In a city where tornadoes are a way of life, this is pretty significant when you consider the one in question happened some 42 years ago, destroying numerous neighborhoods, schools, and nearly all the old-growth trees in Cherokee Park. There are entire websites dedicated to this tornado and...
Haliey Welch, the girl behind the viral "Hawk Tuah" video that was everywhere over the summer, has gone from strength to strength since, growing a huge social media following before launching her own podcast. But it seems like her luck in the public sphere may have run out...
(I had to throw in The Swifts and What Happened to Rachel Riley? even though they were included in round-ups earlier in the year, because they are too good not to recommend one more time for the people in the back.) I was especially picky when choosing these titles—translate: I ...
Doing beak like that with a kid at your mums, paramedics, ya shoulda thought about that one, heart stopper, BOOM! CLEAR! What happened to Richard? All I can see is gear… At six months to the day since my last post. There’s no real stellar significance to that though. I just stop...
Then, in late November a wonderful thing happened–Apple invented the iPod. In a split second this little white box with its massive 4gb (HA!) hard drive turned those 15 minute walks into the most highly anticipated stretches of my daily routine. I’d spend the better part of the ...
That seems to be what happened to Emma Roberts at the Valentino AW23 fashion show, where she was quickly interviewed catwalk-side to discuss her guilty pleasures. Her “awkward” smile (which is not that awkward tbh) has become a viral meme on TikTok. Paired with the emotional opening of...
As if, by focusing on the shiny, perfect future, we can pretend the suffering never happened. In her gentle, insightful new picture book, Out on a Limb (Ages 4-8), author Jordan Morris speaks to the role of courage and patience in the healing process, as a girl recovers from a ...
This brings us to your latest release, ‘Oh Yeah No’. Those songs were ready for your third album. What happened? Frank: We went into Chicago Recording Company with Iain once again to try to capture even more of that essential live energy. By that time we had played around 3...
But eventually, sanctity wears thin and you start to seethe. June 11, 2012 I look at the Bear Love campaign on Indiegogo.com and it makes me gag. What the fuck ever happened to people that a guy with a website and a sick sense of humor can say “Gimme $20 grand to teach this as...
The Stooges (1970): Here's where the first seeds of punk sprung, and with such force that 'Fun House' still sounds fresh. The funny part? Iggy Pop says he drew inspiration not from fellow modernists like MC5, but from Chicago blues master Howlin' Wolf. ...