Brad Flora on the Web

Resembling a set from a zombie movie or a fake town from a 1950s nuclear testing site, Bensenville, Ill., is a partially abandoned, perfectly preserved village just west of Chicago near the O'Hare Airport. This photo essay explains just what happened to Bensenville and shows off its eerier sights.

Mac addict masquerades as Windows fanboy to roadtest Apple's personal shopper program. You wouldn't buy a $2000 without asking a lot of questions. A computer shouldn't be any different. Right?

"You've seen them up there, watching the game from across the street. But have you ever been inside a luxury rooftop skybox? Cubs blogger Matt Paolelli checked one out for a bachelor party and assembled this photo tour for inquisitive fans. "

From the page: "You've seen them up there, watching the game from across the street. But have you ever been inside a luxury rooftop skybox? Cubs blogger Matt Paolelli checked one out for a bachelor party and assembled this photo tour for inquisitive fans."

great photos

The heat was on and the clothes were practically off this weekend at Lollapalooza. It was the perfect place for tattoo-spotting.

Here's a look at some of the best ink:

The heat was on and the clothes were practically off this weekend at Lollapalooza. It was the perfect place for tattoo-spotting. Here's a look at some of the best ink...

Opening song from Nine Inch Nails' Sunday headlining set at Lollapalooza 2008 in Chicago, Ill.

http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/lollapalooza-blog/2008/08/04/nine-inch-nails-nin-chicago-photos-video-pics-review



Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails belts out a chorus during his Lollapalooza headliner set Sunday. All photos and video, Brad Flora.

48 hours after Radiohead lulled a massive crowd at Lollapalooza 2008 and 24 hours after Rage Against the Machine incited it to violence on a scale not seen in recent years, Nine Inch Nails performed a lush, challenging set that seemed to satisfy those who stuck it out.

Rumors hit the internet earlier this week that NIN architect Trent Reznor was pulling out of his Sunday headlining slot only to be shot down by an image posted to NIN.com, a snapshot of Rage Against the Machine's performance taken from backstage, presumably by Reznor himself.

The show comes at amidst a resurgence for the band, due, some say, to Reznor's embrace of all-digital forms of music distribution, use of guerrilla, interactive marketing and his decision to keep releasing new music at a prodigious pace.

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Killer vid.

From the page: "Fifteen years after their first Lolla, Rage Against the Machine pounded through their hits during a set unsurprisingly marred by violence and crowd-control problems Saturday night. Here's the opener from their set plus a rundown of the knuckleheaded chaos that followed."

Fans packed into the tent Saturday at Lollapalooza to see if the rumors were true about the legendary Guns N Roses guitarist joining Perry Farrell for a set. They were. Fans were treated to an impromptu, unplugged, singalong rendition of "Jane Says." Pics and story.

First radiohead at lollapalooza review

Great article about community organizing and how it should color our interpretation of Obama's politics

Fresh off the Letterman show, Birmingham's homegrown Wild Sweet Orange played to a sold-out crowd at Workplay in downtown Birmingham last Saturday. Amid the smell of lingering cigarette smoke brought in on the shirttails of the audience, and the mélange of sweat and aftershave from the dude curiously overheating in front of me, was the faintest scent of success. In addition to late night, the group's had a track featured on Grey's Anatomy and embarked on a nationwide tour that includes a stop in Chicago for Lollapalooza. Folks from the `ham, though, can say they knew them when . . .

Digg town hall writeup, includes rumors!

Pitchfork's got some mighty crazy fashions!

Nice link.

casting call for the summer baseball matchup of the year!

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"Stuck in a tight spot? We'll pull you right out of it!"

Are you serious?