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We're feeling punchy here at Chicagoist HQ today--blame the cabin fever, the extra coffee, whatever you like. But writing about Steve Dahl this morning, all we could think about was Dhalsim from Street Fighter.

We all still love rocknroll...right? We’re still recovering from all that Lollapalooza coverage over here at Chicagoist HQ, but that doesn’t mean we’re too tuckered to tie into an old skool, roll-on-the-floor-in-stale-beer sort of show this weekend. The Gallery Cabaret in Bucktown will play host to the inaugural edition of Do You Still Love Rock ‘N’ Roll?, an eleven-band, all night filth affair of rock for the love of rock. Starting at 7pm and costing...

It's the middle of November, but we just can't face it: Snow! Digging into our photo archive from last winter is FREAKING us out. Shit! Skilling is saying that snow is expected by daybreak tomorrow.

Here at the Chicagoist HQ we've been spending the last couple days wondering if there's anything Oprah can't do. Right now we wouldn't even bat an eye if she healed the sick by touching them, found a cure for cancer or raised our long-lost childhood pets from the dead (we miss Tom the Hampster & our bunny Hops!). Ok. So maybe those things are a bit of a stretch, but in between forgiving Hermes, helping hurricane victims and redesigning her book club, Ms. Winfrey has also given Rachael Ray a new show and has even helped capture a fugitive.

While our Bean Town siblings warned us about counting our eggs before they hatched, we spent the weekend grilling up some nice chicken dinners in the Chicagoist HQ as the White Sox beat the Red Sox 5-3 Friday afternoon, sweeping the American League Divisional Series. The Red Sox reign is over, only a season after snapping their 86-year curse. A new champion will be crowned. Could it be the White Sox, ending our own...

Do not be alarmed. That loud-ass noise you're hearing.. it's just the annual Air and Water show. The water portion of the show is held along the lakefront between Oak Street Beach and the Fullerton Parkway from 9am to 11am this Saturday and Sunday. Then the air show follows each day from 11am to 4pm. The Air and Water Show is Chicago's most popular event of the summer and is expected to draw more than...