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                         From Chicago's finest forges
                            The Chicago Shows List
                         Shows of note as of 09/08/94
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 NOTES:
     The "Reservoir Dogs"/"True Romance" double-feature is 18+, not 21+.  
     Come down and say howdy.  Ask Jay for the Shows List guy.
 
     Tickets for the Jesus Lizard at the Vic are on sale noon Saturday.
 
     I now have the Sebadoh openers and times correct.
 
     Will the guy who's in Banana Buster send me mail, please?  Your
     address got lost and I wanted to send you mail.
 
 
 New this week:
     Almost True / Jan James, Double Door
     Tori Amos, Pick-Staiger Hall
     Balloon Guy / Squash Blossom / Motorhome, Empty Bottle
     Bootsy's Rubberband, Cubby Bear
     Combustible Edison, Marquette Univ. Union Cafe
     Devlins, Double Door
     East Of The Rock / Can Of Worms, Double Door
     Dave Edmunds, The Vic
     Eve*Thing / The Nixons / Officer Deadly / Sufferbus, Thurston's
     Marianne Faithful book-signing, Tower Records
     Freakwater / Moonshine Willy / Robbie Fulks / The Olds 97s, Double Door
     Galliano, Metro
     Greg Ginn / Transition, Thurston's
     Shecky Greene / Ralph Young, Centre East
     Helios Creed / Sabalon Glitz / Love 666, Empty Bottle
     House Of Large Sizes / Built To Spell / Nectarine, Empty Bottle
     House Of Pain / Biohazard / Korn, Riviera Theatre
     The Jesus Lizard / Steakdaddy 6 / Pegboy, Mabel's
     Kitaro, Bismarck Theater
     L.A. Ramblers / Urban Twang / The Pedestrian, Thurston's
     L7 / Melvins / Wool, The Vic
     Lily Liver, Empty Bottle
     Mount Shasta / Saucer / Hairy Patt Band, Empty Bottle
     Mustard Plug / Banana Buster, Off The Alley
     N.I.L.8 / Fat Tuesday / Dollface, Thurston's
     New Rob Robbies, Thurston's
     NRBQ, Cubby Bear
     NRG Ensemble / Blue Boy / Zug Island Quartet, Empty Bottle
     Public Enemy, Riviera Theatre
     Red Ball / Esylium, Metro
     Red Krayola, Lounge Ax
     Seed / Blanket Party / Wild Bores, Double Door
     Shellac / Dis-, Shank Hall
     Skapone / Banana Buster / Greenhouse, Off The Alley
     Small 23 / Cobra Verde / New Radiant Storm King, Empty Bottle
     Spankwagon / Quaker Yough Ensemble / Milo Z / Throw / Gel-tones,
         Double Door
     Supermodel, Empty Bottle
     Team Dresch, Empty Bottle
     Thresholes / Goatboy, Lounge Ax
     David Torn/Mick Karn/Terry Bozzio, Hothouse
     Triple Fast Action / Motorcaster / Adamjack / Fig Dish / Fix Your
         Wagon, Metro
     Moe Tucker / Wild Carnations / Townies, Empty Bottle
     Versus / Air Miami / Blast Off Country Style / Tuscadero, Double Door
     Vic Vacume and the Attachments / Killswitch / 2 tba, Smiler Coogan's
 
 
 Aragon Ballroom:  1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway (TM)
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 Sep 23 Fri              Terror Fabulous / Patra / Mega Banton
 
 
 Arie Crown Theatre (TM):  McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd
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 Sep 29 Thu 8:00         Indigo Girls
     30 Fri 8:00         Indigo Girls
 Oct 29 Sat 7:30 $18.50  Steven Curtis Chapman / Newsboys (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Avalon:  959 West Belmont / (312) 472-3020
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 Sep 09 Fri $6           +Spanic Boys / Spies Who Surf / Rockin' Billy and
                             the Wild Coyote
     10 Sat $8           +Beat Farmers / Hi-fi and the Roadburners / Crash
                             Willy
 
 
 Bismarck Theater:  171 W. Randolph at LaSalle
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 Oct 15 Sat 8:00         *Kitaro (tix 10am Mon)
 
 
 Cafe Montmartre:  127 E. Mifflin St., Madison, WI
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 Sep 14 Wed              Combustible Edison
     22 Thu              Charles Gayle
 
