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The [New Year’s] Weekend Desk Report

By Steve Rhodes

For completists, there was no column on Friday.
The best countdown the world will see this year has already happened.


Some background here from LandOfSkyBlueWaters.com.
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The Best Movie I Saw In 2017
Reptilicus, on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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Hipster Ed

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About “Cheap Sunglasses”

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Reminder For 2018

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New on the Beachwood today and since Thursday’s post . . .
Chicagoetry: Metal Machine Music
Nothing, really nothing to turn off.
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The Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Ulla Straus, die Reihe, Wish Fulfillment, Michael DeMaio, Yakuza, Helen Money, and Common Kings.
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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #181: Vegas Is Always Right
Whales, hookers, blow and food poisoning. Plus: We Miss The Beef O’Brady Bowl; Our Hypothetical Gambling Habits; Too Early For College Basketball; All About Niko; Don’t Tell Me The Cubs Couldn’t Afford Wade Davis; and The Bears, Ugh.
With special guest Mike Luce, pinch-hitting for the vacationing Jim “Coach” Coffman.
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The World’s Greatest College Football Report’s Bowl Preview Part 6
“One of the few remnants of Red Terror appears ingloriously as the name of the school’s gameday bus service.”
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CEO-Worker Income Gap Higher In U.S. Than Anywhere Else In The World: Analysis
Not even close.
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The Paradise Papers: The Long Twilight Struggle Against Offshore Secrecy
A groundswell of action.
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ChicagoGram

Dear Beautiful Brickhouse…You’re Mighty Mighty, Just Lettin’ It ALL Hang Out! Thanks to Chicago Artist Amanda Williams @awstudioart I just found my mantra for 2018…I’m A MF Brickhouse! I’m Lettin’ It ALL Hang Out…You Can’t Blow Me Down! Spent yesterday in the city @mcachicago and while I saw some really cool art throughout the gallery Amanda’s exhibit blew me away. Trying to explain it won’t do it justice you have to see it for yourself. Let’s just say these bricks have a story. If you head in go to @farmhousechicago for Brunch and sit upstairs in the sunshine…food is fresh and amazing! #newyearnewmantra #2018mantra #amandawilliams #museumcontemporaryartchicago #museumcontemporaryart #adayinthecity #chitown #chicago #chicagoartist #farmhousechicago #lesleyarlaskybrandographer #lesleyarlaskyphotography

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ChicagoTube
Music Maker Jam Chicago House Disco House Dance Pop EDM1 Throwback Hip Hop.

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Weekend BeachBook
A sampling.
‘America Is A White Nation’ In Maggie Daley Park.

Emboldened.
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A Tribute To My Improbable Tea Party Friend.

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Sorry, Obama’s Still Deporter-In-Chief.

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Who Would Pay $26,000 To Work In A Chicken Plant?

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The Last 2 McDonald’s Selling Pizza Have Been Forced To Stop.

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Weekend TweetWood
A sampling.


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How The News Media Distorts Black Families.


As it has been ever thus, and yet still not solved. How long?
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For some reason, they are ennobled in the media mindset – unlike, say, poor black people, who get what they deserve.


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Part of the problem.


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The Weekend Desk Tronc Line: Ennobled.

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Posted on December 31, 2017