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What are these lists?
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    The Chicago Shows List:  You're under 18, you won't be doin' any time
                      Shows of note as of 08/04/94
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 New this week:
     Archers of Loaf / Compound Red / Pony, The Unicorn
     Blind Venetians, The Unicorn
     Brown Betty / Slot / Judge Nothing, Double Door
     Kevin Burke / Liz Carroll, Abbey Pub
     George Carlin, Star Plaza Theater
     Cath Carroll, Schubas Tavern
     Joe Cocker, Park West
     Eve/thing, Metro
     Everything But The Girl, Park West
     Fig Dish / Outrageous Cherry, Double Door
     Green Magnet School / Sometime Sweet Susan / Queer, The Unicorn
     Groove Pushers, Double Door
     Hi-Fi and the Road Burners / Sons Of Hercules / Nubile Thangs, Double
         Door
     Jackyl in-store appearance, Rolling Stones Records
     Lava Sutra / Yardsale, Double Door
     Mickey Finn, The Unicorn
     Morphine, Double Door
     Naked Aggression / Oblivion / Apocalypse Hoboken, Fireside Bowl
     Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson, UIC Pavilion
     The Orb, Metro
     Saucer, The Unicorn
     Boz Scaggs, Park West
     Sky Cries Mary / Glee Club, Metro
     Smoking Popes / Gauge / No Empathy / Cap'n Jazz, Metro
     Tchkung! / Cathouse / Myra Manes, Lounge Ax
     Tenderloin / Mercurys, The Unicorn
     Triple Fast Action, The Unicorn
     Unblind, Cafe Kismet
     Winepress / The Meat Sisters / Selfish / June, Fireside Bowl
     Warren Zevon, Park West
 
 
 Abbey Pub:  3420 W. Grace (at Elston) / (312) 478-4408
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 Aug 13 Sat              *Kevin Burke / Liz Carroll
 
 
 Alpine Valley:  Hwy D & Hwy 120, East Troy, WI (TM)
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 Aug 06 Sat 2:00         Willie Nelson / Waylon Jennings / Tammy Wynette /
                             Merle Haggard / Asleep At The Wheel / Danny
                             Davis & The Nashville Brass / Ralph Emery
     14 Sun 7:00         Pantera / Sepultura / Prong
 
 
 Aragon Ballroom:  1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway (TM)
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 Aug 11 Thu              Helmet / Rollins Band / Sausage
 
 
 Avalon:  959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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 Aug 05 Fri              Murphy's Law / Shootyz Groove / International
                             Hoodwink
 
 
 Bismarck Theater:  171 W. Randolph at LaSalle
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 Aug 26 Fri 7:30         Johnny Cash / The Jayhawks (aa)
 
 
 Cafe Kismet:  131 N. Genesee, Waukegan / (708) 244-1111
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 Aug 27 Sat              *Unblind
 
 
 Camp Randall Stadium:  Madison, WI
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 Aug 26 Fri              Rolling Stones / Lenny Kravitz
 
 
 Chicago Princess (a boat!):  Navy Pier
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 Aug 26 Fri midnite $40  New Duncan Imperials Fan Convention (call Pravda
                             Records at (312) 549-3776)
 
 
 Milwaukee County Stadium:  Somewhere in Milwaukee
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 Aug 11 Thu              Elton John & Billy Joel
 
 
 Double Door:  1572 N. Milwaukee / (312) 489-3160
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 Aug 05 Fri              Chris Connelly & William Tucker / Word Bongo
     06 Sat              Ass Ponys / Number 1 Cup
     07 Sun              Supermodel / The Hushdrops
     11 Thu              The Shiv / Stonebillies / Dagnabit
     12 Fri              Every Good Boy / Mint Aundry / Twang Bang
     13 Sat              Ultra Swiss / Tenderloin / Mo Fuzz
     14 Sun              *Lava Sutra / Yardsale
     18 Thu              The Lupins / Tripmaster Monkey
     19 Fri              Love Jones
     20 Sat              *Fig Dish / Outrageous Cherry
     21 Sun              *Hi-Fi and the Road Burners / Sons Of Hercules /
                             Nubile Thangs
     25 Thu              Hot Heels / The Flying Luttenbachers / Devil Bell
                             Hippies
     26 Fri              Dahmba 8 / Ulele
     27 Sat              *Brown Betty / Slot / Judge Nothing
     28 Sun              *Groove Pushers
 Sep 01 Thu              Garden Bower / Luck Of Eden Hall
     06 Tue              *Morphine
     07 Wed              *Morphine
     08 Thu              *Morphine
 
