"[Religion is] all a sham, but I'm being up front about it and putting it out on the table. I enjoy that aspect of it; it's the old switcheroo!"
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Eleanor RayAs of Day 9 of TBA, I’m tentatively awarding Michael Reinsch’s Gallery Walk “Best in Show.” Reinsch’s performance involves him lumbering about the city in a big white box, embodying the construct of the modern white...
Somewhat silly name aside, Chicagoans, I Believe in Hotpants, have assembled a serious party rocker for their debut EP, The Teenage Pregnancy Party. Catchy, hook-laden tunes are all over this six-track record. Listening to songs like “No...
Vee Hua 華婷婷Gromozeka is, in the words of my cohort, “very Russian.” Gromozeka is, in the words of my other cohort, “odd.” This odd, very Russian film is not for everyone. It’s probably not even for 75% of film-going patrons...
In their new video for “Every Minute Alone,” Danish electropop trio WhoMadeWho explore real human sadness, through montages of what was always a childhood taboo — men crying. Crying while building IKEA furniture, crying while...
"Through the chaos, there's a thread."
I’m going to infer a lot of things from Dan Lydersen‘s pop surrealist paintings, so here goes: 1) He must be kind of fun; 2) He must have diverse interests; 3) He must be constantly pushing himself as an artist; 4) McDonald’s must...
The belated theme for this month is Odyssey and Oracle. I’m looking back as we plunge forward into the fog that is the new year. This comic is a story done two ways. The panels illustrate the story and the ribbon running through the comic has...