St. Pattie's Day Links to Read while still conscious (or not)

-There's a lot of uncertainty regarding how MSG Entertainment is going to handle trying to revive the Chicago Theatre. If it's like MSG's other ventures, it will exorbitantly overpay acts 5 years past their prime and then fire any high ranking female who won't sleep with the Theater's president. I'm Knicks fan, and hence I kind of have a beef with the theater's owners. (Chicago Tribune)

-While we're tackling Chicago, the U of C's biggest gangsta was on the Colbert Report last week. Sudhir Venkatesh, a former sociology grad student and featured player in Freakonomics, is the first Colbet report guest I've seen that actually left Colbert speechless. It was even more impressive that he did it with methods other than the trademark U of C awkwardness. (Freakonomics Blog)

-The Guardian posted a list of the worst lyrical filler ever. Since it's a British publication, it's an Anglo-heavy list. I hereby propose the uniquely American (and Maroon office classic) lyrical throwaway "Chinese food makes me sick."

-Rounding out the arbitrary list portion of the link list, The A.V. Club has a list of crappy benefit songs other than "We Are the World." My guess is that they were tempted to include "Yes We Can," but held back lest they face the wrath of fiery spambots Obama supporters.

-Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich talked about Rogers and Hammerstein at UCLA. Can you say super-panel? (Variety)

Finally, to leave you with a taste of the surreal for your St. Patrick's Day Drinking, I give you the downfall of human civilization.



There's nothing even Charlton Heston can do for us now. Start hording supplies.