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What are these lists?
                       Shows of note as of 9/23/93
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           The Chicago Shows List * Teenage angst has served it well
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 New this week:
      Allgood, Cubby Bear
      Adrian Belew, Cubby Bear
      Buzzcocks / The Doughboys / Fudge, Metro
      Larry Cash Jr / Flop / Hugh, Lounge Ax
      Jimmy Cliff, Park West
      Robert Cray Band / Albert Collins, Riviera
      Dead Milkmen, Metro
      Digable Planets, China Club
      Duran Duran, Star Plaza
      Mark Eitzel / Shades Of Al Davis, Lounge Ax
      Aretha Franklin / Buddy Guy, Arie Crown Theater
      Ice Cube, China Club
      The Insiders / Texas Rubies, Cubby Bear
      John & Mary, Cubby Bear
      Freddy Jones Band, Tower Records
      Dag Juhlin & Steve Gerlach, Quicksilver
      Lava Sutra / Envelope / Tommyrot, Metro
      Vince Neil / Royal Bastards, Vic
      The Orb, Metro
      Poster Children, Metro
      Primus / The Melvins, NIU
      Robert Plant / Cry Of Love, Arie Crown Theater
      Jim Rose Circus Sideshow / Ethyl Meatplow, Metro
      Super Model, Metro
      Tears For Fears, Star Plaza
      Unrest / Stereolab, Metro
      Verve, Metro
      Paul Westerberg / Walt Mink, Riviera
 
 
 ARAGON BALLROOM         Lawrence at Broadway
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 Sep 24 Fri 7:00         Cypress Hill / House Of Pain / Funkdoobiest /
                             The Whooliganz  ==SOLD OUT==
     25 Sat 8:00         Alice In Chains / Tad / Sweet Water
 
 
 ARIE CROWN THEATRE
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 Oct 23 Sat 8:00        *Aretha Franklin / Buddy Guy (tix Sat 10am)
 Nov 03 Wed             *Robert Plant / Cry Of Love (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 AVALON                  959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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 Sep 30 Thu              UK Subs
 
 
 BEAT KITCHEN (21+)      2100 W. Belmont / (312) 281-4444
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 Sep 24 Fri              Frank Allison & The Odd Sox
     25 Sat              Green
 
 
 BEDROCKS                2125 W. Roscoe / (312) 404-1700
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 Sep 26 Sun 7:00         Slapshot / TBA
 Oct 03 Sun 7:00         The Queers / Rancid (ex-Op. Ivy) / The Slobs / No
                             Empathy
     31 Sun 7:00         The Vindictives / The Boweevils / TBA
 
 
 CHINA CLUB (21+)        616 W. Fulton / (312) 466-0812
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 Sep 25 Sat              Gil Scott-Heron / Inclined
 Oct 19 Tue 6:30        *Digable Planets (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
     27 Wed 6:30        *Ice Cube (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 CUBBY BEAR (21+)        1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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 Oct 02 Sat FREE        *Allgood
     05 Tue             *John & Mary (John of 10,000 Maniacs)
     15 Fri             *The Insiders / Texas Rubies
     21 Thu 7:30        *Adrian Belew ("A solo performance of voice, guitar 
                             &conversation")\
 
 
 
 DUKE ELLINGTON BALLROOM NIU, Dekalb, IL
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 Oct 13 Wed $15/$18     *Primus / The Melvins  Info: (708?/815?) 753-1580
 
 
 LOUNGE AX (21+)         2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 Sep 24 Fri              Hammerhead / Janitor Joe / Wig
     25 Sat $7           Polvo / Hazel / Sleepyhead / Sabalon Glitz
     26 Sun $6 9:00      Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet / Six-Finger Satellite
     27 Mon $3           Pat McCurdy
     28 Tue $2           Betsy & The Boneshakers
     29 Wed 9:00         Cherry Rodriguez / Azalia Snail / Hog Lady / 
                             Hushdrops / Sissy Fist
     30 Thu             *Mark Eitzel of American Music Club / Shades Of Al 
                             Davis
 Oct 01 Fri              Eleventh Dream Day / Antietam   
     02 Sat              Fudgetunnel / Pain Teens / Season To Risk
     03 Sun             *Larry Cash Jr / Flop / Hugh
     06 Wed              Jonathan Richman
     07 Thu              Jonathan Richman
     09 Sat              Velocity Girl / Tsunami
     14 Thu              Tiny Lights / Mommyheads
     29 Fri              Southern Culture On The Skids
     30 Sat              The Coctails / King Kong
 
 Coming: Mark Eitzel of AMC, Redd Kross with M.O.T.O., Pitchblende, Yo La 
         Tengo, Boss Hogg
 
