Results tagged “nowthat”

Ah, late February in Chicago. Cubs tickets go on sale today, there's a forecast for a high temperature above 35 degrees next week, and thousands of indie rock kids around Chicago will soon be shedding their parkas for high-priced hoodies bought from Wicker Park boutiques (tip: ours cost us $12 at Target!) for several worthwhile shows around the Chicago area. Lots of tickets go on sale this weekend. So, despite this crappy weather, there is, in the words of Spoon, "something to look forward to."

With questions about its choice of AT&T as a carrier, along with usual 1st generation jitters, who the heck wants to stand in line for the new iPhone? Not us! (Well, maybe some of us.) However we are totally down with getting one as long as it's free, and not free in that "annoying banner ad that's been on MySpace to get a "free" "iPhone" since its existence was announced earlier this year" kind of way.

Despondent over not being able to afford your mortgage? Flummoxed at how your rent always seems to be going up? Outraged at how condos are changing the make-up of our neighborhoods? Then you're probably not going to want to hear about the latest trend in the housing market: ginormous mansions formulated for the stinkin' rich. Today's Tribune Magazine gives a rundown of some spectacular houses under construction in Lincoln Park. Sara Crown Star's new house...

In a move less anger-invoking than the whole Field’s-Macy’s thing, last week 7-Eleven announced its purchase of Lombard-based White Hen Pantry.

Chicagoist and its fellow cinemaphiles have it rough this weekend. With the college crowd on Spring Break, most of our favorite off-the-beaten-path movie houses (Block Cinema, Doc Films) are dark. Don’t even get us started on the mainstream box office this weekend. We know The Ring was a big hit, but we saw the sequel the first time, you know? As for the new Woody Allen film, we’re skipping that one too. Unlike the family dog, we only have to be hit on the nose with a newspaper twice before we learn our lesson. And as much as we love Joan Cusack and Buffy’s little sister, we’re not sure we can bring ourselves to see The Ice Princess especially when our local video store has The Cutting Edge on DVD. Now THAT'S an ice skating movie.

According to Robert Feder in this morning's Sun-Times, WXRT (93.1) will air the new U2 album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb repeatedly for 12 hours starting at 9:45 AM this morning. Woah. Talk about an easy day at work for Terri Hemmert and Co. It's all part of a day-long celebration on XRT called U2'sDay. Um, they do know it's THURSday today, right? And wouldn't this have been a better feature in ROCKtober? Anyway, if you're looking for a full track listing so you can follow along today, check out U2's official site under News and look for the post from October 24th (don't get confused; those crazy Europeans list the date at 24.10.2004). Feder credits this coup to Winer's acquisition of a legal advanced copy of the album.