Remember when there was that big launch last October of (PRODUCT)RED? And Oprah and Bono showed up at the Michigan Avenue Gap and acted like douchebags? Do you remember that? We do. We also remember seeing a litany of celebrities — Steven Speilberg, Christy Turlington, Mary J. Blige, Penelope Cruz — in advertisements wearing the (PRODUCT)RED clothing. And we thought to ourselves, are we really supposed to be feeling good about buying clothes to benefit......

Diggin’ that warm weather? Yeah, we are too. Honestly, though, it kind of scares us too. Whenever we start to think too hard about that (or that whole “infinity” concept) we like to distract ourselves with live music. Here’s the notable stuff going on sale this week. Bloc Party’s A Weekend In The City isn’t quite knocking us the fuck out as hard as their debut did, but by the time they roll through town......

The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a Chicago law prohibiting alcohol from being served at clubs that allow nude dancing. Therefore, anyone who likes to sit at VIPs on Kingsbury with a vodka tonic in one hand and a woman who would never talk to you during high school in the other is advised to get there pronto. The club often tried to work around the law by covering the dancers’ bits with liquid latex,......

Could adult men actually be more complex than they get credit for? Is it possible that labels like "meathead," "metrosexual," and "yuppie," don't tell the whole story? Could lame marketing and advertising ploys masked as bonafide studies be any more annoying and debasing to not only the people they purport to reveal information on, but also to those releasing this asinine report in the first place? Chicagoist is not sure how. So many things come......

Whoa, crazy brainphone between Chicagoist and the New York Times�both of us are all about Green Zebra today. Chicagoist was there last night, and lookie lookie who's got a review of it today. Crazygonuts. Green Zebra is the latest endeavor from Spring's Shawn McClain, and the mostly vegetarian fare is, in a word, spectacular. Chicagoist is over the moon for this fancypants veggie and vegan-friendly menu, which is on the expensive side of affordable but......