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Cultural Stimuli in CHI
Issue 117: syncopated flavor
Woe to the drummer, sequestered behind toms and cymbals while the vocalist literally bathes in the limelight. This week, however, the subwoofers bark back for a seven-day rhythm clinic. Get schooled in a little rap history whilst weeble-wobbling your way through the Humpty Dance with Digital Underground and Naughty by Nature; rock around the Eastern Bloc with the Gypsy-inspired rhythms of Gogol Bordello; get down with the Femi Kuti sound through Chicago Afrobeat Project's polyrhythmic prowess; and discover what happens when experimental composer Luigi Nono's freak-beats get married to the photographs of An-My Lê. After a lengthy hiatus, math-rock provocateurs Big'N return to twist the notion of rhythm inside out and step all over it, much the same way industrial revolutionaries Einstürzende Neubauten did in their 1986 concert film. Elsewhere, artist Deb Sokolow investigates the super-spooky Winchester Mystery House and the Film Center straps on its, ahem, French Ticklers — a series of raunchy sex comedies from France. Get with the funky drummer, push the tempo, and spread it.
- Quanah Humphreys, Managing Editor
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flavorpill CHI is an email magazine covering a hand-picked selection of music, art, and cultural events — delivered each Tuesday afternoon.
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Hello, M.O.T.O.
If you haven't caught local dumb-punk mainstays Masters of the Obvious (M.O.T.O.) yet, do so immediately — never before have songs about puking been quite so poignant.
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Proswell w/ DJ M3RCK, Yard, and Emulsion
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Merck Records may be closing its doors in January 2007, but don't expect its last gigs of 2006 to be a quiet farewell. The Miami-based label has released nearly 50 CDs and 50 vinyl records — music that combines electronica with strains of IDM, ambient, hip-hop, and indie. Tonight's party features Chicago's Proswell, who is releasing his new (and final) CD for Merck, Bruxist Frog. DJ sets from local producers Emulsion, Yard, and Merck's own DJ M3RCK top the evening off with several different styles, proving that, yes, quality electronic music still exists in America. (MS)
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MUSIC: Garage
The Its w/ the Parlour Boys
Tue 12.12 (8pm) Schubas (3159 N Southport Ave, 773.525.2508) map $8
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The Its are the ultimate guilty pleasure. Their pop-punk confections are thoroughly embellished with catchy, sing-along choruses, sticky-pink bubblegum hooks, and sky-high guitar riffs. It rots your teeth, but you know you love it. (SN)
 
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An-My Lê: Small Wars and ICE: the Music of Luigi Nono
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In Small Wars, photographer An-My Lê depicts the sky above a Virginia forest lit up with gunpowder, as history enthusiasts reenact battles from the Vietnam War; and in 29 Palms, American soldiers at a US military base stage their own impending conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan. Lê creates detached yet poignant images of war's accompanying activities that question how we deal with it before and after the fact — but never during. Tonight, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) complements Lê's work by interpreting composer Luigi Nono's experimental 1960s beats, brilliantly weaving together classical and electronic textures with political texts, speeches, and letters from anti-war leaders. (AE)
Note: An-My Lê's exhibition runs through Sat 1.6.07 (schedule).
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| MUSIC: Drone Metal |
Bloodyminded w/ Locrian, Oakeater, Wilt, Sexual Freedom, and Death Factory
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Cutthroat noise mongers Bloodyminded headline tonight's doozy of a bill with synth-centric soundscapes, while Locrian play feedback-addled "psy-fi metalcore" (which, apparently, is what you get when you add speed-metal guitar techniques to GWAR-esque vocal theatrics). Oakeater send up their version of death metal using piles of oscillators and suitcases full of pedals, and two-piece Wilt dial down the crazy with drifting, Sunno)))-like drone epics, all slow-burning guitar and glitchy electronics. Sexual Freedom occupy themselves with the "painful ecstasies of pure noise," and Death Factory open. Whew. (SN)
 If you had your own teeth-gnashing grindcore quintet, what would you name it and what instruments would it include? The two most inspired lineups each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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| MUSIC: Post-Emo |
Jeremy Enigk
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Wed 12.13 (9pm) |
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Double Door (1572 N Milwaukee Ave, 773.489.3160) map |
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When Sunny Day Real Estate first broke in 1994, they sounded not unlike other catchy emo-pop bands of the era. But frontman Jeremy Enigk's conversion to Christianity caused intra-band turmoil, which seemed to provide just the kick in the pants SDRE needed. All that anguish, religion, and melodrama resulted in heart-wrenching melodies, grand guitar flourishes, and — delivered in Enigk's trademark dulcet-to-throat-shredding style — soaring vocals. Now on tour supporting his second solo album, World Waits, Enigk proves he still has a gift for making extraordinarily beautiful and moving music. (LH)
Which larger-than-life rock band is Jeremy Enigk's absolute, all-time favorite? The first and third correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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| MUSIC: Dumb-ass Punk |
M.O.T.O.
