AltWeeklies Wire
The Best Barista in the World?new
Making coffee is now an international competitive sport, and Matt Riddle is America's reigning champ.
Chicago Reader |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
05-07-2007 |
Food+Drink
New Royalty Scheme May Shut Most Webcasters Downnew
The music industry, led by the RIAA, has once again enlisted the government to do its dirty work -- this time it may very well have derailed the evolution of radio into the digital age.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
05-07-2007 |
Music
Not Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Not Too Young to Dienew
Nick Cave won't go gentle into that good night; Amy Winehouse won't go to rehab.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
04-30-2007 |
Reviews
Horizontal Action Gets Into the Record Businessnew
The now-defunct zine on trashy rock and trashier pornography starts releasing records.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
04-30-2007 |
Music
Not for Beginnersnew
If you don't get Aqua Teen Hunger Force the movie, it's because you don't watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force the TV show.
Chicago Reader |
Brian Nemtusak |
04-30-2007 |
Reviews
Teach the Children to Shootnew
Chicago photographer Matt Cassel gives Palestinian kids the tools to tell their stories.
Chicago Reader |
Stacey Dugan |
04-30-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Resourceful Renters: Eight Chicagoans Who've Transformed Their Apartmentsnew
Making someone else's space your own takes a particular kind of ingenuity.
Chicago Reader |
Martha Bayne and Heather Kenny |
04-30-2007 |
Culture
The Last American Newspaper Bureau in Canada Closes Up Shopnew
You read right: not a single American paper will staff Canada -- on the bright side, the AP "maintains a full-time bureau." Covering a country 4,000 miles wide, I guess that bureau works the phones a lot.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-23-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Don't Judge a Film by Its Venuenew
Black Book brings moral complexity to the mall and Offside brings lighthearted humor to the art house.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
04-23-2007 |
Reviews
Perfect Pop in DayGlo Dragnew
Even without the new-rave hype, Klaxons would probably still blow up.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
04-23-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: Klaxons
Chicago Courts the Olympics & Future Olympians Practice in School Hallwaysnew
While the Olympic boosters raise millions to bring the games to Chicago, the next generation of public school track students will share Gerald Turner's plight -- running the hard hallways and ripping the hell out of their legs.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
04-23-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Cop Kills Unarmed Man on Cameranew
Officer Alvin Weems shot an unarmed man point-blank in view of Chicago Transit Authority security cameras. Investigators recommended that he be fired -- but he was promoted instead.
Chicago Reader |
John Conroy |
04-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hold the Horsesnew
The best thing about the Illinois Derby? The ostrich race.
Chicago Reader |
Ted McClelland |
04-16-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Atheist Who Went to Churchnew
Hemant Mehta on his new book, I Sold My Soul on eBay.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
04-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The First of the Majors Unlocks its Digital Catalognew
By taking the lead on the DRM issue, EMI has positioned itself not only as the bringer of technological utopia but as the retailer most likely to win over CD buyers who haven't yet made the transition to the download-only marketplace.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
04-16-2007 |
Music
