Richard Giraldi's Loud Loop Press aims to "amplify Chicago's music scene" over the Internet. By the look of things, Giraldi's doing a pretty good job of it, too.
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Loud Loop Press: Webzine for Chicago's Music Scene
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Dancing Naked Ladies (and Boys) for Christmas
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Two new offbeat Chicago Christmas shows prove the point that the holidays aren't just for the kiddies. If mashups of classic Christmas specials, sexy burlesque, and drag-queen screwball comedy sound like a fun December evening, leave the small ones at home and consider heading to one of these edgy, adult-oriented seasonal spectaculars...
Misbehavin' with Ms. Bea Haven
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J.T. Newman is an unlikely ecdysiast. Wednesday, over sidewalk cocktails at downtown Chicago's Emerald Loop, she shared with me her journey from future office lackey to the blogosphere's "dyke darling" of burlesque, Ms. Bea Haven.
"Seven years ago, I was a performance poet," she shouts over the non-stop whistle of the Hotel Monaco valet, across the street. "I was also 31, had a terrible body image, and wasn't happy about that fact."
Originally, the Evanston native thought she would grow up to be a secretary--or a cheerleader. "My mother tells me now, 'One out of two isn't bad'," Newman says with a smirk.