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Feature
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Two teachers. Two hundred marijuana plants. Two years in court.
- by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke
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Tags: Feature, Aaron Cervantes, Adrian Ortiz, cannabis, cannibas, Catherine O'Daniel, Cook County sherrifs, Heidi Keller, homegrown marijuana, marijuana, marijuana grow houses, pot, Robert Nemzin, the grass gap, Tom Dart, war on drugs, weed
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On Media
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Packing up suddenly became inevitable and imminent. The new question was where to unpack.
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: On Media, behind our scenes, Chicago Reader, Switzerland, journalism, moving, Philip Caputo, Jack Fuller, Neil Steinberg, Newberry Library, Mike Royko, Ben Hecht, Helen Hayes
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Savage Love
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The answer may not surprise you! Plus: hot moms and jealous exes
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, Stacy's mom, hot mom, mom crush, porn, pornography, porn and men, cheating, clingy ex, manipulative ex, dating
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Gossip Wolf
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Sightings of Kelly Osbourne, Joakim Noah, and more. Plus: Broken Hope and the band formerly known as Mahjongg end their hiatuses
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Lollapalooza 2012, Kelly Osbourne, Har Mar Superstar, Kid Color, Joakim Noah, Zach Gilford, Jack White, Broken Hope, Jeremy Wagner, Shaun Glass, Tom Leski, Obituary, Mahjongg, Minbal
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Music Feature
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Decades later, John Carpenter's classic film scores make their influence felt in electronic dance music
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Music Feature, John Carpenter, film scores, scoring, Hans Zimmer, Philip Glass, horror movies, experimental classical music, digital classical music, Laurie Spiegel, Giorgio Moroder, music composition, synthesizer, Com Truise, Mogi Grumbles, Gatekeeper, Aaron David Ross, Video
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Three Beats
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Plus: An old-school death metal lesson from Master, and DJ Tony Trimm finally drops his first album
- by Peter Margasak, Monica Kendrick and Leor Galil
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Tags: Three Beats, Thristy Ear, Seth Boustead, WFMT, contemporary classical, Access Contemporary Music, James Falzone, Paul Speckmann, Chicago metal, DJ Tony Trimm, Why?, Pelican, MC Serengeti
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Culture Vultures
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Calles y Sueños, the Illinois State Fair, and Full Moon Jam
- by Allegra Kirkland
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Tags: Culture Vultures, Rey Andujar, Teatro Vista, Calles y Suenos, Kim Barker, Chicago Tribune, Kriss Abigail, Vaudezilla, Full Moon Jam
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Lit Feature
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The 2012 Chicago Comic Con is in session
- by Sharon Lurye
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Tags: Lit Sidebar, nerds, geeks, comics, Tom Felton, Harry Potter, Bruce Campbell, Stan Lee, Star Trek, James Marsters, Star Wars, Nick Gillard
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Movie Review
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In Ann Hui's A Simple Life, grand themes grow from tiny moments
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Movie Review, Ann Hui, Deanie Ip, Andy Lau, Hong Kong, character dramas, Boat People, nursing home, Yasujiro Ozu, the elderly
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Key Ingredient
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Elissa Narow of Perennial Virant goes for the gray with corn smut
- by Julia Thiel
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Tags: Key Ingredient, huitlacoche, Elissa Narow, Jeffrey Sills, Sprout, corn smut, Mexican food, Mexican truffle, cheesecake, Perennial Virant, Video
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Restaurant Review
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Kendal Duque casts a wide net at City Tavern.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Mainstay Hospitality, simulated reality, Chicago Firehouse, Grace O'Malley's, colonies, Kendal Duque, Tru, Everest, NoMi, Sepia, Cuna, grilling, Peter Vestinos, City Tavern
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Bleader
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"Iron Man" is the standout track from Icarus's 1971 Marvel-themed LP
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Icarus, The Marvel World of Icarus, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, comics, comic books, prog rock, psych, synths, Video
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Bleader
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What's on the Agenda for Friday, August 7, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Ernest Lubitsch, The Loves of Pharoah, Gene Siskel Film Center, J.R. Jones, Hidden Shamrock, The Chicago Way, the Outfit, Matisyahu, Congress Theater, Logan Square, The Dirty Heads, Moon Taxi
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Bleader
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The United States women prevail over Japan in Olympic soccer
- by Ted Cox
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Tags: Mudville, Olympian Week, Sports, London 2012, Olympics, Summer Games, women's soccer, United States, Japan, Carli Llord, Hope Solo, Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan
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Bleader
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The top three members of the financial team at City Hall all come from firms known for privatization work
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Alex Holt, Chicago, Chicago Tonight, Citi, Credit Suisse, Infrastructure trust, Lois Scott, mayor, Midway airport, parking meter deal, parking meter lease deal, parking meters, privatization, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Steve Koch
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The U.S. women's soccer team prevails over Canada in the Olympic semifinal—whenever you watch it.
