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- 27: Found on Web Between April 25th and April 27th, 2009 (0)
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- 30: GrandMaster Flash @ UCHICAGO (June 25, 2008) (0)
- 29: Movies: Children Of Men, Bella, The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (0)
- 27: Links/Articles Tagged Between June 24th and June 27th (0)
- 26: NBA Draft — Live Blogging (0)
- 25: The Place of Storytelling in Human Rights — Alex Kotlowitz @ UCHICAGO (6/5/2008) (0)
- 24: Movies: Incredible Hulk, King Corn, No Country for Old Men (0)
- 24: Links/Articles Tagged Between June 16th and June 24th (0)
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- 16: These New Puritans, The Eternals, Project Ultra @ Subterranean (Chicago, 6/14/2008) (0)
- 15: Movies: A Crude Awakening, Brother From Another Planet, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of a Low Price (0)
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- 04: Lakers Vs. Celtics: 1987 (5)
- 02: “Now and Then: The Poems of Gil Scott-Heron” by Gil Scott-Heron (2)
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- 31: Movies: Dr. Strange (2007), Confessions of a Superhero (2007), Serpico (1973) (3)
- 30: Robert F. Kennedy: In His Own Words (& Political Speeches in General) (1)
- 29: Chicago-OLPC Grassroots Group Meeting (Google Chicago, 1/22/2008) (0)
- 28: My Post-iPod Life (1)
- 27: How Will You Financially Express Your Patriotism? (3)
- 25: Interesting Links/Articles between January 21st and January 25th (0)
- 25: Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness (1977) by Kenzaburo Oe (1)
- 24: “Rape & HIV: Weapons of War, Tools of Torture” (RWANDA) (4)
- 23: Grocery Store Funeral (0)
- 22: Movies: The Bridge (2006), Iraq For Sale– The War Profiteers (2006), This is What Democracy Looks Like (2000) (1)
- 21: We Can Overcome (the Empathy Deficit) (0)
- 20: Interesting Links/Articles between January 15th and January 20th (0)
- 19: Rhymefest @ Metro (Chicago, 1/18/2008) (1)
- 18: Movies: Bobby (2007) & Hoffa (1992) (0)
- 15: Movies: RFK — His Many Sides (AE), RFK — American Experience, RFK Must Die (2)
- 14: Interesting Links/Articles between January 11th and January 14th (0)
- 13: Sketchfest 2008: Backpack Picnic (0)
- 10: Interesting Links/Articles between January 6th and January 10th (0)
- 08: RFK’s Day of Affirmation Address (2)
- 08: Rwanda: Living Forgiveness (0)
- 07: Movies: Mean Streets, The Naked City, The Simpsons Movie (0)
- 06: Midwinter Spring Is Its Own Season (0)
- 05: Interesting Links/Articles between January 2nd and January 5th
- 04: What We Now Know about Boylan’s Bulls (1)
- 04: Iowa! (0)
- 03: Movies: Primary, Alvin & The Chipmunks, The Incredibles (2)
- 01: Interesting Links/Articles between December 28th and January 1st (1)
- December 2007 (22)
- 31: 2007 Season of Lists: Books (2)
- 31: Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children & The Conscience of the Nation (1995) by Jonathan Kozol (1)
- 29: On this Night, We’re better than Milwaukee (1)
- 28: New Coach, Not that Different from the Old Coach (4)
- 27: Interesting Links/Articles between December 21st and December 27th (0)
- 23: Beat The Drum (0)
- 23: XO, Why must you be so elusive? (1)
- 22: Movies: Sicko, Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, Helvetica (1)
- 20: Interesting Links/Articles between December 18th and December 20th (0)
