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February 17, 1994

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What are these lists?
                    Shows of note as of 02/17/94
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          The Chicago Shows List:  Smooth and spreadable, and what's so
             incredible, it's ready when you are and when you aren't
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 NOTE for those wanting Pearl Jam tickets: They went on sale today 
     (Thursday) and sold out instantly.  I heard about tickets after the 
     fact; otherwise I'd have announced it earlier.  My apologies
     
 
 New this week:
     2 Fast 4 Love / Strawberry / Ball Harvester, Lounge Ax
     Certain Distant Suns / The Lupins / They Came In Droves, Metro
     Cowboy Junkies / Freedy Johnston, Riviera Theatre  (tix Sat noon)
     Dave Koz, Park West
     Dead Milkmen / Simple Simon, Metro
     Donkey / Rockin' Billy & The Wild Coyotes, Lounge Ax
     The Ex + Tom Cora / Tortoise, Lounge Ax
     Fishbone / Biohazard / Kyuss, The Vic  (tix Sat noon)
     For Love Not Lisa, Metro
     Green Day / Tilt / Smoking Popes, The Vic  (tix Sat noon)
     I Speak Jive / Palmolive / Chromebaby, Metro
     MOTO / John Corbett & David Grubbs / Sabalon Glitz / Dolomite, Doorika
     Mercy Rule / Trenchmouth, Gotham
     Michael Hedges, Park West
     Paul K. & The Weathermen / The Waste Kings / Carnival Strippers,
         Lounge Ax
     Pogues / Shoulders, The Vic  (tix Sat noon)
     Rickie Lee Jones, The Vic  (tix Sat noon)
     Robert Cray Band / Joe Louis Walker, Rialto Square Theatre  (tix Sat
         noon)
     The Samples, The Vic  (tix Sat noon)
     Skatalites / Skapone / Mustard Plug / The Invaders, Metro
     Slim Dunlap, Avalon
     Stone Billies / 92 Degrees, Metro
     Surgery, Avalon
     Top secret Poi Dog Pondering show, Lounge Ax
     Unsane, Lounge Ax  ("disturbing!")
     Uptighty / Booty Froot, Metro
     Widespread Panic, The Vic  (tix Sat noon)
 
 
 Abbey Pub:  3420 W. Grace (at Elston) / (312) 478-4408
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 Feb 18 Fri 8:00         Altan
     18 Fri 10:00        Altan
 
 
 Aragon Ballroom:  Lawrence at Broadway
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 Feb 25 Fri              Black Sabbath / Motorhead / Morbid Angel
 Mar 17 Thu              UB40 / US3
 
 
 Avalon:  959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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 Mar 09 Wed              *Surgery
     26 Sat              *Slim Dunlap
 
 
 Cafe Kismet:  131 N. Genesee, Waukegan / (708) 244-1111
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 Feb 25 Fri 8:30         The Smoothies
 
 
 Chicago Stadium
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 Mar 10 Thu              Pearl Jam / Urge Overkill ==SOLD OUT== (tix and
                             Urge)
 
 
 Cubby Bear (21+):  1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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 Mar 05 Sat 8:00         Tommy Chong
     05 Sat 11:00        Webb Wilder
 
 
 Doorika:  218 N. Laflin / (312) 243-6819
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 Feb 19 Sat 8:30         *MOTO / John Corbett & David Grubbs / Sabalon
                             Glitz / Dolomite
 
 
 Elbo Room:  2871 N. Lincoln, (312) 549-7700
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 Feb 27 Sun              Exene Cervenka / Professor Griff / Don Bajema
                             (Spoken word)
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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 Feb 18 Fri              The Waste Kings / The Mortals
     19 Sat              The Sea And Cake / The Joy Poppers
 Mar 06 Sun              Morphine
 
 COMING: Veruca Salt, Boy King, Venison, God Bullies, Johnboy, Dis, Mother, 
         God & Texas, Hog Lady, Squash Blossom, The Forbidden Dimension, 
         Honcho Overload, Steakdaddy Six
 
 
 Fitzgerald's:  6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn / (708) 788-2188
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 Mar 25 Fri              Webb Wilder
     26 Sat              Webb Wilder
 
 
 Gotham:  444 N. Des Plaines / (312) 666-1515
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 Feb 18 Fri              *Mercy Rule / Trenchmouth
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 Feb 18 Fri              Red Red Meat / Boy King
     19 Sat              Matt Wilson & Planet Maker / The Dysfunctionells
     20 Sun              *Top secret Poi Dog Pondering show
     22 Tue 7:00         Flop / Rosehips
     23 Wed              *Donkey / Rockin' Billy & The Wild Coyotes
     24 Thu              *Paul K. & The Weathermen / The Waste Kings /
                             Carnival Strippers
     25 Fri              John Hiatt ==SOLD OUT==
     26 Sat              *The Ex + Tom Cora / Tortoise
     27 Sun              *2 Fast 4 Love / Strawberry / Ball Harvester
 Mar 03 Thu              *Unsane ("disturbing!")
     05 Sat              Morphine
 
 COMING: Hazel, Truman's Water, Flap, Sugarsmack, Shorty, Antenna, Falstaff, 
         Nicholas Tremulis, Uncle Tupelo, Joe Henry and off-street parking
 
 
 
