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Music fans are still trying to make sense of the untimely death of former Wilco member Jay Bennett this weekend. Of course Jim and Greg from Sound Opinions have articles on him. The Reader has posted a collection of Bennett articles from their archives.

Last week I posted a teaser video of Dan Deacon performing for Sound Opinions. Here's a bit more from that session, including some of his chat with Jim and Greg and the full performance of "Get Older."

Last week I posted a teaser video of Dan Deacon performing for Sound Opinions. Here's a bit more from that session, including some of his chat with Jim and Greg and the full performance of "Get Older."

Worldview Film contributor Milos Stehlik‚ is bringing us all the action from the Cannes Film Festival. And, of course, some other musings on the French scene: Day 1 (continued)

Worldview Film Contributor Milos Stehlik, of Chicago's Facets Multimedia, is where every film lover would like to be: the Cannes Film Festival. Well, film lovers and celeb watchers‚ as‚ the big names usually make the trek.

That's right- it's Dan Deacon! If you're not a fan of Baltimore's most crowd-participation oriented acoustic/electric composer/singer/bandleader, then maybe you remember when his set forced the side stage to be shut down at Pitchfork Fest last year.

If you're a fan of classic Chicago soul music -- and not just the big name stars -- there's concert tonight at Park West that looks like a must see.Chicago's Numero Group record label specializes in digging up and then reissuing obscure records that, more often than not, prompt the telling of gr