Mixtape review: Rockie Fresh “Electric Highway”
** 1/2 (out of four) Rockie Fresh likes cars. He likes buying cars ("In 2013/I plan to buy too many cars"). He likes talking about cars. He likes driving cars,...
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Mixtape review: Rockie Fresh “Electric Highway”
** 1/2 (out of four) Rockie Fresh likes cars. He likes buying cars ("In 2013/I plan to buy too many cars"). He likes talking about cars. He likes driving cars,...
‘The Bachelor’ recap: Maybe Kacie B. spoke too soon
Competition lingered large in the hair on this week's "Bachelor," as the eyes became starrier, the sighs got heavier and the claws grew longer. Starting with an ominous Kacie B....
‘The Bachelor’ recap: The triumphant return of Kacie B.
Greeting, ya'll, and welcome to my now-weekly "Bachelor" recap for the Sean Lowe season. Wow, how exciting. Full disclosure, the girls I lived with in college recently got me hooked...
When will the Chicago River freeze?
The temperature plummeted earlier this week, and next week's projections are looking even colder. As temperatures below freezing hit more consistently, the Chicago River continues to flow, which begs the...
Track review: Rockie Fresh, ‘Life Long’ feat. Rick Ross, Nipsey Hussle
***1/2 (out of four)While a different, more controversial brand of Chicago hip-hop was on the rise last summer, local MC Rockie Fresh had already ascended, signing to Rick Ross's major-label...
‘Lost Ark’ journal found
The University of Chicago's admissions department is often the catchall for ambiguous mail deliveries, admissions counselor Grace Chapin says, but one package received last week left workers especially confused. The...
Album review: Big Boi, ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors’
**1/2 (out of four) Both as a solo artist and with Outkast, Big Boi has proven to be an intensely dedicated craftsman--an open-minded listener rooted in Southern funk but relentlessly...
Album review: Big Boi, ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors’
**1/2 (out of four) Both as a solo artist and with Outkast, Big Boi has proven to be an intensely dedicated craftsman--an open-minded listener rooted in Southern funk but relentlessly...
Celebrate the Orange Bowl bid at these NIU bars
With Northern Illinois snagging an Orange Bowl bid this weekend, Husky fever is sure to reach a high in the next few weeks. NIU became the first-ever MAC school to...