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David Crosby procrastinated more than 20 years before finally releasing a new solo album, "Croz," earlier this year. In the months since, he apparently discovered a sense of urgency. The 72-year-old singer played the record from start to finish Monday at the first of a sold-out two-night stand at City Winery. While not without hiccups, the recent material forced Crosby out of the nostalgic comfort zone and reiterated themes central to his familiar work. The Age of Aquarius passed long ago, ... City Winery, Age Of Aquarius, Old Singers, Chicago Tribune, Night Stand, Crosby, Comfort Zone, News Songs, 20 Years
Review: David Crosby brings new songs to City Winery
David Crosby procrastinated more than 20 years before finally releasing a new solo album, "Croz," earlier this year. In the months since, he apparently discovered a sense of urgency. The 72-year-old singer played the record from start to finish Monday at the first of a sold-out two-night stand at City Winery. While not without hiccups, the recent material forced Crosby out of the nostalgic comfort zone and reiterated themes central to his familiar work. The Age of Aquarius passed long ago, ...
Johnny <span class="highlight"><span class="highlight">Winter</span></span>, an American blues rock guitarist, vocalist and band leader best known for his virtuoso slide-guitar solos and raspy  vocals, was found dead in a hotel room outsideZurich, Swiss police said on Thursday. He was 70. Slide Guitar, Rock Guitarist, Guitar Solo, Virtuoso, Blues Rock, Span, Vocalist, Thursday
Famed blues guitarist Johnny Winter dead at 70
Johnny <span class="highlight"><span class="highlight">Winter</span></span>, an American blues rock guitarist, vocalist and band leader best known for his virtuoso slide-guitar solos and raspy vocals, was found dead in a hotel room outsideZurich, Swiss police said on Thursday. He was 70.
By the midpoint of writer-director Richard Linklater's gentle marvel "Boyhood," the round-faced young Texas boy played by Ellar Coltrane has become a lanky, plaintive teenager. Already an hour or so of screen time has floated by. Linklater made the film with a core group of actors over a 12-year period, starting with the kids played by Coltrane and Linklater's daughter, Lorelei Linklater, at ages 7 and 9, respectively. Film 2014, 10 Film, Movies 2014, Good Movies, Sxsw Film, Netflix Movies, Movie Film, Movie Scenes, Movies Online
Review: 'Boyhood' ★★★★
By the midpoint of writer-director Richard Linklater's gentle marvel "Boyhood," the round-faced young Texas boy played by Ellar Coltrane has become a lanky, plaintive teenager. Already an hour or so of screen time has floated by. Linklater made the film with a core group of actors over a 12-year period, starting with the kids played by Coltrane and Linklater's daughter, Lorelei Linklater, at ages 7 and 9, respectively.
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Review: Paul McCartney rebounds at United Center
Let’s start with the undeniable:
The afternoon's biggest laugh in this San Fernando Valley rehearsal space comes upon mention of an online description of Veruca Salt's breakup as one of … Veruca Salt, International Womens Day, Rehearsal, Girl Power, Breakup, Nina, Interview, Laugh
Veruca Salt reunites years after explosive breakup
The afternoon's biggest laugh in this San Fernando Valley rehearsal space comes upon mention of an online description of Veruca Salt's breakup as one of …
Here's what the new Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Great America offers: It is the world's fastest wooden roller coaster (at 72 mph), with the longest and steepest vertical drop (180 feet at 85 degrees). It also has inversions, meaning, "Gurnee goes upside down." Twice. Wooden Roller Coaster, Gurnee, Great America, Inversions, Flags, Degrees, Vertical
Gasp, drop and roll: Goliath opens at Great America
Here's what the new Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Great America offers: It is the world's fastest wooden roller coaster (at 72 mph), with the longest and steepest vertical drop (180 feet at 85 degrees). It also has inversions, meaning, "Gurnee goes upside down." Twice.
Elvis Costello didn't take an easy or predictable route Wednesday at a sold-out Copernicus Center. Seemingly on a mission to connect the common threads of popular music styles from the past century, the singer/guitarist performed a marathon 145-minute show touching on every facet of his adventurous career. Focusing on deep-catalog material, Costello displayed his unwavering commitment to excavating the memories, meanings and mysteries held in song—a pursuit he implied in "45," an ode ... Elvis Costello, Rocker Cover, Bing Crosby, Boardwalk Empire, Popular Music, Esquire, Guitarist, Marathon
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Elvis Costello didn't take an easy or predictable route Wednesday at a sold-out Copernicus Center. Seemingly on a mission to connect the common threads of popular music styles from the past century, the singer/guitarist performed a marathon 145-minute show touching on every facet of his adventurous career. Focusing on deep-catalog material, Costello displayed his unwavering commitment to excavating the memories, meanings and mysteries held in song—a pursuit he implied in "45," an ode ...
