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            Trying to save a drowning man by teaching him to swim
                         Shows of note as of 10/13/94
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 NOTES:
     That Down By Law show at the Palatine Warehouse has been cancelled.
 
 
 New this week:
     7 Seconds (unconfirmed), Fireside Bowl
     Acoustic Alchemy, Park West
     Alice Donut / 7 Year Bitch / Screw Party, Lounge Ax
     Alligator Gun / Dog Pound / Tiny / The Geeks / One Spot Fringehead,
         Fireside Bowl
     Bad Religion / Supersuckers, Riviera Theatre
     Jim Bailey (Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland impersonator), The Vic
     Jim Bailey, The Vic
     Banana Buster / Hot Stove Jimmy / Independence / 30 Seconds Deep,
         Fireside Bowl
     Maria Benitez, Park West
     Bitter Pills / UFA / Vanilla, Doorika
     Black Train Jack in-store performance, Tower Records
     Blue Aeroplane, Double Door
     Blue Meanies, Mabel's
     Blue Meanies, Metro
     BoDeans, Aragon Ballroom
     The Bollweevils / Guttermouth / The Fighters / 88 Fingers Louie, Off
         The Alley
     Lonnie Brooks, B.L.U.E.S. etcetera
     Jeff Buckley / Brenda Kahn, Green Mill
     Candlebox, Riverside Theater
     Certain Distant Suns / Eve/Thing / Stranger Things / Unblind, Joe
         Beckman's
     The Connells / Lotion, The Vic
     Cows / Ballharvester / Undone, Lounge Ax
     Creeper / Sabrinas, Double Door
     Dada, The Vic
     Hope Fest:  Bo Diddley / Son Seals / Jr. Wells / Billy Branch, Park
         West
     The Drovers, The Blind Pig Co.
     Elastica / M.O.T.O., Double Door
     Falling Wallendas / Pop Psychology / The McKays, Double Door
     Falstaff / Every Good Boy, Empty Bottle
     Fifth Column, Empty Bottle
     Five-Eight / Chocolate USA, Empty Bottle
     Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue, The Blind Pig Co.
     Tommy Flanagan Trio, Park West
     Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons, Bismarck Theater
     G. Love & Special Sauce, Lounge Ax
     Gallagher, Star Plaza Theater
     God Bullies / Glazed Baby, Empty Bottle
     Godplow / NIL8, Mabel's
     Grant Lee Buffalo / Giant Sand, Metro
     Michael Hedges, The Vic
     Helmet / Quicksand / Orange 9mm, Riviera Theatre
     Jawbox / Braniac, The Blind Pig Co.
     Jennyanykind, Double Door
     Jihad / Los Crudos / Everlast / Lost Nation, Fireside Bowl
     Billy Joel, Assembly Hall
     The Judybats / Lir / Life Underground, Metro
     The Kinsey Report, B.L.U.E.S. etcetera
     Huey Lewis & The News, Star Plaza Theater
     Live / Weezer / The Fatima Mansions, Follinger Auditorium
     Los Crudos / Everlast / The Unemployed / +3 tba, Fireside Bowl
     Moon Seven Times / Swirl, The Blind Pig Co.
     Nine Inch Nails / The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow / Marilyn Manson,
         Assembly Hall
     Peep / Ether, Double Door
     Pegboy / Bollweevils / Apocolypose Hoboken, The Vic
     Penn & Teller, Star Plaza Theater
     Picasso Trigger / Milk / Chisel, Empty Bottle
     Playboy Jazz Festival with Al Jarreau / Richard Elliott, Auditorium
         Theatre
     Poster Children / Dis- / Goober & The Peas, Metro
     Pretenders / Material Issue, Rosemont Horizon
     Punk-o-rama:  Short sets by The Senators / My Foolish Halo / Baby
         Ransom / Jubba / Scary Monsters / Monsignors / Hash Brown,
         Elhmurst VFW Hall
     Rollover / Starbilly, Double Door
     Rustbucket / Tarpit / She, Metro
     The Samples, The Vic
     Seal / Desiree, Arie Crown Theatre
     Son Seals, B.L.U.E.S. etcetera
     Slapstick / Apocalypse Hoboken / Oblivion / No Empathy, Metro
     Spearhead / MC Solaar / Urban Species ==CANCELLED==, Metro
     Spyral Tap Benefit:  Wesley Willis Fiasco / Absinthe / Elysium /
         Quaker Youth Ensemble / Baby Oil / Appendix / Gravity, Czar Bar
     Suede Chain / Sugabuzz, The Blind Pig Co.
     They Might Be Giants / Frank Black acoustic, The Vic
     Trenchmouth / Ezra Pond / tba, Aaron's basement
     Ulele / Joe / Winston Damen, Double Door
     Velocity Girl, The Blind Pig Co.
     Vineland / Dis- / Laurels, Empty Bottle
     Violent Femmes, Riviera Theatre
     Wait For Light / Gringo / Baby Oil, Double Door
     Carl Watson / Thax Douglas, Lounge Ax
     Words To Swallow, Double Door
     Wreck / Fur, Double Door
     X-Parrot / Barnyard Slut / Baby Snufkin / Andersons, Metro
 
