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Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 3h

Music Box favorites The Invincible Czars provide a haunting, immersive Live Score to the 1925 horror classic THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA starring Lon Chaney!

This Monday October 27th at 7pm
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 4h

Honestly most tyrants aren’t even this cruel to non-supporters

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 6h

"The president’s statement announcing the relief funding emphasized the number of times he won Missouri’s electoral votes, as if there were some kind of connection between his political support in the state and his eagerness to provide disaster aid..."

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Trump approves disaster declarations for red states, as blue states go without

“President Trump and his administration have politicized disaster relief,” one governor said, “and our communities are the ones who will pay the price.”

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Toscha @poemless.bsky.social · 3h

Suburbanites are blowing whistles on ICE too. But this whole fucking seige of Chicago is predicated on the hobgoblin image Chicago as the sociological Other, so it's fair to point out the disconnect between that image and the reality you see in videos of ICE raids.

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Toscha @poemless.bsky.social · 4h

People are so brainwashed about Chicago being a crime infested hellhole that they assume white people and single family homes must be in the burbs. This is in the city.

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 5h

its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 7h

More from the scene

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Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social · 3h

Trump craves a war in Chicago - Chicago Sun-Times

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McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social · 4h

Re: whistles. This might be spendy for a whistle but this mf'er is LOUD. Imagine if a whole group of people had these in use at the the same time. Works underwater too.
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Storm Safety Whistles

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 4h

Ford Nation, baby!

Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 4h

Opinion: Ontario Government Set to Ban Bike Lanes Proving Stupid is as Stupid Does.
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Opinion: Ontario Government Set to Ban Bike Lanes Proving Stupid is as Stupid Does

Ford’s government is once again trying to handcuff cities and erase years of progress on making roads safer and more livable.

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Aadam Jacobs Collection @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 4h

The Vaselines Live at Empty Bottle 2015-01-21 https://archive.org/details/ajc01809_vaselines_2015-01-21

The Vaselines Live at Empty Bottle 2015-01-21 : The Vaselines : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The VaselinesJanuary 21st, 2015Empty BottleChicago, ILUSARecording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive.Mastering: .wav > Audacity...

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Aadam Jacobs Collection @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 4h

Sunshine Boys Live at Gman Tavern 2016-11-18 https://archive.org/details/ajc01790_sunshine-boys-2016-11-18

Sunshine Boys Live at Gman Tavern 2016-11-18 : Sunshine Boys : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Sunshine BoysGman TavernChicago, ILNovember 18th, 2016Recording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive.Mastering: .WAV > iZotope RX7 [fades,...

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Nick Portnell @nportnell.bsky.social · Sep 13

#NowPlaying I may have found the best charity fundraising compilation ever made.

The Lounge AX Defence & Relocation CD featuring Guuded By Voices, Shellac, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, Rachel's, June of '44, Sebadoh and many others (Touch & Go Records 1996)

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Live Tapes @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · Feb 15

Guided By Voices Live at Lounge Ax 1995-04-06 https://archive.org/details/ajc00710_guided-by-voices-1995-04-06

Guided By Voices Live at Lounge Ax 1995-04-06 : Guided By Voices : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

GUIDED BY VOICESThursday, 6 April 1995Lounge Ax2438 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60614USARecording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio...

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Marc Ruvolo @marcruvolo.bsky.social · 26d

The Lounge Ax was a legendary, long-running Chicago indie venue and they're raising money for a documentary about the last weekend they were open. I've seen clips, and it rips. Support indie filmmaking! #filmsky

LAST NIGHT AT LOUNGE AX - A DOCUMENTARY FILM

Be immersed in the final 3 days of one of Chicago’s most beloved indie venues, capturing a pre-digital era of live music & community.

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Aaron Durnbaugh @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 2d

Amazingly, the Lounge Ax website is still live: loungeax.com/index.html Total time machine stuff (although I'm sure I just used the calendar in the Chicago Reader and never actually visited this site before) @gwenemarie.bsky.social

Lounge Ax - a rock club in chicago

Lounge Ax is a rock (music) club in Chicago presenting the finest in independent music in a crusty, intimate atmosphere with exquisite sound.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2d

"Last Night At Lounge Ax" documentary aims to honor the legendary Chicago club. blockclubchi.co/4qoDp0t

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Avant Music News @avantmusicnews.bsky.social · 11h

A Beginner’s Guide to Soundwalks

Source: Bandcamp Daily In 1966, the musician and artist Max Neuhaus met with some friends on the corner of Avenue D and West 14th Street in Manhattan. He stamped the word “LISTEN” on their hands and led them toward the East River. Without a word, the group went…

A Beginner’s Guide to Soundwalks

Source: Bandcamp Daily In 1966, the musician and artist Max Neuhaus met with some friends on the corner of Avenue D and West 14th Street in Manhattan. He stamped the word “LISTEN” on their hands and led them toward the East River. Without a word, the group went past a humming power plant, across a rumbling highway, over a windy pedestrian bridge, and back through the busy Lower East Side.

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Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social · 20h

Putin’s System Begins to Collapse as Russians Finally Dare to Confront Him

“We’re sick of seeing them fill rooms with cash! Who even chose these deputies? We never voted for them! Putin is feeding an army of men to solve our problems—but nothing changes!”

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Putin’s System Begins to Collapse as Russians Finally Dare to Confront Him

From pensioners to Communist party loyalists, people across Russia are daring to stand up to Putin directly.

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WGN NEWS @wgntv.com · 1d

TRANSIT ALERT: CTA trains will not be running on elevated tracks in The Loop this weekend as crews will be replacing track switching equipment.

CTA trains not running on Loop elevated tracks this weekend due to maintenance

CTA trains will not be running on elevated tracks in The Loop this coming weekend as crews will be replacing track switching equipment.

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Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social · 1d

Shudder To Think Ready First New Music Since 1998

'Thirst Walk'/'Playback' single available at shows and released Nov. 7 on Dischord

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Shudder To Think Ready First New Music Since 1998

With their first proper tour in 17 years now underway, the reunited Shudder to Think are also unveiling some new music for the first time since ...

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Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Trump voters

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d

ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 1d

ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is from there too if it’s Roscoe and Lakewood. A woman posted it on Instagram saying her husband took the video. From a different side.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

More from the same scene. Chorus of anti-ICE whistles in one of the most affluent (and safest) neighborhoods of Chicago

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

North Side of Chicago today: “He was working, you bastards. Let him go!”

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 1d

A "Taste of Chicago" on top of the Minnesota State Capitol ... the 1906 golden Quadriga sculpture, "Progress of the State" (four horses, three human figures), by Daniel Chester French, who'd done something similar for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. I got to get up close and personal with it today.

Partial view of chariot wheel with gold leaf squares apparent

charioteer and column on Capitol dome section, with bald eagle in marble high above

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Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social · 1d

These motherfuckers

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