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Dan Deacon, Big Freedia, Zola Jesus, and many more recall the TV that’s shaped their lives

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Teri Gender Bender gets her hands on a modified reverb pedal. 

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Get your popcorn, grab a seat, and learn all about Chicago’s greatest theatre.

Maybe Gotham actually needed a better class of hero.

After all, the guy’s always out of his element.

Simple television economics may have led Truman Burbank to finally learn the truth about his life.

Rising singer-songwriter gets her hands on a modified MXR Phase 90 pedal.

This theory, if true, makes Tarantino’s hitman masterpiece even more bad ass.

In a few short years, Chicago’s Closed Sessions has emerged as one of hip-hop’s premiere record labels.