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Why Veterans Want to Keep the Postal Service Alivebadjackon June 20, 2020 at 5:51 pm

The Amused Curmudgeon

Why Veterans Want to Keep the Postal Service Alive

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A primer for idiots who refuse to understand Illinois’ money crisisDennis Byrneon June 20, 2020 at 5:32 pm

The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor

A primer for idiots who refuse to understand Illinois’ money crisis

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A Comeaux: Love Letter To My FutureSix Brown Chickson June 20, 2020 at 7:22 pm

Six Brown Chicks Media

A Comeaux: Love Letter To My Future

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Chicago sets date and guidelines for indoor diningCarole Kuhrt Breweron June 19, 2020 at 8:50 pm

Show Me Chicago

Chicago sets date and guidelines for indoor dining

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The next owner is really going to enjoy this boatGlenn McCarthyon June 20, 2020 at 12:49 am

Live Your Dream: Sail Lake Michigan

The next owner is really going to enjoy this boat

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Feature Friday: Near-Field Communication TechnologyJill Ciminilloon June 19, 2020 at 8:55 pm

Drive, She Said

Feature Friday: Near-Field Communication Technology

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Release Radar 6/19/20: Doves vs Lewis Del Marradstarron June 20, 2020 at 5:15 am

Cut Out Kid

Release Radar 6/19/20: Doves vs Lewis Del Mar

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THE CIVILIZATION OF PATIENCE + THE SPINES OF PERCEPTION AND ALL THINGSIMPROV CLASS FOR THE SOULon June 20, 2020 at 12:55 am

Improv Class For The Soul

THE CIVILIZATION OF PATIENCE + THE SPINES OF PERCEPTION AND ALL THINGS

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Indian death-metal band Heathen Beast tell fascists to fuck offNoah Berlatskyon June 19, 2020 at 4:01 pm

Kolkata blackened death-metal band Heathen Beast are atheist, antifascist, and pointedly anonymous, and their self-released album The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Heard is 35 minutes of vitriol aimed at the anti-Muslim bigotry of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, and the Indian government’s turn toward authoritarianism and hate. The song titles are direct, pithy, and profane: “Fuck Modi-Shah,” “Fuck Your Police Brutality,” “Fuck the Economy (Modi Already Has),” and “Fuck the B.J.P.,” which takes aim at India’s current ruling faction, the Bharatiya Janata Party. For those not familiar with current Indian political issues, clips of news announcements provide brief context about anti-Muslim citizenship laws and sexual-assault allegations against religious gurus. Carvaka (vocals, guitars), Samkhya (bass), and Mimamsa (drums) don’t write complex or varied tunes, and their lyrics can come across as a bit schematically dry, when they’re intelligible at all (“Humanity suffers for your hate / Religious disharmony you create / Exploit the poor for your gains / Your powerful friends have their way”). But Heathen Beast have a gift for channeling rage into pounding, anthemic assaults that beg for headbanging–they scrape away layers of flesh, viscera, and bone to reveal a pulsing mass of adrenaline and righteous anger. The revolution can definitely be heard, and even from a couple of continents away, it will make your ears bleed for justice. v

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Minneapolis-via-Chicago rapper Longshot takes his protests against police brutality to the mikeLeor Galilon June 19, 2020 at 4:09 pm

In a recent interview with Minnesota Public Radio host Andrea Swensson, rapper Chad Heslup (aka Longshot) talked about his history of involvement in protest movements since moving from Chicago to Minneapolis 11 years ago. He was inspired to join his first march after Minneapolis police shot and killed 24-year-old Jamar Clark in November 2015, and he returned to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin on May 25. “My energy felt like I wanted to be up front with this,” Heslup told Swensson. The spirit that got him marching also drives his efforts on the mike throughout the new I’m Saying (SureShot Productions). Floyd’s death catalyzed Heslup’s ruminations about police brutality, the racial stratification of society, and Black life and death in the U.S., and he’s pledged to donate proceeds from Bandcamp sales of I’m Saying to Chicago and Minneapolis organizations dedicated to ending police brutality and social injustice. Heslup hates being forced to live in a country that prioritizes financial rewards over the lives of its Black citizens, and on the grimy, dramatic “P.O.P. (Profit Over People)”, that grief and anger are palpable even in his quietest bars. v

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