- by Ted Cox
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Tags: Mudville, Olympian Week, Sports, U.S. women's soccer, Olympics, Summer Games, London 2012, Christine Sinclair, Megan Rapinoe, Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, AT&T U-verse, Olympian Week
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Bleader
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What's on the Agenda for Monday, August 13, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Chicago Nerd Fantasy Book Club, Filter, Wicker Park, Hugh Howey, Wool, Indiana State Fair, The Burlington, Logan Square, Girl Detective, Magicks, DFM
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Bleader
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Shows to see this week include Sonny & the Sunsets, Billy Boy Arnold, Guided by Voices, and, duh, Jan Terri
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Do This, Music, Lollapalooza, Jan Terri, Guided by Voices, Sonny and the Sunsets, Magic Trick, Billy Boy Arnold, Riot Fest, North Coast
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Bleader
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Not all farmers markets' are created equal when it comes to melons
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, melons, Seedling Fruit, Green City Market, Lincoln Square Farmers Market, Peter Klein, Sarah choice, ace, seedless yellow, serenade, sweetie, and canary, sorbet swirl, red seedless, halona
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Bleader
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Considering the radical silliness of three American comedies playing in Chicago this week
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Boom!, Film, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Joe Dante, Hallelujah I'm a Bum!, The Gang's All Here, Busby Berkeley, Al Jolson, Mark Neveldine, Brain Taylor, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Portage Theatre, Music Box Theatre, Luis Bunuel, Chuck Jones
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Bleader
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Highlights, lowlights, and other scattered thoughts on the 2012 summer games
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Mudville, Olympian Week, Olympics, 2012 Olympics, London Olympics, Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Erin Gloria Ryan, Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh Jennings, modern pentathalon, Oscar Pistorius, Manteo Mitchell, water polo, swimming, track, boxing, Simon's Tavern, Variations on a Theme
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Bleader
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Simplifying a recipe from by Chang Sun-young's A Korean Mother's Cooking Notes
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Cooking, Food Chain, Food & Drink, bindaetteok, Korean food, jeon, pajeon, haemul pajeon, mung beans, New Chicago Kimchee, JoongBoo Market, Hmart
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Bleader
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Vintage avant-garde psychedelic horror-movie music goes to the Olympics
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Paranormal, Music, John Carpenter, Goblin, Dario Argento, Raekwon, Neon Indian, Justice, Umberto, the Olympics, WTF, Russia, synchronized swimming, Video
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Bleader
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Me and the other Kate Schmidt, the great one
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: We're Old, Olympian Week, Kate Schmidt, Kate the Great, javelin, Olympic Games, world record holders, the Iliad, Ajax, javelin mishaps, Video
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Bleader
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Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 036
- by Isa Giallorenzo
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Tags: Style, womenswear, flowers, MCA, First Fridays, summer, nice hair, lace, cool accessories, fashion, street style
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Bleader
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Two Italian festivals, vegetable-infused celebrations, a North Side neighborhoods food tour, and more
- by Alison Marcotte
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Little Italy Fest-West, Taylor Street Festa Italiana, Evening at the Garden, Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, Girl & The Goat, Seedling Farm, 2 Sparrows, Veggie Fest, Taste of Edgewater & Uptown, Street Food Artistry, Street Food Artistry, Stew Supper Club, Route 66 Supper, Maison
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Bleader
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Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Telepathy" from the new Wiccans LP, Field II
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Wiccans, Video, Mind Spiders, Denton, Pissed Jeans, Omegas, Cruddy, Permanent Records, hardcore, Video
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Bleader
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If you were the type of person to assault a child for a beach ball, you probably wouldn't make very good music either
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Crime, Gross, Music, Lollapalooza, Chicago Tribune, EDM, Conrad Slimak, beach ball, punch, ConSli RadMak, Soundcloud
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Bleader
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Offering a Bachelor of Conservative Arts program second to none
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Education, Election 2012, Politics, News, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Republican National Convention, New York Times, Newt University, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Ronald Reagan, Voodoo economics, President Obama, Democrats, food stamps, welfare, entitlements, Michele Bachmann, financial aid
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Bleader
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What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, August 8, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, The Northwest Chicago Film Society, Lewis Milestone, Hallelujah, I'm a Bum!, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Portage Theater, Rufus Wainwright, Peter Margasak, the Vic, Out of the Game, Adam Cohen, Krystle Warren, The Navy Pier Grand Ballroom, Taste of the Nation, Share Our Strength
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Bleader
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A real barbecue—meat Jell-O will be disqualified
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Do This, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Windy City Rib Classic, Gary Wiviott, barbecue, Low & Slow, Barn & Company, Chicago Q, Weber Grill, Rub BBQ Company, Theatre on the Lake
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Bleader
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Did Olympics commercials really inspire me to my own act of Olympian greatness?
