When Jupiter’s Pizza and Billiards opened its doors on November 14, 1997, Downtown Champaign was a remarkably different place. Along with Gypsy, and the already established Blind Pig (as a venue), you could start to …
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The Suede Chain reunite; play Cowboy Monkey on January 6
If you never saw The Suede Chain live, you missed out on the precursor to bands like Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire shoving a few too many on stage in the post-Nirvana era, and …
Michael Carpenter of Decadents sang “Tom Sawyer” with Foo Fighters last night
All things being equal, he crushed it:
I have never been to a Golden Corral
Is Golden Corral good? Tom Kacich confirms that it’s opening on Anthony Drive, eerily close to the old Ryan’s Steakhouse. I’ve never been to one, because I don’t tend to eat at boo-fays, but let …
Holy moly — allegedly, George Papadopoulos went to grade school at South Side in Champaign
Another week, another Trump scandal. Par for the course in America 2017, but now that it’s Mueller Time, it seems the wheels might actually start to come off the silliest clown car to ever drive …
Here is footage from the protest against the “Chief” at the Homecoming parade
Earlier this week, it was announced that the “Chief” would be appearing at the Homecoming Parade tonight, despite the University of Illinois taking a supposed hard line stance against its specter and the past it …
It is time to put an end to this minstrel show once and for all
UPDATED: Wednesday 9:44 p.m. I spoke with Homecoming parade chairman Jack Hamman earlier this evening, and asked him about the decision to allow the “Chief” to participate in this year’s parade. He advised that I …
Illinois AD Josh Whitman pens open letter regarding “War Chant” retirement
Josh Whitman, the athletic director at Illinois, has an incredible way with words. That was on display earlier this year when he had to make the hard, but understandable, choice to let Men’s Basketball coach …
PhD candidate arrested for suspected kidnapping of missing student
From the News-Gazette, who reported tonight on the arrest of a PhD candidate named Brendt Christensen, who is suspected of kidnapping YingYing Zhang, which has confounded the community for the past month. Here is his LinkedIn …
Seven years ago, your venerable Smile Politely editors went to Illini Inn and joined the Mug Club
Here’s the article. I can’t sit silent about this. Our Managing Editor, Patrick — that silly sonuva — sent me this link, and it got me goin’. Especially not during a week where Smile Politely …