 
 Centre East:  7701 N. Lincoln, Skokie, IL / (708) 673-6300
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 Sep 17 Sat 6:30         *Shecky Greene / Ralph Young
     17 Sat 9:30         *Shecky Greene / Ralph Young
 
 
 The Chamber:  114 King St, Madison, WI / (608) 255-5402
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 Sep 09 Fri              Peter Jefferies / Mecca Normal / Trash
 
 
 Cubby Bear (21+):  1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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 Sep 18 Sun              Gil Scott-Heron / Ben Harper
     22 Thu              War
 Oct 08 Sat              *Bootsy's Rubberband
     11 Tue              The Selecter
     15 Sat              *NRBQ
 
 
 Double Door:  1572 N. Milwaukee / (312) 489-3160
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 Sep 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              *Seed / Blanket Party / Wild Bores
     22 Thu              Booty Fruit / Can Of Worms
     23 Fri              +Nova Mob / Wait For Light
     24 Sat              +Wickerman / Screw Party
     29 Thu              *Spankwagon / Quaker Yough Ensemble / Milo Z /
                             Throw / Gel-tones
     30 Fri              *Versus / Air Miami / Blast Off Country Style /
                             Tuscadero
 Oct 01 Sat              *Freakwater / Moonshine Willy / Robbie Fulks / The
                             Olds 97s
     02 Sun              *Almost True / Jan James
     06 Thu              *East Of The Rock / Can Of Worms
     07 Fri              *Devlins
 
 
 Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn, Elmhurst
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 Sep 09 Fri 7:00 $5 aa   Slapstick / Sidekick Kato / Alligator Gun /
                             Mushuganas / Jerkwater (Dave)
     30 Fri 7:00 $5 aa   No Empathy / 30 Seconds Deep / Whatever... / The
                             Smoothies / The Unemployed (Dave)
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / (312) 276-3600
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 Sep 09 Fri              Monster Truck Five / Bush League / Log / Moviola
     10 Sat              Denison/Kimball Trio / Shiner / Factotum
     15 Thu              Baby M / Starbilly / Dragstar
     16 Fri              Slug / Doo Rag / Supreme Dicks / DQE
     17 Sat              Flaming Lips / Silkworm / Engine Kid / Jessamine
                             ==SOLD OUT==
     22 Thu              Idaho / Low
     23 Fri              +Gas Huffer / Season To Risk / Von Ryan's Express
     24 Sat              Howards record release party
     30 Fri              aMiniature / Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver / Heavy
                             Vegetable
 Oct 01 Sat              *Balloon Guy / Squash Blossom / Motorhome
     06 Thu              *NRG Ensemble / Blue Boy / Zug Island Quartet
     07 Fri              *Team Dresch
     08 Sat              *Helios Creed / Sabalon Glitz / Love 666
     09 Sun              *House Of Large Sizes / Built To Spell / Nectarine
     14 Fri              *Moe Tucker / Wild Carnations / Townies (tix Oct 1
                             at Ajax/Blackout!/the bar)
     15 Sat              *Small 23 / Cobra Verde / New Radiant Storm King
     20 Thu              *Lily Liver
     21 Fri              *Supermodel
     22 Sat              *Mount Shasta / Saucer / Hairy Patt Band
 
 
 Fireside Bowl:  2648 W. Fullerton (always all-ages)
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 Sep 18 Sun 7:30 $5      No Empathy / Horace Pinker / Nostrilsaurus /
                             Skaxies
     21 Wed              Dirt / Final Warning / Mob Action / Full / Not
                             Rebecca (Dave)
     22 Thu $6           D.I. / Geezers / Mushuganas / 4 Squares (Brian)
     25 Sun              5'10"/Kevin Seconds / Pound / I Love Rich / The
                             Geeks (Dave)
 Oct 01 Sat              Godheadsilo / The Bollweevils / 88 Fingers Louie /
                             Shleprock (Dave)
     02 Sun              Naked Aggression / Oblivion / Apocalypse Hoboken
                             (Dave)
     05 Wed              Pink Lincolns / Sleeper / tba
 
 
 Hard Rock Cafe:  63 W. Ontario / (312) 943-2252
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 Sep 11 Sun 8:00 FREE    Collective Soul (gack!)
 
