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Gossip Wolf
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Plus: Roommate plays the Cure, Neon Marshmallow returns next month, and more
- by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Tags: Gossip Wolf, Radar Eyes, Shelley Zawadzki, Roommate, Playing Favorites, Matt Kimmel, Neon Marshmellow, Sonic Youth, Fallen Rivers
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Music Feature
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Outrageous gay synth-pop band Daan have reinvented themselves as Baathhaus—but they haven't forgotten where they came from
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Music Feature, Baathhaus, Daan, gay bands, Halloween, heavy petting, leather daddies, Dan Foley, Jesse Young, Patrick Andrews, Jesse Hozeny, Pink Frost, numerology, go-go dancing, fake blood, Big Dipper, queer rap
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Three Beats
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Plus: Art-rockers Ono release their first album in 26 years, and So Percussion founder Doug Perkins moves to Chicago
- by Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick and Leor Galil
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Tags: Three Beats, Doug Perkins, John Luther Adams, Eighth Blackbird, So Percussion, Beau Sievers, Nathan Davis, David Lang, Michael Gordon, Netherfriends, Shawn Rosenblatt, Ono, Cooper Crain
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Three Beats
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Plus: Art-rockers Ono release their first album in 26 years, and So Percussion founder Doug Perkins moves to Chicago
- by Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick and Leor Galil
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Tags: Three Beats, Doug Perkins, John Luther Adams, Eighth Blackbird, So Percussion, Beau Sievers, Nathan Davis, David Lang, Michael Gordon, Netherfriends, Shawn Rosenblatt, Ono, Cooper Crain
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Politics
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Four years later, five Chicagoans reflect on the president they helped elect
- by Steve Bogira, Mara Shalhoup, Ben Joravsky, Mick Dumke and Sam Worley
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Tags: Politics, elections, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, the presidency, presidential election, Obama Chicago, Romney Chicago, Daniel Krieglstein, Obama donors, community organizer, interracial children, Jen Johnson, teachers, Shahshak Ben Levi, poverty, Obama hope, Sandra Leon, nurses, University of Chicago hospital, unions, Republic Steel Mill, underemployment, youth voters, Video
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Culture Vultures
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Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, Dance Dance Party Party, and the Salon Series
- by Meg Pier
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Tags: Culture Vultures, Kimberley Atwood, Liz Mason, Dance Dance Party Party, Andres Araya, 5 Rabbit Brewery, JC Steinbrunner, Elephant Room, Inc., Quimby's Bookstore
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Performing Arts Review
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Transplanted to America, Irvine Welsh's tale doesn't offer the same high
- by Tony Adler
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Tags: Performing Arts Review, Irvine Welsh, Harry Gibson, Tom Mullen, Danny Boyle, Skagboys, Kansas City, drugs, addiction, junkies, heroin, Shane Kenyon, Jenny Lamb
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Performing Arts Sidebar
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Ten artists contribute a performance apiece to MPAACT's late-night Solo Jams series
- by Becca Oken
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Tags: Performing Arts Sidebar, MPAACT, Solo Jams, Kate McCandless, Jesse Dean Stanford, Jamie Black, D-Nick the Microphone Misfit, Dawn Bless, Martin M. Morrow, Celeste Cooper, Huey Amaru, Tremaine Montell Ford
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On Politics
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Chicago kindergarteners could spend a third of their school year taking standardized tests
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, standardized testing, Chicago Public Schools, REACH, TRC, MAP, EXPLORE, ISAT, DIBELS, Performance Evaluation Reform Act, Pat Quinn, Race to the Top, Barack Obama, Arne Duncan, anxiety
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Savage Love
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On the enjoyment of erotic images and the hazards of same. Plus: Should I tell my boyfriend I fingered my roommate?
