The mighty Mission of Burma
Here is a look at the most interesting shows in and around Chicago this weekend.
Nightclubbing: Wilco, Mission of Burma, Yakuza Arkestra, and much, much more
Jul. 30, 2010
Back to you, Bill & Walter? Say it ain't so!
Jul. 30, 2010
Bill Kurtis & Walter Jacobson
I know I should be jumping for joy now that WBBM-Channel 2 has announced the reunion of Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson, the iconic duo who redefined television news in Chicago nearly four decades ago. Like many who watched Bill & Walter in their heyday, I've long respected and admired them as the gold standard of local anchor teams.
So how come the whole getting-back-together thing makes me feel . . . I don't know . . . kind of sad?
Jon Spencer doesn't like me
Jul. 29, 2010
Jon Spencer at the Pitchfork Music Festival (photo by Kate Gardiner)
Revision Street: Leida Villegas (IV)
Jul. 29, 2010Leida Villegas, also known as Lady Sol, pulled together some kids from the South Side and some kids from the West Side, called them the FootworKINGz, and got them a national TV commercial.
Pitchfork's policy on photos under scrutiny
Jul. 29, 2010
An interesting piece in the Reader by ace reporters Ben Joravsky and Sam Adams asks, "Do festivals like Pitchfork and Lollapalooza have the right to restrict photography in a public park?"
Citylife: The bus turnaround
Jul. 29, 2010
“I put myself in the Lord’s hands,” says Shirley Jackson as she leans against the shelter in the bus turnaround on Western Avenue just north of 79th Street, the same place nine people were shot on Monday night. “It’s up to him to get me to my destination.”
Fact is, Jackson can’t do anything else. The bus she’s grabbing here is the only one that’ll take her where she needs to go.
“I can’t walk it,” she says with a smirk. “Can’t cab it, don’t have no car. What am I gonna do, fly? Teletransport like in the movies?”
The turnaround’s at a three-way neighborhood border – Gresham, Beverly View and Wrightwood – and far from isolated. It’s across the street from a McDonald’s and an H&R Block, kitty-corner from a huge Marathon station and next to a CVS. Local businesses – a Sharks Fish & Chicken and Nicky’s Family Restaurant and Pancake House (specializing in salmon croquettes!) – look out on the turnaround. St.
