CHICAGO
Dave Chamberlain's Top 5 Local Stories
E2
Lincoln Park porch parties
Midnight bulldozers at Meigs
Maryville Academy
Fire at 69 W. Washington

Dave Chamberlain's Top 5 dubious personalities
George Ryan
Michael Segal (Near North Insurance)
Rev. John P. Smyth (Maryville Academy)
Steve Bartman
Dorothy Tillman



FILM
Ray Pride's Top 5 Domestic Films
"Lost in Translation," Sofia Coppola
"Angels in America," Mike Nichols
"Elephant," Gus Van Sant
"Cold Mountain," Anthony Minghella
"Raising Victor Vargas," Peter Sollett

Ray Pride's Top 5 Foreign Films
"In America," Jim Sheridan (Ireland)
"Lilya 4-Ever," Lukas Moodysson (Sweden)
"The Man Without a Past," Aki Kaurismaki (Finland)
"In This World," Michael Winterbottom (England)
"Irreversible," Gaspar Noe (France)

Ray Pride's Top 5 Documentaries
"Capturing the Friedmans," Andrew Jarecki
"To Be and to Have," Nicolas Philibert
"Spellbound," Jeffrey Blitz
"Stevie," Steve James
"The Weather Underground," Sam Green, Bill Siegel

Ray Pride's Top 5 DVDs
"Three Colors Trilogy," Krzysztof Kieslowski (Miramax)
"The Decalogue Special Edition," Krzysztof Kieslowski (Facets)
"The BRD Trilogy," Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Criterion)
"The Adventures of Antoine Doinel," François Truffaut (Criterion)
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," Terry Gilliam (Criterion)


MUSIC
Dave Chamberlain's Top 5 Records
Electric Six, "Fire" (Beggar's XL)
The Kills, "Keep on Your Mean Side" (Sanctuary)
Audio Bullys, "Ego War" (Astralwerks)
Adam F, "Presents: Drum 'n' Bass Warfare" (System)
Outkast "Speakerboxx/The Love Below" (Arista)

Tom Lynch's Top 5 Records
Crooked Fingers, "Red Devil Dawn" (Merge)
The Postal Service, "Give Up" (Sub Pop)
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, "Pig Lib" (Matador Records)
Califone, "Quicksand/Cradlesnakes" (Thrill Jockey)
Fountains of Wayne, "Welcome Interstate Managers" (S-Curve)


Brian Hieggelke's Top 5 Electronica Records
Bent, "The Everlasting Blink" (Guidance Recordings)
Kaskade, "It's You, It's Me" (Om Records)
Basement Jaxx, "Kish Kash" (XL Recordings/Astralwerks)
Audio Bullys, "Ego War" (Astralwerks)
Gotan Project, "La Revancha del Tango" (XL Recordings/Beggars Group)

Dave Chamblerlain's Top 5 Two-Person Bands
The Kills
Jucifer
The Black Keys
The White Stripes
Adult.

BOOKS
Kate Zambreno's Top 5 Books by Chicago Authors
"Fabulous Small Jews," Joseph Epstein (Houghton Mifflin)
"When the Messenger is Hot," Elizabeth Crane (Little Brown)
"Against Love: A Polemic," Laura Kipnis (Pantheon)
"Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker," James McManus (Farrar Straus & Giroux)
"Unlikely: Or, How I Lost My Virginity," Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf)

Kate Zambreno's Top 5 Books by non-Chicago Authors
"Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto," Chuck Klosterman (Scribner)
"Appetites: Why Women Want," Caroline Knapp (Counterpoint)
"A Million Little Pieces," James Frey (Nan A. Talese)
"Hey Nostradamus," Douglas Coupland (Bloomsbury)
"What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal," Zoe Heller (Henry Holt)

Kate Zambreno's Top 5 Haven't Yet Read Books
"Swann's Way," Marcel Proust, trans. Lydia Davis (Viking)
"Gazelle," Rikki Ducornet (Knopf)
"Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers," Mary Roach (W.W. Norton)
"Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia," Dubravka Ugresic (Dalkey Archive Press)
"Drop City," T.C. Boyle (Viking)

Ray Pride's Top 5 Comix
Krazy & Ignatz 1929-1930: A Mice, a Brick, a Lovely Night, George Herriman (Fantagraphics)
Vernacular Drawings, Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography, Chester Brown (Drawn & Quarterly)
Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories, Gilbert Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
Acme Novelty Datebook, Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)

STAGE
Nina Metz' Top 5 Stage Productions
"The Violet Hour," directed by Terry Kinney (Steppenwolf Theatre)
"Journey's End," directed by David Cromer (Seanachai Theatre)
"Crime and Punishment," directed by Michael Halberstam (Writers' Theatre)
"Dr. Sex," directed by David Zak (Bailiwick Repertory)
"Rose Rage, Henry IV Parts 1, 2 & 3," directed by Edward Hall (Chicago Shakespeare)


