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Wicker Park Days [Part V]: Exit the Golden Arm

By Joel C. Boehm
Those first Wicker Park scene-makers wanted to be more than bohemians, I'd suggest. They wanted to be outlaws.

Posted on October 06, 2006

Damn Yankees

By Cate Nolan
Complicity explodes the myth that the North was kind to African Americans in any way other than not legally allowing people to be bought and sold.

Posted on October 05, 2006

Wicker Park Days [Part IV]: Rock on Chicago

By Joel C. Boehm
The saga of Liz Phair begs the question: Can you sell out if you've never really been in?

Posted on October 05, 2006

Wicker Park Days [Part III]: Losing the Edge

By Joel C. Boehm
It's a fundamental truth of a cutting edge scene that it was always better right before you got there.

Posted on October 04, 2006

Wicker Park Days [Part II]: Art, Commerce & Phyllis' Musical Inn

By Joel C. Boehm
It's no accident that Lloyd begins his book by recounting his first Wicker Park experience, one of Veruca Salt's earliest shows at Phyllis' Musical Inn, in 1993.

Posted on October 03, 2006

Wicker Park Days [Part I]: Beach & Paulina

By Joel C. Boehm
Wicker Park had presence and vibe, a faster unique pulse than most corners of the world. Eclecticism ruled.

Posted on October 02, 2006

MUSIC - Disco Tex meets Scatman Crothers. In Out of Sight: 1975.
TV - And Then There's Maude: Marijuana mama.
POLITICS - Oprah, don't do it! A Beachwood carol.
SPORTS - Kyle Orton is who we thought he was. In Bear Tuesday.

BOOKS - Why both the Democrats and Starbucks suck. In Reviewing the Reviews.

PEOPLE PLACES & THINGS - On the 5th day of Christmas, the Beachwood brought you lingerie.

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