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Monthly Archives: February, 2012

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Careful Colony

A neighborhood’s gentle shift from hood to hot spot.

Live at Lincoln Hall: In Tall Buildings

Eric Hall fills the stage with guitar loops and wavering walls of sound.

The System Sound Strikes Back

Leap Day Special: Love Letters to Basso.

Capture the Light

Luftwerk’s “Luminous Field” enhances Millennium Park.

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – House Arrest

Ariel Pink as the Beverly Hills lo-fi hobbit under self-imposed house arrest.

DIY CHI: Ball Hall

F News Magazine presents a new video series profiling local DIY galleries, spaces, and venues.

rereading: apartamento issue #08

Has anyone else noticed that post-recession magazines are actually getting thicker?  Like, longer, but also made of paper so earthy and tactile it starts...

Depressing Winter Jams

Get S.A.D., feel blue.

Gif of the Week: Are You Man or Mouse?

Because the simpler things in life deserve the spotlight.

Lush – Split

Keep in mind there's no lemonade in sight.

Elephant in the Room

A comic by Eric J. Garcia.

Peanut Gallery: Developing a Punk Professionalism

“I don’t want it to become a party space. It has been an ongoing challenge trying to maintain a certain level of professionalism. Just so we won’t get kicked out really.”

Shakira Attacked by Sea Lion

"[It] looked me in the eye, roared in fury and tried to bite me"

Live at WBEZ Studios: Veronica Falls

The studio environment robbed the band of its signature mystery, which livens their presence.