
,
Jack Stiff
,
University of Chicago
,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
,
When the Bell Stops Ringing: Race, History and Discourse Amid Chicago's School Closings
,
Nate Marshall
,
Brianna McCarthy
Music
,
Music Feature
Sep 12, 2017
Punk’s not dead, and neither is publishing
Riot Fest launches an online magazine—because sometimes Twitter just isn’t enough.
By Ed Blair
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Music Feature
,
Riot Fest
,
Riot Fest Magazine
,
Mike Petryshyn
,
Miles Raymer
,
Ben Perlstein
,
Sean McKeough
,
Alex White
,
White Mystery
,
DIY
,
Fishbone
,
Angelo Moore
,
Twitter
,
Riot Fest Twitter Guy
,
website
,
online magazine
,
publishing
,
managing editor
,
Subliminal Fascism
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 8, 2017
Video
A comedian's goodbye-to-Chicago rant goes viral for all the wrong reasons
Writer-comedian-podcaster Eric Barry's essay on why he's leaving Chicago for New York City went viral for all the wrong reasons.
By Ryan Smith
Tags:
News
,
Seriously?
,
Things I Hate
,
Eric Barry
,
Huffington Post
,
Chicago
,
New York City
,
San Francisco
,
Twitter
,
Lagunitas
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 22, 2017
Buzzfeed media editor Craig Silverman on the impact of fake news, what’s next for it, and what, exactly, it even
is
The fake-news expert recently gave a talk about the misinformation economy at the University of Chicago.
By Austin Brown
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News
,
Media
,
fake news
,
Buzzfeed
,
Craig Silverman
,
Facebook
,
University of Chicago
,
U. of C.
,
Twitter
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 26, 2017
Can loose tweets sink presidents?
The Badlands National Park fires back in Trump's war against facts, truth, and the media.
By Michael Miner
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Media
,
News
,
Politics
,
Donald Trump
,
Twitter
,
Environmental Protection Agency
,
Badlands National Park
,
Anderson Cooper
,
CNN
,
Van Jones
,
Salon
,
CBS News
,
D-Day
,
wartime censorship
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 25, 2017
Video
Did you see the Twitter video of a mobile DJ at a Chicago Trump protest? Here’s the story behind the song.
DJ Chip made the ghetto-house cut "Aw Shit" with his neighbor in 1999, and last week it soundtracked a downtown inauguration protest.
By Leor Galil
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12 O'Clock Track
,
Music
,
DJ Chip
,
Aw Shit
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
ghetto house
,
juke
,
footwork
,
Dance Mania
,
Ray Barney
,
DJ Funk
,
Chance the Rapper
,
Jeremih
,
Twitter
,
Donald Trump
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 10, 2017
Video
Illinois Republicans and Democrats actually worked together on state budget proposal, and other Chicago news
Also, Trump's Twitter rant about Meryl Streep has some local elected officials newly concerned about his temperament.
By Kate Shepherd
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News
,
Did You Read __________?
,
John Cullerton
,
Christine Radogno
,
Mike Madigan
,
Bruce Rauner
,
Illinois Senate
,
Illinois General Assembly
,
Barack Obama
,
Obama farewell speech
,
McCormick Place
,
Chicago
,
Facebook
,
social media
,
Twitter
,
Mike Quigley
,
Jan Schakowsky
,
Meryl Streep
,
Donald Trump
,
Golden Globes
,
Red Line
,
CTA
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
Hamilton
,
Wayne Brady
,
theater
,
comedy
,
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
,
Video
Columns & Opinion
,
Savage Love
Jan 4, 2017
How to help a 30-year-old virgin
Where does one find a reliable escort these days? Plus: a cam-girl cover story, more advice for GAYMAN
By Dan Savage
Tags:
Savage Love
,
30-year-old virgin
,
Mistress Matisse
,
Elizabeth Nolan Brown
,
Reason
,
sex trafficking
,
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,
Twitter
,
escort services
,
review boards
,
law enforcement
,
sex-workers' rights
,
sex-positive
,
cam girl
,
GAYMAN
,
Frontrunners
,
ballroom dance
,
dance classes
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 19, 2016
Stand-up Joe Mande is the Drake of comedy
The comedian comes to Chicago on his Autumn Sixteen tour.
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Arts
,
Comedy
,
Do This
,
Joe Mande
,
Bitchface
,
Lincoln Hall
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,
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Souplantation
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