 
 Hothouse:  1565 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL / (312) 235-2334
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 Sep 15 Thu              *David Torn/Mick Karn/Terry Bozzio
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 Sep 09 Fri              Mother / The Frogs
     10 Sat              +Mecca Normal / Peter Jefferies / Trash
     10 Sat              *Thresholes / Goatboy
     15 Thu              +Combustible Edison / John Sinatra Connors
     16 Fri              Flying Luttenbachers / Jak Wacker / Frontier
     17 Sat              Gringo / Spare Snare / Lily Liver
     20 Tue              *Red Krayola
     21 Wed              Milk / Three Day Stubble / SF Envelope
     22 Thu              Vandermark Quartet / Fred Anderson
     23 Fri              Polvo
     24 Sat 10:00        Sebadoh / Rodan
     25 Sun 9:00         Sebadoh / Ruins / Godhead Silo (tix at Lounge
                             Ax/Blackout/Ajax)
     28 Wed              Mark Eitzel
     29 Thu              Veruca Salt record release party
     30 Fri              The Silos / The Dugans / Dolly Varden
 Oct 01 Sat              +Smog / Guided By Voices / Guv'ner
     06 Thu              Neurosis / Dazzling Killmen / Glazed Baby
     08 Sat              Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
     14 Fri              Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
     15 Sat              Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
     25 Tue              Alice Donut / 7 Year Bitch
     26 Wed              Unsane / God and Texas
     27 Thu              Cows / Dog-Faced Hermans
 
 
 Mabel's:  613 E. Green C, Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700
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 Sep 16 Fri              *The Jesus Lizard / Steakdaddy 6 / Pegboy
 
 
 Marquette Univ. Union Cafe: 14th & Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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 Sep 16 Fri              *Combustible Edison (prob'ly free to students...
                             ask someone to guest you in)
 
 
 Metro:  3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203 (TM)
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 Sep 09 Fri 9:30 18+     Blind Venetians / Fat Bertha / F.S. Camels / So
                             Scared
     10 Sat 10:00 $7 18+ Stereolab / Gastr Del Sol / Labradford
     14 Wed 9:30 $3 18+  +Bone Dust / Sungod / EKG / Two Crow
     16 Fri 7:30 aa      The Fall / Magna Pop
     16 Fri 11:30 18+    Shudder To Think / Dambuilders
     17 Sat 10:00 18+    Reverend Horton Heat / Tenderloin / Twang Bang
     18 Sun 10:00 18+    Reverend Horton Heat / Tenderloin / Hi-Fi & The
                             Roadburners
     19 Mon 7:30 aa      Fury & The Slaughterhouse
     21 Wed 9:30 $3 18+  The Proud / Flac / Mr. Furley / Newton's Madness
     23 Fri 7:00         +Boingo / Fretblanket
     23 Fri 11:30        *Red Ball / Esylium
     24 Sat 7:30         Barenaked Ladies
     28 Wed              Laddy Crackball / Stigmata-a-go-go / Undone / The
                             Guests That Wouldn't Leave
     29 Thu              *Triple Fast Action / Motorcaster / Adamjack / Fig
                             Dish / Fix Your Wagon
     30 Fri 6:30 aa      Prong / Clutch / Drown
     30 Fri 11:30        Ozric Tentacles
 Oct 01 Sat              *Galliano
     07 Fri              Specials / Let's Go Bowling / Pacers
     08 Sat 7:30         Love Spit Love / Gigolo Aunts
 
 
 Off The Alley:  18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge, Homewood / (708) 798-2252
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 Oct 01 Sat              *Mustard Plug / Banana Buster
     29 Sat              *Skapone / Banana Buster / Greenhouse
 
 
 The Paramount: (nee R&R Station) 103 N. Park St., Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171
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 Sep 09 Fri              Weaker Youth Ensemble / Booty Fruit / Mufa
     09 Fri              Psychedelicasi
     10 Sat 18+          Arcwelder / Pegboy
     14 Wed 18+          Jesus Lizard
     15 Thu              Dead Fly Boy
     15 Thu              Renegade Saints
     16 Fri              Boneclub
     17 Sat              Matt Wilson / Bug
     21 Wed              Munkafest
     21 Wed              Low
     23 Fri              Barenaked Ladies
     24 Sat              Merle Saunders and the Rainforest Band
     29 Thu              Rank Strangeer
 Oct 01 Sat              Willy Porter
     06 Thu              Sphinx
     08 Sat              Specials / Let's Go Bowling / tba
 
