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Social Media Week: Richard Roeper, Steve Dahl, Robert Feder, Nancy Loo
September 26, 2011
Four Chicago media personalities discuss Reinventing a Media Career on Alternative Platforms.
'Public Enemies' (2009 Johnny Depp movie)
August 8, 2011
A couple strong scenes of gun violence, but a weak story and characters make for a mediocre movie which should have been much better.
Chicago Blizzard of 1967
January 31, 2011
Radio broadcasts and reminiscences recall the snowstorm that buried Chicago under 23 inches of snow in January of 1967.
WGN-TV shuts out The Museum of Classic Chicago Television
September 30, 2009
WGN-TV has reportedly forced The Museum of Classic Chicago Television to pull all WGN material from the museum website.
Olbermann: Mancow gets waterboarded, calls it torture in 6 seconds
May 23, 2009
Erich ‘Mancow’ Muller had himself waterboarded in Chicago for his radio show. He lasted six seconds before declaring it torture.
Brendan Greeley celeb sighting
May 15, 2009
Edwardo spots Brendan Greeley at Wrigley on Comcast SportsNet Chicago.
Kevin Pang eats cheeseburgers and more
May 2, 2009
About ‘The Cheeseburger Show’ and its adventurous host.
Rainn Wilson's SoulPancake.com: Fashioning art, spirituality
March 15, 2009
In an interview with Oprah, the comedic actor from ‘The Office’ outlines his new Web project for spiritual social networking through the arts.
Rick Santelli, CNBC in hot water on 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'
March 5, 2009
Finally someone on TV takes a closer look at Rick Santelli’s much-hyped bailout rant.
Garry Meier on WIND, Brendan & Pete on iTunes, Steve Dahl on Movable Type
February 23, 2009
Keeping up with the latest doings of former radio colleagues.
The Food Allergy Mama
February 13, 2009
Suburban Chicago mom and new cookbook author Kelly Rudnicki blogs about food allergies and kids.
Trader Joe's commercial: Jobim's 'Waters of March'
February 12, 2009
I don’t know if I buy that it’s an unauthorized commercial, but we certainly buy a lot of wine from Trader Joe’s.
1982 Tylenol tampering crisis: Tylenol killer caught?
February 4, 2009
After over 26 years, there suddenly is new activity in the case of the 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders.
Drew Peterson's ex-fiancée Christina Raines on the CBS 'Early Show'
February 2, 2009
This morning’s interview capped the latest breathtaking stunt in Drew Peterson’s circus of distraction.
L. Randolph Cook hopes to save souls by claiming Oprah freebased crack cocaine
January 17, 2009
The ‘Chicago businessman’ is the subject of the latest National Enquirer exclusive. He says he just seeks closure.
Barack Obama loves Dixie Kitchen on 'Check, Please!' (updated)
January 7, 2009
A lost episode of ‘Check, Please!’ featuring restaurant reviewer Barack Obama will finally air on Chicago’s WTTW before the inauguration.
Darren Stephens arrested in Chicago (not Darrin Stephens or the other Darren Stephens)
December 30, 2008
Someone was arrested in Chicago, but he may not be who you think he is or what he said he was.
Steve Dahl Show items at Chicago Tribune
December 19, 2008
Links to LaNell’s letter on the anniversary of Terry Armour’s passing, and what Steve Dahl has been up to since his radio show was canceled.
Drew Peterson engaged to 23-year-old woman? Maybe not (updated)
December 17, 2008
Drew Peterson’s publicist confirms his client has become engaged to a 23-year-old woman. Drew wonders how this got out.
Buzz Kilman show tonight at Bill's Blues in Evanston
December 12, 2008
Buzz Kilman and the Blues Rocket Scientists are doing two sets — one at 8:30, and another at midnight.
Total Oprah
December 5, 2008
Robyn Okrant has been living, breathing, and eating Oprah for nearly a year.
Oprah's snow globe
December 5, 2008
Oprah Winfrey’s incredibly self-aggrandizing snow globe has been photographed and described by the Chicago Tribune.
The news is in my house
December 4, 2008
Steve Dahl called me to say that CBS Radio is canceling his show, so I am losing my job.
Live blogging Election Day 2008
November 4, 2008
Election Day 2008, as experienced in our living room.
'Top Chef' Chicago
March 11, 2008
Season 4 of the Bravo TV competition — hosted by Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio — takes place in the Windy City.
Pierogi recipes: Cheese filling, cabbage filling, mashed potato filling
December 15, 2007
Pierogi recipes — for pierogi dough and several different fillings — as handed down by my mother.
Kohl Children's Museum in Glenview, Illinois
November 17, 2007
An enjoyable kids’ museum in Glenview, Illinois that we’ll probably visit again now and then.
Turning into mornings
November 8, 2007
On Monday, my working day for The Steve Dahl Show was moved up eight and a half hours.
I'm not Oprah-worthy
November 3, 2007
I friended Oprah on MySpace, but after ten days, she still has not reciprocated.
Summer festivals and events 2007
May 4, 2007
My own list of parades, festivals, and public events in our area.
Coming Friday: The New Mastersounds
December 7, 2006
Go see this great funk band from Leeds at The Kinetic Playground.
The Bean: A shining, elastic success
May 16, 2006
Like the Mona Lisa, Anish Kapoor’s sculpture captures swarms of humans in wordless aesthetic arrest.
Northbrook restaurant: Charlie Beinlich's Food & Tap
March 31, 2006
Great hamburgers in a great room since 1950.
The New Mastersounds
May 23, 2005
Review of the May 21, 2005 New Mastersounds concert at Subterranean in Chicago.