 
 Eagles Auditorium:  2401 W. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 (TM)
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 Aug 05 Fri 5:00 $20     Motorhead / Morbid Angel / Nuclear Assault /
                             Afterlife / Malevolent Creation / A/C /
                             Goreguts / Collapsing Lungs / 15 other
                             "attractions"(?) (aa)
     06 Sat 11:00a $35   Slayer / Cannibal Corpse / Overkill / Bolt Thrower
                             / Love/Hate / Epidemic / Murphy's Law / Cynic
                             / Morta Skuld / Thought Industry / Dead Fly
                             Boy / 40 other bands (aa)
 
 
 Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn, Elmhurst
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 Aug 12 Fri $5           88 Fingers Louie / The Fighters / Tommyrot /
                             Creature Did / Pinwheel (aa)
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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 Aug 05 Fri              Renfields / Throw / Mercury Players / Indie 500
     06 Sat              Low / Morning Glories / Slip / Nerdy Girls
     11 Thu              Man Or Astroman? / Jack 'o' Fire / Oblivians
     12 Fri              Monomen / Mortals / The Waste Kings / Mexican
                             Doorbell
     13 Sat 6:00         +All-day Wienie Roast: The Cows / Babe the Blue Ox
                             / Moviola / The Frogs / The Wrens
     18 Thu              Zen Guerilla / Gravitar / Frontier
     19 Fri              +Dis / Craw / Tulips / Bedwetter
     26 Fri              Railroad Jerk / Flap
     27 Sat              +God and Texas / Tire / Hum
 COMING: Carnival Strippers, Zen Guerrilla, Dis, Love Cup, Railroad Jerk, 
         Nothing Painted Blue, Flap, God & Texas, Hum
 
 
 Fireside Bowl:  2648 W. Fullerton
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 Aug 05 Fri 6:30 $5      Oblivion / No Empathy / The Fighters / Looney Bin
                             / Fuzz Gunn (aa)
     10 Wed $5           Guilt / Enkindle / Ricochet / Jasta 14 / KPF (aa)
     11 Thu $5           Sense Field / State Of The Nation / Guttersnipe
                             (aa)
     14 Sun $5           *Winepress / The Meat Sisters / Selfish / June
                             (aa)  ("Enter the Punk Rock Bowling Challenge.
                             Highest score gets a trophy and a $25 Underdog
                             Records gift certificate.")
     21 Sun $5           Chaos UK / Swinging Udders / Eyehategod / 88
                             Fingers Louie (aa)  (Brian)
 Oct 02 Sun 7:00         *Naked Aggression / Oblivion / Apocalypse Hoboken
 
 
 Fitzgerald's:  6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn / (708) 788-2188
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 Aug 13 Sat              Trout Fishing In America
     17 Wed              Iris DeMent
 
 
 Freefest:  Cricket Hill, 4600 North at Wilson & LSD
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 Aug 12 Fri 11:30a       Freefest (runs 12th-14th: Urbn DK / Cyclone Temple
                             / Wesley Willis Fiasco / Vic Vacume / Demented
                             Ted / Urban Twang / Maestro Subgum /
                             Rustbucket / Schwa / Busker Soundcheck / and a
                             zillion more... email if you're interested)
 
 
 Gateway Theatre:  5216 W. Lawrence
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 Aug 13 Sat 6:30 $7      Dark Oasis / Control'd Chaos / Acid Reign / tba
                             (aa)
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 Aug 05 Fri              Jesus Lizard / Five Style / Jaks
     06 Sat              Jesus Lizard / Mule / Zug Island Quartet
     07 Sun              Bill Direen / Stamen / New Rob Robbies / Slip
     10 Wed              *Tchkung! / Cathouse / Myra Manes
     12 Fri              +Bad Livers / Volebeats
     13 Sat              +Red Red Meat / Glue / Laundry
     14 Sun              +Jawbox / Shiner / Brainiac
     15 Mon              Eleventh Dream Day with Ira Kaplan
     16 Tue              El Vez
 
 COMING: Tsunami, Coctails, Trenchmouth, Gastr del Soul, Plush, Smog, 
         Specula, Tortoise, The Sea & Cake, Peter Jeffries, Combustible 
         Edison, The Silos
 
 
 
 Logan Square Auditorium:  2539 N. Kezdie
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 Sep 04 Sun 6:00 $10     Pine Tar .406: Shellac / Tar / MX80 / Six Finger
                             Satellite
 
 
 Maier Lakefront Festival Park:  Milwaukee, WI / (414) 476-3378
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 Aug 19 Fri $8/$5        Milwaukee Irish Fest (thru the 21st.  Contact
                             Edward Beimborn <beimborn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> or
                             http://celtic.stanford.edu/ceolas.html)
 
