Ted Cox
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Arlington Hts.' Innocent playing Reggie's Music JointFeb 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Hot off its set opening for Cracker at Durty Nellie's, The Innocent, led by Michael Hardey of Arlington Heights, takes it downtown for a show at Reggie's Music Joint. Os...
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Gov't puts off imposition of digital TV, but at what cost?Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Go ahead, adjust your TV set. Tweak those rabbit ears for a more-perfect picture. Turn the sound up and down. You can do so with impunity. For the next few months, anywa...
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Whedon's new drama 'Dollhouse' is no 'Buffy'Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Genius is not necessarily a portable commodity. That's my pithy way of backing into "Dollhouse," the new Fox series from Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slaye...
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Poi Dog Pondering touring on new albumFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - The eclectic Chicago-based rock band Poi Dog Pondering makes a trip out into the suburbs this weekend. Frank Orrall's catchall collective is touring behind its latest al...
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Comic relief for steroid era: HBO lampoons the entitlement of athletesFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - For all those who've recently felt betrayed, angered, disappointed or even repulsed by a baseball player, does HBO ever have a show for you. Danny McBride plays former s...
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Chicago Public Radio to host poetry readingFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - The "Chicago Public Radio Presents" series plays host to a "UniVerse of Poetry" reading and taping at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, at the Chicago Center for the Performing Ar...
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Makeshift Prodigy to go acoustic at Elgin showFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - If Coldplay is the new ruler of the rock world, after dominating the Grammy Awards Sunday, the Chicago-area band Makeshift Prodigy appears out to be part of the occupyin...
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Harpist in Elgin, Welsh glock band in ChicagoFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - You gotta have harp The Elgin Symphony Orchestra welcomes harpist Yolanda Kondonassis this weekend for a series of shows in which she'll perform as a soloist. She'll be ...
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PBS examines Lincoln's assassination, his enduring mysteriesFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The whole wide TV world seems attuned to the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, which makes it sort of strange that PBS' lauded "American Experience" feels the tim...
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Slow-death overtime: The readers strike back on North-MacFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - It's time for the third-worst person in the world (tied) to call in the crew in the Mylar suits and open up the old mailbag: "Good article on the gentle decline of John ...