And We Shall Call It ... Earth! Let’s Talk About The End Of “Battlestar Galactica,” And Let Your Geek Flag Fly SPOILERS FOLLOWIt’s over. After more years than seasons, our beloved band of humans and their Cylon allies (as well as enemies) have found [...] Erin McCullough \ Mar 26, 2009 Blog Umm...I don’t remember this scene
Pj Harvey It’s nourishing to go to any show where a lot of people turn out to watch music. Sometimes, when I’m feeling particularly despondent, [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 26, 2009 Rocksquawk
Hot Polling Action #50 Do You Like Mushrooms? Wow, the Hot Polling Action series made it to its golden anniversary. And we’re still as much in love as the first day [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 26, 2009 Blog “Come all ye forest sprites and dance round me mushroom gnome home. Even ladybug is invited. He, heee!”
These Arms Are Snakes Navigating A Touch And Go Economy Sorry, even this tale of post-hardcore math rock is about the economy.In late February, Chicago’s deified Touch and Go Records announced the closure [...] Dan Hinkel \ Mar 19, 2009 Music TAAS is hard to pin down. (Courtesy of Suicide Squeeze Records)
Fotw: Crazyfool On The Loose Crazyfool On The Loose CrazyFool releases its third album, Corruption Rock , on vinyl, CD and MP3 this week. Preview the funky madness at the Launchpad on [...] Alibi \ Mar 19, 2009 Music
Sonic Reducer Rave-rap is a strange beast, and few bands highlight the genre’s strengths and weaknesses better than Canada’s Thunderheist. As long as the synths [...] Alibi \ Mar 19, 2009 Music
Restaurant Review: Pro’s Ranch Market Vaya Con Dios, Taco Bell With America’s Hispanic population poised to eclipse the white population any day now, it’s pretty cool to see a full-service Hispanic-focused supermarket chain. [...] Maren Tarro \ Mar 19, 2009 Food Chicharones the size of an actual pig await just beyond La Cocina’s quick-service counter. (Eric Williams)
Performance Review: Time For Seconds The Velocity Of Gary (Not His Real Name) At The Box Performance Space In his performer’s note, Chad Brummett describes The Velocity of Gary (not his real name) as a second chance. This production of James [...] Amy Dalness \ Mar 19, 2009 Art One man. One city. One pair of leather pants.
Music To Your Ears The Agency Exits Jason Wolf walked by the space that would become The Agency regularly for three years. “I couldn’t believe it wasn’t being used to [...] Simon McCormack \ Mar 19, 2009 Music
State Of The Art Last week, President Obama touched upon some of his plans to address our country’s increasingly disastrous education system. What garnered the bulk of [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Mar 19, 2009 Art