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Why do so many child stars succumb to drugs or mental illness, and who is to blame?

Time for round two of recent rock-reads to pile into the beach bag, starting with the definitive biography of one of the most important bands of the last century, without whom much modern music is unimaginable.Kraftwerk Publikation: A Biography (Omnibus Press) is not the fi

Despite media accounts linking the fate of the Portage with the license revocation at the Congress, the two don’t have an immediate connection.

UPDATED 4:45 P.M.: NEW COMMENTS ON THE APPEAL AND THE PORTAGE THEATERControversial Congress Theater owner Erineo “Eddie” Carranza has lost his liquor license at the embattled Logan Square concert venue.“We will appeal,” Carranza said.Despite the city’s

Where does the time go? That's the question that came to mind after Chicago Reader music writer Peter Margasak emailed me earlier this week informing me that last Friday was the third Friday of the month and he was supposed to be in for his monthly hit of new releases.

‘Text and Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll,’ plus new books on the Fugs and Yo La Tengo.

Here is the reality.