I promise you none of the people who manage your local bookstores would say the same. www.nbcnews.com/business/ceo...

Hard agree--Hector also fronted Crushed Butler, one of the great numbskull (complimentary!) bands of all time. They made the Troggs sound like Yes www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI66...

Looking for a nice relaxing deep dive about shoegaze to read this evening? Well you’re in luck…

BBC News Pidgin even more of a gift than usual

Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers Demos (Full Album) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZDH...

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Myopic is honored to be included in Condé Nast Traveler's list of The Best Independent Bookstores in America 💪📚 www.cntraveler.com/story/the-be...

RIP Gregg Foreman, best known as Cat Power's longtime musical director, but also the livewire frontman for the rama-lama-fa-fa-fa-fantastic Delta 72: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_2...

Pretty frustrating that the New York Times is crediting AP with uncovering the existence of Aadam’s archive when I reported on it 15 months prior. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Ross Douthat will never not remind me of the bad guy from Too Many Cooks

Tonight in 1990 — David Lynch and Mark Frost's TWIN PEAKS debuted on the ABC Sunday Night Movie. #TwinPeaks #OTD

Brand new Gossip Wolf: -Heavy Crownz recruits a coterie of great Chicago rappers for his big new album -Jah spoil drops New Chicago Vol. 2 -Will Miller talks about the new Resavoir album at the Land school -new albums from Red PK and CBVB -and more!

Few figures in the Watergate investigation proved more crucial than Alexander Butterfield, who died Monday at 99. His revelation of the White House tapes propelled the events that led to former president Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974.

This is like when Sparks hit Wicker Park house parties in the early 2000s

Willie Colón, a trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer who became a luminary of salsa music in a career that spanned nearly six decades, died on Saturday. He was 75. nyti.ms/3MCFkzC

RIP Willie Colón, the original hustler www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1sF...

My favorite scene in Manhunter is when Dolarhyde’s madness makes him misconstrue what happens when Reba’s co-worker innocently drops her off after work. The Prime Movers song, the intense lighting, Noonan’s baleful look and tearing apart the van’s dashboard. Amazing all around.

Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.

The MCA should respond by installing a Wesley Willis drawing of Comiskey Park

A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now. It was clavicular, after being jestermaxxed by a gigachad from ASU

sometimes 2006 knocks on the door and just can't believe what it sees

Ah damn Beloved Indie Rock Musician, Inspiration for the Replacements’ Alt-Rock Anthem ‘Left of the Dial,’ Dies - Parade share.google/44xegqYR4G1U...

New Gossip Wolf: -posthardcore band Mail (who just played old school emo mini fest Several States) deliver their debut! -Redux Radio hosts its first proper party—and at Podlasie! -Hungry Brain’s Bricktown Sound hosts house and boogie DJ Mark Grusane! -Empty Bottle throws a record fair!

His passing only garnered 1/1000th of the coverage as Bowie's, but 10 years ago this week we lost Kevin Junior, who put out two LPs as The Chamber Strings that I put right up there in the sad-bastard-pop pantheon along w/ Big Star's Third, Elliott Smith + Girls' Album www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PJk...

....new Souled American album, you say? souledamerican.bandcamp.com/album/sancti...

Can anybody answer a dumb question? 1) I buy a sick watch from Sweden from retailer with a 30 day full refund policy but tariff fees aren't included in their price 2) it's shipped here via UPS, and I get charged for tariffs, which I pay to the shipper (assuming 15%) 3) I decide to return the watch

The inimitable @maciestewart.bsky.social begins a monthlong Wednesday residency at Color Club this week. For her first show, she'll play solo and in a duo with Zander Raymond—and we've got all the lineups here: chicagoreader.com/music/concer...

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...

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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