Entries from Austinist tagged with 'thechicago'
June 8, 2007
The Narrator All That to the Wall (Flameshovel) The Chicago group’s interlocking skeletal structures of stark clean guitars and bouncy, thick elastic rhythms might remind one of Foolish era Superchunk or …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at their most mild. However, it is the vocal arrangements on the album that are the most interesting. The hooks are like dissonant harmonic cries for help so catchy they urge you to sing......
Continue Reading "Austinist Album Capsule: The Narrator's All That to the Wall "July 25, 2006
For the past 40 years, the federal Fair Housing Act has made it illegal for newspapers to run discriminatory housing advertisements. Ads like this have become more common in the online world, with the numerous amount of housing and advertising sites available on the internet. The Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has a case filed against Craigslist stating that they should be required to screen these posts. A hearing is currently......
Continue Reading "Are Online Discriminatory Ads Legal?"July 2, 2006
Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid's Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has some suggestions to fix that. They're also throwing Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. Yeah, we may have a few issues with our World Cup broadcasters here, but this guy......
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