 
 Marcus Amphitheater:  Lakefront at I-794, Milwaukee, WI (TM)
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 Aug 05 Fri 8:00         Aerosmith / Jackyl
     13 Sat 7:30         Stevie Nicks
     16 Tue 6:30 $20     Spin Doctors / Gin Blossoms / Cracker / Vinx
     29 Mon 8:00         John Mellencamp / Texas
 
 
 Metro:  3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203 (TM)
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 Aug 05 Fri              The Toasters / Dance Hall Crashers / Hep Cap /
                             Voodoo Glow Skulls
     05 Fri 7:00         Machines of Loving Grace / Surgery / Blood Of
                             Abraham
     06 Sat 11:30        Acumen / Blue Eyed Christ
     09 Tue 10:00        *The Orb (18+)
     10 Wed 7:00         The Offspring / Big Drill Car / Guttermouth (aa)
                             ==SOLD OUT==
     10 Wed 11:30 $3     Spank Wagon / Blanket Party / Butt Gravy (18+)
     12 Fri 11:30        Tragically Hip / Spirit Of The West (18+)  ==SOLD
                             OUT==
     13 Sat 7:30         Tragically Hip / Spirit Of The West (aa)
     13 Sat 11:30        Christian Death / Electric Hellfire Club
     17 Wed 9:30 $3      Tiny / Grover / Mr. Furley / Soul Ingredient (18+)
     19 Fri 7:00         Dyslexic Apaches / Mercy Rule / They Came In Droves
     19 Fri 11:30        +The Pursuit Of Happiness / Dovetail Joint
     20 Sat 7:30         Brand New Heavies
     24 Wed 9:30 $3      Hedge / Brother Theresa / Skin / Ignatius (18+)
     26 Fri              Baby M / Marble / Young Lords / Tarpit / The
                             Absolute
     27 Sat 7:00         *Smoking Popes / Gauge / No Empathy / Cap'n Jazz
     27 Sat 11:30        *Sky Cries Mary / Glee Club
 Sep 02 Fri              *Eve/thing
 
 
 Oak Theatre:  Armitage & Western / (312) 235-0088
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 Aug 20 Sat 7:00         +Napalm Death / Obituary / Machine Head (aa)
 
 
 Off The Alley:  18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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 Aug 06 Sat              Skapone / Mistamina / Hot Stove Jimmy
     13 Sat              Jack Dempseys Full / Slag
     20 Sat              Emir / Vertical Drop / Thumb Fat
 
 
 Park West (21+):  322 W. Armitage (TM)
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 Aug 06 Sat 7:30         Rosanne Cash
     10 Wed 7:30         US3 / Reg E. Gaines & The Fugees (aa)
     16 Tue 8:30         Peter Himmelman (aa)
 Sep 03 Sat 7:30         John Wesley Harding & Rob Wasserman (aa)
     08 Thu 7:30         *Warren Zevon (tix Sat 10am)
     09 Fri 6:30         *Everything But The Girl (aa)  (tix Sat 10am)
     14 Wed 7:30         *Joe Cocker (tix Sat 10am)
     15 Thu 8:00         *Boz Scaggs (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Poplar Creek:  Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59 (TM)
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 Aug 05 Fri              Bette Midler
     10 Wed              Jackson Browne / John Hiatt
     12 Fri 8:00         Beach Boys / America
     13 Sat              Vince Gill / Patty Loveless / Larry Stewart
     15 Mon              Stevie Nicks / Darden Smith
     17 Wed              Doobie Brothers / Foreigner
     18 Thu              Raffi
     20 Sat              Chicago
     21 Sun              Liza Minnelli / Billy Stritch
     22 Mon              Mannheim Steamroller
     24 Wed              Barry Manilow
     25 Thu              Bonnie Raitt / Bruce Hornsby
     26 Fri 8:00         Steely Dan
     27 Sat              Reba McEntire / John Michael Montgomery
     31 Wed              B.B. King / Little Feat / Dr. John / tba
 Sep 01 Thu              Lorrie Morgan / Neal McCoy / Billy Joe Shaver
     02 Fri 8:00 $18-52  Basia / Spyro Gyra
 
 
 Ravinia:  Lake-Cook & Green Bay Roads, Highland Park / (312) R-A-V-I-N-I-A
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 Aug 07 Sun 8:00 $7/$30  Oscar Peterson Quartet
     09 Tue 7:00 $7/$25  Los Lobos
     10 Wed 8:00 $7/$25  Neville Brothers
     16 Tue 8:00 $7/$35  George Benson / Manhattan Transfer
     19 Fri 8:00 $7/$30  Victor Borge
     21 Sun 7:00 $7/$30  Natalie Cole
 
