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May 28 2015 What’s Happening In Chicago This Weekend: May 29 – 31, 2015
Each week we will feature a post about what’s going around town during the upcoming weekend. From big festivals to conventions, we’re going to cover it all. This weekend is going to be a fun one as one the events is right by Urban Holiday Lofts. Let’s get started.
Do Division Street Fest – Hosted in … Continue reading
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Jan 24 2015 Grateful Dead Reunite in Attempt to Demonstrate that the Grateful Dead were Actually Pretty Good
We decided we hated the Grateful Dead long before we ever heard the Grateful Dead.
This was for a variety of reasons: (a) our friends’ dads liked the Grateful Dead; (b) the entirely of our teenage years were spent exclusively listening to punk music; (c) the insufferable negative connotations associated with the band (airheaded solipsism, boomer … Continue reading
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Nov 29 2014 Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace at The Double Door
In honor of Laura Jane Grace playing a scaled down show December 30th at nearby rock n’ roll slop house (and venue of our favorite scene from High Fidelity), the Double Door, we’re ranking all of Against Me!’s full length studio albums from great to greatest.
6. White Crosses
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Jul 29 2014 Destination Solar System at The Adler Planetarium
We know it’s been several centuries since its discovery, but it’s crazy that the solar system exists. Seriously, why isn’t a comment on the solar system not the first thing that we say to each other every day? Like, “Hey, Phil. Can you believe that the solar system is a thing? Anyways, do we have … Continue reading
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Jul 21 2014 Brew & View Chicago
Often times, it’s the simplest things that are the most pleasing. A funny movie; a cold beer; a lawn chair; the great outdoors. These, as elementary as they may be, are the ingredients for a recipe called “good times.”
And this Friday, the good times will be stirred up on the lush shores of Chicago’s Montrose Beach, courtesy (meaning … Continue reading
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Jun 26 2014 Fourth of July Fireworks at Navy Pier
Don’t feed us that bologna about them being invented in China in the 7th Century. Fireworks are as American as spaghetti and bibimbap. Maybe even more American.
And Fourth of July Fireworks at Navy Pier are unquestionably the most patriotic way to celebrate America’s birthday. First of all, despite being settled by French-Canadian drifters, Chicago is America’s most … Continue reading
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Jun 02 2014 Urban Holiday Lofts’ Guide to the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival
So the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival set times were just announced. Have a look:
FRIDAY, JULY 18 – gates at 3pm
8:30pm – (Green) Beck
7:20pm – (Red) Giorgio Moroder
7:15pm – (Blue) Avey Tare”s Slasher Flicks
6:25pm – (Green) Sun Kil Moon
6:15pm – (Blue) SZA
5:30pm – (Red) Sharon Van Etten
5:15pm – (Blue) The Haxan Cloak
4:35pm – (Green) Neneh Cherry
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May 15 2014 2014 Chicago Riot Fest Line Up Announced
If our life is like Jim Carrey’s in the Truman Show (as we suspect it is), we feel like this year’s roll out of the Chicago Riot Fest line-up have been TV show producers attempt to kill us off with an involuntary hyper-sentimental jubilation seizure (apologies to our readers with loved ones that have been … Continue reading
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Feb 20 2014 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival Artists We’re Most Excited to See (in order of least to most)
The 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago line-up was just announced, and unlike all those other uptight Chicago hospitality establishments, we’re not afraid to take off the gloves, throw caution to the wind, and organize the artists into a totally meaningless top-10 list, that is doomed to be buried in a sea of internet lists, that … Continue reading
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Jan 03 2014 Tomorrow Never Knows Fest
Like a bright flashlight shining into the abandoned medical device warehouse you, your best friend, and your stepdad’s dog are trapped in, Tomorrow Never Knows returns to offer a gleam of warm comfort in the dark heart of winter. Tomorrow Never Knows Fest is a loose assembly of acts performing all at once, in … Continue reading
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