can’t believe my review of Alpha (dir Julia Ducournau) crashed Letterboxd
Leor Galil
@imleor.bsky.social
Chicago Reader music writer imleor.carrd.co
not to stan a politician, but I like El-Sayed
El-Sayed on Trump posting image of him & his wife in a restaurant w/ caption "2 DIFFERENT Americas": "He's right. One in which your overlords are 2 people who don't like each other joined in the interest in making billions off of you, or 2 people who genuinely love each other enjoying pancakes ... "
A memoir about 2000s indie rap called Old Man Yells About cLOUDDEAD
"One thing I like abt Fleshed Out’s restaurant sets is that they have so little in common w/ the experience of social media. They’re oriented [twd] being out in the world. Dunn wants to play his music for ppl, and booking shows at Chinese restaurants + 🌭 joints makes that fun for him by default." ☺️
I wanted to learn more about how Spotify’s data plays a role in live music for my newest @chicagoreader.com feature. I ended up writing more about Instagram.
Middlebrow is throwing a street fest at the end of September with quite a lineup (details from their s*bstack)
First new Oui Ennui album in two years, this is a holiday
OKayfabe, by Oui Ennui
11 track album
ouiennui.com
themed pop-up bars have got to be one of the top five most embarrassing millennial cultural exports
Boozy Book Fair A Back-To-School Pop-Up For Adults Only
The latest pop-up at West Town's Everything Bar recreates the school book fair experience — with cocktails. It runs through Oct. 4.
blockclubchicago.org
Big day for me, the guy who wrote a forthcoming 33 1/3 about John Carpenter’s Halloween score
Cathedral, by John Carpenter
14 track album
johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com
It’s the 50th anniversary of the time Eric Clapton went onstage and told everyone who wasn’t British to leave the room and the country, and was the impetus for Rock Against Racism
New record! FOUR LOUIES LIVE recorded Brooklyn 2026 w beloved all star weirdos Wendy Eisenberg, More Eaze, Sir William Winant, Cyrus Pireh, Alan Licht, Chris Corsano, Gumbys massive and more. Also me! Shipping now! fakeestates.bandcamp.com/album/four-l...
we're at 65 new subscribers now!! if we make it to 75 by the end of the day I will randomly pick one of the 10 people who subscribe and take you to my favorite Chinese BBQ spot in the East Bay (if you're not in the Bay Area, I'll send you an eating itinerary for your next trip out here!)
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Hello this story is in the Reader’s August issue, which should be making its way around the city right now
I wanted to learn more about how Spotify’s data plays a role in live music for my newest @chicagoreader.com feature. I ended up writing more about Instagram.
R.I.Y.L. Live in the Midwest Celebrate my new novel, RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE. I’ll have complimentary copies of the book, and I’ll read some funny parts of the story to you. More dates to come. If you’d like to host a show to support R.I.Y.L., just say the word.
“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”
BrooklynVegan, Alt Press Hit With Mass Layoffs
Music publications Revolver and Goldmine have also been gutted by owners Veeps and Live Nation
pitchfork.com
"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!
ICYMI, I interviewed the organizer of Nitro-a-Go-Go, an unsanctioned music festival that covertly took place in six different outdoors locations around Chicago
Nitro-a-Go-Go severs the music festival from the music business - Chicago Reader
Photographer Braeden Long captured four of the six Nitro-a-Go-Go shows, not one of which was held in a conventional venue.
chicagoreader.com
My two favorite country musicians: "Alan Carrie" and "Underwood"
today on COYOTE: on ChatTJB, the "startup" "AI" "company" where one guy answers all of your prompts himself so that you stop giving your brain function over to LLMs. www.coyotemedia.org/chattjb-want...
ChatTJB Wants You to Stop Trusting LLMs
A San Francisco poet is answering your prompts badly, slowly, and earnestly.
coyotemedia.org
Chicago ghetto house producer DJ Flint died on Saturday according to DJ OpM, who cofounded Halsted Street Entertainment with Flint www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
facebook.com
I talked to Jonah Furman about Krill’s new life as a Chicago band
The resurrected Krill release their first song in a decade - Chicago Reader
Plus: First Presbyterian hosts an anti-ICE hardcore blowout, No I.D. headlines a spectacular night at the Ramova Loft, and more.
chicagoreader.com