Sometimes, some days, there is a story or two that makes you scratch your head and ask yourself what sort of vortex exists in the world that allows for, say, an engineering professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago to buddy up with the man responsible for unleashing horrifically bland pop music sung by practically neutered, grown men onto the collective conscious. more ›

Some people never live down a truly awful hairstyle, especially if they’ve made the mistake of posing for photographs with it. Chicagoist has rocked some ill-advised coiffures in its earlier days but was smart enough to stay away from cameras, video or otherwise. In R. Kelly’s case (literally), one of the most famous bad haircuts of all time may be his undoing. And it’s not even his. In a preliminary hearing yesterday, the best friend... more ›