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The Night Rock Fans Rioted to Kill Disco—at a Chicago Baseball Game
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyAs Chicago shock jock Steve Dahl drove...
Once upon a time there was the radio station WLUP, and what a wild place it was
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe radio, one of the niftiest inventions of the 20th century, has been informing, entertaining,...
Disco came and disco went, with Chicago’s Comiskey Park a memorable battleground in ‘The War on...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIf you can hum a few bars of “Disco Duck,” have I got a show for you. It is the latest episode of...
In memoriam: Reasons to love Richard Lewis, and why he loved Chicago
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCHICAGO — You have, no doubt, been made aware of the death of Richard Lewis. The 76-year-old...
94 million-year-old fossilized sea monster is the oldest of its kind in North America
Live Science via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA team of researchers uncovered a tiny mosasaur fossil in the gray shale rocks of southern Utah — a...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: 100 years of WLS — the ‘World’s Largest Store’ — radio
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe year 1924 was a memorable one in Chicago. Construction of Soldier Field was completed. Two wealthy University of Chicago students committed what they called “the perfect murder.” And a company ...
Famous forecaster: How Tom Skilling’s popularity went through the stratosphere
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn one of his last remaining nights as the chief meteorologist at WGN-TV, Tom Skilling took part of...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Friday the 13th
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTomorrow is Friday the 13th — a day that some deem doomed. According to folklore, Friday plus 13 equals a double dose of bad luck. What does that mean?...
Why Baseball Doc ‘Saint of Second Chances’ Is Making Grown Men Cry
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNetflix“The most beautiful thing is a ballpark filled with people,” says the late Bill Veeck in an...
Last dance: 'The War on Disco' revisits Demolition Night in Chicago during 1979
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 28—Rushmore DeNooyer always wanted to work with the PBS series American Experience. The producer was pulled into the mix when American Experience's Cameo George reached out and told him ...