Despite the fading stability of the independent record label model, Chicago has long remained an epicenter for small labels doing big things. Over the years you've heard the names of the main players—Thrill Jockey, Bloodshot, Touch & Go and Drag City—but Chicago boasts a host of lesser known, but no less ambitious labels. more ›

We have to admit it: sometimes we feel like we're the old man/lady these days, always thinking, "Back when we were young, there was no swearing on TV! Back when we were young, girls didn't dress like that! Back when we were young, people had more common courtesy!" Hell, for most of our lives you couldn't show hard liquor on TV, and there weren't such things as ads for prescription drugs. So, we did happen... more ›

First there was Superman, then supermodels, and in recent years, superlawyers. Case in point: Winston & Strawn attorney, Dan Webb. more ›

Tomorrow during every newscast between 5AM and 11PM, every radio and television station in Chicago will be encouraging their audiences to call 1-866-278-8354 to pledge money to the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago. Every half hour or hour anchors and DJs will be providing updates and reminders to call. (But don't call now because the number's not active til tomorrow morning.) If this weren't for such a good cause it might seem annoying but... more ›

Today Altria, makers of kid-friendly boxed cigarettes (via Philip Morris USA), dinners (via KRAFT), cereal, crackers and cookies (via Nabisco), tried, through oral arguments, to convince the Illinois State Supreme Court to overturn a $10.1 ruling against them handed down by a judge last year. more ›