Will The Modern Day MLK Please Stand Up? A Lupe Fiasco/Barack Obama Narrative

Welcome back to the modern age, an age where we have the ability to apply the…

Five Reasons Why Music is the Pits and Five Reasons Why It’s Still Awesome

An analysis of America’s current love/hate relationship with today’s popular music

Fat & Happy: Moroccan Meatball Stew in Roasted Pumpkins

Meatballs with a slightly spicy edge bathing in a cumin and gingery tomato sauce inside a…

A Love Letter to The Bourgeois Pig

Plan to pen the next Great American Novel? Need to channel the spirits of Hemingway or…

Vino: The JT Rule

How do you approach your wine? If your answer has anything to do with fear, let…

Chief Keef is not an artist

What makes music and art — and why South Side rapper Chief Keef fails miserably at…

Artist Profile: CHema Skandal!

He’s got an international following, a lively mural here in Chicago, and his hand in several…

Fat & Happy: Pink Peppercorn, Cherry and Bacon Compote Layered with Goat Cheese

For all of you who are trying to lose weight in this blessed new year, avert…

BOTM: Half Acre Hearths Ablaze Stout

As the temperature dips (finally), I have visions of campfires, roasting marshmallows and grilling in the…