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Theatre Review: “Alien Queen”

Robert Cass December 17, 2010 2

A new Chicago stage production combines the first two movies of the "Alien" franchise with the music of Queen

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Box Office Flashback: December 10, 1984

Robert Cass December 10, 2010 19

Axel Foley, the Terminator, Supergirl, Mozart, and God all make appearances in this week's Box Office Flashback to December 10,

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Box Office Flashback: October 29, 1996

Robert Cass October 29, 2010 0

Robert Cass fills in for Jeff Giles this week and takes readers on a Box Office Flashback to October 29, 1996. (Rated R for vulgar language used in response to Robert's numerous "Macarena" jokes.)

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Bootleg City: The (Municipal) Political Shocker of the Decade of the Week!

Robert Cass September 14, 2010 4

Mayor Cass tips his hat (and the rest of his wardrobe) to the outgoing mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, and uploads a Nada Surf concert from 2008 for your downloading pleasure

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Bootleg City: Please Stop Burning the Midnight Oil

Robert Cass September 6, 2010 2

Songs from Midnight Oil's 1993 acoustic tour are featured this week, while Bootleg City goes "unplugged" to fight light pollution (translation: a crushing electric bill)

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Bootleg City: Take Me Home

Robert Cass August 28, 2010 10

Mayor Cass returns with an end-of-summer recap from prison and features a 1990 bootleg from Phil Collins's Seriously Live! world tour

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Bootleg City: Take It or Leave It

Robert Cass August 13, 2010 16

The mayor of Bootleg City sends an update from prison, and the final two volumes of Y100 Sonic Sessions are featured in their entirety

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Sugar Water: We Love to Fly Drunk and It Shows

Robert Cass August 12, 2010 6

U.S. airports will soon be selling more alcohol to raise revenue for cash-strapped local governments, while airlines continue to charge fees for checked baggage and other services. Investigative reporter Robert Cass pretends to be

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Bootleg City: Who’s Bad?

Robert Cass July 12, 2010 2

Yesterday morning I decided to take a leisurely bike ride along Whiskey River, the main waterway that runs through Bootleg City. (Technically, the river is one-tenth moonshine due to a leak from Matthew Boles’s

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