 Metro:  3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203
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 Feb 18 Fri 10:00 FREE   Flaming Lips (18+) ==SOLD (sic) OUT==
     19 Sat              The Drovers / Big Hat / Daniel McGuiness (18+)
     23 Wed              Surrendur Dorthi / Third Stone / Obvious
     24 Thu              Bob Mould / Vic Chesnutt ==SOLD OUT==
     25 Fri              Slim Dunlap / Ike Reilly; Community #9 / The
                             Gel-Tones
     26 Sat 7:30         Well Of Souls / Cut / Big'N
     26 Sat 11:30        Almost True / Yard Sale (18+)
 Mar 04 Fri 9:30 $3      *I Speak Jive / Palmolive / Chromebaby (aa)
     04 Fri 7:30         Machines Of Loving Grace / Course of Empire
     04 Fri              Redd Kross / Dandelion / Lava Sutra
     05 Sat 7:30         *Dead Milkmen / Simple Simon (aa)
     05 Sat 11:30        *Uptighty / Booty Froot
     11 Fri              Jawbox / Girls Against Boys / Trenchmouth
     12 Sat 7:30         *Certain Distant Suns / The Lupins / They Came In
                             Droves (aa)
     12 Sat 11:30        *Stone Billies / 92 Degrees
     15 Tue              Tripping Daisy / Eve's Plum
     18 Fri              *Skatalites / Skapone / Mustard Plug / The Invaders
     19 Sat              Rev. Horton Heat / Flat Duo Jets / Run Westy Run
     25 Fri              *For Love Not Lisa
 
 
 Number One Soul:  127 S. Grove, Elgin / (708) 697-5304
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 Feb 19 Sat              Vic Vacume & The Attachments / Gel-Tones /
                             Wickerman / Killer Kitchen Utensils
 
 
 Off The Alley:  18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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 Feb 19 Sat 7:00 $5      Faith / Mystified Thinking / As Slow As Nails
     20 Sun 6:30 $5      The Queers / Winepress / The Bollweevils / The
                             Fighters
     26 Sat 7:00 $5      Snap Judgement / Tortoise / Worm Hole
 Mar 31 Thu 7:00         Jawbreaker (tix available at the Queers show or at
                             Record Swap if they don't sell out)
 
 
 Park West (21+):  322 W. Armitage
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 Feb 18 Fri              Kurtis Blow / Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
                             / Kool Moe Dee & The Original Treacherous
                             Three / Sugarhill Gang / Whodini ==CANCELLED==
     20 Sun              Celine Dion ==SOLD OUT==
     24 Thu 7:00         John Hiatt ==SOLD OUT==
     25 Fri 7:30         Warren Zevon / John & Mary
 Mar 01 Tue 7:30         Mr. Big / Open Skyz (aa)
     10 Thu 7:30         Oleta Adams (aa)
     18 Fri 7:30         *Dave Koz
     24 Thu 7:30         The Roches
     25 Fri 7:30         Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT==
     25 Fri 10:30        Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT==
 Apr 10 Sun              *Michael Hedges
 
 
 Reckless Records:  3157 N. Broadway / (312) 404-5080
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 Feb 19 Sat 3:00 FREE    Red Red Meat
 
 
 Rialto Square Theatre:  Joliet
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 Mar 19 Sat              *Robert Cray Band / Joe Louis Walker (tix Sat noon)
 
 
 Riviera Theatre:  4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway)
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 Feb 23 Wed 7:00         John Hiatt ==SOLD OUT==
 Mar 05 Sat 7:00 1900    Joe Satriani / Rollover
     08 Tue 7:30         Blind Melon ==SOLD OUT==
     22 Tue 7:30 1930    Cocteau Twins / Luna
     23 Wed 6:30 1830    Sepultura / Fudgetunnel / Clutch / Fear Factory
     26 Sat 7:00         *Cowboy Junkies / Freedy Johnston (tix Sat noon)
 
 
 Rose Records:  3259 N. Ashland
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 Feb 22 Tue 5:30 FREE    James live in-store
 
 
 Rosemont Horizon:  Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont
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 Feb 24 Thu 7:30         Rod Stewart
 Mar 29 Tue 7:30         Rush / Primus
     30 Wed 7:30         Rush / Primus
 
 
 Schubas Tavern (21+):  3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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 Feb 26 Sat              John Hiatt ==SOLD OUT==
 
 
 The Vic (21+):  3145 N. Sheffield
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 Feb 16 Wed 7:30         The Wonder Stuff / Chapterhouse (aa)
     17 Thu 7:30         Poi Dog Pondering (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     18 Fri 7:30         Poi Dog Pondering (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     19 Sat 7:30         Poi Dog Pondering (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     20 Sun 7:30         James (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     26 Sat 7:30         Buffalo Tom / The Spinanes / St. Johnny (aa)
 Mar 11 Fri              *Rickie Lee Jones (tix Sat noon)
     18 Fri 8:00         Andreas Vollenweider (aa) (Reserved seating so
                             forget your hopes for a pit)
     19 Sat 7:30         *Pogues / Shoulders (aa) (tix Sat noon)
     22 Tue              *Fishbone / Biohazard / Kyuss (tix Sat noon)
     27 Sun 7:00 $10     *Green Day / Tilt / Smoking Popes (aa) (tix Sat
                             noon)
     31 Thu 7:30         *Widespread Panic (aa) (tix Sat noon)
 Apr 01 Fri 7:30         Richard Thompson and his band (aa)
     08 Fri 7:30         *The Samples (aa) (tix Sat noon)
 
 
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 The code list:
     *       new listing
     18+     18-and-over
     21+     21-and-over
     aa      all ages
     K or U  Kosher
 
 All shows are all ages except where noted.
 All ticket prices are rounded up to the next dollar.  The contestant who
     comes closest to the actual retail price of their showcase, without
     going over, wins that showcase.
 All information listed is subject to change.  Phone First.
 
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