J.R. Nelson
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Owner of Myopic Books and formerly 50% of Chicago Reader's Gossip Wolf. Fuck Ayn Rand.
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Without downloading any new pictures show me your vibe for this summer
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i'm nicky
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there should be a non-alcoholic beer that still gets you drunk. and it's healthy for you. and it's free. and everything will be okay. tell me everything will be okay. tell me they'll make a non-alcoholic beer that still gets you drunk
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🏳️⚧️ Tár-Tár Binks
2 days ago
𝐌𝐎𝐁𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 I like white whales and I cannot lie You other sailors can't deny When a fish rolls in as a pale and eerie sight Spermacetti is your right You get sprung Wanna throw stuff well Til you know that the whale's in hell Oh, Moby I wanna stop goonin' And get harpoonin' My whalers tried to w
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Annie Zaleski
6 days ago
Making sure everyone knows that Kate Bush's 1979 Christmas special is available to stream on YouTube and it's VERY worth your time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6BP...
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Kate Bush (BEST MASTER) 1979 Christmas BBC TV Special #katebush #christmas #petergabriel
YouTube video by Classic Rock Facts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6BPRGKaaf4
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Brian Eno News
7 days ago
Brian Eno: Before And After Christmas
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Interesting news for menswear dorks: Mark Cho announced on Instagram today that he sold his ownership stake in Drake's earlier this month but didn't name the new owner in his post. Cho says Michael Hill will stay on as co-owner and managing and creative director, which seems ideal.
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andré carrington
9 days ago
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
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Leo leventhot
10 days ago
Hey if you live In CHICAGO ILLUNOIS you should get one of these for your wall/fridge or you WILL regret it
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rob
12 days ago
trump: prices are down. we're living deliciously. it's beautiful kilmeade: democrats say you met with black phillip-in essence the devil. can you squash that rumor? trump: i won't say who but we had a conversation that might be one of the most wonderful conversations in terms of the things we said
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine
16 days ago
Farewell to the great Joe Ely, a pioneer of progressive country with the Flatlanders who sowed the seeds of Americana by touring with such rockers as the Clash in the early 1980s.
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Joe Ely, Texas Country-Rock Hero Who Grew His Fan Base Touring With the Clash, Dies at 78
Joe Ely, the Lubbock-bred singer-songwriter who grew his country fan base into a broader one with big cosigns from the Clash and others, died at 78.
https://variety.com/2025/music/obituaries-people-news/joe-ely-dead-texas-singer-roots-rock-hero-1236609581/
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Rich In Washington
19 days ago
Buy Jello Biafra's car
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
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Punk Legend Jello Biafra's 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible
Owned and driven by music legend Jello Biafra since 1995, this 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible has impeccable punk rock credentials. As Jello’s daily driver for decades, this T160-generation...
https://www.hemmings.com/auction/1989-toyota-celica-carmichael-ca-286952
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19 days ago
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Hang in there, Chicago
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Matt Lyon
10 months ago
Udo Kier's first and only post on Twitter 💯
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Vulture
about 1 month ago
Udo Kier, a player in everything from ‘Dogville’ to ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,’ has died. He was 81. Kier starred in two Andy Warhol movies, played a Warhol type in a Madonna music video, and was a baddie in ‘Blade.’
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Cult Actor Udo Kier Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a player in everything from ‘Dogville’ to ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,’ has died. He was 81. Kier starred in two Andy Warhol movies, played a Warhol type in a Madonna music video, and was a baddie in ‘Blade.’
https://www.vulture.com/article/cult-actor-udo-kier-dies-at-81.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=vulture&utm_source=bluesky
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Chicago Reader
about 1 month ago
In this week's Gossip Wolf, Leor Galil pays tribute to Arthur Banks of Jugrnaut, Shuttered house club the Post hosts Sunday nights at the New Celebrity Lounge, rapper OkDeazy headlines a monster show at Subterranean, and more.
https://bit.ly/4o9Bbjo
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Rest in peace to Arthur Banks of Jugrnaut - Chicago Reader
Jugrnaut cofounder Arthur Banks passes away, shuttered house club the Post hosts Sunday nights at the New Celebrity Lounge, and more.
https://bit.ly/4o9Bbjo
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Proud to rep for the Dick Cavett of the Adderall Generation
about 1 month ago
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Got a visit from
@imleor.bsky.social
on his 40th born day!!! Happy bday to the big homie!! Throw him some wishes and love, y’all ❤️❤️
about 1 month ago
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Patrick Cosmos
about 1 month ago
Everything these people write reminds me of Tricia Lockwood’s tweet but they are both Jonathan Franzen
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🌨️🌨️🌨️ Adam Jay 🎄🎄🎄
about 1 month ago
Olivia Nuzzi got horny at the part of ET where he’s lying sick in the water
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Chicago Reader
about 2 months ago
In this week's Gossip Wolf, Torn Light Records reopens, The Fallen Log shuts its doors, Public Works sells a “Fuck ICE” T-shirt to benefit immigrant groups, and more.
https://bit.ly/4nQoRUL
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Torn Light Records reopens after a month of mopping up - Chicago Reader
Torn Light Records reopens after a month of mopping up, Public Works sells a “Fuck ICE” T-shirt to benefit immigrant groups, and more.
https://bit.ly/4nQoRUL
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Zach Rabiroff
about 2 months ago
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Moira Donegan
about 2 months ago
Me reading the emails.
