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March 25, 1994

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What are these lists?
                    Shows of note as of 03/25/94
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  The Chicago Shows List: As you may have guessed, its name means "toasted"
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 New this week:
     Aretha Franklin, Star Plaza Theater
     Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret Cajun Band / Hi Ball
         Holiday, Metro
     Blues Traveler / Soulhat, Aragon Ballroom  (tix Sat 10am)
     Bonnie Raitt / Bruce Hornsby, Poplar Creek
     Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell, Riviera Theatre  (tix Sat 10am)
     Chicago, Poplar Creek
     The Connells / The Indians, The Vic  (tix Sat 10am)
     Ditch Witch / Chair / Liquid Flannel, Empty Bottle
     Enuff Z'nuff, Avalon
     Everly Brothers / Kris Kristofferson, Star Plaza Theater
     Faust / Gastr Del Sol, Lounge Ax
     Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw, Metro
     Greg Ginn, Avalon
     Hank Williams Jr., Star Plaza Theater
     Honcho Overload / Steakdaddy Six / Augusta Gein, Empty Bottle
     James Taylor, Poplar Creek
     Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas, Poplar Creek  (tix Sat 10am)
     Julio Iglesias, Poplar Creek
     Liza Minnelli, Poplar Creek
     Mannheim Steamroller, Poplar Creek
     NKOTB, Riviera Theatre  (tix Sat 10am)
     NRBQ / Rollover, Cubby Bear
     Pantera / Crowbar, Aragon Ballroom  (tix Sat ama)
     Pere Ubu, Avalon
     Phil Collins, Rosemont Horizon  (tix Mon 10am)
     Steely Dan, Poplar Creek
     Trenchmouth / The Jack / Hemogoblins, Czar Bar
     Victor Borge, Rialto Square Theatre
     Wickerman / Fix Your Wagon / Citrus, Empty Bottle
     emiLy / tba, The Crawlspace
 
 
 Aragon Ballroom:  Lawrence at Broadway
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 Apr 20 Wed 7:30         *Pantera / Crowbar (aa) (tix Sat ama)
 May 13 Fri 7:30 $18.50  *Blues Traveler / Soulhat (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Avalon:  959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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 Mar 26 Sat              Slim Dunlap
 Apr 06 Wed              *Enuff Z'nuff
     09 Sat              *Pere Ubu
     28 Thu              *Greg Ginn
     30 Sat              Prong
 
 
 Beat Kitchen (21+):  2100 W. Belmont / (312) 281-4444
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 Mar 25 Fri              The Slugs / Hushdrops / Marble
 Apr 01 Fri              Robespierre (formerly Chia Pet) / Hoodwink / Fur
 
 
 The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport)
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 Mar 26 Sat 6:30 $5      *emiLy / tba
 Apr 08 Fri              Gauge / Garden Variety
 
 
 Cubby Bear (21+):  1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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 Mar 31 Thu              Spies Who Surf
 Apr 24 Sun              Stanley Jordan
 May 07 Sat              *NRBQ / Rollover
 
 
 Czar Bar (21+):  1814 W. Division / (312) 772-5453
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 Apr 01 Fri              *Trenchmouth / The Jack / Hemogoblins
 
 
 Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn, Elmhurst
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 Mar 25 Fri 6:30 $5      Smoking Popes / Tommyrot / Hoodwink / The Fighters
                             (aa)
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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 Mar 25 Fri              *Honcho Overload / Steakdaddy Six / Augusta Gein
     26 Sat              *Ditch Witch / Chair / Liquid Flannel
     31 Thu              *Wickerman / Fix Your Wagon / Citrus
 
 
 Fitzgerald's:  6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn / (708) 788-2188
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 Mar 25 Fri              Webb Wilder
     26 Sat              Webb Wilder
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 Mar 25 Fri              Coctails / Man or Astroman?
     26 Sat              Killdozer / Dazzling Killmen / Faucet / Spavid
     27 Sun              Th Faith Healers / Motorhome
     30 Wed              Neurosis / Buzz Oven / Wickerman
     31 Thu              Churchkey / Devil in a Woodpile
 Apr 01 Fri              Elliot Sharp's Carbon / Vandermark Quartet
     02 Sat              Rodan / Ballharvester / "special surprise guests"
                             that I'll certainly be there to see
     08 Fri              Yo La Tengo / The Sea & Cake / Sleepyhead
     09 Sat              Wool / Don Caballero / Janiter Joe
     16 Sat              Railroad Jerk
     23 Sat              Bailter Space
     30 Sat              The Silos
 May 04 Wed              *Faust / Gastr Del Sol
 
 COMING: God Street Wine, Prisonshake / Specula, Jon Spencer Blues 
         Explosion, Mule / Silkworm / Crain, Lungfish / God & Texas / Lung
 
 
 The Loft:  Elgin
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 Apr 02 Sat $5           Gauge / Sidekick Kato / Scissor Girls
 
