AltWeeklies Wire
Kanye West Raps on His Foundationnew
In an effort to perhaps replace the currently reigning image of himself as egocentric extraordinaire, West has developed his own institution, whose central program works to bring hip-hop curricula and music-production classes to schools.
Chicago Newcity |
Sean Redmond |
09-05-2007 |
Music
Tags: Kanye West
Dan Deacon Leads the Future Shock Scenenew
Deacon and his Baltimore cohorts create kaleidoscopic works of rainbow-colored, ADD-addled brilliance, taking the last twenty years of pop culture and mutating it into something wonderfully familiar and yet decidedly new.
Chicago Newcity |
Sean Redmond |
09-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Deacon
Instead of 'Delirious,' How About 'Woozy'new
There are positive reviews of Delirious -- they are wrong.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Delirious, Tom DiCillo
Stereo Total's Quirky Pop Aestheticnew
Francoise Cactus and Brezel Goring have been exploring trans-European sound for over a decade now.
Chicago Newcity |
Sean Redmond |
08-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stereo Total
Pelican Switches Gears with 'City of Echoes'new
At least the band's unafraid of pissing everyone off.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pelican, City of Echoes
'2 Days in Paris': 'Annie Hall' in a Handbasketnew
Julie Delpy talks about her new comedy.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 2 Days in Paris, Julie Delpy
'Loving Frank': Wright & Wrongnew
Nancy Horan recounts how horrific murders and a scandalous affair keep the legacy of America's favorite architect churning in her new historical fiction.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
08-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Loving Frank, Nancy Horan
New Bill Will Change Wine in Chicago for the Worsenew
Both houses of the Illinois legislature have passed HB429, which is supposed to reconcile state law with a Supreme Court ruling that requires states to treat in-state and out-of-state wineries the same.
Chicago Newcity |
Michael Nagrant |
08-15-2007 |
Food+Drink
Jai-Alai Savant Provides the Missing Linknew
With a thunderous live show that borders on being dangerous, the Chicago three-piece (most of the time) impresses to no end.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
08-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jai-Alai Savant
The 'Silk Road' Has Dark Shadowsnew
While central Asia enters its biggest changes in what might be a millennium, Thubron decided to re-travel the pathway by which silk once moved, from China, across Afghanistan, across Iran and into Turkey, and from there the wider world.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
08-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Great Porn Debate' Hits the Roadnew
Ron Jeremy goes head to head with Pastor Craig Gross on pornography's merits.
Chicago Newcity |
Michael Mellini |
08-08-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Tim Kinsella Sings a New Tunenew
The indie-rock veteran (Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Make Believe) talks about leaving music behind and his first feature film.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
08-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Orchard Vale, Tim Kinsella
The Unprintable Chomskynew
Say what one will about his ideas, Chomsky has taken this mandate seriously, even as his criticisms of U.S. power have marginalized him.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
08-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Trouble with Transhumanistsnew
Boldly going where no man's gone before -- TransVision 2007.
Chicago Newcity |
Sean Redmond |
08-01-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Night of the Hunter Husarnew
Missouri-bred DJ and musician has played everywhere from established venues like Rodan and the Hideout to dirty loft parties and art shows to events like Version Fest.
Chicago Newcity |
Hilary Rawk |
08-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hunter Husar
