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What are these lists?
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           The Chicago Shows List:  Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
                         Shows of note as of 08/25/94
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 NOTE:
     The Atlanta Shows List lives again.  Address is at the bottom.
 
 New this week:
     Beat Farmers, Avalon
     Blind Venetians / Fat Bertha / F.S. Camels / So Scared, Metro
     Blur / Pulp, The Vic
     Bodhisattva / Sarolta De Faltay / Mint Aundry / Hot Lunch, Double Door
     Boingo, Metro
     Bone Dust / Sungod / Two Crow, Metro
     Booty Fruit / Can Of Worms, Double Door
     Dennis De Young, Park West
     Flaming Lips / Silkworm / Engine Kid / Jessamine, Empty Bottle
     Flavor Channel / Funky Wordsmiths / Jazz Miniero / Art Fiction, Double
         Door
     The Flavor Channel / The Gufs / The Howards / Fate Saved Us, Metro
     Fondly / The Cartographers / Vix Crater / Jimmy Doral / Pistol
         Whipped, Lounge Ax
     Fuzzy / Lava Sutra, Lounge Ax
     The Goblins / Elysium / The Unfit Mothers / Quintron / Anthropod
         Vector, Lounge Ax
     Handsome Family / Milkmine / Pig Tails / Phenomenal Cat / Prichard,
         Lounge Ax
     Love Spit Love / Gigolo Aunts, Metro
     New Rob Robbies / Apollo 9, Empty Bottle
     Nova Mob, Double Door
     Overkill / Pro-Pain, Thirsty Whale
     The Proud / Flac / EKG / Newton's Madness, Metro
     Rockin' Bill and the Wild Coyote / Supermodel / Peat Moss / DJ Jesse
         De La Pena / Patty Elvis, Double Door
     Spanic Boys, Avalon
     Specials / Let's Go Bowling / Pacers, Metro
     Stereolab / Gastr Del Sol / Labradford, Metro
     Terror Fabulous / Patra / Mega Banton, Aragon Ballroom
     Traffic / Subdudes ==MOVED FROM THE WORLD==, Riviera Theatre
     Jerry Jeff Walker and the Gonzo Compadres, Park West
     Wig / Burnt, Empty Bottle
 
 
 Aragon Ballroom:  1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway (TM)
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 Sep 23 Fri              *Terror Fabulous / Patra / Mega Banton
 
 
 Arie Crown Theatre (TM)
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 Sep 29 Thu 8:00         Indigo Girls
     30 Fri 8:00         Indigo Girls
 
 
 Avalon:  959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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 Sep 09 Fri              *Spanic Boys
     10 Sat              *Beat Farmers
 
 
 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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 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 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 / Suede Chain
     06 Tue              +Morphine / Outrageous Cherry / Annoyance Theater
     07 Wed              +Morphine / Five Style
     08 Thu              +Morphine / Cath Carroll
     09 Fri              *Bodhisattva / Sarolta De Faltay / Mint Aundry /
                             Hot Lunch
     10 Sat              *Rockin' Bill and the Wild Coyote / Supermodel /
                             Peat Moss / DJ Jesse De La Pena / Patty Elvis
     11 Sun              *Flavor Channel / Funky Wordsmiths / Jazz Miniero
                             / Art Fiction
     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
     22 Thu              *Booty Fruit / Can Of Worms
     23 Fri              *Nova Mob
 
 
 Drink:  541 W. Fulton at Clinton / (312) 441-0818
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 Sep 08 Thu              BoDeans / Citizen King / The Gufs (21+)
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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 Aug 26 Fri              Railroad Jerk / Nothing Painted Blue / Flap
     27 Sat              God and Texas / Tire / Hum
     01 Mon              *Wig / Burnt
 Sep 02 Fri              God Is My Co-pilot / Scissor Girls
     03 Sat              *New Rob Robbies / Apollo 9
     17 Sat              *Flaming Lips / Silkworm / Engine Kid / Jessamine
                             (tix 9/3 at Ajax or Blackout! or the bar)
 
 COMING: Fix Your Wagon, Ass Ponys, Baby M, Slug, Doo Rag, Denison/Kimball 
         Trio, Low, Idaho, Gas Huffer, Howards
 
