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Blog My case against Motörhead

Does a band that's recorded with Ugly Kid Joe and shilled for AT&T really deserve its badass image?

by Dave Hofer

August 28, 2009 | 3:05pm -
Blog We’ll believe them when we see them: 3 city projects we’re still waiting on

A long-rumored transit expansion moves ahead, but The A.V. Club wonders about another trio of promised Chicago projects.

by Andrew Reilly

August 14, 2009 | 12:00pm -
Blog 8 fictional Tracy Jordan movies that need to be made a reality

In honor of Tracy Morgan's Saturday stand-up set at the Venue, The A.V. Club submits this list of films his 30 Rock movie-star counterpart should release immediately. (Including Fat Bitch.)

by Evan Minsker, David Wolinsky

August 14, 2009 | 12:00am -
Blog Beware the Harvey Danger bandit

Harvey Danger's farewell shows aren't until Saturday, but someone posing as a band member is shaking down Chicagoans for money.

by Josh Modell

August 13, 2009 | 4:00pm -
Blog The pros and cons of David Mamet helming Disney's Anne Frank

"Showers are for closers" probably isn't the image Disney was hoping this announcement would inspire.

by Oliver Sava

August 13, 2009 | 2:30pm -
Blog 6 pop-culture icons that should crash into my house

After the Wienermobile recently crashed into a Wisconsin home, we consider other pop-culture symbols that could crash into our living room.

by Andy Seifert

August 13, 2009 | 12:00pm -
Blog Patrick Kane's arrest probably isn't the end of the world

The good news about the NHL star's bad news.

by Andrew Reilly

August 10, 2009 | 2:00pm -
Blog You don't turn down an invitation to R. Kelly's house

We leave no closet unturned.

by David Wolinsky

July 22, 2009 | 12:00am -
Blog 40 years of the Pitchfork Music Festival: A fictional retrospective

As Pitchfork's festival winds down tonight, step inside the WABAC machine for a glimpse of what Pitchfork's history might have been.

by Dan Solomon And Devon Tincknell

July 19, 2009 | 12:00am -
Blog Dave Matthews doesn't deserve all the hate

His tour-bus driver dumped feces on Chicago, but the man, playing Alpine Valley on July 18 and 19, deserves a second chance. Here's why.

by Steve Heisler

July 15, 2009 | 12:00am -

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a.v. picks

No picks today, but still plenty to do! View the full calendar.

Mar 21
- Forget Cassettes, Tender, and Rrind Empty Bottle, 9:30 p.m.
  Forget Cassettes is to Nashville what The White Stripes are to Detroit: arguably that city ...
  
  The Cody Rivers Show iO Theater (Cabaret), 8 p.m.
  
  John Oates Evanston SPACE, 7 p.m.
Mar 22
- EUFF: Dogtooth Gene Siskel Film Center, 8:15 p.m.
  Although Dogtooth is due for a limited release later in 2010, the annual European Union ...
Mar 23
- 7 Day Shorts Second City (DeMaat Theatre), 10:30 p.m.
  Shrinking the gap between Second City and Saturday Night Live even more, the improv-comedy titan ...
  
  Cook County Social Club and To What End? iO Theater (Cabaret), 8 p.m.
  
  Cowboy Junkies and Grant Lee Phillips Evanston SPACE, 8 p.m.
Mar 24
- Willie Nelson And Family Rialto Square Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
  Willie Nelson's history boasts all the easy navigability of an iceberg. The 76-year-old's ...
  
  Air and AM Riviera Theatre, 8 p.m.
  
  Pere Ubu Lincoln Hall, 8 p.m.
Mar 25
- Rickie Lee Jones Lincoln Hall, 8 p.m.
  When she debuted with the single "Chuck E.'s In Love" from her self-titled album ...
  
  The Bronx, Violent Soho, Mariachi El Bronx, and Dead Country Subterranean, 8 p.m.
  
  Vampire Weekend and Abe Vigoda Riviera Theatre, 7 p.m.
Mar 26
- Tegan And Sara Aragon Ballroom, 8 p.m.
  Twins Tegan And Sara are pretty, charismatic, and write melodic, electronically tinged, and utterly inoffensive ...
  
  Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind The Neo Futurarium, 11:30 p.m.
  
  Puscifer and Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival Vic Theatre, 9 p.m.
Mar 27
- Swear Jar Annoyance Theatre, 10 p.m.
  The Annoyance Theatre has a reputation for being gleefully foulmouthed and aggressively experimental, especially compared ...
  
  Gladys Knight Horseshoe Hammond Casino - The Venue, 7:30 p.m.
  
  George Thorogood And The Destroyers and The Fabulous Thunderbirds Star Plaza Theatre, 8 p.m.