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Waging heavy cloudiness
What do you expect from a rock star? I just closed the back cover of Neil Young's “Waging Heavy Peace,” his big anticipated memoir (of sorts), clocking in at 500 pages (75 shy of the rock star-memoir mountain peak established by Keith...
Tags: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Chicago Tribune, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, Parkinson's Disease
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American Chronicler Gore Vidal Dies at Age 86
CNNLOS ANGELES -- Gore Vidal, the eclectic author who faithfully chronicled the major shifts and upheavals in the United States in books, essays and plays, has died. He was 86. Vidal died at his Los Angeles home Tuesday evening of complications from...Tags: Burr Steers, Human Interest, Gore Vidal, ABC (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Hallan cuerpos con supuesto mensaje pro Pussy Riot
South Florida Sun-SentinelLos cadáveres de dos mujeres asesinadas fueron encontrados en Rusia junto con un mensaje que exigía la libertad de las integrantes de la banda punk Pussy Riot, informaron las autoridades el jueves. Aunque un investigador ruso alertó que el asesino...Tags: Vladimir Putin
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The Dark Knight Rises Controversies
Fox 5 San Diego staffEveryone has been talking about the shooting in Colorado at the Dark Knight Rises. Many of my friends, knowing I’m a movie critic, have asked my opinions. I’ve decided to share many of the thoughts on all aspects of the case, in this blog. I&...Tags: Inglourious Basterds (movie), Arts and Culture, Theft, The Beatles (music group), Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies
In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidalmight have been president, or even king. He had an aristocrat's bearing — tall, handsome and composed — and an authoritative baritone ideal for summoning an aide or courtier. But Vidal made his...
Tags: Johnny Carson, Paul Newman, Burr Steers, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Henry Fonda
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Convicted killer's hand tracings show up for sale online: 'It just makes me sick,' survivor says
Q13 FOX News anchorSigned hand tracings of Washington convicted killer Isaac Zamora have turned up for sale on mass-murder memorabilia websites – and one of his surviving victims said Wednesday: “It just makes me sick.” Four years ago, on Sept. 2, 2008,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder
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California prisons object to expanding media access to inmates
PolitiCalCalifornia prison officials are opposing legislation that would increase media access to inmates, saying it would cost too much money to facilitate interviews. In a letter dated Thursday, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the bill... -
Wesleyan University Press Celebrates a Music Maverick
Always In Trouble An Oral History of ESP-Disk', The Most Outrageous Record Label in America by Jason Weiss, Wesleyan Univ. Press, 292 pages, $24.95 (paper), $11.99 eBook While the music scene over the past half-century has been dominated by major...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Ornette Coleman, Music, Duke Ellington, Fine Artists
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Generational nonsense at commencement time
This is the season of generational twaddle. At graduation ceremonies across the country, politicians, authors, actors and businessmen take to the stage to tell young people they are fantastic simply because they are young. This year, the ritual is more...
Tags: Barack Obama, Hugh Grant, Democratic Party, Brett Favre, Politics
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Cavorting with Climate Deniers
Lucky for Chicago, we are home to the Heartland Institute, a right-wing think-tank that expends most of its effort attempting to "debunk" global warming, and this week they held the seventh International Conference on Climate Change, which they acronymize...
Tags: Politics, Global Change, Global Warming, Conservation, Weather
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The tattoo crowd bleeps a negative view of the 'body art' fad
Contrary to some unflattering opinions expressed here Wednesday, people who disfigure their own skin are well educated, culturally advanced and gracious — and to prove it many of them offered their own refined dissertations to confute any notion...Tags: F-bomb Dropping, Angelina Jolie, Macungie, Manhattan (New York City), Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Advice: Is it creepy to message my crush on Facebook?
I have met this girl a couple times and I find her to be very cute. The last time I ran into the girl, I got tongue-tied and didn't want to make myself look dumb. Now I was thinking that I could go and search for her on Facebook and see if I can do...
Tags: Social Media, Chicago Transit Authority, Facebook
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May 31, 2012
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