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Philip Dawkins dislikes the 'Paltrowization of the internet'
Feb. 16, 2012
Listen to Philip Dawkins and Christopher Piatt discuss "appropriate" language on Eight Forty-Eight 120221 paper machete.mp3 It appears that the "Sh** [Blank] Says" video meme has finally died...
Cayne Collier: Does Arne Duncan need a parent teacher conference?
Feb. 15, 2012
Comedian Cayne Collier takes a look at a new investigation by the Better Government Association that reveals that the city is losing money handing out back vacation pay to employees. But according to...
Coya Paz thinks Chicago should try to be more like Houston and desegregate
Feb. 10, 2012
"The results of a Census data study conducted by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research revealed that segregation in urban areas has gone down nationwide, with Chicago experiencing the...
Wolfgang Van Halen previews Van Halen's new album...sort of
Feb. 09, 2012
Val Halen's first new album in over 15 years with frontman David Lee Roth, A Different Kind of Truth, came out this week, and is already looking at winning that coveted Billboard number one spot. Son...
Peter Kremidas says we should leave Chicago brothel madam Kimberly Miniea alone
Feb. 08, 2012
Comedian Peter Kremidas might find the details behind the recent crackdown on Chicago brothel madam Kimberly Miniea a little hilarious -- but he also says that we don't have a good enough reason to...
Christopher Shea on how 'The Iron Lady' made Margaret Thatcher apolitical
Feb. 03, 2012
Two of the movies vying for awards attention this season have been biopics: The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and J. Edgar, starring Leonardo...
James Porter and Bethany Thomas pay tribute to Etta James
Feb. 02, 2012
Etta James died last week after losing her battle with leukemia. But Downbeat Magazine contributor James Porter remembers a 1985 Chicago Blues Festival performance when she was still rocking her...
Comedian Julia Weiss: Heidi Klum and Seal broke up because Seal is actually a mythical sea creature
Feb. 01, 2012
Heidi Klum and Seal prompted gasps last week when they announced they were separating after seven years together. The couple said they'd grown apart, but comedian Julia Weiss (playing Us Weekly...
Ryan Patrick Dolan's tribute to late Chicago comedy coach Mike Enriquez
Jan. 25, 2012
Chicago improviser and  teacher Mike Enriquez, who coached current Saturday Night Live performers Vanessa Bayer and Paul Brittain (as well as many others), died last week after losing his battle...
Samantha Irby wants to go back to school for gender neutral housing
Jan. 21, 2012
Writer Samantha Irby takes a unique look at the move to implement gender neutral housing at Yale (with her trademarked salty language), which (to her at least) is less about gender and more about sex...

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