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

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

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...

Brian Eno: Before And After Christmas

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.

via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon

Hey if you live In CHICAGO ILLUNOIS you should get one of these for your wall/fridge or you WILL regret it

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

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. variety.com/2025/music/o...

Buy Jello Biafra's car www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...

lol

Hang in there, Chicago

Udo Kier's first and only post on Twitter 💯

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.’

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

Proud to rep for the Dick Cavett of the Adderall Generation

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 ❤️❤️

Everything these people write reminds me of Tricia Lockwood’s tweet but they are both Jonathan Franzen

Olivia Nuzzi got horny at the part of ET where he’s lying sick in the water

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

Me reading the emails.

As for me, I'm still not tired of Woke Drudge

When my cartoons become reality. #chicago

Duane Roberts, the inventor of the frozen burrito, has died at 88. Services will be held for 90 seconds on high

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.

the love that dare not meep its name

President Nixon meets costumed children at his home moments ago. - RZ

I always think of this scene whenever I hear RFK Jr. talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY-Q...

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

last book club of the year this sunday and it's gonna fuckin' rip

Oops all music news

Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster

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: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’ve run out of words to properly express the anger and sadness I feel about the government waging war on all of us

Proud to be a subscriber and help support the big homies @chicagoreader.com 🖤

A guitar titan is gone. Farewell to the Spaceman; here's my NPR obituary for KISS legend Ace Frehley. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...

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

"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.”

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 blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/11/t...

The only way to do it

If Clinton had won there would've been a David S. Pumpkins movie

"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."

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

spolier alert: this Garfield ain't getting served lasagna

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.

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)

computer… enhance

Exactly.