Warner Bros. has pushed back the Chicago-based Wachowski siblings’ latest sci-fi extravaganza “Jupiter Ascending” to Feb. 6, 2015 from its original July 18 release date. Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Sci Fi Movies, Movies To Watch, Jupiter Ascending Movie, Jafar Panahi, Jupiter Jones, The Wachowskis, Movies
Wachowski's 'Jupiter Ascending' release pushed back to 2015
Warner Bros. has pushed back the Chicago-based Wachowski siblings’ latest sci-fi extravaganza “Jupiter Ascending” to Feb. 6, 2015 from its original July 18 release date.
In the latest collaboration between the renowned Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and a Chicago-area arts institution, Gang and her firm, Studio Gang Architects, have designed a new acoustical shell for Lyric Opera the company will use for its concert performances at the Civic Opera House beginning in the fall, Lyric announced Wednesday. Lyric Opera, Chicago Area, Diptych, Concert Hall, Jeanne, Acoustic, Opera House, Gang
Jeanne Gang designing shell for Lyric Opera
In the latest collaboration between the renowned Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and a Chicago-area arts institution, Gang and her firm, Studio Gang Architects, have designed a new acoustical shell for Lyric Opera the company will use for its concert performances at the Civic Opera House beginning in the fall, Lyric announced Wednesday.
Michael Phillips: Nobody's kidding anyone about the probable commercial fortunes of "Winter Sleep," which lacked a U.S. distributor the weekend it triumphed at the world's most famous and influential film festival. Distributor, Phillips, Cannes, Film Festival, Triumph, Commercial, Weekend, Sleep
Cannes 2014 - Why 'Winter Sleep' won
Michael Phillips: Nobody's kidding anyone about the probable commercial fortunes of "Winter Sleep," which lacked a U.S. distributor the weekend it triumphed at the world's most famous and influential film festival.
Books become TV series. Amusement park rides become movies. Pop songs become Broadway musicals. But how do you adapt a city into a video game? How do you digitize the essence of a major American metropolis within the framework of a playable experience? Can you hope to capture the geography and character of a real place in a game? Should you aim for accuracy? Or reinvent that place to make it work for you? Watch Dogs Art, Watch Dogs Aiden, Hd Cool Wallpapers, Gaming Wallpapers, Wallpapers Android, Desktop Backgrounds, Desktop Wallpapers, Wallpaper Gallery, Dog Wallpaper
'Watch Dogs' makes Chicago a digitized surveillance state
Books become TV series. Amusement park rides become movies. Pop songs become Broadway musicals. But how do you adapt a city into a video game? How do you digitize the essence of a major American metropolis within the framework of a playable experience? Can you hope to capture the geography and character of a real place in a game? Should you aim for accuracy? Or reinvent that place to make it work for you?
Step into the new Tilt! attraction on the 94th floor of the John Hancock Center and at first nothing happens. Lake Michigan, Connecticut, Places In Chicago, Chicago Chicago, Chicago Illinois, Choose Chicago, John Hancock Center, Attraction, Architecture Design
Hancock's new 'Tilt!' puts you over the edge
Step into the new Tilt! attraction on the 94th floor of the John Hancock Center and at first nothing happens.
In this, our city built on encased meats, where a condiment like ketchup is holy sacrilege, where relish can only look like it’s been exposed to plutonium-239, there is but one abiding truth: Chicago takes its hot dogs seriously. Ketchup, Hot Dogs, Stew, Exposed, Seriously, Condiments, Favorite Places, Truth
Hot Doug's closing doors for good in October
In this, our city built on encased meats, where a condiment like ketchup is holy sacrilege, where relish can only look like it’s been exposed to plutonium-239, there is but one abiding truth: Chicago takes its hot dogs seriously.
There's a reason it's called soul music, and Aretha Franklin showed why midway through her riveting performance at the Chicago Theatre Saturday night. Chicago Concerts, Aretha Franklin, Dig Deep, Soul Music, Riveting, Theatre, Reviews
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There's a reason it's called soul music, and Aretha Franklin showed why midway through her riveting performance at the Chicago Theatre Saturday night.
REVIEW: Regina Carter and Mavis Staples inspire the audience to get up on its feet more than once, as if to lay claim to a music that truly does belong to all of us. Regina Carter, Mavis Staples, Gospel Song, Get Up, Orchestra, Audience, Carters, Inspire
Concert Review -- Mavis Staples and Regina Carter at Orchestra Hall
REVIEW: Regina Carter and Mavis Staples inspire the audience to get up on its feet more than once, as if to lay claim to a music that truly does belong to all of us.