- by Jena Cutie
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Tags: Cooking, Olympian Week, Olympics, baking, macarons, sports, greatness, brainwashing, advertising, Olympian Week, Variations on a Theme
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Bleader
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A version of the Jean Sibelius hymn "Be Still My Soul" from the new album by trumpeter Dave Douglas
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Dave Douglas, Be Still My Soul, 12 O'Clock Track, Be Still, Aoife O'Donovan, jazz, bluegrass, Audio
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Bleader
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The protagonist of David Simon's book on a Baltimore neighborhood consumed by drugs has died of an overdose
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Crime, Neighborhoods, Politics, News, DeAndre McCullough, Baltimore, David Simon, Edward Burns, The Corner, Washington Monthly, drug overdose, drug addiction, The Wire, Fran Boyd, New York Times, Donnie Andrews, Omar Little, Baltimore Sun
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Bleader
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The first part of a long interview with the director of Gremlins, Small Soldiers, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Film, Joe Dante, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Movie Orgy, The Hole, Music Box Theatre, The Nightingale, 3D movies, special effects, Stan Winston, Gabe Klinger, CGI, The Creature From the Black Lagoon, Dial M for Murder
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What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, August 14, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Steppenwolf, Anton Chekhov, Three Sisters, Russia, Nikki B., Words Scar, Room 43, Hyde Park, Melborune, Australia, Husky, Schubas, Santah, Houtakker
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Fresh performing arts reviews by Reader critics
- by Sharon Lurye
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Tags: Theater, Arts, Comedy, Dance, Airline Miles, Devil in the Dirt, Great American Trailer Park Musical, Here Lies Henry, Julius Caesar, Savage Land, Sordid Lives, That Was It, Michael Jackson, Thirty Thousand One, COMEDY MINIS, Barack All Night @ iO (8/4, Sat midnight) (AK), Finally Alone . . . Together @ Annoyance (8/5, Sun 8 PM) (ZT)
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Horror music, Lolla sightings, old-school death metal, and more
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Music, John Carpenter, Jeremy Wheeler, Chris Farley, Paul McCartney, Lollapalooza, Mahjongg, Robert Petway, Shame That Tune, Huey Lewis & the News, Jan Terri, Master, Paul Speckmann
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What's on the Agenda for Thursday, August 9, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, San Francisco, Schuba, Sonny & the Sunsets, Peter Margasak, Daniel Johnston, Magic Trick, Tim Cohen, Fresh and Only's, Derf Backderf, My Friend Dahmer, Quimby's Bookstore, Wicker Park, The Underground, Timothy Hiatt, You Only Earned What We Gave You.