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, porn, kids and porn, action movies, the talk, masturbating, amazing sex, long-term boyfriend, relationships, average sex, ecstasy, tequila, fingerbanging, cheating, gay Republicans
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Bleader
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What's on the Agenda for Monday, October 29, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, No Kids Allowed Night, Legoland Discovery Center, Schaumburg, Mick Dumke, The Sea and Cake, City Winery, Fulton Market, Runner, Peter Margasak, Matthew Friedberger
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What's on the Agenda for Wednesday, October 24, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Chicago History Museum, Second City, Tomb Talks and Ghost Stories, Congress Theater, Logan Square, Justice, Audio Video Disco, Miles Raymer, The Lincoln Lodge, Eat This! Stories for the Love of Food, Doug Sohn, Hot Doug's, Victoria Wiedel, Center Square Journal
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Chicago police chief says we don't need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Crime, Politics, Clout City, News, drugs, gangs, violence, war on drugs, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, community policing, CAPS, west side, murder, homicide, shootings, Ron Holt, Richard M. Daley, Al Wysinger, Willie Cochran, Ricardo Munoz, Rick Munoz, budget, policing, Chicago city budget
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It's cider season somewhere
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: One Sip, Food Chain, Food & Drink, cidre, French cider, Julien Fremont, Normandy, Domain Dupont, Bonsoiree, Elizabeth Restaurant, Scott Noorman, Matty Colston, Binny's
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In the face of community opposition, plans are withdrawn for a pawnshop at 79th and Western
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Neighborhoods, Politics, Clout City, News, pawnshops, poverty, urban planning, zoning, Cash America, Marie Tyse, Lona Lane, Auburn-Gresham, Wrightwood, job creation, Tanya White, zoning board of appeals
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On politicians not subject to recall
- by Steve Bogira
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Tags: Election 2012, Poverty, Segregation, Politics, News, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Romnesia, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Innovation Awards, Pat Quinn, Obamacare, segregation, child poverty
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The music media is buzzing about a video in which Lil Reese allegedly assaults an unnamed woman—but the Reader prefers to join the conversation without reposting the clip
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Gross, On Video, It's Complicated, Music, Lil Reese, Def Jam, Chief Keef, GBE, drill, hip-hop, Chicago, MTV, Twitter, Pitchfork, Surfer Blood, John Paul Pitts, WorldStarHipHop
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Resurrected art-rock locals Ono not only have a new LP coming, but reissues of their first records are on the way too
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: Whoa, Music, Ono, Priority Male, Plastic Crimewave, Steve Krakow, reissue, LP, Cooper Crain, Machines That Kill People
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Ray Wylie Hubbard plays SPACE in support of his tough new album, The Grifter's Hymnal
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Grifter's Lament, blues, country, Outlaw country, South of the River, SPACE, A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C), Audio
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Veteran bassist Michael Formanek is operating at full speed again
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, jazz, Michael Formanek, Tim Berne, Bloodcount, Chris Speed, Jim Black, Peabody Conservatory, Gerald Cleaver, Craig Taborn, Small Places, Wobble and Spill, Jacob Anderskov, Granular Alchemy, Sand, Elastic, Audio
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I hate it when I'm right about my team losing
- by Mick Dumke
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Tags: Mudville, Sports, News, Sammy Sosa, fantasy baseball, fantasy football, Clemson Tigers, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Louisville Cardinals, Cincinnati Bearcats, Illinois Illini, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, college football, NCAA football, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Big Ten, Wisconsin Badgers, Northwestern Wildcats, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Maroons, Purdue Boilermakers, Northern Illinois Huskies, South Carolina Gamecocks, Alabama Crimson Tide, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Georgia Bulldogs, Florida Gators, West Virginia Mountaineers, Kansas State Wildcats, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Oklahoma Sooners, Western Michigan Broncos
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Which member of Sonic Youth will perform at the 2012 incarnation of the experimental Neon Marshmallow festival? And who else is booked?
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Music, Neon Marshmallow, Gossip Wolf, Matt Kimmel, Burlington, Daniel Smith, Thurston Moore, Trevor de Brauw, Running, Sonic Youth, Guardian Alien, MV and EE
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Neil Steinberg writes a memoir
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Books, Arts, Media, News, Neil Steinberg, "You Were Never in Chicago, " Saul Bellow, Nelson Algren, Studs Terkel, Chicago Sun-Times, Sam Steinberg, Gloria Majewski, Maria Pappas, David Radler, Lisa Madigan, BobWatch, A.J. Liebling
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Isa Giallorenzo's 056
- by Isa Giallorenzo
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Tags: Style, menswear, shorts, print mix, fall, shorts, nice tie, tie-clips, polka-dots, plaid, fashion, street style
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Let's don't get hysterical
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Science, Election 2012, Women's Issues, News, SCIENCE, ovulation, women, University of Texas, CNN, bloggers, Todd Akin
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As Halloween approaches there are plenty of haunting food events to attend this week
- by Meg Pier
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Cigars & Stripes, Halloween, Freaktoberfest, Coney Island, 3 Floyds, Revolution, Two Brothers Tap, Chicago Cooking Expo, Le Cordon Bleu, Momma Cuisine, ManBQue, Falafel Brothers, Fire It Up, Soup in the Loop, O'Donovan's, Monster Mash Bash, Quartino, pumpkin carving, hangover brunch, Spacca Napoli Pizzeria, Fear No ART, Elysabeth Alfano, Browntrout, Mayne Stage, Vin Divino, Vosges
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Beninese jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke plays a four-night stand at the Jazz Showcase in support of a strong new album
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Lionel Loueke, jazz, African music, Heritage, Robert Glasper, Freedom Dance, Jazz Showcase, Gretchen Parlato, Audio
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What's on the Agenda for Thursday, October 25, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Chicago Theater, Spoon, Britt Daniel, Logan Auditorium, Divine Fits, A Thing Called Divine Fits, Peter Margasak, Cold Cave, Just For Laughs, Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalk With Me, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, Victory Gardens Theater, Lincoln Park
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Why doesn't Obama run against the Republican Party?