- 19: 2007 Season of Lists: Concerts (0)
- 18: “Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book” by Gerard Jones (3)
- 17: Interesting Links/Articles between December 13th and December 17th
- 17: Pamphlet Architecture #21: Situation Normal (1)
- 16: “Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World” by Justin Marozzi (4)
- 16: Site Updates & Future Wordpress Plans (0)
- 14: Madlib, PB Wolf, & the Stones Throw Crew @ Abbey Pub (Chicago, 11/30/2007) (0)
- 13: I’m Not There (0)
- 12: Interesting Links/Articles between December 9th and December 12th (0)
- 10: Movies: Talk to Me, Shrek the Third, Hurricane (0)
- 09: A Few Days Away (0)
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- 03: Interesting Links/Articles between November 28th and December 3rd (0)
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- 31: How to Approach a Concert Festival Schedule Grid (3)
- 29: Pattern Recognition (3)
- 27: Midnight at the Movies (4)
- 26: Interesting Links/Articles between July 21st and July 26th (0)
- 24: CWS 5 — Det 3, Work Day at the Old Ball Park (0)
- 22: A Little Wobbly (4)
- 20: Interesting Links/Articles between July 18th and July 20th (0)
- 19: The Decemberists & Grant Park Orchestra @ Millennium Park (Chicago, 7/18/2007) (5)
- 18: Movies: Blood Diamond, Chinatown, Mr. Brooks (3)
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- 15: Slint, the GZA, & Sonic Youth @ Pitchfork (Chicago, 7/13/2007) (8)
- 14: Toumani Diabate & Vieux Farka Toure @ Millenium Park (Chicago, 7/12/2007) (1)
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- 10: Blog Stats: June 10 to July 10, 2007 (2)
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- 03: Yoko Noge’s Jazz Me Blues @ Hothouse (Chicago, 7/2/2007) (1)
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- 31: Movies: Catch a Fire, T3, Children of Men (0)
- 30: Links/Articles that Intrigued Me between March 26th and March 30th (2)
- 28: Documentaries: The US vs. John Lennon & The Crusades (1)
- 27: Vusi Mahlasela @ Cultural Center (Chicago, March 27, 2007) (4)
- 26: Life in General (Early Spring 2007) (0)
- 25: Links/Articles that Intrigued Me between March 21st and March 24th (5)
- 21: A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe (4)
- 20: Collected Links/Articles for March 19th through March 20th (4)
- 19: Movies: The Departed, Becket, The Da Vinci Code (9)
- 17: My Concert Plans in Chicago (Spring/Summer 2007) (3)
- 14: Live: Salman Rushdie @ CPL (March 14, 2007) (3)
- 13: Murder in the Cathedral By TS Eliot (2)
- 12: The Lion of Zimbabwe, Thomas Mapfumo (1)
- 10: Documentaries: An Unreasonable Man, Genghis Blues, Amandla! (4)
- 07: Food Deserts on Wikipedia (1)
- 06: IL-TCE 2007 (2)
- 05: No New Books?! (HA!) (5)
- 04: Housekeeping! (0)
- 03: Movies: One Bright Shining Moment, Clean Slate, Seven Swords (0)
- 01: Maintain (1)
- February 2007 (20)
- January 2007 (26)
- 31: M. Ward @ Park West (Chicago, 1/29/2007) (5)
- 30: This Inning in Books (4)
- 28: Movie Reviews: Letters From Iwo Jima, Pan’s Labyrinth (1)
- 27: In a Free State by VS Naipaul (1)
- 25: Ryszard Kapuscinski, 1933–2007 (2)
- 24: “You Are Here” A look at the UCHICAGO and the South Side (1/24/2007) (0)
- 23: Gapers Block! (2)
- 22: Saul Williams, “…said, the Shotgun to the Head” (3)
- 21: Da Bears! (2)
- 21: Buddy Guy @ Buddy Guy’s Legends (Chicago, 1/20/2007) (5)
- 18: Misc! (1)
- 18: Biltong in the Mail? (0)
