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What are these lists?
                    Shows of note as of 03/31/94
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 New this week:
     88 Fingers Louie / Lunkhead / Oblivion / The Bunyips, The Crawlspace
     Black Uhuru, Cubby Bear
     Blanket Party / Foo, Off The Alley
     The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Park West
     Cece Peniston, Park West
     Climbing Vines / Rollover / Juggernaut / Shovel Choir, Metro
     Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Crash Test Dummies, World Music
         Theater
     Evething / Hypnogogic Nodscene / Sour Milk, Off The Alley
     Feeble Landslide / Orange / Juxta, Metro
     G-Men / Mother's Day / tba, The Crawlspace
     The Geezers / Jimmy The Go-Go Man / Mr. Clean, Off The Alley
     God Street Wine / Pimentos For Gus, Lounge Ax
     The Hedonists / Fagalonious P. Hector / Jolly Rogers / Catch 22, The
         Crawlspace
     Jake E. Lee / Jaxx / Crucifix, Avalon
     Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mule / Silkworm / Crain, Lounge Ax
     KMFDM / Chemlab / Sister Machine Gun / Acumen, Metro
     Kenny Aronoff, Drum Pad
     King's X, Park West
     Lunkhead / Nostrilsaurus / The Smoothies / Ducksnake, Olde Stratford
         Hall
     Nuclear Assault / Halifax Gibbot / Guiltrip, Thirsty Whale
     Phil Collins, Rosemont Horizon
     Prisonshake / Specula, Lounge Ax
     Shudder To Think / The Grifters, Metro
     Simple Simon / Triple Fast Action / Drag, Metro
     The Slugs / Boom Hank, Lounge Ax
     Snap Judgement / Nail, Off The Alley
     Stabbing Westward / Adamjack, Metro
     Swiftkick / Flying Luttenbachers / Scissor Girls / tba, The Crawlspace
     Thought Industry / Acumen / Lily Crushers, Metro
     Tortoise, Off The Alley
     eMily / Tommyrot / Chemical Blue / tba, The Crawlspace
 
 
 Aragon Ballroom:  Lawrence at Broadway
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 Apr 20 Wed 7:30         Pantera / Crowbar (aa)
 May 13 Fri 7:30 $18.50  Blues Traveler / Soulhat
 
 
 Avalon:  959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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 Apr 06 Wed              Enuff Z'nuff
     09 Sat              Pere Ubu / Cassius Clay / Birds At The End Of The
                             Road
     20 Wed              *Jake E. Lee / Jaxx / Crucifix
     28 Thu              Greg Ginn / Rig / Dyslexic Apaches
     30 Sat 9:30 $10     Prong / Course Of Empire (21+)
 
 
 Beat Kitchen (21+):  2100 W. Belmont / (312) 281-4444
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 Apr 01 Fri              Robespierre (formerly Chia Pet) / Hoodwink / Fur
 
 
 The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport) / (312) 248-5822
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 Apr 02 Sat 6:00 $5      *88 Fingers Louie / Lunkhead / Oblivion / The
                             Bunyips
     07 Thu 7:00 $5      *Swiftkick / Flying Luttenbachers / Scissor Girls
                             / tba
     08 Fri 7:00 $5      Gauge / Garden Variety / Braid / Plane Rides For
                             Five Minute Drives
     09 Sat 7:00 $5      *The Hedonists / Fagalonious P. Hector / Jolly
                             Rogers / Catch 22
     10 Sun 7:00 $4      *G-Men / Mother's Day / tba
     30 Sat              *eMily / Tommyrot / Chemical Blue / tba
 
 
 Cubby Bear (21+):  1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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 Apr 24 Sun              Stanley Jordan
 May 06 Fri              *Black Uhuru
     07 Sat              NRBQ / Rollover
 
 
 Czar Bar (21+):  1814 W. Division / (312) 772-5453
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 Apr 01 Fri              Trenchmouth / The Jack / Hemogoblins
 
 
 Drum Pad:  48 W. Palatine Rd., Palatine, IL / (708) 934-8768
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 Apr 26 Tue 7:00 $5/$7   *Kenny Aronoff (it's a drum clinic)
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 Mar 31 Thu              Churchkey / Devil in a Woodpile
 Apr 01 Fri              Elliot Sharp's Carbon / Vandermark Quartet
     02 Sat              Rodan / The Coctails / Ballharvester / etc
     06 Wed $5           *The Slugs / Boom Hank
     07 Thu              *God Street Wine / Pimentos For Gus
     08 Fri              Yo La Tengo / The Sea & Cake / Sleepyhead
     09 Sat              Wool / Don Caballero / Janiter Joe / Mother's Day
     10 Sun              *Prisonshake / Specula
     15 Fri              *Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mule / Silkworm /
                             Crain
     16 Sat              Railroad Jerk
     23 Sat              Bailter Space
     30 Sat              The Silos
 May 04 Wed              Faust / Gastr Del Sol
 
