- Issue of
- Dec 28, 2006 - Jan 3, 2007
- Vol. 36, No. 14
Food & Drink
Arts & Culture
- Fiction
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Jane
I never liked her that much, which may come as a shock to you, since I just wrote that she is my main influence for applying to your esteemed Institution. However, in this essay I will describe the story of Jane and how sometimes you can realize your dreams and goals in unexpected places.
Columns & Opinion
- On Culture
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Bought, Sold, Still on Hold
Updates on some unfinished arts biz
News & Politics
Music
- Music Column
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Sharp Darts: The Good Kind of Awkward
The Fake Fictions make refreshingly unpolished power pop.
Blogs
- Bleader
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Top 40 of 2006, part 2
Albums 21-30 of my favorite music of 2006.
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- Bleader
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Year-end lists
Better-than-average top-10 (or 9 or 11) lists.
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- Bleader
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Favorite films 2006
What year-end lists are actually about: the reenchantment of the world
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- Bleader
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Chains vs. Locals, round 17
What chain stores are good for.
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- Bleader
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Eating Elsewhere: Seattle
A dining report from the Pacific Northwest.
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- Bleader
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Saddam Hussein is dead, and I don't feel so good myself
Six hours of James Brown; two minutes and 36 seconds of Saddam Hussein.
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- Bleader
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Top 40 of 2006, part 1
Albums 31-40 of my favorites from 2006.
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- Bleader
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Zeitgeist follies
Turns in public attitudes--or at least journalistic ones--about cheffitude.
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- Bleader
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Where liberals and conservatives cohabit
Will No Child Left Behind get reauthorized in 2007?
- Bleader
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Puffy's rock remix revisited
Looking back at Puffy's rock remix.
- Bleader
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Top 40 of 2006, part 3
Albums 11-20 of my favorite music of 2006.
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- Bleader
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Pre$$$ervation in Chicago
Is it OK to skin a designated city landmark, erect a parking garage, and tack the skin back on?
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- Bleader
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Children of paradise
Mel Gibson finds his version of utopia in the Mesoamerican jungle; he also finds lots of blood.
- Bleader
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Turning on to some new psych jams
I get high on some recent psychedelic releases with a little help from my friends.
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- Bleader
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It's not warming! It is warming!
Climate-change skeptic goes from complete denial to blaming the sun in 16 months flat.
- Bleader
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All-Star Benefit Shows for Jackson Presley Diamond
Check out some good bands for a good cause.
- Bleader
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Reader Restaurants on WGN Saturday
We'll be talking about the Reader restaurant critics' favorite meals of 2006 this Saturday night on WGN Radio, 720 AM
- Bleader
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WBEZ confuses self-reflective with self-serving
WBEZ hires a jazz critic to explain what a smart decision it's made by ditching jazz programming.
- Bleader
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Spike Lee's best movie?
The awesome When the Levees Broke may be Spike Lee's masterpiece to date.
- Bleader
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Strange bedfellows?
When it comes to women bashing there's no clash of civilizations.
- Bleader
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11 myths about Iraq
Juan Cole on the folly in Iraq.
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- Bleader
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Consider the source
The Wall Street Journal kettle calls the blog pot black.
- Bleader
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Your old TV does not have abandonment issues.
A new holiday celebrates getting rid of stuff.
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- Bleader
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Smoke from a distant fire
Archaeologist-historian Robert Mazrim resurrects the Illinois frontier in his new book.
- Bleader
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Anatomy of a rubber stamp
Despite showing flashes of independence over the last couple of years, the Chicago City Council rarely divides over issues up for vote, according to an analyis by UIC professor Dick Simpson.
- Bleader
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Borrow like there's no tomorrow
The longer Illinois state government postpones its day of reckoning on pensions, the worse it will be.
- Bleader
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Abbas Kiarostami's Five is finally available
You can finally see Kiarostami's most recent feature if you order the French DVD.
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- Bleader
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Top 40 of 2006, part 4
Albums 1-10 of my favorite music of 2006.
- Bleader
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A simple transitory pleasure
Yorkshire pudding, anyone?
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- Bleader
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Eating Elsewhere: Pittsburgh's Strip District
Pittsburgh's Strip District is a culinary mecca that even a Chicagoan could envy.
- Bleader
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Foie Gras Ban Faltering Still
Bin 36 was raided by the liver police and got off scot-free.