Archive for August, 2021
Stage Buzz: Lollapalooza 2021 ⢠Day Two Photo Gallery
Day Two of Lollapalooza 2021 was greeted with what was, arguably, the greatest weather the festival has ever seen. Overnight storms not only tramped the dust down but also shoved the previous dayâs suffocating humidity to places unknown. This blank meteorological canvass got splashed by aural brushstrokes from Oston, Rookie, Mob Rich, Tai Verdes, Black […]
Stage Buzz: Lollapalooza 2021 ⢠Day Three Photo Gallery
Itâs Day Three, and Lolla keeps rolling on. Tonightâs total head-scratcher has Post Malone and Journey headlining on separate ends of Grant Park. YepâŚnot a typo. Letâs also toss in a recently revived Limp Bizkit to really keep it weird. But hey, there was no shortage of contemporaries like Cannons, Jessia, Porches, Michigander, Rence, BIA, […]
Stage Buzz: Lollapalooza 2021 ⢠Day Four Photo Gallery
The curtains are now drawn closed on yet another Lollapalooza. Don’t call it a comeback. The final day featured great sets from The Aquadolls, Brooke Alexx, Sir Chloe, Sofia Valdes, RMR, Princess Nokia, Sarah Barrios, MXMTOON, Brittany Howard, The Front Bottoms, Rico Nasty, Modest Mouse, and Band of Horses. Until next summer⌠-Curt Baran […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz August 3 – 8
Phishâs âI Saw It Againâ virtual tour continues this week with shows from Nashvilleâs Ascend Amphitheater (August 3 and 4) and Noblesville, Indiana (August 7 and 8). You can find tickets and details here. Verzuz presents The Lox vs. Dipset, live from Madison Square Garden in New York City on August 3. Watch the […]
Hello My Name is… John Doe of X
To calm, cool, and collected X anchor John Doe, itâs all about how you see the world these days. Some artists may have dreaded all that enforced 2020 lockdown time as a curse, but, homebound apart from his bandmates in Austin, he viewed it as a blessing, a creative windfall, even though X had […]
Media: August 2021 ⢠“New Sports Radio Economy”
Jon Zaghloul, the host of the show Sports Talk Chicago (which airs locally on WCKG, AM 1530), was born and raised in Tinley Park, is a graduate of Andrew High School, and currently attends the University of Chicago. You read that correctly. Currently attends. Heâs 21 years old. He was born in the 21stcentury âIâm […]
Cover Story: Chvrches ⢠“Screen Team”
On the surface, Todd Strauss-Schulsonâs 2015 horror-comedy The Final Girls was a prescient showcase for then-young acting talent, like Vera Farmigaâs sister, Taissa, future Silicon Valley star Thomas Middleditch, and the always-hilarious Adam DeVine, along with the relatively veteran Malin Akerman – all working overtime to sell the surreal plot, wherein Farmigaâs Max Cartwright character is […]
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