 COMING: Medicine, Loose Diamonds, 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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 Apr 01 Fri 7:30         David Lee Roth (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     01 Fri 11:30 $7     Veruca Salt / Loud Lucy (18+)
     02 Sat 10:00 $7     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 $6      Seaweed / Bivouac / Braniac (aa)
     08 Fri 11:30 $6     Quaker Youth Ensemble / Luck Of Eden Hall / Mo
                             Fuzz (18+)
     09 Sat 7:00 $6      Dyslexic Apaches / Brown Betty / Marble (aa)
     09 Sat 11:30 $6     Chris Connelly / William Tucker (18+) ("special
                             acoustic performance")
     13 Wed 9:30 $3      *Climbing Vines / Rollover / Juggernaut / Shovel
                             Choir (18+)
     15 Fri 7:00 $5      Smoking Popes / No Empathy / Oblivion / Gauge (aa)
     15 Fri 11:30 $7     Royal Crescent Mob / NIL8 / Spank Wagon (18+)
     16 Sat 9:00 $10     Blue Meanies / Mustard Plug / Parka King / Secret
                             Cajun Band / Hi Ball Holiday (18+)
     20 Wed 9:30 $3      *Feeble Landslide / Orange / Juxta (18+)
     22 Fri 10:00 $6     Fig Dish / Hannibals / Throw (18+)
     23 Sat 9:00 $12     Ozric Tentacles (18+)
     24 Sun 6:30 $7      *Simple Simon / Triple Fast Action / Drag (aa)
     25 Mon 7:30 $10     Melvins / The Obsessed (aa)
     27 Wed 9:30 $3      *Thought Industry / Acumen / Lily Crushers (18+)
     28 Thu 7:30 FREE    *Stabbing Westward / Adamjack (aa) (get tickets at
                             Evanston or North & Halsted or Ashland Rose
                             Records)
     29 Fri 7:30 $12     Shonen Knife / Dentists (aa)
     29 Fri 11:30 $8     Red Red Meat / The Sea & Cake / Dolomite (18+)
     30 Sat 10:00 $8     *Shudder To Think / The Grifters
 May 05 Thu 7:30         Pavement / 3Ds (aa)
     05 Thu 11:30        Pavement / 3Ds (18+)
     28 Sat 7:00         *KMFDM / Chemlab / Sister Machine Gun / Acumen
                             (aa) (tix Sat noon)
 
 
 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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 Apr 02 Sat              *Snap Judgement / Nail
     09 Sat              *Tortoise
     16 Sat              *Blanket Party / Foo
     23 Sat              *The Geezers / Jimmy The Go-Go Man / Mr. Clean
     30 Sat              *Evething / Hypnogogic Nodscene / Sour Milk
 
 
 Olde Stratford Hall: call 223-2254 for directions ask for Norah
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 Apr 22 Fri 6:00         *Lunkhead / Nostrilsaurus / The Smoothies /
                             Ducksnake
 
 
 Park West (21+):  322 W. Armitage
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 Apr 09 Sat 7:30         Laurie Anderson ("An Evening Of Readings from her
                             new book")
     10 Sun 7:30         Michael Hedges / Michael Manring
     15 Fri 7:30         The Subdudes / Pat McLaughlin
     20 Wed 7:30         *Cece Peniston (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
     23 Sat 7:30         The Benoit/Freeman Project w/special guest Phil
                             Perry
     24 Sun 7:30 $13.50  *King's X (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
 May 03 Tue 7:30         *The Brian Setzer Orchestra (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Poplar Creek:  Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59
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 Jun 18 Sat $23-50       Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas
     19 Sun $23-50       Jimmy Buffet / The Iguanas
 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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 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 (aa)
     30 Sat 9:30 $22.50  (tix Sat 10am) (*Anthrax / Fight)
 May 06 Fri 7:00 $23     Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell
 
 
 Rosemont Horizon:  Touhy & Mannheim, Rosemont
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 Jul 20 Wed 8:00 $27-40  Phil Collins ==SOLD OUT==
     21 Thu 8:00 $27-40  *Phil Collins (tix Sat 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
 
 
 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
 
 
 Thirsty Whale:  880 W. Grand, River Grove / (708) 456-2414
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 Apr 23 Sat              *Nuclear Assault / Halifax Gibbot / Guiltrip
 
 
 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 31 Thu 7:30         Widespread Panic (aa)
 Apr 02 Sat 7:30         John McLaughlin (21+)
     08 Fri 7:30         The Samples (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     22 Fri 7:30         The Connells / The Indians (aa)
     30 Sat 7:30         Sarah McLachlan / The Devlins (aa)
 
 
 World Music Theater:  Tinley Park
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 May 28 Sat              *Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Crash Test
                             Dummies (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
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 The code list:
     *       new listing
     18+     18-and-over
     21+     21-and-over
     aa      all ages
 
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