- 17: Nando’s in Chicago (2)
- 16: Movies: Children of Men, Hamlet, Art School Confidential (2)
- 14: The Counterlife by Philip Roth (2)
- 13: Movies: Who Killed the Electric Car?, The Illusionist, Fitzcarraldo (4)
- 11: UNEQUAL EDUCATION: A DEBATE & DISCUSSION AMONG SCHOOL REFORM LEADERS (1/11/2007) (0)
- 11: OLPC — Google, 2 for 1 Plans, Upcoming Discussions (1)
- 10: Echoes of Past Struggle: Affordable Housing on the South Side (1/9/2007) (0)
- 09: iPhone (2)
- 08: “Second Life” as Educational Tool? (0)
- 06: Pastrami in Chicago?! (2)
- 05: “Rashomon & Other Stories” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1)
- 05: Movies: Thank You For Smoking, Dead Man (3)
- 02: Phoenix 97, Chicago 96 (Jan 2, 2007) (0)
- 01: Happy New Year (0)
- December 2006 (25)
- 30: Movies: Ghost Dog — The Way of the Samurai, Lost In Translation (0)
- 29: The Tent by Margaret Atwood (0)
- 27: Movies: The Hidden Blade, Moulin Rouge, Cecil B. Demented (2)
- 26: “Get a life” (2004) by Nadine Gordimer (0)
- 25: WKND — XMAS 2006 (2)
- 24: Damn You Sid Meier! (2)
- 24: Chicago Bulls 115, Charlotte Bobcats 76 (Dec 23, 2006) (0)
- 22: Telling Tales (2004) (0)
- 21: Winnie Mandela “Part of My Soul Went With Him” (1985) (0)
- 20: Movies: Down By Law, North Korea: A Day in the Life, Kinamand (1)
- 20: Books in the Mail: The Orientalist (4)
- 18: WKND: FM’s Wedding, Apple Computer (0)
- 16: An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (0)
- 14: Movies: Blood & Oil, Space is the Place, City of God (2)
- 13: 2006 Music (Season of Lists) (0)
- 12: Stranger Than Fiction (2)
- 11: 3 Nights in August (Tony LaRussa, the Cards, and the Cubs) (0)
- 10: Movies: Darfur Diaries, Noi the Albino, L’Auberge Espagnole (0)
- 07: OLPC — One Laptop Per Child (4)
- 06: An Inconvenient Truth (14)
- 05: 2006 Booklist (December to December) (1)
- 04: Beyond Civilization by Daniel Quinn (1)
- 03: Chicago Wolves 5, San Antonio Rampage 4 (0)
- 03: WKND — deadlines and hockey pucks (0)
- 01: Al Gore (3)
- November 2006 (23)
- 29: Movies: Four Days in September, O Brother!, Wallace & Gromit (0)
- 28: NYT 100 Notable Books of Year (2)
- 27: Headbandgate (3)
- 26: More African Music (3)
- 24: Thanksgiving Day Parade 2006 (2)
- 23: Movies: Dogville, Talk to Her, A Bug’s Life (0)
- 20: Black Friday or Buy Nothing? (2)
- 19: Movies: Mongolian Ping Pong, Fata Morgana, & The Big Kahuna (1)
- 18: ‘Tis the Season! (0)
- 16: Day to Day: Today is Like Ten Years Ago (0)
- 15: Notes from the Economist: Republicans, Bolivians, Bengalis, Environmentalists, Indians, and Wal-Martians (2)
- 14: Around the Association (2)
- 13: WKND — mad scientists & birthday cake (and the rest) (0)
- 12: Is Sandwich? Is Not Sandwich! (1)
- 09: BBQ Chicken Pizza (3)
- 08: Elections: A Local View (0)
- 07: Film — The Letter: An American Town and the Somali Invasion (0)
- 06: Movies: Nacho Libre, Jules & Jim, Black Orpheus (2)
- 05: Vusi Mahlasela, Habib Koite at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music (11/4/2006) (2)
- 04: This Week’s “The Economist” (0)
- 03: Moonlighting (0)
- 02: Ulysses S. Grant by Josiah Bunting III (2)
- 01: The Mysterious Production of… Gulag Orkestar (0)
- October 2006 (22)
- 29: Movies: The Tin Drum, Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked, The Emperor & the Assassin (0)
- 27: Halloween 2006 Silent Movie at Rockefeller (0)
- 25: Ben Okri — Songs of Enchantment (2)