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Thur 12.14 (10pm) |
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The Hideout (1354 W Wabansia Ave, 773.227.4433) map |
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Living up to their name in the most brain-bludgeoningly literal way possible, Masters of the Obvious (M.O.T.O.) play the kind of brilliant, dumb punk rock that could only be made by middle-aged adolescents. Lead vocalist/guitarist Paul Caporino has been penning immature anthems such as "I Like Fucking," "I Hate My Fucking Job," and "It Tastes Just Like a Milkshake" for nigh on 25 years now, and, paradoxically, his songs have just gotten better with age. Caporino's got a way with the honey-sweetened pop hook — he out-Ramones the Ramones at times, so plentiful are his "oh-oh"s and "woo-hoo"s — melodically evoking that achy-frustrated, horny-teen longing that persists well beyond adolescence. (TG)
Which cover song prompted an Empty Bottle audience to hurl bottles of O'Douls at M.O.T.O.? The second and fourth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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Off the Black
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Landmark's Century Centre Cinema (2828 N Clark St, 773.509.4949) map |
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Actor Nick Nolte has practically staked his entire career on his ruined good looks.
With those small, watery eyes and an athlete-gone-to-seed build, he can phone in
the dilapidated football coach or cop roles — and he often does. But lost in
that Hollywood shuffle is his subtle generosity, which elevates Off the Black, a little indie about a boozy high school baseball umpire and the teenager he pretends is his son, from predictable to rewarding fare.
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and pleasantly unsentimental, this roadmap of the gap yawning between men and their
children basks in equal measures of well-photographed melancholy and sharply
observed wit. (LR)
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Bernie (1996)
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Fri 12.15 (6pm) |
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Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N State St, 312.846.2600) map |
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With French Ticklers, a series of eight French comedies intertwining sex, drugs, nudity, and, um, sex, the Film Center celebrates the always-perplexing humor of French cinema. Bernie is writer/director/actor Albert Dupontel's contribution, in which the auteur plays Bernie, a 30-year-old orphan who ventures out of the orphanage on a mayhem-filled quest for self-knowledge and the parents who abandoned him long ago. Check your political correctness at the door and get ready for some serious, if somewhat culturally confusing, laughs. (CC)
Note: This film also screens Tue 12.19 (8:15pm).
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| MUSIC: Indie Pop |
Head of Femur
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In an indie-pop field crowded with Brian Wilson fanatics and Belle & Sebastian wannabes, local quintet Head of Femur have secured a devoted following for their hyper-melodic, manically orchestrated sound. Last year's Hysterical Stars LP was a gleeful reveille for fans of outsized, multi-instrumental pop. As packed with harmonies, horn solos, and sun-drenched melodies as could be, the kaleidoscopic album demanded multiple listens, if only to take in its onion-layered euphony. Tonight, HOF preview songs from their forthcoming album, Great Plains, due out very soon. (SN)
Head of Femur chose their name as a tribute to the head of which musician's femur? The second and fourth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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| MUSIC: Reading / Metal |
Wayne E. Popelka: Somewhere in the Middle feat. Big'N w/ Tornavalanche
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The last time math-rock heroes Big'N played the Empty Bottle nearly a decade ago, the quartet was a mainstay in the Midwest noise scene, obliterating eardrums with cerebral rhythmic structures, indecipherable shrieking, and brutal, stop-start dynamics. They released just a half-dozen 7-inches, an excellent split with the Oxes, and an LP (Discipline Through Sound), and worked with legendary producer Steve Albini for a song on Skin Graft's AC/DC tribute. Local metal wizards Tornavalanche — who are celebrating the release of their new EP, No Money, No Problems — open, and author Wayne E. Popelka reads from his new book, Somewhere in the Middle. (SN)
What Big'N song is also the preferred project of many a good-humored taxidermist? The third and fourth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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MUSIC: Gypsy Punk
Gogol Bordello
Fri 12.15 (6:30pm) Metro (3730 N Clark St, 773.549.0203) map $18
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The brash, theatrical, New York-based Gogol Bordello execute Eastern European melodies with a punk-rock battle plan. Think of them as the Dropkick Murphys — if the DMs grew up in the Balkans. (PS)
