WELCOME TO CHICAGO:…as captured in “lost” photographs by the legendary Stanley Kubrick. The State Lake theatre is long gone; there's a Borders there now.KIRSTY MacCOLL: The reissue of her Titanic Days album,…
Read MorePATE NEWS: So I work on the site daily, but I have to find out that the boys put out a hip-hop record from Craig O'Neill?ON THE PITCHFORK: Details on the forthcoming…
Read MoreUNDER A BLOOD RED SKY, twenty years later. A look back at a historic gig.THE WHITE STRIPES' new album gets a 7.3 on the Pitchfork.INXS is searching for a new singer on…
Read MoreSWEET EMOTION: Aerosmith's Steven Tyler received an honorary degree from U Mass on Friday.IF CLAUDE PATE could cover the Bee Gees' “Nights on Broadway,” I suppose I can't fault Billy Corgan too…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:YOUR FRIDAY TIME-WASTER: The addictive bounce of Poom.FREE DOUGHNUTS AT KRISPY KREME TODAY to celebrate National Doughnut Day.THIS WEEKEND, I'm fulfilling requests. If you don't know what I mean,…
Read MoreEVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING: Improv Everywhere stages its own rooftop U2 concert.A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS emerge tonight from the “Where Are They Now?” file to perform “I Ran” (of course)…
Read MoreIS THERE A BUSTLE IN YOUR HEDGEROW?THE SONOGRAMS OF CLASSIC RECORDS: Airwindows, a CD mastering outfit, shows you what classic records look like to help sell their services.SLEATER-KINNEY'S Carrie Brownstein tells the…
Read MoreHOPE THAT CLICKING FINGER IS LIMBER:MEMORIAL DAY HANGOVER: There are plenty of ways to support our troops. Chicago Boyz links to groups helping wounded soldiers. Winds of Change links to a slew…
Read MoreI DID NOT PLAN to update for Monday, but as people seem to have been stopping by the site over the weekend, I thought I would offer a couple of bonus links…TOM-KAT…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:“Memorial Day has become a paganistic ritual of the passage of spring, when the good people of America open their swimming pools, fire up their barbeques, forgetting or ignoring…
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