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A mind-blowing homemade 1971 music video for "Close to You" is among the treasures streaming on the Chicago Film Archives website
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Chicago Film Archives, Carpenters, Close to You, David Strutzel, CFA Media Mixer, Cave, Kent Lambert, Tim Kinsella, Joshua Abrams, Ellen Castleberry, Andy Resek, Jessica Bardsley
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Not even a storm evacuation, an amazingly terrible smell, and even worse sound could keep some of Lollapalooza's music from shining
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Gross, Things I Hate, Things I Love, It's Complicated, Music, Lollapalooza, Lollapalooza 2012, Grant Park, Black Sabbath, At the Drive-In, fun., Bloc Party, Jeff the Brotherhood, Doomtree, White Rabbits, Gaslight Anthem, M83, Deicide, Danzig, SBTRKT, The Weeknd, Die Antwoord, Nadastrom, Perry's, Dave Nada, Sigur Ros, Ozzy, Frank Ocean, Metric, Bombay Bicycle Club, the Shins, Jack White, Slideshow
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What's on the Agenda for Saturday, August 11, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Mystery Street Music Company, Mystery Street Music Fest, Missing Chums, 13 Angels, Sunnyside Up, the Polkaholics, Grant Park Music Festival Picnic Contest, Wu-Tang Clan, RZA, Double Door, Fess Grandiose, Free Ajents, Aerias, Anti Crew
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The second part of an interview with the director of Gremlins 2: The New Batch and The Movie Orgy
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Film, Joe Dante, Gabe Klinger, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Music Box Theatre, The Movie Orgy, The Nightingale, Jon Davison, Bruce Dern, Schlitz Beer, The 'Burbs, Gremlins, Rick Baker, Innerspace, Trailers From Hell, Steven Spielberg, Warner Brothers Pictures, Movies Till Dawn, The Watch, Matinee, Hollywood Boulevard, Roger Corman
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In this week's Food & Drink: Ye olde South Loop tavern, Key Ingredient huitlacoche
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Kendal Duque, South Loop, City Tavern, Sepia, Chicago Firehouse, Key Ingredient, huitlacoche, Elissa Narow, Perennial Virant, Ray Stanis, Nellcote
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What's on the Agenda for Friday, August 10, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Chicago Rocks Bus Tour, Double Door, Hideout, Brian Costello, Abraham Levitan, Shame that Tune, Huey Lewis & the News, Joe Cocker, Ravinia Fest
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On a steamy track in Evanston 80 years ago, Babe Didrikson qualified for the Olympics in unparalleled style.
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Mudville, Olympian Week, Sports, Babe Didrikson, Olympics, Olympian Week, AAU, Dyche Stadium, Ryan Field, Evanston, Grantland Rice, Baltimore Sun, track and field, javelin, hurdles, shot put, world records, women's golf, cancer, Variations on a Theme
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Swearwords in the Times and beyond
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Grammar, Media, cocksuckers, Montauk, hipsters, New York Times, New Yorker, Lauren Collins, Mark Singer, Evan Osnos, Burma, John McPhee, Steve Bogira, Ben Zimmer, adjectives
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Considering the acting styles of Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones in the recent comedy-drama
- by Ben Sachs
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Tags: Opening, We're Old, Film, Hope Springs, Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep, screen acting, Wynton Marsalis, Bigger Than Life, James Mason, couple's therapy, Steve Carrell
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What's on the Agenda for Sunday, August 12, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Theater on the Lake, Windy City Ribs Festival, The Black Harvest Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, The Curators of Dixon School, Chatham, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Chicago Comic Con, Bruce Campbell, William Shatner, Stan Lee
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How I would try to convince Morrissey to enjoy the Olympics, from the peculiar nooks to the grand spectacle of it all
- by Kevin Warwick
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Tags: Mudville, Olympian Week, Sports, Morrissey, Olympics, Olympian Week, London, Oscar Pistorius, archery, synchronized diving, water polo, Moz, pentathlon, jingoism, fencing
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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, John Carpenter, Joe Dante, W.C. Fields, It's a Gift, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Steven Spielberg, Gremlins movie, Matinee movie, Small Soldiers, The Hole movie, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Movie Orgy, Ben Sachs, Ann Hui, A Simple Life, Facets Cinematheque, Ballplayer: Pelotero, The Bourne Legacy, Jeremy Renner, Matt Damon, The Campaign movie, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Celeste and Jesse Forever, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, The Curators of Dixon School, Hope Springs, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Kumare movie, Vikram Gandhi, Searching for Sugar Man, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice), Jan Svankmajer, Unforgivable movie, Andre Techine, Wolf, Lotte Reiniger, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Music Box, Dennis Scott, David Lynch, Blue Velvet, Landmark’s Century Centre, William Friedkin, s The French Connection, Paul Wegener, The Golem, University of Chicago Doc Films, Yasujiro Ozu, A Hen in the Wind, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Charles Chaplin, Monsieur Verdoux, Flashback Weekend, The Thing movie, The Exorcist, Linda Blair, film festivals, movies, Video
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Berlin-based reedist Boris Hauf begins another return visit to Chicago
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Boris Hauf, TV Pow, improvisation, experimental music, Next Delusion, Proxemics, Eighteen Ghost Roads, Hideout, Audio