Alongside PETA, Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz recently came out against which integral part of his Ukrainian cultural upbringing? The first and fifth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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COMEDY
Schadenfreude's Jesus Xmas Party on the First Day of Hanukkah (Kwanzaa)
Fri 12.15 (8pm) Gallery Cabaret (2020 N Oakley Ave, 773.489.5471) map $10
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Local sketch comedy dynamo Schadenfreude celebrate every single holiday-season holiday at once before heading out on tour in 2007. Ideally, we'd see Jesus duking it out with Hanukkah Harry while Papa Kwanzaa looks on approvingly — but with these weirdos, who knows. (TG)
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Death by Design Co. and Where All the D*cks Hang Out
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Sat 12.16 (6-9pm) |
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Western Exhibitions (1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 202, 312.307.4685) map |
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If you're obsessed with either death or male genitalia (and who isn't obsessed with at least one, really?), this evening's events are sure to alternately shock and thrill. A screening and installation by Death by Design — who create and document custom schlock-horror death scenes — feature selected "deaths" from the company's portfolio and props from recent productions. The artists are on hand to consult with potential victims (er, clients), with DVDs and autographed glossies for sale. In the Plus gallery, artists grapple with the male member via collage, including constructions made from decorative art patterns by Shannon Stratton, "genital blueprints" by John Neff, and ink-and-gouache ruminations on frustration by John Parot. (AM)
Note: This exhibition continues through Sat 1.20.07 (Wed-Sat: 12-6pm).
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SnowBall
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Sat 12.16 (8pm-midnight) |
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ThreeWalls (119 N Peoria St, #2a, 312.432.3972) map |
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ThreeWalls, Chicago's only resident art program, celebrates its four-year anniversary with Snowball, an annual fundraiser and holiday party rolled into one. Entertainment includes a cabaret by the multi-talented trickster Ross Moreno, a classic winter photo booth to record those eggnog-addled memories, and a weeklong silent art auction. To top it off, two new 20-ounce pint glasses celebrating the current ThreeWalls artists-in-residence are being sold and given as a sparkling prize to the best holiday-sweater wearer. (AE)
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The Rap History Tour feat. Naughty by Nature w/ Digital Underground and Black Sheep
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This throwback tour/history lesson proves there's much more to its multi-platinum lineup than a handful of dance-floor staples. The brainchild of leader Greg "Shock G" Jacobs, Digital Underground were sort of the Parliament-Funkadelic of early West Coast rap, known for their spacey tracks and the clownish "Humpty Dance." But Shock G transcended his own colorful antics by playing the consummate entertainer, often switching personas (and costumes) mid-show, and recruiting future star Tupac Shakur. The rough 'n tumble Jersey boys of headliners Naughty by Nature were bona-fide club stars in the early '90s, riding on the talents of lyrically sharp Treach. Native Tongues associates Black Sheep open. (PS)
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Archer Prewitt w/ Angela Desveaux
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Canadian songstress Angela Desveaux may hail from the indie-rock hotspot of Montreal, but her music sounds like she was born and raised on the American prairie. Her voice, a sweet country coo with just enough grit, glides over warm melodies supplied by plucked strings and pedal steel guitars. While Desveaux does exhibit some modern alt-country twists, she draws more from the tradition of classic artists like Loretta Lynn and Hank Williams, belting out simple, poignant songs that convey a timeless feeling that's absent in much of today's glossy, over-produced country pop. Archer Prewitt headlines with a set of his recent lovely, acoustic pop. (PS)
In 50 words or less, pen us your best country ballad in honor of that great country to the North. The two twangiest ditties each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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Chicago Afrobeat Project
Sat 12.16 (10pm) Martyrs' (3855 N Lincoln Ave, 773.404.9494) map $10
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Carrying on the Kuti sound with a distinctly local flair, Chicago Afrobeat Project gets crowds nice 'n toasty, with bongos and djembe drums aplenty. If the music alone doesn't inspire ass shaking, the African dancers who come out mid-set surely will. (MH)
Note: Chicago Afrobeat Project also perform at 5:30pm ($8).
