Chicago - Aug. 21, 2017

Must-See TV
Army Of Darkness
ElRey
5 p.m.
A discount-store employee is time-warped to a medieval castle, where he is the foretold savior who can dispel the evil there. Unfortunately, he screws up and releases an army of skeletons. (tvguide.com)

Weather Derby
Tribune: 51/37
Sun-Times: Ferro/McKinney
Weather Channel: 44/41
Ntl Weather Service: 54/43
BWM*: 82/12

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K-Tel Classics
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So You've Decided To Be Evil
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Report Corruption (city)
Report Corruption (state)

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Today's Horoscope
Liberties will be taken.

Do We Sudoku?
No, but we do do moose stuff, and that can be anything you want it to be. Except Sudoku.

Losing Lottery Numbers
8, 25, 39

Daily Affirmation
I am open and receptive to new avenues of income. (louisehay.com)

Ellie
Knowing that a person may be unwittingly in danger of an assault imposes a moral duty to warn them.

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Psychodrama/Marshall Law

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The Weekend Desk Report

By Steve Rhodes

Sorry I missed the last couple of days, I'm having some personal issues. Nonetheless, here are a few new Beachwood postings:

Beachwood Photo Booth
Bowling Night.

Bannon, The Best And The Brightest
A book to revisit.

Fantasy Fix 2017 Baseball Draft Guide
Part 1: The Top 25.

The Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Ana Popovic, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Wilco, Electric Citizen, Jughead & Friends, The Lillingtons, Laura Pergolizzi, Marijuana Deathsquads, Andy Black, You Blew It!, Dally Auston, Manwolves, Stunt Taylor, Ug Vavy, Potions, and Matthew Ryals.

The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour
Is tentatively scheduled for Monday this week.

The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: "Many great albums are released each year, but only a handful get the attention they deserve. Jim and Greg share some recent Buried Treasures - the best albums that flew under the radar. Plus, they give the drummer some with a tribute to Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown's legendary sideman."

Weekend BeachBook

Democrats Invite Immigrants To Trump's First Address To Chicago.

Sure, but where were they - and everyone else in #TheResistance when Obama was deporting so many folks he earned the sobriquet Deporter-in-Chief?

The True Story Of The Comey Letter Debacle.

Dismal Voucher Results Surprise Researchers As DeVos Era Begins.

Study Rewrites The History Of Corn In Illinois Corn County.

Whatever Happened To All The Old Racist Whites In Those Civil Rights Photos?

Bulls Trade With Thunder Return Players Who Have Been Uniquely Terrible This Year.

How The World's Best Democracy Does It.

Millennials Are Bad.

Weekend TweetWood

Federal judge in Illinois rules that being forced to unlock your phone with a fingerprint could violate your rights https://t.co/baenPIlnRj
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 25, 2017

Just a reminder that Trump banned outlets he didn't like, including Politico, from attending his events for months during campaign
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 24, 2017