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August 18, 1994

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What are these lists?
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          The Chicago Shows List:  We got them steadily depressin',
            low-down, mind-messin', workin'-at-the-car-wash blues
                         Shows of note as of 08/18/94
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 New this week:
     Apocalypse Hoboken / The Jeff Boyle Band / Eden Deluxe / McKays / 92
         Degrees, Metro
     Bad Livers in-store performance, Reckless Records
     Blanket Party / Wild Bores, Double Door
     BoDeans / Citizen King / The Gufs, Drink
     Busker Soundcheck / Pollen, Thurston's
     The Coctails / Specula / Lonely Trailer, Lounge Ax
     Combustible Edison, UW Memorial Union
     Crash Test Dummies, Riverside Theater
     Disarray / Mickey Finn / Crawl, Lounge Ax
     Dope / 77 Luscious Babes, Double Door
     Drovers, Double Door
     Mark Eitzel, Lounge Ax
     The Fall / Magna Pop, Metro
     God Is My Co-pilot / Scissor Girls, Empty Bottle
     Green / Sons Of Hercules / Feeder, Lounge Ax
     John Wesley Harding & Rob Wasserman ==POSTPONED==, Park West
     Jerry Higgins, Woodfield Mall
     Hoodoo Gurus, Park West
     Indigo Girls, Arie Crown Theatre
     Peter Jefferies / Trash, Lounge Ax
     Me'shell / NdegeOcelo, Park West
     Poi Dog Pondering -- Benefit for Brigid Murphy, Riviera Theatre
     Renfields / Stamen / Bunny, Double Door
     Reverend Horton Heat / Tenderloin / Hi-Fi & The Roadburners, Metro
     Rollover / Cherry Popping Daddies, Double Door
     Sebadoh, Lounge Ax
     Shudder To Think, Metro
     The Silos, Lounge Ax
     Frank Sinatra / Don Rickles, United Center
     Skaafflaws / Pie Taster / Insatiable, Thurston's
     Stereolab, Metro
     Superstar / Brown Betty / Slot / Judge Nothing, Double Door
     Tortoise / The Sea & Cake / Adult Entertainment, Lounge Ax
     Triple Fast Action / M.O.T.O., Double Door
     Stanley Turrentine, Woodfield Mall
     Velvet Crush, Lounge Ax
     Wait For Light / Baby Oil / Augusta Gein, Double Door
     Weezer / The Figgs, Metro
     Wesley Willis Fiasco / Can Of Worms, Double Door
     Cassandra Wilson, Park West
     Xessive Force / Unexplained / Insult To Injury / Strong Intention, Off
         The Alley
 
 
 Arie Crown Theatre (TM)
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 Sep 29 Thu              *Indigo Girls (tix Sat noon)
     30 Fri              *Indigo Girls (tix Sat noon)
 
 
 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)
 
 
 Cubby Bear (21+):  1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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 Aug 25 Thu              Spies Who Surf / Mummies / We The Cats
 Sep 18 Sun              Gil Scott-Heron / Ben Harper
 Oct 11 Tue              The Selecter
 
 
 Double Door:  1572 N. Milwaukee / (312) 489-3160
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 Aug 19 Fri 10:00        Love Jones
     20 Sat              +Fig Dish / Suede Chain / Outrageous Cherry
     21 Sun              Hi-Fi and the Road Burners / Sons Of Hercules /
                             Nubile Thangs
     24 Wed              *Wait For Light / Baby Oil / Augusta Gein
     25 Thu              Hot Heels / The Flying Luttenbachers / Devil Bell
                             Hippies
     26 Fri              +Dahmba 8 / Ulele / Banditos de Amour
     27 Sat              *Superstar / Brown Betty / Slot / Judge Nothing
     28 Sun              +Groove Pushers / East Of The Rock
 Sep 01 Thu              Garden Bower / Luck Of Eden Hall
     02 Fri              *Renfields / Stamen / Bunny
     03 Sat              *Dope / 77 Luscious Babes
     04 Sun              *Drovers
     06 Tue              Morphine
     07 Wed              Morphine
     08 Thu              Morphine
     15 Thu              *Wesley Willis Fiasco / Can Of Worms
     16 Fri              *Triple Fast Action / M.O.T.O.
     17 Sat              *Rollover / Cherry Popping Daddies
     18 Sun              *Blanket Party / Wild Bores
 
 
 Drink:  541 W. Fulton at Clinton / (312) 441-0818
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 Sep 08 Thu              *BoDeans / Citizen King / The Gufs (21+)  (tix Sat
                             10am)
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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 Aug 18 Thu              Zen Guerilla / Gravitar / Frontier
     19 Fri              Dis / Craw / Tulips / Bedwetter
     20 Sat              +Love Cup / Caterpillar / Cavity / Product
     25 Thu              Annie Flaggs / Papas Fritas / Autumn Clock
     26 Fri              +Railroad Jerk / Nothing Painted Blue / Flap
     27 Sat              God and Texas / Tire / Hum
 Sep 02 Fri              *God Is My Co-pilot / Scissor Girls
 
