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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 12h
A department run by two eight-year-old boys in a trenchcoat
@washingtonsun.bsky.social@washingtonsun.bsky.social
The FBI wants to hire the Ultimate Fighting Championship to train its special agents under a one-year deal that would bypass the competitive bidding process typically used for federal contracts, according to federal records.
washingtonsun.com
FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents
The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 16h
[ millennial music writer voice ] i wrote about taper’s choice ahead of their chicago shows at the end of the month
chicagoreader.com
Taper’s Choice are the perfect gateway drug for the jam-band curious - Chicago Reader
Taper’s Choice chronicled their easygoing chemistry with a series of self-released recordings.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 17h
It’s day seven of Apple fest
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The impact that one three-day ticketed event can have on a public park:
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Riot Fest Says Douglass Park Cleanup To Cost Up To $600K, Be Done By Thanksgiving
Crews are in the midst of restoring parts of the West Side park after a rainy Riot Fest weekend left fields caked in mud.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
apple fest stories are a lot like small chevals: you think you’ve seen them all, then another one pops up
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
marked safe from Chicago media’s Apple Fest coverage
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Who knew that reporting to the public that the city issued a cease and desist—a death blow to most DIY spots—is the real problem!
@pmontoro.bsky.social@pmontoro.bsky.social
On Tuesday, @imleor.bsky.social checked in with Pancho García at Casa Cafe, which is trying to get a PPA license so it can book hardcore shows again. And people think that his story is to blame for the cease-and-desist the city issued two weeks ago! Fascinating! chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...
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Casa Cafe takes a hiatus from hardcore - Chicago Reader
Casa Cafe’s bookers are pursuing a city license so they can safely restart shows. Plus: DJ Paul Nixon launches the pop-up shop Happy Home Records, and more.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Very cool that Turnstile is doing a fundraiser for Palestine, Sudan, and Lebanon on the grounds of the Washington Monument later this month
TURNSTILE ANNOUNCES FREE SHOW IN 
WASHINGTON, D.C.

TURNSTILE AT THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
TO TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 24TH
RAISING FUNDS FOR HUMAN CONCERN INTERNATIONAL AND THEIR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN PALESTINE, SUDAN & LEBANON
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
that’s right
unraveled@unraveledpress.com
Seen in Wicker Park
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There’s even more in the story I wrote about the main organizer a year ago! chicagoreader.com/music/music-...
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Pancho García makes hardcore happen - Chicago Reader
Pancho García cofounded the Ruidosa Art Collective and books and plays DIY shows that help sustain the southwest-side Latine hardcore scene.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
real “social media ruined Apple fest” hours over here
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A few hardcore kids on IG have claimed that this article “blew up their spot,” which the city closed two weeks ago—the action which inspired this article laying out what happened and plans to re-open the space. 3D chess is alive and well!
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wrote a bit about the new Able Baker at the end of this column a couple weeks ago
chicagoreader.com
The Windy Pop Weekender hits year two of ‘being super precious and adorable’ - Chicago Reader
Two-day twee and indie-pop festival the Windy Pop Weekender includes 90s favorites Rocketship, Dressy Bessy, and the Softies.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Debut from Able Baker rocks, one of my favorite Chicago albums to come out this season
@see-saw.fun@see-saw.fun
some troubling developments occurred when even more BIZZA SHAPES arrived in the Midwest. It’s more Aussie snack chat and praise for Madison, WI’s punk exports right here on PUNK THIS WEEK
see-saw.fun
punk this week podcast: baby tyler + able baker
Looks like we got ourselves a Bizza boy, baby (Tyler)!
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For the evening crowd
Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social
Chicago’s most exciting punk venue is in the back of a taco joint—and it just paused putting on shows for the foreseeable future. I spoke to Casa Cafe’s main show organizer about what happened.
chicagoreader.com
Casa Cafe takes a hiatus from hardcore - Chicago Reader
Casa Cafe’s bookers are pursuing a city license so they can safely restart shows. Plus: DJ Paul Nixon launches the pop-up shop Happy Home Records, and more.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There’s way too much music out there worth paying attention to, and even the stuff barely worth noticing is better than this pap
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
exactly
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
RSD’s Black Friday offerings include one carpetbagging band producing evidence that they’ve been to Chicago
Screenshot of RSD Black Friday listing for Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Live in Chicago
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An update on the Reader union’s contract negotiations
@chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social@chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social
In February 2026, the Chicago Reader Union began contract negotiations with our Seattle-based parent company, Noisy Creek. After eight months, we’re pleased to share that there’s been some positive movement—and we hope for more in the weeks to come.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I also spoke to record dealer Paul Nixon about a new pop-up he’s begun organizing in the wake of closing the North Park shop he co-owned earlier this year.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chicago’s most exciting punk venue is in the back of a taco joint—and it just paused putting on shows for the foreseeable future. I spoke to Casa Cafe’s main show organizer about what happened.
chicagoreader.com
Casa Cafe takes a hiatus from hardcore - Chicago Reader
Casa Cafe’s bookers are pursuing a city license so they can safely restart shows. Plus: DJ Paul Nixon launches the pop-up shop Happy Home Records, and more.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
[j jonah jameson voice] i need more apple fest crowd photos!
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What
Woods said she’s always expressed herself online, but the COVID-19 pandemic and early debates around 5G pushed her from “tinfoil hat” speculation into rigorously researched political commentary.
