The 15th floor

The 15th floor

On losing a loved one at the Thompson Center
By Dan O’Halloran @danohal

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Preserving the status quo
A modest proposal to turn Chicago into more of a boss-o-cracy than it already is
By Ben Joravsky @bennyjshow

Sex with grandma and other great expectations
Quickies about negative COVID tests and the Permissible Secret Perving test
By Dan Savage @fakedansavage

Chasing the perfect pickle
Vargo Brother Ferments pretty much anything you can think of.
By Mike Sula @MikeSula

On Interior Terror, Chicago industrial duo Hide find everyday horrors in the corporeal and immaterial
By Shannon Nico Shreibak @essenness

Dark synth artist Perturbator explores destruction on Lustful Sacraments
By Monica Kendrick

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May 27 - June 9, 2021
Vol. 50, No. 18

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