Nina Metz' Top 5 New Plays
"Let There Be Light...!" by Jen Ellison and Dave Stinton
"We All Went Down to Amsterdam" by Bruce Norris
"Final Angel" by Stephanie Lenore Kuehn
"Pretty Things" by Zach Helm
"My Name is Mudd" by Shawn Reddy


Nina Metz' Top 5 Innovative Productions
"Are You My Negative Space?" (Live Action Cartoonists)
"Downsize" (Walkabout Theatre)
"The Neutrino Project" (FuzzyCo.)
"The Audition" (North Lakeside Players)
The Romance Cycle: Parts 1 & 2 ("Cymbeline" and "Pericles") (Court Theatre)


Nina Metz' Top 5 Overlooked Productions
"Fascination," directed by Eric Rosen (About Face Theatre)
"Family of Mann," directed by Jamy Lynn Harpole (Backstage Theatre)
"Hannah and Martin," directed by Jeremy B. Cohen (TimeLine Theatre)
"Come Blow Your Horn," directed by Steven Fedoruk (Eclipse Theatre)
"Wonder of the World," directed by Darrell W. Cox (Profiles Theatre)


Nina Metz' Top 5 Male Performances
Chester Gregory II, "Hairspray" (Broadway in Chicago)
Jay Whittaker, "Rose Rage: Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 & 3" (Chicago Shakespeare)
Keegan-Michael Key, "Pants on Fire" (The Second City e.t.c.)
Charlie Engman, "Up Until Now" (About Face Youth Theatre)
Guy Adkins, "The Taming of the Shrew" (Chicago Shakespeare)

ART
Michael Workman's Top 5 Gallery Shows
Rodney Graham at Donald Young Gallery
Don't Fail Me Now at the TBA Exhibition Space
Chris Patch at Monique Meloche Gallery
"Really" at Gescheidle Gallery
"Summer" at Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery


Michael Workman's Top 5 Personal Space/Art Collective Shows
Gabe Fowler and Jeff Scharf at Dogmatic Gallery
"Prisoners Inventions" through Temporary Services
"The Impotent Landscape" at The Pond
Academy Records at The Roof
"Menu" at Law Office

Michael Workman's Top 5 Shows at Chicago Institutions
Kerry James Marshall at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Joëlle Tuerlinckx at the Renaissance Society
Thomas Struth at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Comix Chicago at the Hyde Park Art Center
"Lint" (Rena Leinberger and Ben Butler), "Waiting" at the Evanston Art Center

Michael Weinstein's Top 5 Photography Shows
Osvaldo Romberg at Schneider Gallery
Lucien Clergue at Flatfile Photography Gallery
Fifty Years of Powwow at Illinois State Museum
Sharon White at Old Town Art Center
Lewis Carroll at Art Institute


SPORTS
Dave Chamberlain's Top 5 Sports Moments
Cubs win division
Bears upset Broncos at Denver
Charles Tillman pulls ball away from Randy Moss
30,000-plus show up at new Soldier Field for first Fire match
Scottie Pippin's return to the Bulls

Dave Chamberlain's Top 5 Typical Chicago Sports Moments
Steve Bartman
Bears lose new Soldier Field opener to Green Bay on Monday Night Football
Sammy Sosa's corked bat
Bears sign Kordell Stewart
Blackhawks go winless in 15 games

Dave Chamberlain's Top 5 Chicago Athletes
Mark Prior
Kerry Wood
Sammy Sosa
Anthony Thomas
Frank Thomas

POP CULTURE
Dave Chamberlain's Top 5 Sports Videogames:
NCAA Football 2004 (EA Sports)
FIFA Soccer 2004 (EA Sports)
NASCAR Thunder 2004 (EA Sports)
Tiger Woods Golf 2004 (EA Sports)
SSX 3 (EA Sports Big)

Dave Chamberlain's Top 5 Non-sports Videogames
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Ubi Soft)
Castlevania: The Lament of Innocence (Konami)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (EA Games)
Splinter Cell (Ubi Soft)
SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals (Sony CEA)

Kate Zambreno's Top 5 TV Moments
"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" remodels world
Paris Hilton Wal-Mart gaffe
Arnold Schwarzenegger announces candidacy on "The Tonight Show"
Friends officially jump shark: Rachel/Joey kiss
Sapphic desperado: Britney/Madonna kiss

Tom Lynch's Top 5 Award Show Moments
Michael Moore loses his mind at the Oscars
Adrien Brody plants one on a surprised Halle Berry at Oscars
Roman Polanksi gets a standing ovation at Oscars
Norah Jones shuts out The Boss at the Grammys
HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" wins Best Comedy Series at Golden Globes
(2003-12-30)

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