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Gallery Tour: Ben Gest
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Sun 12.17 (2pm) |
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The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (5811 S Ellis Ave, 773.702.8670) map |
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Ben Gest specializes in manufacturing isolation. In a previous series, he depicted couples, families, and friends in domestic settings, photographing his subjects separately and arranging them together digitally, creating scenes in which people occupy the same physical — if not psychological — space. Gest's new large-scale works are contemplative portraits of single subjects lost in thought while performing mundane tasks. He manipulates the images, digitally reconstructing many frames of one scene into one idealized version, creating intriguing exaggerations in proportion, focus, and perspective. This evening, curator Hamza Walker leads a tour of Gest's exhibition. (AM)
Note: This exhibition runs through Fri 12.22 (Tue-Fri: 10am-5pm / Sat & Sun: 12-5pm).
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Einstürzende Neubauten: Halber Mensch (1986)
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Japanese director Sogo Ishii chronicles prototypical industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten's 1985 tour of Japan with Halber Mensch (Half-Man). The rockumentary sets the abrasive band's performance against the backdrop of a decaying factory set for demolition — perfectly in keeping with EN's deconstructionist sonics. Call it a case of one-downsmanship: against the grimy Japanese warehouse, in the ruins of an old ironworks, the dark imagery and primitive music gather momentum towards a perfectly ordered chaos. The film is a rarity in theaters, and at only 60 cacophonous minutes long, it has to be seen to be believed. (DJ)
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The Hush Sound w/ Murder by Death
Sun 12.17 (6:15pm) House of Blues (329 N Dearborn St, 312.923.2000) map $13.50-15
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Brash melodies, whimsical nostalgia, and avant-garde heartland shanties are the order of the day as the Hush Sound and Murder by Death sashay through town, teaching us how to shake ours bums and cry in our beers at the same time. (SND)
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The Eternals w/ Celebration
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When Baltimore-based Celebration announced recently that they were cutting themselves off from reality and instigating a "complete separation of American cultural recognition," it wasn't much of a surprise for fans of their self-titled debut. Produced by friend and mentor David Sitek of TV on the Radio, Celebration is a claustrophobic, disco-new-age-dirt-funk opus of cacophonous, kundalini-raising flamenco beats. The trio's cathartic live shows feature vocalist Katrina Ford unselfconsciously writhing and yelping about shamanic journeys, futuristic tribal living, and gypsy space travelers while demanding that the "really uptight and conservative" indie audiences abandon themselves to the ecstatic music. Dubby locals the Eternals headline. (SN)
The Eternals' previous incarnation derived their name from which WWI-era infection? The first and fourth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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Chances Dances
Mon 12.18 (9pm) Subterranean (2011 W North Ave, 773.278.6600) map
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Chicago's fractured LGBTIQ scene is like a certain seasonal holiday cake: large, multicolored, and often intimidatingly dense. Chances Dances brings together all the sweet pieces and gives them a surprisingly light, spongy forum in which to mingle. (TG)
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Jay Heikes: The Sixth Re-telling
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Now through Wed 12.20 (Wed-Sat: 12-6pm) |
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Shane Campbell Gallery (1431 W Chicago Ave, 312.226.2223) map |
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The first thing one notices about Jay Heikes' confounding, layered installation is the enormous office-style drop ceiling that nearly covers the gallery's own, creating a slightly ominous atmosphere. Tacked onto the walls are large black-and-white stills from a video, So There's This Pirate, in which the artist tells a joke that involves a pirate (natch) and a parrot, interspersed with abstracted paper blobs that appear to drip down the wall. It all adds up to an enigmatic exploration of the nature of performance and comedy. (AM)
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Rick Gribenas: Take me in.
