Kot and DeRogatis Fill Out the Rock Geek Questionnaire
CHICAGOMAG.COM EXCLUSIVE: The hosts of Sound Opinions tell us how many iPods they own, their favorite Chicago band no one knows about, how many times they’ve seen Spinal Tap, and more
Year: 2011
The Secrets of Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis's Success on 'Sound Opinions'
ROCK AND ROLES: The hosts of the popular rock talk show give us an inside look.
A Realistic Deal in Naperville
List Price: $825,000
Sale Price: $775,000
The Property: Three of the strikes against this 13-room home in a high-end Naperville subdivision are hard to hide: the empty lot on either side of the house and the third vacant lot behind this property’s nicely landscaped quarter-acre…
The 5 Ways Scott Walker Screwed Up
Republicans in New Jersey, Indiana, and Ohio are all fighting unions, but it’s the public-sector unions in Wisconsin that have captured the nation’s attention. Here’s what the governor did wrong… and one thing he’s been widely blamed for that’s not his fault.
Making It Work
With a few shrewd moves, an architect improves—majorly—on a gut-rehabbed Wicker Park house
Drinking Among Co-eds: The Chaser Strolls Down Memory Lane at McGee’s
One of my favorite ways to spend a night out is to begin with something glamorous—the kind of party where your eye shadow glimmers in the soft light of the chandeliers and you fill up on endless Champagne top-offs while exclaiming that the flower arrangements are really altogether spectacular—then switch gears, ditching the heels for flats and wrapping up with something at the opposite end of the spectrum…
Composer Stephen Schwartz on Adapting Studs Terkel’s ‘Working’ for Goodman Play
As told to Catey Sullivan “These are real people in Working. We used Studs Terkel’s [1974] book, of course, but for this production, I also did some new interviews. I learned a lot about interviewing through my association with Studs, talking with him, watching him, and listening to his tapes. And reading and rereading the … Read more