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Shecky
about 2 months ago
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As for me, I'm still not tired of Woke Drudge
about 2 months ago
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Michael de Adder
about 2 months ago
When my cartoons become reality.
#chicago
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Eric Harvey
about 2 months ago
Duane Roberts, the inventor of the frozen burrito, has died at 88. Services will be held for 90 seconds on high
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Just some guy
2 months ago
John Smoltz sounds nervous tonight because he knows after Scherzer is done he’s going to be sacrificed to the Bunt God and Scherzer is going to take his place in the booth. The writ was signed with blood and smoke. The wicker pyre awaits. The color man will be born again.
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Jared Pechaček
2 months ago
the love that dare not meep its name
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Richard M. Nixon
2 months ago
President Nixon meets costumed children at his home moments ago. - RZ
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I always think of this scene whenever I hear RFK Jr. talk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY-Q...
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2 months ago
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Worked at a bookstore damn near 30 years and today is the day I learned the famed Homer translator is Richmond Lattimore--not Richard. This is my version of the whole Berenstain Bears and I will not be taking questions at this time
2 months ago
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lou
3 months ago
last book club of the year this sunday and it's gonna fuckin' rip
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Leor Galil
3 months ago
Oops all music news
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Erin L. Thompson
3 months ago
Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
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Lois Beckett
3 months ago
Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021. The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down. The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker. This is what she did with it:
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Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments
The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/los-angeles-confederate-monuments
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Leor Galil
3 months ago
I’ve run out of words to properly express the anger and sadness I feel about the government waging war on all of us
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Feds Raid Swap-O-Rama Flea Market, Arresting 15 People: 'It Breaks My Heart'
Vendors questioned why agents were allowed inside and fear the raid will further hurt the local economy. "They said they'd detain gang members and criminals, but here it's just hardworking people," on...
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/feds-raid-swap-o-rama-flea-market-arresting-15-people-and-devastating-community-it-breaks-my-heart/
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Proud to be a subscriber and help support the big homies
@chicagoreader.com
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3 months ago
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Annie Zaleski
3 months ago
A guitar titan is gone. Farewell to the Spaceman; here's my NPR obituary for KISS legend Ace Frehley.
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Ace Frehley, lead guitarist in Kiss, dies at 74
The co-founding member of the band was known as the Spaceman and had a hit single of his own in "New York Groove."
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/16/nx-s1-5577128/ace-frehley-lead-guitarist-in-kiss-dies-at-74
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Ed Zitron
3 months ago
Who cares? God you act like you’re proclaiming how we turn water into wine. So you’re rooting for Bari Weiss. How daring! How bold! Such raw bravery! I bet you wear a hat that says “the NASDAQ” on it
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Megan Stielstra
3 months ago
"What holds this city together is not a frigid fear. What holds this city together is a million different kindnesses every day. That’s what makes Chicago.”
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So honored I got to know the legendary artist, actor and raconteur Tony Fitzpatrick a little bit over the years. May his memory be a blessing to his family and many, many friends
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Tony Fitzpatrick, Lauded, Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 66
The artist, writer and actor recently published “The Sun at the End of the Road: Dispatches From an American Life," and had planned to star in a Steppenwolf show based on his new book.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/11/tony-fitzpatrick-lauded-eclectic-chicago-artist-dies-at-66/
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The only way to do it
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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio)
3 months ago
If Clinton had won there would've been a David S. Pumpkins movie
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"Dr. Tegos asked his close friend Vangelis to create a background soundtrack to accompany these videos and Vangelis agreed, composing nearly 8 hours of some of his more pleasing and ambient music."
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Chicago Reader
3 months ago
In this week's Gossip Wolf, local label Amalgam celebrates ten years, new alleged supergroup Baby headline the Empty Bottle, and queer-fronted maqam ensemble Tayf celebrate the late Ziad Rahbani.
https://bit.ly/47f43kL
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Adventurous local label Amalgam throws itself a tenth birthday party - Chicago Reader
Adventurous local label Amalgam throws itself a tenth birthday party, queer-fronted maqam ensemble Tayf honor the late Ziad Rahbani, and more.
https://bit.ly/47f43kL
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spolier alert: this Garfield ain't getting served lasagna
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Post-Left Watch
3 months ago
Matt Taibbi's co-host, Walter Kirn, compares Democrats who oppose Trump's immigration crackdowns to Southern politicians who opposed school integration in the 1960s, and equates the National Guard protecting the Little Rock 9 to the National Guard abducting immigrants now.
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I didn’t think today was the day I was gonna say hi and shake Nile Rodgers’ hand at a Gold Coast Walgreens but well (and no, I didn’t ask for a picture you jerks, I’m a former rock critic and we don’t do that)
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Leor Galil
3 months ago
computer… enhance
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Exactly.
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