It’s been ages since I’ve done one of these little Chicago roundups, but there are so many head-splittingly good things going on this week that it seems like a dandy time to reinstate the tradition.
• First up, this weekend is the opening of the brand-new Theater Oobleck show Spukt, written by the mercurial Dave Buchen. […]
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Chicago Notes: Spukt, Sweat Girls, Mr. Fluxus, Andy Bayiates, and More
Posted by Ocelopotamus on November 10th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
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Good Morning, Day 51
Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 6th, 2007 at 11:21 am
1,850 U.S. citizens were recently killed in an entirely preventable disaster.
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this record — 37 days, to be exact. On July 18 I started keeping count of the 50 U.S. citizens who die every day because they can’t afford health care, according to this statistic.
So in a little […]
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Roundup: Dinosaur Corsage Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 31st, 2007 at 11:01 am
Scary stuff: There’s a lot of buzz and speculation that starting just after Labor Day, the Bush administration is going to be rolling out a major PR campaign to pave the way for war with Iran. See here and here for starters. Grand Moff Texan at DKos says the Bushies will be using the same […]
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Jerome a Paris on the Politics of the Market Crash
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 22nd, 2007 at 12:02 pm
I’ve been meaning to point out this excellent diary Jerome a Paris posted on Daily Kos last Friday, entitled “Politics of the Market Crash.” Jerome is one of my favorite posters at DKos (and at the European Tribune), and when he’s on, he’s really on.
So even though I’m nearly a week late mentioning this, I […]
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Notes on Sicko: A Prescription for Change
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 6th, 2007 at 4:06 am
I saw Sicko Tuesday night, and it did not disappoint. The main impact for me is this: Watching this film makes it unavoidably clear that we as a nation have been completely duped, conned, and as the kids say, “pwned,” by those who’ve spent millions to convince us that universal healthcare is too expensive, can’t […]
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Music: Jacques Brel, Marc Almond, and “Jacky” — with a Side of David Bowie
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 12th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
As Marc Almond-mania mounts to fever pitch in anticipation of the impending release of Marc’s new album Stardom Road later this month, this post at After Elton has me thinking about Jacques Brel — who has long held a secure spot among the top 10 artists who make me wish my command of French were […]
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EuroTrib on the Sarkozy Victory in France
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 7th, 2007 at 7:08 am
I was looking for some progressive European perspective on the victory of right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy in France’s presidential election yesterday, so I went over to the European Tribune (that’s the European sibling blog of The Booman Tribune, for those not familiar with it).
Jerome a Paris, whom I know mainly from his excellent environmental diaries on […]
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