May 2009
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April 2009
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GPICT, Help a Blackhawks fan edition
I just learned this afternoon that the NHL has screwed me and half of Chicago’s suburbs over by giving Versus exclusive broadcasting rights to tonight’s playoff game between the Blackhawks and the Vancouver Canucks. This is also the case for Game 4 next week. To add insult to injury, a girl who answered the phone at the Blackhawks’ front office told me these are the only two...
Blackhawks/Canucks season series by the numbers
Wins: Chicago, 2; Vancouver, 2
Goals for: Chicago, 10; Vancouver, 14
Times hair-pulling was used as a fighting tactic: Duncan Keith, 0; Alexandre Burrows, 1
Three degrees of swine flu separation
My cousin went to high school with and is friends with the Roger’s Park victim of swine flu who’s plastered across the front page of the Tribune website right now. I’m that much closer to experiencing it myself!
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How can you not love Greg Kot?
I make a point to not read internet comments, especially on news sites, but I couldn’t help myself after reading Greg Kot’s scathing review of last night’s Britney Spears concert at the All State Arena. Some choice excerpts:
She frequently turned away from the audience when it came time to actually sing, to make it less obvious that she really wasn’t. The voice coming out of...
Thank you, CNN, for being a voice of reason
You know what’s going to single-handedly save the news industry? Swine Flu!
Seriously, what other story in the past few months since the election has captivated audiences and had them glued to their newspapers/TVs like this? The Chicago Tribune’s website has gone into what I call “emergency mode” with its layout, which is usually reserved for plane crashes, dead...
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oliviaisferosch:
britticisms:
“Lisztomania” by...
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Hockey has arrived in Chicago →
Finally, after all of my pissing and moaning this season about a lack of media coverage of the Blackhawks, they are paying their dues. Everyone is paying attention now:
The Hawks have turned into one of the best stories in sports. Name another team that has turned things around so quickly both in the athletic arena and in the community? Much has been made of the ownership change, of John...
12 wins to drink from Lord Stanley’s Cup.
Just when I thought Breaking Bad couldn't get any...
There is something very refreshing about not...
Let’s get this done Monday, Chicago!
No songs for the Blackhawks tonight. But I predict fireworks in Game 4.
The Hoff just made my day
For some concertgoers, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival really kicked into action on Day Two.
Day One was leisurely and pleasant — the weather was mild, the acts were fairly mellow and the big headliner was Paul McCartney. On Day Two, someone took the dial and turned it up a notch, as the desert sun beat down a little harder, the music pumped a little louder and the crowds who...
Chuck Berry - “Johnny Be Good”
I know...
Two playoff games, two cities, one photographer →
Follow Chicago Tribune photojournalist Scott Strazzante as he travels from Chicago to Boston — and back — to cover the Bulls vs. the Celtics on Saturday morning before flying back for the Hawks and Flames at the United Center at night.
This is actually a really clever idea, I’m surprised an old media company like the Chicago Tribune figured it out. My guess says either Strazzante or one...
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Mormon pirates on Lake Michigan? →
Lake Michigan, it turns out, once had its own pirates—lumber pirates, Prohibition-era booze pirates and even religious pirates. In 1855, a gang from a religious sect on Beaver Island, Mich., burned sawmills and stole $1,600 worth of goods from a lakeside store, under the leadership of “King” James Jesse Strang, according to a New York Times article at the time, under the headline ...
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The Fratellies - “Chelsea Song”
Aka:...
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