Billy Joe Shaver is playing the Rose Bowl Tavern on Sunday night, and he spoke with us about man-eating escalators, hitchhiking in a cantaloupe truck, and writing “I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train.”
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Patrol car video of June 5 CPD arrest involving pepper spray, alleged choking – UPDATED
From the wonders of Facebook: The pepper spray moment happens just into the 11 minute mark and the alleged choking incident takes place after the 15 minute mark. UPDATE: Illinois State police review says officer …
City of Champaign seeks investigation into CPD brutality in June arrest
Following a press release last night from the City of Champaign (which hasn’t been posted to the City website), the News-Gazette has a story this morning entitled “Probe sought in ‘troubling’ arrest in Champaign.” You …
Making the scene
The C-U Collective is doing their damnedest to grow the DIY music scene in Champaign-Urbana.
Feel the early-season excitement, or not
Illinois never trailed on their way to a workmanlike, 66-46 victory over SIU-Edwardsville on Monday night.
Tiny review: Merry Ann’s taco salad
When I was a kid, my family used to occasionally splurge on the ultra-authentic Mexican food of Mrs. Lady’s restaurant in Okoboji, Iowa (it’s still there, and still getting mediocre reviews!). They had an Insane …
Images of foreclosure
Will Arnold talks about “It's Not Those Things,” his photographic exhibition (now on display at the Urbana City Building) detailing the struggle of an Urbana family who lost their home.
More Unit 4 Admins step down (UPDATED)
Updated 10/25 The following email was sent to all Unit 4 staff this morning. To all staff members on behalf of Dr. Robert Malito, Interim Superintendent: From Beth Shepperd: I have resigned my position …
Go see that Voltron sh*t at the Phoenix on Tuesday
We get a lot of emails asking us to cover music going on in C-U, and some of them are insulting, but few are as entertaining as this one that we got last night: didn’t …
Too cool to be forgotten
It’s a shambling Americana extravaganza at Highdive on Saturday, with the documentary Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah, followed by Gurf Morlix playing Foley’s songs.