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Danny’s does not represent the entirety of the city. But it does represent a certain mindset that feels entirely Chicago.

Prepare for some serious day drinking.

The CSO’s Riccardo Muti says he’s back and in good health after a series of absences.

Under-21 bands like The Orwells and Twin Peaks are on the fast track to fame; but will restricted access to certain alcohol-fueled venues stand in their way? 

“This is my happening and it freaks me out!”Laura Emerick, Roger Ebert’s beloved editor at the Chicago Sun-Times (and one of my favorites as well), introduced me to the man at some stuffy function or other not long after I became the paper’s pop music critic in 1992.

Borrowing the concept from the Dean of American Rock Critics Robert Christgau, Sound Opinions hosts its roundup of foul feathered friends as an annual event thematically pegged to Thanksgiving.

This whole mix began with me playing "The Humpty Dance" and remembering what a fun song it is.