- 24: Movies: The Road Home, Underground, The Quiet Duel (0)
- 23: WKND — Homebody (0)
- 22: Four Passing Thoughts from Reading The Economist (0)
- 20: Yada, Yada, Yadier… (0)
- 18: Movies: Renaissance, The Fall of Fujimori (0)
- 17: Barack Obama @ 57th Street Books (10/17/2006) (0)
- 16: The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (2)
- 15: Weekend in St. Louis (0)
- 13: Banker to the Poor, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner (1)
- 13: Fake Lattes (0)
- 11: What it means to be a Liberal (4)
- 09: Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey by Fergal Keane (1)
- 08: WKND — Let’s give it up for October (1)
- 05: Movies: The King is Alive, The Warrior, X-Men III (0)
- 04: Seeing by Jose Saramago (0)
- 03: Major League Baseball — Postseason October 2006 (0)
- 03: Two Sunday Nights at the Chicago International Film Festival (0)
- 02: October Lit Events Chicago — Jhumpa Lahiri, Barack Obama, Smiley, Murrow (2)
- 01: Movies: The Protector, Ugetsu, Ultimate Avengers, Battle In Heaven (0)
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- 31: On Lollapalooza 2005 (0)
- 28: On The Number of Prawns you need to have a galaxy (and Mr. T, the White Sox, and Gary Coleman) (0)
- 26: On The Fordham Spire proposed for chicago (0)
- 25: On Saul Bellow & Envy for the Idealists & and the causes of the trudgery (0)
- 21: On A Day of Only Eating Harold’s Chicken & the World that Leads to This… (0)
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- 19: On Books: Thabo, Lebanon, Japan, Britannia, Chicago, & The Poor (0)
- 18: On the Byrds’ Mr. Tambourine Man and the Spectre of Lollapalooza (0)
- 17: Back to the Basics: weekend odds & ends (0)
- 14: On “Up For Grabs”: baseballs, lawyers, greed, and media circuses… (0)
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- 11: On a Nice Parallel in an article about Cell Phones (0)
- 11: On the Real T (0)
- 10: On the First Weekend Back to Me (Ozomatli, Batman, and all the Rest) (0)
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- 06: On the Year-Round School Year Experiment in Chicago (0)
- 06: Back on the Blog (0)
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- 31: I’d rather be a hammer than a nail. (0)
- 30: The Count: binary bombs, circuits, buy nothing… (0)
- 29: Preview NBA 2003–2004 [REPOST] (0)
- 28: Insight for the taking… (0)
- 27: The Count: Amandla!, XP & Panther, Computational Economics… [REPOSTED] (0)
- 25: Movie Sequels… (0)
- 25: The Matrix: first Reload then Revolt (0)
- 25: Simon & Garfunkel: The United Center, Chicago 10/25/2003 (0)
- 24: Doc O is the man… (0)
- 23: A day in the life… (0)
- 22: Odds, ends & School of Rock (0)
- 21: Rick Brunson: Homage, Mockumentary, or both? (0)
- 20: The Count: Weekend, Housekeeping, CDs & a Quote (0)
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- 19: Summer Meditations: Vaclav Havel [REPOSTED] (0)
- 18: “…”, said the shotgun to the head… (Saul Williams) (0)
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- 15: The Count: Northside, Southside, URLs from Blogdex, Miscellany (0)
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- 13: Kill Bill: Volume 1 (0)
- 12: Rushdie, “East, West”: On the run & the need to belong (0)
- 11: The Count: Round-a-bout chicago (0)
- 09: Test of Search Engines [REPOSTED] (0)
- 08: Good for Houston, Good for Business… Good for Africa? (0)
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