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Now through Sat 12.23 (Tue-Fri: 10am-5pm / Sat: 12-5pm) |
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Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago (440 S Peoria St, 312.996.6114) map |
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For his MFA thesis at Gallery 400, Rick Gribenas presents a study of stillness in a bustling space divided by bodies and time. A line of seven LCD screens emits blurred colors, drawn from the natural light outside. From behind a wall, a translucent glow creeps into the space. These minimal gestures put our current systems of understanding on hold, blocking out noise and commotion, and transporting the viewer into an isolated moment of hope and quiet. Like Olafur Eliasson's recent installations, Gribenas' work calls for active, autonomous participants who believe that a suspension of the everyday is possible. (AM)
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Bill Mauldin: Original Editorial Cartoons and WWII Prints
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Jean Albano Gallery (215 W Superior St, 312.440.0770) map |
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Over his six-decade career, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin provided bold social and political commentary and critique through cartoons. Mauldin first made a name for himself with portrayals of the WWII experience through the eyes of the average soldier. GI Willy and GI Joe, developed from Mauldin's experiences on the frontlines, are credited with boosting the morale of soldiers and occasionally ruffling the feathers of the higher-ups. Mauldin's critical voice later became a staple of the Chicago community, as he worked as a political cartoonist for the Sun-Times from 1962-1991. (CC)
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Deb Sokolow: Secrets and Lies and More Lies and Jim Trainor: Could Be Vampire Bats
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Gallery 40000 (119 N Peoria St, #2C, 312.738.0179) map |
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With an inimitable style that blends drawing and text with the voice of a paranoid but curious narrator (referred to throughout her work as "you") Deb Sokolow creates enigmatic, labyrinthine narratives with meticulous research, distinctive characters, and weird, funny tangents on gigantic, flow-chart-style murals. In Secrets and Lies and More Lies, an office drone on a business trip investigates the secrets of a haunted mansion (the real-life Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA). The story's cliffhanger ending will be resolved this spring in another exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center. In the project room, a colorful animation by filmmaker Jim Trainor explores the peculiar world of vampire bats. (AM)
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WA-POP!: The Invasion of Japanese Pop Art
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Now through Wed 1.17.07 (Mon-Thur: 9am-7pm / Fri: 9am-5pm) |
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Hokin Annex, Columbia College (623 S Wabash Ave, 312.344.7696) map |
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In Yusuke Tanaka's pop-art show, a furry, white surveillance camera looks entertaining, but it could record a robbery if used correctly; meanwhile, eight images of a ham bone suddenly resemble a roll of polka-dotted toilet paper on a holder. Featuring amusing and cheeky creations by Japanese artists living in the US, plus a few especially creative Columbia College students, WA-POP! explores how, in Japanese pop art, nothing is as it seems. (AE)
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Karina Nimmerfall: Double Location
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Now through Sat 1.27.07 (Wed-Fri: 12-6pm / Sat: 12-5pm) |
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Bucket Rider (119 N Peoria St, #3D, 312.421.6993) map |
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Austrian artist Karina Nimmerfall scrutinizes the artifacts (and artifice) of America's favorite "realistic" TV crime dramas with text, photography, and installation. Using clips from the multi-city CSI franchise, she investigates the "cinematic map" of Hollywood convention: interiors shot primarily in LA and remote second-unit photography of recognizable local scenery, woven together to simulate reality. Nimmerfall's digital manipulation of the footage and accompanying built environments are both disorienting and revealing. In other projects, she researches the cinéma-vérité style and the use of titles in Law & Order, and simulates clichéd New York interiors (dark hallway, cramped apartment) with video projection. (AM)
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Whether you're the type to have a heated debate about the best Shanghainese dim sum in the Richmond or you're just wondering how to dice an onion, Chow.com is the place for you. An offshoot of the newly revamped online foodie mecca Chowhound, Chow includes handy video tutorials, a gourmet's trove of recipes, advice columns, and a sizeable number of booze-focused features. The site's blog weighs in on news like the recent spinach scare, as well as providing a running commentary on other food pubs. And for the kitchen-phobic, the 'hound boards point you to the best restaurants in town. (CH)
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CD REVIEW: Swan Lake, Beast Moans |
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Jagjaguwar
Released November 2006
$12.49 (Insound)
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It's tempting to call Swan Lake greater than the sum of their parts, but with the Canadian trio an amalgamation of the impressive Wolf Parade (Spencer Krug), Frog Eyes (Carey Mercer), Destroyer (Daniel Bejar), Sunset Rubdown (also Krug), and the New Pornographers (Bejar again), they're almost exactly the sum of these great acts. The band's complicated CV plays out keenly on record though, with Beast Moans, their self-produced debut, picking up elements of each musician's other projects: the woozy, psychedelic poundings of Frog Eyes are there (albeit toned down), and they've managed to deconstruct both the New Porno pop jangles and the electrified, obtuse folk of Destroyer. Taking turns on lead-vox, it's ultimately the dueling howlers Krug and Mercer that plaintively guide tracks through heavy reverb and some fairly rampant distortion, toward a sweet but melancholy finish. (LT)
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It's getting to be wrap-up season, and our friends over at BBC Collective are well under way, cataloguing the year's best beats. Check out their selections for the top ten albums of the year, with links to streaming media as well as features and live sessions. They've also weighed in on the year's most important singles and taken a broader look at what they consider to be highlights from their cultural coverage. Among many other features, there's a great Q&A with Warp Records' Squarepusher, a discussion and live session with the Long Blondes, and an interview and guided "post-modern fairy tales" gallery tour with artist Marcel Dzama. (CJN)
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