 
 Riviera Theatre:  4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) (TM)
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 Aug 06 Sat              Earth Crisis / Strife / Half-mast / Envy (aa)
                             (Dave)
     13 Sat 7:00         David Lee Roth (aa)
     19 Fri              Snapcase / Lifetime / Offsides (Dave)
     26 Fri              The Vandals / MDC / Horace Pinker / NIL8 (Dave)
 
 
 Rolling Stones Records:  Harlem & Irving, Norridge
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 Aug 06 Sat 1:00         *Jackyl in-store appearance
 
 
 Schubas Tavern (21+):  3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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 Aug 18 Thu              *Cath Carroll
 
 
 Skyline Stage:  Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand, Chicago, IL
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 Aug 16 Tue 7:30         Sarah McLachlan / October Project
 
 
 Soldier Field: Where the Bears play (TM)
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 Sep 11 Sun 7:30         Rolling Stones / Lenny Kravitz ==SOLD OUT==
 
 
 Star Plaza Theater:  1-65 & US 30, Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 (TM)
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 Aug 13 Sat              *George Carlin
 
 
 3rd Floor:  223 E. Chicago St., Elgin
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 Aug 06 Sat              Tommyrot / International Hoowdwink / Jerkwater /
                             Father Ted / Tremelo (aa)  (Brian)
     13 Sat $5           Dirt Merchants / Greenhouse / Headcleaner /
                             Genuine Idaho (aa)  (Brian)
 
 
 UIC Pavilion:  U. Of I. Chicago, 1140 W. Harrison / (312) 413-5740 (TM)
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 Aug 12 Fri              Stone Temple Pilots / Meat Puppets / Jawbox ==SOLD
                             OUT==
 Sep 03 Sat 7:30         *Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson (aa)  (tix Sat
                             10am)
 
 
 The Unicorn:  300 W. Juneau Ave, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123
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 Aug 05 Fri              *Archers of Loaf / Compound Red / Pony
     06 Sat              +Big Drill Car / Alligator Gun (21+)
     11 Thu              *Tenderloin / Mercurys
     12 Fri              *Green Magnet School / Sometime Sweet Susan / Queer
     18 Thu              *Triple Fast Action
     19 Fri              *Mickey Finn
     20 Sat              *Saucer
     26 Fri              *Blind Venetians
 
 
 UW Memorial Union:  800 Langdon St., Madison, WI / (608) 265-3000
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 Aug 05 Fri              Common Faces
     06 Sat              Milk Of Amnesia
 
 (The Memorial Union is a membership organization.  You don't have to attend 
 UW or live in Wisconsin to become a member.  Annual memberships are $45.00 
 for Madison and $25.00 for 20 miles or more outside of Madison.  You need 
 a Union membership to purchase alchohol.  For info, call 608-262-2263.)
 
 
 The Vic (21+):  3145 N. Sheffield (TM)
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 Aug 05 Fri              Freddy Jones Band
     09 Tue 7:30         Youssou N'Dour / Dhamba 8 (17+)
 
 
 Wisconsin State Fair:  Milwaukee, WI / (800) 884-FAIR
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 Aug 05 Fri $10-12       Clay Walker / Tracy Lawrence
     06 Sat $14-16       George Strait
     07 Sun $12-14       Lynyrd Skynyrd / .38 Special
     08 Mon $10-12       All-4-One
     09 Tue $12-14       Richard Marx
     10 Wed $12-14       The Beach Boys / America
     11 Thu $14-16       Billy Ray Cyrus / Ken Mellons
     12 Fri $14-16       Barry Manilow
     13 Sat $12-14       John Nichael Montgomery / Restless Heart
     14 Sun $14-16       Reba / Bill Engvall
 
 
 World Music Theater:  Tinley Park (TM)
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 Aug 06 Sat              Aerosmith / Jackyl
     13 Sat              Spin Doctors / Gin Blossoms / Cracker
     19 Fri              Playboy Jazz Festival:  Al Jarreau / Joe Sample /
                             Etta James / Terence Blanchard / Lil' Ed & The
                             Blues Imperials / Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
     26 Fri              Melissa Etheridge / Billy Pilgrim
     27 Sat              John Mellencamp / Texas
     28 Sun              Traffic / Subdudes
 Sep 03 Sat              +Harry Connick Jr. / Leroy Jones Quintet
 
 
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 The code list:
     *       new listing
     +       listing has changed this week
     18+     18-and-over
     21+     21-and-over
     aa      all ages
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             Wisconsin: (414) 276-4545
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