ZOOMING BACK TO THE SILLY `70S
Previous decades have given the nostalgia buff such enduring icons as Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe and the Beatles. What does the `70s legacy look like? Try ''The Dukes...
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HOW THINGS CHANGE AS TIME GOES BY
Word from Manhattan is that ''As Time Goes By'' has been toppled by ''Phantom of the Opera'' as the most requested music on the piano-bar circuit there. Could it be...
KRIS KROSSED UP
A Rogers Park Boy Scout leader we know says he discovered the power of MTV in the remote Wisconsin woods last month when one of his charges insisted on wearing...
ROLLING, ROLLING DOWN THE RIVER
Most people look at the Chicago River and see dirty green water and maybe a stray mattress left over from last spring`s leak. Artists look at that same river and...
ROLLING, ROLLING, ROLLING DOWN THE RIVER
Most people look at the Chicago River and see dirty green water and maybe a stray mattress left over from last spring`s leak. Artists look at that same river and...
COMPOSER AND CSO CONDUCTOR GIVE MALCOLM X A NEW SONG TO SING.
Just about every American 35 or older has indelible memories of the day John F. Kennedy was shot. Composer Anthony Davis` most prominent impression is no doubt different than most....
ON GUARD: DON`T BE SHY ABOUT PROTECTION AGAINST STREET CRIME
Muggers are going to have to start wearing earplugs or risk permanent hearing damage when they hassle citizens equipped with ''LifeGuard.'' This latest in personal alarm products might be thought...
ANOTHER BREED OF ROCKER ALSO CALLS THE SUBURBS HOME
Jim Peterik isn`t the only successful rocker to make his home in the southwest suburbs. Palos Hills resident Gary Loizzo has produced a slew of gold records-including four Styx albums...
BULL-RIDING MADE EASY
Pamplona, Spain, has its running of the bulls, and now Chicago has a motorized version tooling down Michigan Avenue every day. It`s the Bulls Bus, complete with a three-dimensional head...
WHEN SIMPLE PRETENSION IS NOT ENOUGH
O-mah-god, the sequel: Chichi fitness buffs who want to have their water and drink it too are lapping up Gucci`s latest status symbol-the leather tote strap for bottled mineral water....