Leor Galil
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What happens when a teen rock scene grows up? - Chicago Reader
The Hallogallo scene has produced international successes—Horsegirl, Friko, Lifeguard—as its grassroots DIY spirit spreads beyond Chicago.
chicagoreader.com
Since 2022, Horsegirl, Lifeguard, and Friko have gone global—but what happened with the teen scene they grew out of? I talked to 18 different people about the Hallogallo scene now
chicagoreader.com/music/music-...
chicagoreader.com/music/music-...
huge black friday sale at the vibes shop, everything is off by 6 7 percent send post
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
huge black friday sale at the vibes shop, everything is off by 6 7 percent send post
we used to be a proper country
This is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This happened. It happened on live TV, for a national audience. I can’t prepare you for this. I can’t. Enjoy…
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
we used to be a proper country
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
Turn down (a spot on the toys r us float?) for what (?)
Li’l John is performing “Turn Down for What” on the Toys Я Us float and his DJ is Geoffrey the Giraffe.
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Turn down (a spot on the toys r us float?) for what (?)
need a weekly roundup of all the dogshit music industry news a la A.S. Hamrah’s Last Week in End Times Cinema
Warner Joins Forces With AI Song Generator, Suno, That It Was Suing
After accusing Suno of illegally training artificial intelligence on its artists, Warner Music Group has made a licensing deal with the company that includes handing it control of Songkick
pitchfork.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
need a weekly roundup of all the dogshit music industry news a la A.S. Hamrah’s Last Week in End Times Cinema
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These people are incompetent and also unhinged. The #1 question is WHY are West Virginia National Guards people deployed in D.C. in the first place? WHY would increasing the number prevent future shootings????
Pete Hegseth says that President Trump has asked him to deploy an additional 500 National Guard members to DC. x.com/RapidRespons...
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
These people are incompetent and also unhinged. The #1 question is WHY are West Virginia National Guards people deployed in D.C. in the first place? WHY would increasing the number prevent future shootings????
olivia nuzzi and the lizza wizza send post
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
olivia nuzzi and the lizza wizza send post
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got an advanced copy of @mikehuguenor.bsky.social's book about Asian Man Records and i'm SO excited to spend the day ignoring my day job and reading it. go preorder ELVIS IS DEAD, I'M STILL ALIVE: www.clashbooks.com/new-products...
ELVIS IS DEAD, I'M STILL ALIVE - Mike Huguenor - SIGNED — CLASH BOOKS
The page-turning, definitive guide to beloved ska musician Mike Park and his iconic indie label Asian Man Records. Sourced from over a hundred hours of interviews with musicians, producers, booking ...
www.clashbooks.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
got an advanced copy of @mikehuguenor.bsky.social's book about Asian Man Records and i'm SO excited to spend the day ignoring my day job and reading it. go preorder ELVIS IS DEAD, I'M STILL ALIVE: www.clashbooks.com/new-products...
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
The best review I’ve read about the Smashing Pumpkins opera, s/o @jamieludwig.bsky.social
A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness redeems the Smashing Pumpkins’ biggest excesses - Chicago Reader
Billy Corgan’s collaboration with Lyric Opera of Chicago reinvents the band’s 1995 double album for an ensemble of more than 100.
chicagoreader.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The best review I’ve read about the Smashing Pumpkins opera, s/o @jamieludwig.bsky.social
[watching any giallo film] this reminds me i could use a new pair of gloves
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
[watching any giallo film] this reminds me i could use a new pair of gloves
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new: i read the 2026 cook county budget so you don't have to.
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
Cook County law enforcement agencies get more money in 2026
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved large investments in policing and prosecutions, over objections from advocates.
chicagoreader.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
new: i read the 2026 cook county budget so you don't have to.
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
That’s right!
In this episode of the PUNK THIS WEEK podcast, I revealed to @ninacorcoran.bsky.social my see/saw radio mash-up of Big Modern's "Parasite" and Shaq running to the bathroom in the middle of "Inside the NBA."
Also talked about Sharp Pins, Flippeur, Bee Bee Sea, HETTA, and the Brokedowns.
Also talked about Sharp Pins, Flippeur, Bee Bee Sea, HETTA, and the Brokedowns.
punk this week podcast 60: sharp pins + hetta
A cabinet full of theater popcorn, a winter coat lined with pocket bread, a sword at the hardcore show, and six sick punk records.
see-saw.fun
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
That’s right!
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While ICE abductions, often in broad daylight, have provoked fear and outrage, the escalation is also unleashing a less visible form of economic treachery on Chicago’s immigrant working class: wage theft, lost income, work speedups, and economic slumps that spread through neighborhoods. My latest.
Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class
Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration
inthesetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
While ICE abductions, often in broad daylight, have provoked fear and outrage, the escalation is also unleashing a less visible form of economic treachery on Chicago’s immigrant working class: wage theft, lost income, work speedups, and economic slumps that spread through neighborhoods. My latest.
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“Ellis wrote that she repeatedly found testimony by Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, the on-the-ground leader of Operation Midway Blitz, not credible. Bovino was evasive, either giving “cute” answers to attorney’s questions or outright lying, the judge said in her ruling.”
Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules
In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis highlighted lies and distortions by Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino and immigration agents in press releases, social media posts and their own inte...
blockclubchicago.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“Ellis wrote that she repeatedly found testimony by Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, the on-the-ground leader of Operation Midway Blitz, not credible. Bovino was evasive, either giving “cute” answers to attorney’s questions or outright lying, the judge said in her ruling.”
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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a lot of interesting tidbits in this story about rep. lauren underwood’s visit to the broadview ice jail.
as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
a lot of interesting tidbits in this story about rep. lauren underwood’s visit to the broadview ice jail.
as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
I could’ve imagined it, I just didn’t feel like it
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I could’ve imagined it, I just didn’t feel like it
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
I know it’s only a trailer and I shouldn’t get ahead of myself but dang it if this new Neil Breen movie doesn’t look like the most Neil Breen movie
Dire Duplicity - Trailer (A Neil Breen Film)
YouTube video by Cafe Sora
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I know it’s only a trailer and I shouldn’t get ahead of myself but dang it if this new Neil Breen movie doesn’t look like the most Neil Breen movie
“This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
The Reader ran this cover story on Derek in 2018
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Reader ran this cover story on Derek in 2018
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Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.