taxes. Our favorites? "$35 tax on eating hot wings on El," "A 30 cent tax every time the El stops, everyone gathers by the door, then it moves four feet and THEN opens its door," and "$50 tax on every Walter E. Smithe commercial joke that doesn't make sense." more ›

You’re not likely to find anyone in the Chicagoist Music Department watching “American Idol.” Maybe if you paid us. (And gave us a big box of Cheez-Its. We love those damn things). more ›