- Issue of
- Jul 19-25, 2007
- Vol. 36, No. 43
News & Politics
- Feature
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Tattoo Rescue
Scars, track marks, gang tats--if they're ruining your life, Eric Dean Spruth wants to cover them up.
- Our Town
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Art: A Different Perspective
World-class commercial photographer Sandro has higher ambitions.
- Essay
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The Liberal Progressive One
The Sun-Times wants to build more of an identity than "not the Tribune."
- Essay
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Soccer for Some
Did alderman Vi Daley know about the sweet deal the Park District gave Latin School on public land?
Columns & Opinion
- On Culture
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Movin' On Up
Keith Peterson thinks the second floor of the Fine Arts Building will be better for the book business than a basement in Wrigleyville.
Music
- Music Sidebar
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The Doors
For the adventurous musician, anything's an instrument.
- Music Column
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Sharp Darts: Indie Rock's Not Dead
Pitchfork's high points prove there's hope yet.
Arts & Culture
- Performing Arts Review
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Two to Watch
Prop Thtr's New Play festival makes up in quality what it lacks in quantity.
Film
- Movie Review
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Spaceship Earth
A smart ecoparable from the guys who breathed new life into the zombie genre.
Food & Drink
Blogs
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- Bleader
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Fixing the Internet*
The Trib's new Web branding is too timid by half.
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- Bleader
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Daily YouShoot: Stairwell to heaven
Daily YouShoot: Stairwell to Heaven
- Bleader
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Oak Park hot for Trattoria 225
Oak Park's new Trattoria 225, offering 'rustic Italian dining,' is hopping.
- Bleader
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Taking it seriously
If Bush knew all ten commandments and governed accordingly, he wouldn't be a hypocrite. But it would still be a bad idea.
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- Bleader
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The newspaper of the very long now
In Web site redesign, truth.
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- Bleader
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No new tunes, but Ely Guerra is still at it
Ely Guerra keeps playing the same old songs, but at least they still sound good.
- Bleader
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Around the web: New corporate overlords edition
Around the web: New corporate overlords edition
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- Bleader
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This weekend and beyond
This week's talks, tastings, and tours.
- Bleader
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Getting clear about transparency
There's more to transparency than admitting you spelled a name wrong.
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- Bleader
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Cut the kid stuff
The Sun-Times is getting liberal. Can it get serious?
- Bleader
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Meeting the new owner
What's in store for the Reader?
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- Bleader
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The housing bubble that needs popping
Those new subdivisions out in the burbs? There's a 97 percent chance that they're energy hogs.
- Bleader
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Who's Zune-ing who?
Microsoft presents Mos Def.
- Bleader
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SYZ goes for the gold
Another Chicago garage punk casualty.
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- Bleader
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An early evening with the Icarus Line
Early punk rock show tonight.
- Bleader
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Everyone else is writing about it, why can't we?
The lowest form of DC conventional wisdom arrives at the Tribune editorial board via Pony Express.
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- Bleader
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Hurricane Barry blows through town
Cub fans are more gaga over their team than over a visit by Barry Bonds
- Bleader
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How can you tell?
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
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- Bleader
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Lee Sandlin's "Losing the War" anthologized by Ira Glass
Lee Sandlin's great essay "Losing the War" gets anthologized by Ira Glass.
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- Bleader
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Creative Loafers
A brief introduction to Creative Loafing.
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- Bleader
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Let's give it a rest
Up in the 49th Ward, alderman Joe Moore and challenger Don Gordon keep battling, but maybe we should all just sit down for a drink.
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- Bleader
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Why don't we have something like this in Chicago? Oh, wait . . .
Henry Adaniya does hot Doug's--er, dogs--in Hawaii.
- Bleader
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The Daily Herald shares its pain
Bad news for the staff of the Daily Herald.
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- Bleader
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Party on, people--for now
A proposed ordinance that would regulate promoters draws howls of protest--and gets tabled.
- Bleader
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Digital Primitives warping time
Digital Primitives warp the primordial with the sound of now.
- Bleader
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And in other newspaper sale news...
Is the sale of the Tribune Company at risk of falling through?
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- Bleader
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Rare cheese from a rare cheesemaker
Anne Spiselman reports on rare cheese from Wisconsin's Willi Lehner, now at Eno in the Hotel Intercontinental.
- Bleader
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Lordi: The Overloadening
Band of monsters makes a monster movie.
- Bleader
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The Reader has new owners
Chicago Reader and its sister Washington City Paper sold to Creative Loafing.
- Bleader
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Could it happen here?
A nonpunitive way to reduce traffic congestion?
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- Bleader
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It still ain't over in the 49th
49th Ward aldermanic candidate Don Gordon vows to continue his legal fight even after a judge dismisses his case against alderman Joe Moore.
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- Bleader
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Daily YouShoot: Cautionary Couple
Daily YouShoot: Cautionary Couple
- Bleader
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Think citrus
Local food may taste better or be more nutritious, but it makes a lousy dogma.
- Bleader
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If you have ghosts
Keven McAlester's Roky Erickson documentary is about a lot more than just one man.
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- Bleader
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Daily YouShoot: Cicada exoskeletons
Daily YouShoot: Cicada exoskeletons
- Bleader
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Where's Scooter?
Hollywood's first Plamegate movie is in the works.
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- Bleader
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Daily YouShoot: Proof through the dust
Daily YouShoot: Proof through the dust
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- Bleader
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Daily YouShoot: A tiger in bed
Daily YouShoot: A tiger in bed
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- Bleader
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Mike Baruch's "Street Food Chicago"
Mike Baruch's "Street Food Chicago," a thorough encyclopedia of the city's simple immigrant food.
- Bleader
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Shirley Who?
The mayor's not very loyal to his City Council loyalists.
- Bleader
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How do you like them bad apples?
Mayor Daley gets all second grade on the press.
- Bleader
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When money matters after all
Do schools need more money? Yes, say dogmatic libertarians, if it's their favorite kind of school.
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- Bleader
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Chess, Checkers, and Computers
Chess is still looking for God in a computer.
- Bleader
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Get well soon, Grant Achatz
Grant Achatz says he's begun treatment for advanced cancer of the mouth.
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- Bleader
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Read all your spam or miss out
Defend your right to be a gun-toting wine snob.
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- Bleader
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From whitewash to rugs
The City Council got exactly nowhere during a hearing on the Burge torture report today--what else is new?
- Bleader
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Boys and girls in photobooths
The Hold Steady wants your picture.
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- Bleader
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Mangosteens, fresh and otherwise
Found any fresh mangosteens lately?
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- Bleader
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Salacious Sunday in the Sun-Times
High livin' Catholic priest proves there's life after gastric bypass surgery.
- Bleader
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Is This Music? No, it's a webzine.
Shows I'll vicariously enjoy.
- Bleader
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Thrash actions
Mauled by Tigers' night of thrash.
- Bleader
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After prison, will David Radler be sitting pretty?
While David Radler bides his time he can put out the prison newspaper...