I just hope that whatever happens in Michigan provides rich themes for the next Protomartyr album
Finom playing “Haircut” on the MCA terrace on Tuesday
Her autobiography is a choice read. I'd rank it above Shatner's Star Trek Memories. Maybe it's because I'm a Chicago guy and there's some great stuff in there about growing up as a talented young black ballet dancer in Chicago.
Steve Senski's Watching@stevensenski.bsky.social · 3w agoNichelle Nichols left us on this date four years ago. The television trailblazer was 89.
What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? Anton Chigurh here for FanDuel,
Bears fans preparing to riot but the stadium puts Serengeti's "Dennehy" on the PA and they all calm down instantly and begin milling about harmlessly. "Keep the juice in your chops," they mutter to each other, absently if still somewhat warmly. "Keep the juice in your brats."
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO EAT SO MUCH SAUSAGE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE STAMINA FOR GAMES LIKE THIS IF YOU STAY READY YOU DONT HAVE TO GET READY
It's September 11, so we have to post a link to William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnA...
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
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On the wonder that is the music of Leos Janacek. Is there no billionaire in Chicago who has caught the bug and is up to bankrolling a festival of all of Janacek's amazing operas? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/a...
Why Isn’t My Favorite Composer More Popular?
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"Voice of America was the most sought-after radio broadcaster in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, in many cases, by a considerable margin."
Silencing the Voice of America | Lowy Institute
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Here. I wrote about the point of deciding to just fight and die on a hill rather than endlessly calculating the best moment to put up an opposition. othermeans.io/p/going-down...
Going Down Swinging
The Point of Putting Up a Fight
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I always feel strange doing this sort of thing but Defector.com has had an incredible January, just a ton of really good stories on a wide range of topics, and I suggest subscribing to it. I am biased, obviously, but I am really proud and grateful to get to do this the way we're doing it.
Defector | The last good website.
Defector is an employee-owned sports and culture website brought to you by the former staffers of Deadspin.
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This is the most Oak Park event not happening in Oak Park. (But it IS right next door in Forest Park at Robert’s Westside- an excellent live music venue that gives the community what they want!)
Paywalls are down for the Architectural Review this weekend, so you can revisit Zach Mortice's essay on the now eviscerated Thompson Center, photos of which will grace the cover of many a book on the lost treasures of world architecture. www.architectural-review.com/essays/revis...
Revisit: James R Thompson Center in Chicago, US by Helmut Jahn
‘Now we’re replacing the state with Google,’ says the fresh‑faced Evan Jahn, son of high‑tech postmo...
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my christmas eve tradition is reposting my piece about charles dickens’s fuckup chicago brother www.chicagomag.com/city-life/de...
How Charles Dickens's Screw-Up Chicago Brother Turned the Second City Against Boz
When Charles Dickens toured America for the last time, he gave Chicago the cold shoulder, as well as his widowed Chicago sister-and-law. The local press attacked him as a Scrooge and a hypocrite, but ...
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European election results: Germany still divided in the old way.
i have "a salty salute" and "dope nose" stuck in my head, for flag reasons