 
 METRO                   3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203
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 Sep 24 Fri 7:30         Maria McKee / David Gray (aa)
     24 Fri 11:30        Highway Child / Crackpot Messiah / Marble (18+)
     25 Sat              Cords / Low Pop Suicide / Smoking Popes
     29 Sat              Certain Distant Suns / Stranger Things / The Howards
 Oct 01 Fri 10:00        Big Hat / Melting Hopefuls / (Everything) / Reality 
                             Scare (18+)
     02 Sat 10:00        Didjits / Supersuckers / Leather Uppers (18+)
     06 Wed 9:30 $3      Oblivion / Nubile Thangs / Parlor (18+)
     08 Fri 7:30         Bob Mould (acoustic) / Vic Chestnut   ==SOLD OUT==
     08 Fri 11:30        Sky Cries Mary
     09 Sat 7:30         Dramarama / Slim Dunlap
     09 Sat 11:30        Genitorturers / Wickerman
     13 Wed 7:30         Living Colour / Candlebox ==SOLD OUT==
     15 Fri             *Unrest / Stereolab
     16 Sat             *Super Model
     20 Wed             *The Orb
     21 Thu             *Jim Rose Circus Sideshow / Ethyl Meatplow
     27 Wed             *Lava Sutra / Envelope / Tommyrot
     29 Fri             *Verve
     30 Sat             *Dead Milkmen
     31 Sun              Green Jelly / 77 Luscious Babes
 Nov 19 Fri             *Buzzcocks / The Doughboys / Fudge
     27 Sat             *Poster Children
 
 
 
 OAK THEATRE             Armitage & Western
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 Sep 24 Fri 7:00         Mercyful Fate / Flotsam and Jetsam / Cathedral /
                             Anacrusis
 
 
 PARK WEST (21+)         322 W. Armitage
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 Oct 08 Fri 7:30         Vai featuring Steve Vai (aa)
     20 Wed             *Jimmy Cliff
 Nov 03 Wed              Loudon Wainwright III
 
 
 QUICKSILVER             3855 N. Lincoln / (312) 327-1223
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 Sep 24 Fri             *Dag Juhlin (Slugs, Poi) & Steve Gerlach (Phantom 
                             Helmsmen) acoustic
 
 
 RIVIERA THEATRE         4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway)
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 Oct 05 Tue 7:30         Iggy Pop / Cop Shoot Cop
     09 Sat 5:00         Bad Religion / Green Day / All / Seaweed
     15 Fri 6:00         Belly / Radiohead               
     16 Sat 7:00         Primus / The Melvins
     23 Sat 6:30        *Paul Westerberg / Walt Mink (tix Sat 10am)
     29 Fri 6:30        *Robert Cray Band / Albert Collins (tix Sat 10am)
     30 Sat 6:30        *Robert Cray Band / Albert Collins (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 ROSEMONT HORIZON
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 Sep 28 Thu              Depeche Mode / The The  ==SOLD OUT==
     29 Fri              Depeche Mode / The The  ?Sold out?
 Nov 16 Tue              Billy Joel
 
 
 STAR PLAZA THEATER      1-65 & US 30, Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266
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 Oct 12 Tue             *Duran Duran
     13 Wed             *Duran Duran
     19 Tue             *Tears For Fears
 
 
 THIRSTY WHALE           880 W. Grand, River Grove / (708) 456-2414
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 Sep 29 Wed              Slapshot     
 
 
 THURSTON'S              1248 W. George / (312) 472-6900
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 Sep 29 Wed             *Phleg Camp / Apocalypse Hoboken 
 
 
 TOWER RECORDS           2301 N. Clark at Belden / (312) 477-5994
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 Sep 27 Mon 11:00 FREE  *Freddy Jones Band
 
 
 THE VIC (21+)           3145 N. Sheffield
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 Oct 09 Sat              Margaret Becker
     10 Sun 7:30         Brian May Band (aa)
     15 Fri 7:30         Uncle Tupelo (aa)
     16 Sat 7:30         The Connells / Queen Sarah Saturday
     20 Wed 9:00         The Radiators (18+)
     23 Sat 7:30        *Vince Neil / Royal Bastards (aa) (as if anyone over
                             21 would go to this...) (tix Sat 10am)
     30 Thu 9:00         Freddy Jones Band (aa)
     31 Sun              Bad Brains
 
 
 ... and though it's not a show, it bears mentioning here:
     16th Annual Old Orchard Mammoth Music And Record Mart
     September 30 - October 10
     Old Orchard Center, Old Orchard Rd & Skokie Blvd, Skokie
 
 
 Andy's picks: The Queers, The Vindictives, Bob Mould, Billy Joel
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 The code list:
     *       new listing
     18+     18-and-over to get in
     21+     21-and-over to get in
     aa      all ages
 
 All shows are all ages except where noted.
 All information listed is subject to change.  Phone First.
 
 This list is available as a weekly mailing on the internet.
     Compiled By:    Andy Lester (alester@farpost.chi.il.us)
     Subscriptions:  Liz Clayton (lclayton@uhuru.uchicago.edu)
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