- by Michael Miner
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Tags: Debate Week, Media, Politics, News, Variations on a Theme, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Richard Mourdock, Todd Akin, Republican platform, the New Yorker
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What's on the Agenda for Sunday, October 28, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, O'Shaughnessy's Public House, Ravenswood, Dating For Nerds, Freaks and Geeks Halloween Party, Willis Earl Beale Leor Galil, Cat Power, Xray Eyeballs, Challengers Comics
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In episode two of MTV's Underemployed, the gang is challenged with improving Raviva's third day of motherhood
- by Asher Klein
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Tags: Arts, Television, Underemployed, babies, money, MTV, stealing, jail, homosexuality, recaps, babymamas, babydaddys, sex, friendship
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A new installment of Shout! Factory's Ernie Kovacs revival includes his TV collaboration with silent genius Buster Keaton
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Television, Film, Comedy, Ernie Kovacs, Shout! Factory, Shout Factory, The Ernie Kovacs Collection, Ernie Kovacs: The ABC Specials, Ernic Kovacs Presents Percy Dovetonsils . . . Thpeaks, The Ernie Kovacs Collection: Volume 2, Take a Good Look, Canadian Broadcasting Company, Alec Guinness, Egyptian Theatre, Harry Shearer, Jeff Garlin, Bob Odenkirk, Merrill Markoe, Late Night With David Letterman, Medicine Man, Buster Keaton, The General, Steamboat Bill Jr., movies, television, comedy
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The stylish and artsy video for "Kingdom," a track from local rappers Mig Mora, Scheme, and Chandler London
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Mig Mora, Scheme, Chandler London, Kingdom, City of Win, W1N Vol. 1, ShowYouSuck, Henny B, Music for the End of the World, Video
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Was the governor sending a message to Mayor Rahm when he invited Diane Ravitch, the anti-school reform reformer, to Chicago?
- by Ben Joravsky
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Tags: Education, News, Diane Ravitch, Chicago City Club, Governor Patrick Quinn, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools
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Xasthur's "The Prison of Mirrors" is a huge, scary black-metal epic
- by Luca Cimarusti
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Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Xasthur, The Prison of Mirrors, Malefic, black metal, video, Leviathan, Striborg, One Man Metal, Video
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Baathhaus, Radar Eyes, Ono, R. Kelly, and more
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Music, Baathhaus, Radar Eyes, Knife Party, A.C. Newman, David Behrman, Okkyung Lee, the Sea and Cake, R. Kelly
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What's on the Agenda for Friday, October 26, 2012
- by Drew Hunt
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Tags: Do This, Halloween, Martyrs', Halloweekend, Barnes and Noble, Skokie, The Onion, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information, Rick Springfield Joe's on Weed Street
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In this week's Food & Drink: Andy's Thai Kitchen, Cocktail Challenge soy sauce, Beer & Metal, and more
- by Kate Schmidt
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Andy Aroonrasameruang, TAC Quick, Andy's Thai Kitchen, ATK, Thai restaurants, Gina O'Brien, Rockit Bar & Grill, soy sauce, Karl Fernandez, Monica Dim, Public House, Mike Sula, Normandy ciders, Square One, South Loop bars, Beer & Metal, Philip Montoro, Three Floyds, Rye da Tiger, rye IPAs
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A handbook for hot witches, a book on skulls, and the ever popular Naked Girls
- by Jerome Ludwig
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Tags: Books, Arts, Dame Darcy, Meat Cake, Handbook for Hot Witches, Quimby's, Bert Green Fine Art, Henry Holt, Simon Winchester, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Skulls, Alan Dudley, Naked Girls Reading, Halloween, Naked Ghouls, Everleigh Social Club, Patty Templeton, Woolly Mammoth Antiques & Oddities
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The week in political grammar
