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Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640 773.871.7610, fax 773.871.7609 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com We Are All Made of Stardust [email protected] Nightspots chats with Scott Cramer of Berlin’s Stardust Thursdays. inSIDE page 22 Pooch Pride at The And for some reason, Glenwood. Pamela Anderson. page 12 page 42 DOWNload: www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Sponsors: Brought to you by: Festival Hotline that guy by Kirk Williamson As you read this, I am sequestered deep, deep in the autumn-flecked woods of Michigan (Yes, Michigan!) turning 35. I secured a quaint lakeside cottage in which to lapse into geriatric stupor. Seriously, I am NOT one of those fags that gets all twisted up by age; I have earned each and every one of these 35 years. Why, as you can see from the overwhelming amount of coverage I have put together for this issue, I may just be up to 38 or so by now. So you will give me a pass as I reflect upon my young life and shorten this week’s column. I promise to re-emerge from my bucolic splendor bursting with insight and bon mots. I will be back for Halloween, so if I see you, you are SO getting an embarrassing picture taken of you. I’ll never be too old for that. [email protected] Quick hello to my long- lost triplet Mikie, seen here out at Rumors. Oh, the stories... Join Chicago’s very own Miss Foozie as she kicks off this year’s Halsted Halloween parade, start- ing at 5 p.m. Saturday, October 31. 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HEAR no evil In case you were living under a rock, “3” is the new Britney song you’ll hate to love, but do. It’s production is very streamlined, up-tempo, and hook-driven. Even though the lyrics leave something to be desired, I found myself singing it within hours of my first couple listens (back-to- back streams because I was really on the fence after the first play through).