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The Weekend Desk Report

By Natasha Julius

Millennials’ other bad habits? Kim Kardashian and the sharing economy.
Market Update
Wool must be getting really expensive, because they’re not even trying to pull it over your eyes anymore.


Suspended Sentence
Maybe Nick Fairley can argue the car provoked him to drive it.
Suspended Logic
Then, of course, he can tell the world his car is an angel and his car can do no wrong.
Suspended Hearing
Of course, if he really wants to weasel out of something he can just exert his political will to make sure the real evidence never sees the light of day.
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The Weekend Desk Tip Line: Suspended animation.
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The Beachwood Radio Network
* The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #11: Derrick Rose A Saboteur By Any Other Name.
Plus: Drinking The Bears’ Bourbon & Baseball’s Blockbusters.
* The Beachwood Radio Hour #2: Crime Is Down.
Bringing this episode back to your attention in light of Friday’s city council hearing on Chicago crime stats. A must-listen.
* The Beachwood Radio Hour #17: Candid Chicago.
Featuring Ald. Patrick J. O’Connor, God’s Special Creature. Plus: Lollapaloozers, The Political Odds, Derrick Rose Is A Saboteur, The Cub Factor, Junkies In Narcissistic Denial, Crime Is Down & Weekend Classifieds.
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The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: “Jim and Greg conduct a Classic Album Dissection of The Ramones’ 1977 release Rocket to Russia, including a 2007 Sound Opinions interview with the late Tommy Ramone. Tommy died on July 11th and was the last surviving original member of the pioneering punk band. Later, Jim and Greg review a new album from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.”
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The CAN TV Weekend Viewing Report: CAN TV brings you local, relevant issues from Chicago’s neighborhoods and communities. See what’s happening around the city in education, the arts, government, cultural events, social services and community activities.
8th Chicago Latin Jazz Festival
This celebration of Latin jazz includes a tribute to bassist and South Side Chicagoan Victor Venegas, and performances by violinist James Sanders and Johnny Blas & his Afro-Libre Orquestra.
Sunday at 9 a.m. on CAN TV21.
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Hamlet: The Series
Don’t miss this classic Shakespearean story of a princess, a war and a power struggle. Made for television, this “re-imagining” uses the original language in a modern setting with a female Hamlet.
Sunday at 7 p.m. on CAN TV21.
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BeachBook
* Everything Winter Announces Backyard Hockey Rink Service.
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The Weekend Classified Ad Report


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Posted on August 2, 2014