Chicagoist is headed to London. (Well, OK, not the entire staff, just one of us.) We'll be visiting a friend of ours there who's never been to Chicago and, furthermore, isn't too familiar with Toddler's town and our lovable CTA. Naturally we've taken it upon ourselves to educate him. When he told us that he has a multi-region DVD player a little PowerPoint light bulb went off in our heads. Aha! Buy him a DVD,... more ›

Yesterday saw the DVD re-release of the film that many consider the quintessential Chicago movie: The Blues Brothers. The fanfare that greeted the release of the 25th Anniversary Edition was unprecedented…unless you count the fanfare that greeted the release of the 20th Anniversary Edition. The multiple retrospectives we’ve seen this year have all led up to this week. On Monday, there was a live simulcast of a Q&A session with Blues Brothers director John Landis... more ›

Can you believe it's been almost 20 years since Perry, Payton, McMahon, and the rest of the Bears Shufflin' Crew blessed us with the Superbowl Shuffle? Chicagoist wants to hate these guys for putting us through the torturous song (and video!) but honestly it makes them all look so ridiculous that we can't help but laugh. We remember seeing the video when we were little kids and thinking it was dumb even then. more ›