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: Grammar, Election 2012, Media, News, bullshitter, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rolling Stone, Joe Biden, binders, Big Bird, words that start with the letter B, Michelle Malkin, racists, Erik Rush, Katy Waldman, Erik Wemple, Slate, Sarah Palin, shuck and jive, Andrew Cuomo, beautiful symbols, Video
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Indie legends with a new group and a new sound, plus off-the-rails punk and synapse-searing Nintendo rock
- by Miles Raymer
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Tags: Do This, Music, Anamanaguchi, Cat Power, Willis Earl Beal, Double Negative, Off!, Spits, Divine Fits, Metz, Del the Funky Homosapien, Mavado, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Diamond Rings, Bloody Beetroots, Rusko
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Where the party at for Halloween
- by Asher Klein
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Tags: Paranormal, Blotto, Do This, Arts, Music, Food & Drink, Halloween, Halloween Chicago, Halloween events, Halloween 2012, vampires, blood suckers, thirsty killers, pumpkin carving
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Sunday's concert highlights include Marco Cappelli's twangy Italian guitar and the vintage punk of the Avengers
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Marco Cappelli, The American Dream, Italian Surf Academy, Tiffany Sequence, Empty Bottle, Ennio Morricone, spaghetti westerns, Sergio Leone, Avengers, Penelope Houston, Greg Ingraham, The Pink Album, Abbey Pub, Audio
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Trumpeter Terell Stafford and his quintet highlight a weekend celebrating the music of Bill Strayhorn
- by Peter Margasak
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Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Music Institute of Chicago, Terell Stafford, Multicolored Blues, This Side of Strayhorn, Henry Louis Gates, Richard Steele, David Hadju, Robert Levi, Lush Life
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The Donald makes an offer anybody can refuse
- by Sam Worley
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Tags: $$$, Election 2012, Politics, News, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, election 2012, David Leonhardt, income inequality, New York Times, Slideshow
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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
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Tags: Film, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Facets Cinematheque, Aardman Animations, Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit, Laika Inc., Coraline, ParaNorman, Cloud Atlas, Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, Chicago Cultural Center, DePaul University, Keep the Lights On, Ira Sachs, Forty Shades of Blue, My Home movie, Reluctant Bachelor movie, No Men Allowed, The Sessions movie, John Hawke, Helen Hunt, The Seventh Companion, Aleksei Guerman, Vincent Grenier: Tabula Rasa, The Whisperer in Darkness, H.P. Lovecraft, William Friedkin, The Exorcist, Logan Theater Chicago, John Carpenter, Halloween movie, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Lake, Landmark's Century Centre, University of Chicago Doc Films, Rupert Julian, Phantom of the Opera, Beverly Arts Center, Isa Takahata, Pom Poko, Nicholas Ray, Rebel Without a Cause, Gene Siskel Film Center, Fred Camper, Roman Polanski, Rosemary's Baby, Henri-Georges Clouzot, The Wages of Fear, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life, Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, Northbrook Court, Englewood Film Festival, I Ain't Scared of You—A Tribute to Bernie Mac, Georges Melies Cine-Concert, Lawrence Leherissey-Melies, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Jirokichi the Rat, Kataoka Ichiro, film festivals, movies, Video
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More food truck nonsense, coffee vinegar, Carol's Pub and more.
- by Mike Sula
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Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Taste of Chicago, Rahm, food trucks, Eataly, Buca de Bepo, From Belly to Bacon, Carols Pub, Dave Hoekstra, Louisa Chu, Uplands Cheese Company
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"Twinklecore" is the latest goofy genre name dogging emo bands
- by Leor Galil
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Tags: Things I Love, Music, My Dad, Swerp Records, twinklecore, emo, Rites of Spring, Six Song Demo, Dischord, Embrace, Beefeater, Ian MacKaye, Michael Bay Presents: Post-Hardcore, Meatgaze, Evan Thomas Weiss, Into It. Over It., Title Fight, La Dispute, Video