 
 Fireside Bowl:  2648 W. Fullerton (always all-ages)
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 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 26 Fri              The Coctails / Specula / Lonely Trailer
     27 Sat              Tortoise / The Sea & Cake / Adult Entertainment
     31 Wed 8:00         *The Goblins / Elysium / The Unfit Mothers /
                             Quintron / Anthropod Vector
 Sep 01 Thu 8:00         *Fondly / The Cartographers / Vix Crater / Jimmy
                             Doral / Pistol Whipped
     02 Fri              *Handsome Family / Milkmine / Pig Tails /
                             Phenomenal Cat / Prichard
     03 Sat              *Fuzzy / Lava Sutra
     07 Wed              Velvet Crush
     10 Sat              +Peter Jefferies / Trash / Mecca Normal
     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, Mother, The Frogs, Trash, Polvo, Ruins, Godhead Silo, 
         Veruca Salt, Unsane, God & Texas, Thinking Fellers
 
 
 
 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:  613 E. Green C, Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700
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 Sep 16 Fri              The Jesus Lizard
 
 
 Marcus Amphitheater:  Lakefront at I-794, Milwaukee, WI (TM)
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 Aug 29 Mon 8:00         John Mellencamp / Texas
 
 
 Metro:  3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203 (TM)
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 Aug 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
     07 Wed 9:30 $3      *The Flavor Channel / The Gufs / The Howards /
                             Fate Saved Us (18+)
     08 Thu 7:30         Weezer / The Figgs (aa)
     09 Fri              *Blind Venetians / Fat Bertha / F.S. Camels / So
                             Scared
     10 Sat 9:00 $7      +Stereolab / Gastr Del Sol / Labradford (18+)
     14 Wed              *Bone Dust / Sungod / Two Crow
     16 Fri 7:30         The Fall / Magna Pop
     16 Fri 11:30        +Shudder To Think / Dambuilders
     18 Sun              Reverend Horton Heat / Tenderloin / Hi-Fi & The
                             Roadburners
     21 Wed              *The Proud / Flac / EKG / Newton's Madness
     23 Fri              *Boingo (tix Sat noon)
 Oct 07 Fri              *Specials / Let's Go Bowling / Pacers (tix Sat
                             noon)
     08 Sat              *Love Spit Love / Gigolo Aunts (tix Sat noon)
     10 Mon              *Stereolab / Gastr Del Sol / Labradford
 
 
 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 02 Fri 8:00         *Jerry Jeff Walker and the Gonzo Compadres (aa)
     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)
     17 Sat 7:30         Hoodoo Gurus (aa)
     23 Fri 7:30         Cassandra Wilson (aa)
     30 Fri 7:30         *Dennis De Young (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Poplar Creek:  Route 72 (Higgins) & Route 59 (TM)
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 Aug 26 Fri 8:00         Steely Dan
     27 Sat              Reba McEntire / John Michael Montgomery
     31 Wed              +B.B. King / Little Feat / Dr. John / Pinetop
                             Perkins / Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson /
                             Jerry Portnoy / Bob Margolin / Willie Smith /
                             Calvin Jones
 Sep 01 Thu              Lorrie Morgan / Neal McCoy / Billy Joe Shaver
     02 Fri 8:00 $18-52  Basia / Spyro Gyra
 
 
 Riviera Theatre:  4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) (TM)
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 Aug 26 Fri              The Vandals / MDC / Horace Pinker / NIL8 (Dave)
     28 Sun 6:30         *Traffic / Subdudes ==MOVED FROM THE WORLD== (aa)
 Sep 16 Fri 7:30         Poi Dog Pondering -- Benefit for Brigid Murphy (aa)
 
 
 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
 
 
 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
 
 
 Thirsty Whale:  880 W. Grand, River Grove / (708) 456-2414
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 Aug 28 Sun              *Overkill / Pro-Pain
 
 
 Thurston's:  1248 W. George / (312) 472-6900
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 Aug 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 26 Fri              Blind Venetians
 
 
 United Center:  Across the street from the Stadium
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 Oct 22 Sat              Frank Sinatra / Don Rickles
 
 
 The Vic (21+):  3145 N. Sheffield (TM)
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 Sep 17 Sat 7:30         *Blur / Pulp (aa)  (tix Sat noon)
 Oct 08 Sat              The Jesus Lizard
 
 
 World Music Theater:  Tinley Park (TM)
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 Aug 26 Fri              Melissa Etheridge / Billy Pilgrim
     27 Sat              John Mellencamp / Texas
 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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