Recent Smile Politely Entries
- Hot or Not: AL Central Edition08/20/08 - Joel Gillespie
- Tractor Kings Pull into Highdive Thursday Night08/20/08 - Joel Gillespie
- Zoning Issues Are Actually Very Sexy08/20/08 - Rob McColley
- Pleading for Matzo Ball Soup in C-U08/20/08 - Seth Fein
- Why Stop At Creationism? 08/20/08 - Ryan Neaveill
- The Cubs Are Going to the Playoffs08/19/08 - Adam Fein
- Tropic Thunder Unexpectedly Good08/19/08 - Scott Frankel
- A Happy Anniversary for Bottle Rockets08/19/08 - Cristy Scoggins
- Olympic-Sized Life Lessons08/19/08 - Dan Schreiber
- The Growth of Champaign Part 108/18/08 - Jake Thomas
About Carlye Wisel
Carlye Wisel
Carlye Wisel is a University of Illinois student and the former music editor of Buzz Weekly who currently runs In The Aeroplane, Over UC, a local music blog. As a music snob who loves bluegrass-folk bands and anything edible, she'd refer to herself as a foodie if she didn't view the term as an adult, chic way of calling herself a chubster. Regardless, when she's not relentlessly making fun of people on her blog Awkward City, Population 1 or writing for a variety of publications, she's most likely reading fashion blogs or eating a wheel of brie by herself.
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Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica...and Now, B.J Novak.
The actor, writer, and supervising producer of The Office, B.J. Novak, will be performing stand-up comedy for free on the south side of the Illini Union this Friday night at 7:30 p.m. What better way to celebrate a week of working than with someone who perfectly conveys the pain of doing just that in a cubicle? Sponsored by the Illini Union Board, the show is quite possibly the best reason one could ask for to brave campus town on a Friday night.
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Anyone Else but Poo: Kimya Dawson at the IMC
[Kimya Dawson, L’Orchidee D’Hawai and Angelo Spencer at the Independent Media Center on April 13]
Angelo Spencer, the first opener of the evening, was quite the modern day troubadour. Taking ambidexterity to the limit, he played guitar with the upper half of his body and an abbreviated drum kit with his feet. There was something inescapably amateur about his sound, but even when the Frenchman’s banter was a bit lost in translation, people continued cheering for him. The speak-sung lyrics and spastic strums highlighted both a slight similarity to Art Brut, and unfortunately, the void of not having a full band.
Photo Review: Cursive and Capgun Coup
The Canopy Club, 4/7/08
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This Summer: Bagels and Schmear
When Drew's Pizza, the take-out restaurant on Green Street between Sixth and Wright streets known for their $5 pies that tasted like cardboard closed, their darkened storefront became the third on the block, until now. Offering bagels, sandwiches, spreads, and treats, Howbowda Bagel will open in summer 2008, and if they serve matzo ball soup, I will have no reason to travel back to the Chicago suburbs ever again.