 
 Park West (21+):  322 W. Armitage (TM)
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 Sep 09 Fri 6:30 aa      Everything But The Girl
     14 Wed 7:30         Joe Cocker
     15 Thu 8:00         Boz Scaggs
     16 Fri 7:30 aa      Me'shell Ndegeocelo
     17 Sat 7:30 aa      Hoodoo Gurus
     23 Fri 7:30 aa      Cassandra Wilson
     29 Thu 7:30 aa      The Band / James McMurtry
     30 Fri 7:30         Dennis De Young
 
 
 Pick-Staiger Hall:  1977 S. Campus Drive, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
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 Oct 01 Sat 7:30         *Tori Amos (tix Sat noon... good luck)
     01 Sat 10:30        *Tori Amos
 
 
 The Rathskeller:  800 Langdon St., UW campus, Madison, WI
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 Sep 09 Fri              The Wannabes / Green Pyramids / Elysian Fields
     10 Sat              The Gufs
 
 
 Riviera Theatre:  4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) (TM)
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 Sep 16 Fri 7:30 aa      +Poi Dog Pondering / The Slugs -- Benefit for
                             Brigid Murphy ==SOLD OUT==
     24 Sat 11:00 17+    *Public Enemy (tix Sat noon)
 Oct 02 Sun 6:30 aa      *House Of Pain / Biohazard / Korn
 
 
 Riverside Theater:  116 W. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000
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 Sep 13 Tue 7:30         Crash Test Dummies
 
 
 Schubas Tavern (21+):  3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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 Sep 10 Sat              Jules Shear / Paula Cole
 
 
 Shank Hall:  1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288
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 Sep 24 Sat              *Shellac / Dis-
 Oct 01 Sat              The Coctails
 
 
 Smiler Coogan's:  5637 W. Grand / (312) 889-1741
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 Sep 17 Sat 21+          *Vic Vacume and the Attachments / Killswitch / 2
                             tba (708-603-1060 for info)
 
 
 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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 Sep 10 Sat              Ronnie Montrose
     16 Fri              Enuff Z'nuff
     17 Sat              Enuff Z'nuff
     18 Sun              Cyclone Temple / Wicked Maraya
     30 Fri              Tuff
 Oct 01 Sat              Tuff
     14 Fri              Skatenigs / Skrew / Pleasure Elite
 
 
 Thurston's:  1248 W. George / (312) 472-6900
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 Sep 09 Fri              +Majesty Crush / They Came In Droves / Motorhome /
                             Wait For Light
     10 Sat              *Greg Ginn / Transition
     14 Wed $3           *New Rob Robbies
     15 Thu              *N.I.L.8 / Fat Tuesday / Dollface
     16 Fri              *L.A. Ramblers / Urban Twang / The Pedestrian
     17 Sat              *Eve*Thing / The Nixons / Officer Deadly /
                             Sufferbus
 
 
 Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin, Schaumburg / (708) 397-7000
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 Sep 30 Fri              Tetsuo / Flanders (all ages I assume)
 
 
 Tower Records:  2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / (312) 477-5994
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 Sep 09 Fri 7:30 FREE    Everything But The Girl in-store performance
     13 Tue 7:00 FREE    *Marianne Faithful book-signing
 
 
 United Center:  1901 W. Madison, Chicago, IL
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 Oct 19 Wed              Billy Joel
     21 Fri              Eric Clapton / Jimmie Vaughan (tix Sat 10am)
     22 Sat              Frank Sinatra / Don Rickles
 
 
 The Vic (21+):  3145 N. Sheffield (TM)
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 Sep 09 Fri 9:00 $3 18+  +Jay Marvin's Quentin Tarantino Film Bash: doors
                             open
     09 Fri 10:00        +"True Romance"
     09 Fri midnite      +"Reservoir Dogs"
     17 Sat 7:30 aa      Blur / Pulp
     30 Fri 7:00 aa      *L7 / Melvins / Wool (tix Sat noon)
 Oct 01 Sat 7:30 aa      *Dave Edmunds (tix Sat noon)
     08 Sat 7:00 aa      +The Jesus Lizard / Girls Against Boys (tix Sat
                             noon)
 
 
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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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