Top 5 Chicago Celebrity Low Points
Tony Lovato of Mest kills a man in self-defense
Lance Briggs crashes his Lamborghini and flees the scene
Tank Johnson goes to prison
Kanye West’s mother dies from cosmetic-surgery complications
NBC5’s Amy Jacobsen takes her children to a pool party hosted by Craig Stebic, who is suspected in the still-unsolved disappearance of his wife
—James VanOsdol
Top 5 Not-Quite-Doomsday Doomsday Moments of 2007
CTA walkout threat
The threat of BP-Amoco increasing the volume of pollution dumped into Lake Michigan
The Bears make it to the Super Bowl and lose
The “reunited” Smashing Pumpkins skip Chicago on their 2007 comeback tour
The ComEd rate hike
—James VanOsdol
Top 5 Chicago Comebacks of 2007
Roger Ebert
Smashing Pumpkins
Cicadas
Roller Derby
The Chicago Blackhawks
—James VanOsdol
The Top 5 Most Wonderfully Named Places to See Shows
The Boris Kar-Loft
No Dumpling/The Blog Cabin
AV-Aerie
Granny’s Ass
Das Butt
—(ELR)
Top 5 Monthlies
The Dollar Store at Hideout
Chances Dances at Subterranean
Formerly Known As at Big Chicks
The Full-Moon Drum Jam at Foster Beach
Flosstradamus at Subterranean
—(ELR)