@blockclubchi.bsky.social@blockclubchi.bsky.social
Meet the social media influencers spreading Mayor Brandon Johnson’s message: buff.ly/tzTg9Ay
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
lincoln square is a hidden gem
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why does this institutional street fest in a bustling neighborhood center that runs after street fest season but before it’s too cold to be outside draw so many people? it must be influencers
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Longer than that! But tiktokers are Columbus-ing it, so it must be new
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
some believe the earth is flat
@blockclubchi.bsky.social@blockclubchi.bsky.social
Did social media ruin Apple Fest? With long lines and large crowds, some believe so. buff.ly/d6F9HDf
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I wrote about Musclecars
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Musclecars center New York City’s dance history in their omnivorous house tracks  - Chicago Reader
As Musclecars, Brooklyn DJs and producers Brandon Weems and Craig Handfield don’t make dance music to try to fit into anyone’s template of classic four-on-the-floor house—they seem more motivated by a...
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Annie Howard wrote a big John Prince deep dive ahead of this month’s celebrations for what would’ve been his 80th birthday
chicagoreader.com
America still needs John Prine - Chicago Reader
On what should’ve been his 80th birthday, beloved songwriter John Prine offers enduring lessons about the value of empathy and curiosity.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We’re suffering a severe dearth of new Chicago characters lately. We need a quirky animal to take up residence in an unexpected place, like a cockatiel nesting in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Tiffany Dome
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Aurelio’s Debuts Pope Leo Pizza Box To Honor Its Most Famous Customer
The suburban pizza chain is honoring Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV with a limited-edition box made for a papal photo op.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It will be good?
IGN@ign.com
Marvel fans need to prepare for "a very surprising ending" to Avengers: Doomsday, directors Joe and Anthony Russo have teased. https://bit.ly/4z1aMtK
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
using ai to buy records is so counter to the very nature of experiencing music and collecting, both of which feed off curiosity. this is just zombie consumption.
@hoovybaby.bsky.social@hoovybaby.bsky.social
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No
Hearing the origin story of the Format usually elicits some kind of “say it ain’t so” reaction. 

Back in the mid-’90s, Nate Ruess and Sam Means were just two Weezer-loving high schoolers who met under a blue album moon, and everything started coming undone—or rather, together—for the indie pop-rock band.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If memory serves yes, but also if you can find it on google bless you
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Truly nuts!!
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A wild lineup because the guests were Vivica A. Fox and the host of the hit nbc reality show the apprentice. Seems like it’s been wiped from the internet!
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This claims TVOTR hadnt been on TV prior to playing “wolf like me” on Letterman in 2006, but in 2004 I attended a Last Call with Carson Daly taping specifically to see TVOTR
@stereogum.com@stereogum.com
Watch TV On The Radio bring back "Wolf Like Me," a song currently going through a 'Spider-Man' resurgence, on @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social
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TV On The Radio Bring Back"Wolf Like Me" On 'Kimmel':Watch
Did you ever watch the video of TV On The Radio playing “Wolf Like Me” on David Letterman’s Late Show in 2006? It’s one of the all-time great TV performances. TVOTR were young and hungry, and they’d j...
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
None of them are wearing a tie in the shape of Illinois
@chicagotribune.com@chicagotribune.com
Meet the MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ grant winners with Illinois ties
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Meet the MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ grant winners with Illinois ties
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looks nice in print
Print version of my “record scratching breaks containment again” story
Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social
I’ve heard the sounds of record scratching pop up in new rock and pop songs. For my latest Reader feature, I called up a bunch of rock musicians to find out what interests them in record scratching.
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Record scratching breaks containment again - Chicago Reader
Born from hip-hop in the 1970s, turntablism is having its biggest moment in pop and rock since the nu-metal boom a generation ago.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
talk about interior decorating
@scissors.myatproto.social@scissors.myatproto.social
a bagged salad rotting in my produce drawer while i tend to my refrigerator bonsai
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Classic, best band
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
102 has gotta be tiger king
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
looking forward to the next 100 best TV shows of the 21st Century list rollout, which I assume begins tomorrow. I gotta know which program is the 184th best (my guess: that’s my bush!)
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nathan Fielder in the You Can See Everything trailer
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Kevin Feige Officially Confirms One Character Will Anchor the Entire 'Avengers: Doomsday' Story
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Kevin Feige Officially Confirms One Character Will Anchor the Entire 'Avengers: Doomsday' Story
Kevin Feige, the President of Marvel Studios, has confirmed that one character will anchor the story of Marvel’s upcoming film Avengers: Doomsday. One Character Will Anchor ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Story In a recent article with Vanity Fair, Feige indicated that Florence Pugh’s character, Yelena Belova, would be the center point of the upcoming Marvel film, Avengers: … Read more
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m afraid I don’t know!
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And you can prep for it with my 2024 Ragamala oral history
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An oral history of Ragamala - Chicago Reader
How Chicago’s marathon of Indian classical music became a focus of artistry and community, in the words of the people who’ve made it happen
@pmontoro.bsky.social@pmontoro.bsky.social
The World Music Festival begins tonight with Ragamala, a free 14-hour marathon of Indian classical music at the Cultural Center. Have you ever seen anybody play a morsing? Or a surbahar? I had to look those up! Bring snacks or even a sleeping bag. It's a great time! www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
avenge Bob’s Burgers
@phillewis.bsky.social@phillewis.bsky.social
Here’s The New York Times 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve had it and it’s great
@madopal.bsky.social@madopal.bsky.social
Thought of you while I tried @imleor.bsky.social
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That’s right
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I do indeed know!
chicagoreader.com
What turns kids punk? - Chicago Reader
The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.
@doylearmbrust.bsky.social@doylearmbrust.bsky.social
What has two thumbs and just recorded with Verböten’s Jason Narducy at Electrical Audio? Not sure how deep Bluesky goes on punk, but @imleor.bsky.social and @robertloerzel.bsky.social probably know what’s up.
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