 
 Metro:  3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203
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 Mar 25 Fri 7:30         Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine / Lotion (aa)
     25 Fri 11:59        For Love Not Lisa / Concussion Ensemble (18+)
     26 Sat 11:59        Mazzy Star / Cath Carroll / Acetone (18+)
     27 Sun              Fig Dish / Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / Lava Sutra
     30 Wed 9:30 $3      These Days / Infraction / Wishbook (18+)
 Apr 01 Fri 7:30         David Lee Roth (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     01 Fri 11:30        Veruca Salt / Loud Lucy (18+)
     02 Sat 10:00        Queen Sarah Saturday / Almost True (18+)
     06 Wed 9:30 $3      Mariana Trench / God Damn Liars / Die Monster Die
                             / Fat Nut (18+)
     08 Fri 7:00         Seaweed / Bivouac / Braniac
     08 Fri 11:30        Quaker Youth Ensemble / Luck Of Eden Hall / Mo Fuzz
     09 Sat 7:00         Dyslexic Apaches / Brown Betty / Marble
     09 Sat 11:30        Chris Connelly
     15 Fri 7:00         Smoking Popes / No Empathy / Oblivion / Gauge
     15 Fri 11:30        Royal Crescent Mob / NIL8 / Spank Wagon
     16 Sat              *Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret
                             Cajun Band / Hi Ball Holiday
     22 Fri              *Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw
     23 Sat              Ozric Tentacles
     25 Mon              Melvins / The Obsessed
     29 Fri 7:30         Shonen Knife / Dentists
     29 Fri 11:30        Red Red Meat / The Sea & Cake / Dolomite
 May 05 Thu 7:30         Pavement / 3Ds (aa)
     05 Thu 11:30        Pavement / 3Ds (18+)
 
 
 Oak Theatre:  Armitage & Western / (312) 235-0088
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 Apr 03 Sun 7:00         Entombed / Unsane / The Obsessed (aa)
     10 Sun 7:00 $10     Carcass / Pitchshifter / Aftermath (aa)
     23 Sat              7 Seconds
 
 
 Off The Alley:  18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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 Mar 26 Sat              Wormhole / Bad Genes
     31 Thu 7:00         Jawbreaker / Bollweevils / Winepress
 
 
 Park West (21+):  322 W. Armitage
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 Mar 25 Fri 7:30         Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT==
     25 Fri 10:30        Shawn Colvin acoustic ==SOLD OUT==
 Apr 09 Sat 7:30         Laurie Anderson ("An Evening Of Readings from her
                             new book")
     10 Sun 7:30         Michael Hedges
     15 Fri              The Subdudes / Pat McLaughlin
     23 Sat              The Benoit/Freeman Project
 
 
 Poplar Creek:  Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59
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 Jun 18 Sat $23-50       *Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas (tix Sat 10am)
     19 Sun $23-50       *Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas (tix Sat 10am)
 Jul 17 Sun              *James Taylor
     23 Sat              *Julio Iglesias
     25 Mon              *Bonnie Raitt / Bruce Hornsby
 Aug 20 Sat              *Chicago
     21 Sun              *Liza Minnelli
     22 Mon              *Mannheim Steamroller
     26 Fri              *Steely Dan
 
 
 Rialto Square Theatre:  Joliet
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 May 01 Sun              *Victor Borge
 
 
 Riviera Theatre:  4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway)
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 Mar 25 Fri 6:00         Ramones / Frank Black
     26 Sat 7:00         Cowboy Junkies / Freedy Johnston
     28 Mon 7:30         Crowded House / Sheryl Crow
 Apr 01 Fri 7:30         Richard Thompson and his band
     17 Sun 7:30         Bob Dylan
     18 Mon 7:30         Bob Dylan
     29 Fri 7:00 $22.50  *NKOTB (tix Sat 10am)
 May 06 Fri 7:00 $23     *Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Rosemont Horizon:  Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont
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 Mar 29 Tue 7:30         Rush / Primus ==SOLD OUT==
     30 Wed 7:30         Rush / Primus
 Jul 20 Wed 8:00 $27-40  *Phil Collins (tix Mon 10am)
 
 
 Schubas Tavern (21+):  3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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 Apr 12 Tue              John Wesley Harding
     13 Wed              John Wesley Harding
 
 
 Scrap Skate Park:  2350 Hassel, Hoffman Estates / (708) 884-0945
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 Apr 18 Mon              The Mother Fuckers / Offsides / tba
 
 
 Shanley Pavillion:  2033 Sheridan, Evanston
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 Mar 28 Mon 7:00 $4      Hoover / Kerosene 454 / Gauge / Scissor Girls
 
 
 Soldier Field: Where the Bears play
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 Jul 12 Tue 8:30         Pink Floyd ==SOLD OUT==
 
 
 Star Plaza Theater:  1-65 & US 30, Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266
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 Apr 10 Sun              Tom Jones
 Jun 18 Sat              Kansas / ELO
 Jul 01 Fri 8:00 $28     *Aretha Franklin
     16 Sat 8:00 $28     *Hank Williams Jr.
 Aug 07 Sun              Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Asleep at the
                             Wheel
     28 Sun 7:00 $22     *Everly Brothers / Kris Kristofferson
 
 
 3rd Floor:  223 E. Chicago St., Elgin
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 Mar 26 Sat 6:00 $5      No Empathy / Sauce Kings / Vegas Witchcraft /
                             Sweet Polly / Mudkicker (aa)
 
 
 Tower Records:  2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / (312) 477-5994
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 Mar 26 Sat 2:00         Cowboy Junkies
 
 
 Uic Pavilion:  U. Of I. Chicago, 1140 W. Harrison / (312) 413-5740
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 May 15 Sun              Salt-n-Pepa / R.Kelly / Kid Capri / Xscape
 
 
 The Vic (21+):  3145 N. Sheffield
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 Mar 25 Fri 8:00         The Junction (18+)
     26 Sat 10:00        Mr. Blotto / Cathy Richardson (18+)
     27 Sun 7:00 $10     Green Day / Tilt / Smoking Popes (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     31 Thu 7:30         Widespread Panic (aa)
 Apr 02 Sat 7:30         John McLaughlin (21+)
     08 Fri 7:30         The Samples (aa)
     22 Fri 7:30         *The Connells / The Indians (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
     30 Sat              Sarah McLachlan / The Devlins