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What are these lists?
                    Shows of note as of 04/07/94
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        The Chicago Shows List: Ideal for general purpose recording
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 NOTE:
     Remember how I was going to start a monthly listing of whatever bands you
     wanted to have listed, so that you could get all of your favorite band's
     shows listed for the month?  It's started, and it comes out weekly, but
     not from me.  It's handled entirely by cheeks@interaccess.com.
 
 New this week:
     Beck / That Dog (live in-store), Reckless Records
     Bob Dylan, Valparaiso U. Athletic/Rec Center
     Butt Gravy / Stop The Ride, Lounge Ax
     Dandelion / Black Market Flowers, Lounge Ax
     Incognito, Metro
     Judy Tenuta, Cubby Bear
     Luna / Low, Metro
     Matthew Sweet, Park West
     Meat Loaf, World Music Theater
     Mercury Players / Godplow / Grither, Empty Bottle
     Mono Men / The Mortals / Cowslingers, Empty Bottle
     Mothers Day / Strap / Twitch, Empty Bottle
     Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson, Riviera Theatre
     Peter Himmelman / Kevin Montgomery, The Vic
     Sass Jordan, Park West
     Schooly D, Elbo Room
     Tarnations / National Drag / The Shiv, Lounge Ax
     Throw / Flap / Starbilly, Empty Bottle
     Tool / Flaming Lips / Failure, Riviera Theatre
     Violent Femmes, Valparaiso U. Athletic/Rec Center
     Yanni, Arie Crown Theatre
 
 
 Aragon Ballroom:  1106 W. 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
 
 
 Arie Crown Theatre
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 Jun 17 Fri              *Yanni (tix Sun noon)
     18 Sat              *Yanni (tix Sun noon)
 
 
 Avalon:  959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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 Apr 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+)
 
 
 The Crawlspace: 952 Newport (at Clark/Sheffield/Newport) / (312) 248-5822
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 Apr 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
     14 Sat              *Judy Tenuta
 
 
 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.  It's not at
                             the store so call the store for info.)
 
 
 Elbo Room:  2871 N. Lincoln, (312) 549-7700
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 Apr 24 Sun              *Schooly D
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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 Apr 07 Thu              *Mercury Players / Godplow / Grither
     08 Fri              *Mothers Day / Strap / Twitch
     09 Sat              *Throw / Flap / Starbilly
     15 Fri              *Mono Men / The Mortals / Cowslingers
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 Apr 08 Fri              Yo La Tengo / The Sea & Cake / Sleepyhead
     09 Sat              Wool / Don Caballero / Janitor Joe / Mother's Day
     10 Sun              Prisonshake / Specula
     13 Wed              *Tarnations / National Drag / The Shiv
     14 Thu              *Butt Gravy / Stop The Ride
     15 Fri              Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mule / Silkworm /
                             Crain
     16 Sat              Railroad Jerk / Mother
     17 Sun              *Dandelion / Black Market Flowers
     23 Sat              Bailter Space
     30 Sat              The Silos
 May 04 Wed              Faust / Gastr Del Sol
 
 COMING: Thax After Dark, Medicine, Loose Diamonds, Lungfish / God & Texas /
         Lung, Five Eight, Duckhills, Syd Straw, Sir Douglas Quintet, Cub
 
 
 Metro:  3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203
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 Apr 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+)
     06 Fri 7:00         *Incognito (aa)
     06 Fri 11:30        *Luna / Low
     28 Sat 7:00         KMFDM / Chemlab / Sister Machine Gun / Acumen (aa)
 
 
 Oak Theatre:  Armitage & Western / (312) 235-0088
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 Apr 10 Sun 7:00 $10     Carcass / Pitchshifter / Aftermath (aa)
     23 Sat              7 Seconds / Sam Black Church / Vic Vacume & The
                             Attachments / Full
 
 
 Off The Alley:  18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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 Apr 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 ==SOLD OUT==
     20 Wed 7:30         Cece Peniston (aa)
     23 Sat 7:30         The Benoit/Freeman Project w/special guest Phil
                             Perry
     24 Sun 7:30 $13.50  King's X (aa)
     26 Tue 7:30         *Sass Jordan (aa) (tix Sat 10am)
 May 03 Tue 7:30         The Brian Setzer Orchestra
     10 Tue 7:30         *Matthew Sweet (aa) (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
 
 
 Reckless Records:  3157 N. Broadway / (312) 404-5080
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 Apr 09 Sat 4:00         *Beck / That Dog (live in-store)
 
 
 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 17 Sun 7:30         Bob Dylan ==SOLD OUT==
     18 Mon 7:30         Bob Dylan
     29 Fri 7:00 $22.50  NKOTB (aa)
     30 Sat 9:30 $22.50  Anthrax / Fight
 May 06 Fri 7:00 $23     Bruce Cockburn / John Trudell (aa)
     07 Sat 7:00         *Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson (aa) (tix Sat
                             10am)
     14 Sat 6:00         *Tool / Flaming Lips / Failure (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Rose Records:  924 Davis, Evanston
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 Apr 11 Mon 10:30        *Peter Himmelman (live in-store)
 
 
 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
 
 
 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
 
 
 Valparaiso U. Athletic/Rec Center: Valparaiso, IN / (219) 464-5233
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 Apr 16 Sat              *Bob Dylan (Tix available via TicketMaster)
     21 Thu              *Violent Femmes (Tix available via TicketMaster)
 
 
 The Vic (21+):  3145 N. Sheffield
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 Apr 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)
 May 05 Thu              *Peter Himmelman / Kevin Montgomery
 
 
 World Music Theater:  Tinley Park
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 May 28 Sat              Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Crash Test
                             Dummies
 Jul 09 Sat              *Meat Loaf (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
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 The code list:
     *       new listing
     18+     18-and-over
     21+     21-and-over
     aa      all ages
 
 All shows are all ages except where noted.
 All information listed is subject to change.  Phone First.
 
 Subscriptions: Liz Clayton <lclayton@uhuru.uchicago.edu>
     Ask her to add you to the mailing list for the Chicago Shows List.  
     Be specific; she maintains more than one list.  
 
 Everything else: Andy Lester <alester@farpost.chi.il.us> (preferred) or
     or <alester@mcs.com> (if you must).  Send any additions, errors or 
     whatever else to me.
 
 You can also get it from Far Post BBS, (708) 934-6224
 
 Other shows lists available on the Internet:
     Atlanta:                    ofross@vader.cc.emory.edu
     San Francisco:              the-list-request@violet.berkeley.edu
     Chicago Favorite Bands:     cheeks@interaccess.com
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