 COMING: Denison/Kimball Trio, Monster Truck 5, Log, Doo Rag, Supreme Dicks
 
 
 Fireside Bowl:  2648 W. Fullerton (always all-ages)
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 Aug 21 Sun $5           Chaos UK / Swinging Udders / Eyehategod / 88
                             Fingers Louie (Brian)
 Sep 01 Thu $6           Rich Kids on LSD / Sidekick Kato / Tragedy Clowns
     22 Thu $6           D.I. / Geezers / Mushuganas / 4 Squares
 Oct 02 Sun 7:00         Naked Aggression / Oblivion / Apocalypse Hoboken
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 Aug 19 Fri              Tsunami / Trenchmouth / Danielle Howle / Ida
     20 Sat              Gastr Del Sol / Plush / Smog
     24 Wed              *Disarray / Mickey Finn / Crawl
     25 Thu              *Green / Sons Of Hercules / Feeder
     26 Fri              *The Coctails / Specula / Lonely Trailer
     27 Sat              *Tortoise / The Sea & Cake / Adult Entertainment
 Sep 07 Wed              *Velvet Crush
     10 Sat              *Peter Jefferies / Trash
     15 Thu              Combustible Edison
     24 Sat              *Sebadoh
     25 Sun              *Sebadoh
     28 Wed              *Mark Eitzel
     30 Fri              *The Silos
 
 COMING: Fuzzy, Tiny Lights, Mecca Normal, Vandermark Quartet, Fred
         Anderson
 
 
 
 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
 
 
 Mabel's:  Champaign, IL  (details, anyone?)
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 Sep 16 Fri              The Jesus Lizard
 
 
 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 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 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 / Spearhead (aa)
     20 Sat 11:30        Brand New Heavies / Spearhead (18+)
     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 / Tender Things
     31 Wed 8:30 $1.92   *Apocalypse Hoboken / The Jeff Boyle Band / Eden
                             Deluxe / McKays / 92 Degrees (18+)
 Sep 02 Fri              Eve/thing / The Lupins / Eternalux / She
     03 Sat              Drag / Subliminal Ex / Absinthe / Lilycrusher
     08 Thu              *Weezer / The Figgs (tix Sat noon)
     10 Sat              *Stereolab (tix Sat noon)
     16 Fri 7:30         *The Fall / Magna Pop
     16 Fri 11:30        *Shudder To Think (tix Sat noon)
     18 Sun              *Reverend Horton Heat / Tenderloin / Hi-Fi & The
                             Roadburners (tix Sat noon)
 
 
 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 20 Sat              Emir / Vertical Drop / Thumb Fat
     27 Sat              *Xessive Force / Unexplained / Insult To Injury /
                             Strong Intention
 
 
 Park West (21+):  322 W. Armitage (TM)
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 Sep 03 Sat 7:30         *John Wesley Harding & Rob Wasserman ==POSTPONED==
     08 Thu 7:30         Warren Zevon
     09 Fri 6:30         Everything But The Girl (aa)
     14 Wed 7:30         Joe Cocker
     15 Thu 8:00         Boz Scaggs
     16 Fri 7:30         *Me'shell / NdegeOcelo (aa)  (tix Sat 10am)
     17 Sat 7:30         *Hoodoo Gurus (aa)  (tix Sat 10am)
     23 Fri 7:30         *Cassandra Wilson (aa)
 
 
 Poplar Creek:  Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59 (TM)
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 Aug 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 19 Fri 8:00 $7/$30  Victor Borge
     21 Sun 7:00 $7/$30  Natalie Cole
 
 
 Reckless Records:  3157 N. Broadway / (312) 404-5080
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 Aug 20 Sat 4:30 FREE    *Bad Livers in-store performance
 
 
 Riviera Theatre:  4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) (TM)
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 Aug 19 Fri              Snapcase / Lifetime / Offsides (Dave)
     26 Fri              The Vandals / MDC / Horace Pinker / NIL8 (Dave)
 Sep 16 Fri 7:30         *Poi Dog Pondering -- Benefit for Brigid Murphy
                             (aa)  (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Riverside Theater:  116 W. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000
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 Sep 07 Wed 7:30         Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson (aa)
     13 Tue 7:30         *Crash Test Dummies
 
 
 Schubas Tavern (21+):  3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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 Aug 19 Fri 8:00         Willy DeVille
     19 Fri 10:30        Willy DeVille
 
 
 Soldier Field: Where the Bears play (TM)
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 Sep 11 Sun 7:30         Rolling Stones / Lenny Kravitz ==SOLD OUT==
     12 Mon              Rolling Stones / Lenny Kravitz
 
 
 Thurston's:  1248 W. George / (312) 472-6900
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 Aug 19 Fri              *Skaafflaws / Pie Taster / Insatiable
     27 Sat              *Busker Soundcheck / Pollen
 
 
 UIC Pavilion:  U. Of I. Chicago, 1140 W. Harrison / (312) 413-5740 (TM)
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 Sep 03 Sat 7:30         Nine Inch Nails / Marilyn Manson (aa)  ==SOLD OUT==
 
 
 The Unicorn:  300 W. Juneau Ave, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123
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 Aug 19 Fri              Mickey Finn
     20 Sat              Saucer
     26 Fri              Blind Venetians
 
 
 United Center:  Where the Stadium used to be
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 Oct 22 Sat              *Frank Sinatra / Don Rickles
 
 
 UW Memorial Union:  800 Langdon St., Madison, WI / (608) 265-3000
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 Sep 16 Fri              *Combustible Edison
 
 
 The Vic (21+):  3145 N. Sheffield (TM)
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 Oct 08 Sat              The Jesus Lizard
 
 
 Woodfield Mall:  Golf Rd & Route 53, Schaumburg, IL / (708) 330-1537
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 Aug 25 Thu 6:00 FREE    *Jerry Higgins
     25 Thu 7:00 FREE    *Stanley Turrentine
 
 
 World Music Theater:  Tinley Park (TM)
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 Aug 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
     (TM)    Tickets available from TicketMaster
             Chicago:   (312) 559-1212
             Wisconsin: (414) 276-4545
     Brian   Contact Brian Swiftkick @ (312) 384-5813
     Dave    Contact Dave @ (312) 248-5822
 
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