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I dunno Ed. A musical version of Xanadu would certainly make me grind my teeth....

Anyone complaining about a gas tax contributing towards public transit infrastructure needs to either fork over a refund for the insane amount of money state and federal subsidies have cut out of the ...

Marcus: I can sort of see where you're coming from, but I don't think it's a ludicrous notion to charge members of the media for a *post-campaign* event when what they expect is a gala press schmooze ...

Marcus: Lynn Sweet's got no right to complain about the price. She works for a major metropolitan newspaper which can afford this sort of stuff. It's highly unlikely that the Sun Times will fail to se...

Maybe you Chicagoist can prove me wrong by providing some ultra-insightful coverage and speech analysis that requires being there in person, but generally speaking, mid-range bloggers getting pissed a...

Fixed gear ridin' vegetarians? Whatevs. You ate less-cruel trans-fat-free burgers in the Loop. Neener....

It's quite simple. Carpooling results in fewer cars on the road. Fewer cars means less overall congestion. If you want to argue "but they're taking away a lane, so it doesn't mean anything", you're ...

If you refuse to do the little bit of work necessary to take advantage of such benefits, of course you're not going to benefit directly. Most of the folks who rail against propositions like these alre...

Shoddy writeup. How can you say Palin stood her ground when you acknowledge she dodged plenty of questions and even quoted the "And I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want...

If you're referring to the "blinker door" 2200 series Blue Line cars, they were originally supposed to get retired and replaced but CTA has instead decided to restore them to extend their service life...

Trains are crowded at times beyond rush hour. Nobody who's paid their CTA fare in full and who is not violating any terms of service deserves no dirty looks. Chicagoist deserves to be called to task f...

IIRC, the program using the blue recycling bins that some of the more well-to-do neighborhoods have gotten is supposed to be rolled out city-wide by 2009. Blue bag was a load of crap, but at least the...

Vampire Weekend got popular because they made a lot of friends in Brooklyn and got these friends to come out to their shows. The nature of contemporary rock journalism as focused on independent bands ...

Public Enemy definitely suffered from sound problems at the start of their set. First the vocals were muddy. Then they seemed to get EQ'd alright but the sound overall was too quiet. Then the vocals g...

Actually, employing people to pick up large debris and trash is more effective since they can clear clogged sewer intakes and work around cars. Street sweepers are costly, loud, not very effective and...