 
 Aaron's basement:  2657 Pierce / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 374-0779
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 Oct 29 Sat 7:00 $3      *Trenchmouth / Ezra Pond / tba
 
 
 Alumni House:  863 5th St. / Beloit, WI
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 Oct 15 Sat 7:00 $6      Rhythm Collision / Fighters / Greenhouse / Heat
                             Riser / Chicane (call 815-226-1120 for
                             directions)
     16 Sun 7:00 $5      Blue Meanies / Judge Nothing / Slapstick / The 4
                             Squares
 
 
 Aragon Ballroom:  1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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 Oct 14 Fri 7:30 aa      Blues Traveler / Sheryl Crow
     21 Fri 7:30 aa      Candlebox / Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue ==SOLD
                             OUT==
     22 Sat 7:30 aa      Candlebox / Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue ==SOLD
                             OUT==
 Nov 04 Fri 7:30 aa      Sugar / Magnapop / Velocity Girl
     13 Sun 7:00 $20 aa  The Cranberries / tba
     18 Fri 8:00 $15 aa  Green Day / Pansy Division ==SOLD OUT==
     23 Wed 8:00 aa      *BoDeans (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Arie Crown Theatre:  McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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 Oct 29 Sat 7:30 $18.50  Steven Curtis Chapman / Newsboys
     30 Sun              Steve Perry / Sass Jordan
 Nov 05 Sat $27-33       Bebe & Cece Winans & the Sounds Of Blackness
     07 Mon 8:00 $25-50  Earth Wind & Fire
     13 Sun 8:00         *Seal / Desiree (tix Sat 10am)
     14 Mon 8:00         Bryan Ferry ==SOLD OUT==
     15 Tue 8:00 $23-35  Bryan Ferry / Combustible Edison
     17 Thu 8:00 $20-35  Mary Chapin Carpenter / John Gorka
 
 
 Assembly Hall:  1800 S. First St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 333-5000
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 Oct 28 Fri 8:00 $29.50 aa*Billy Joel
 Nov 09 Wed 7:30 $22 aa  *Nine Inch Nails / The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow /
                             Marilyn Manson
 
 
 Auditorium Theatre:  50 E. Congress
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 Nov 09 Wed 8:00 $20-38  Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
     12 Sat 8:00 $20-40  *Playboy Jazz Festival with Al Jarreau / Richard
                             Elliott
 
 
 Avalon:  959 West Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-3020
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 Oct 21 Fri              Gilby Clarke
     28 Fri              Missing Persons
     29 Sat              Ace Frehley
 Nov 03 Thu              E'nuff Z'nuff
 
 
 Barrymore Theatre (aa):  2090 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345
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 Oct 15 Sat 8:00 $18.25  Arlo Guthrie
     22 Sat 7:30 $20     Violent Femmes
 Nov 02 Wed 7:30 $18.50  Loreena McKennitt
     03 Thu 8:00         Babes in Toyland / The Frogs
     18 Fri              Diamanda Galas / John Paul Jones
 
 
 Best Buy:  1700 N. Marcey Ct. (North & Sheffield) / Chicago, IL
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 Oct 15 Sat 1:00         Kitaro in-store appearance
 
 
 Bismarck Theater:  171 W. Randolph at LaSalle / Chicago, IL
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 Oct 15 Sat 8:00         Kitaro
 Nov 09 Wed 7:30         *Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons
 
 
 The Blind Pig Co. (19+):  6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444
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 Oct 20 Thu              *Moon Seven Times / Swirl
     23 Sun              *Jawbox / Braniac
     24 Mon              *Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue (tix 10/14/94)
     27 Thu              *Suede Chain / Sugabuzz
 Nov 03 Thu              *Velocity Girl
 Dec 01 Thu              *The Drovers
 
 
 B.L.U.E.S. etcetera:  1124 W. Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-8989 (TM)
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 Oct 14 Fri              *Son Seals
     15 Sat              *Son Seals
     21 Fri              *Lonnie Brooks
     22 Sat              *Lonnie Brooks
     28 Fri              *The Kinsey Report
     29 Sat              *The Kinsey Report
 
 
 Bradley Center:  1001 N. 4th, Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (414) 227-0400
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 Oct 24 Mon              Eric Clapton / Jimmie Vaughan ==SOLD OUT==
 
 
 The Civic Center:  State St. / Madison, WI / (608) 255-4646 (aa)
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 Nov 03 Thu              Big Head Todd and the Monsters / Hootie and the
                             Blowfish
     08 Tue              Shawn Colvin / David Gray
 
 
 Cubby Bear (21+):  1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662
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 Oct 15 Sat              NRBQ / The Bad Examples
     16 Sun              David Lindley / Spies Who Surf
     28 Fri              Alvin Lee
     29 Sat              Continental Drifters / Yardsale (Continental
                             Drifters is Peter Holsapple of the dBs / Vicki
                             Peterson of the Bangles / Mark Walton of Dream
                             Syndicate / and Susan Cowsill of the Cowsills)
 Nov 03 Thu              Tito Puente
 
 
 Czar Bar (21+):  1814 W. Division / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-5453
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 Oct 14 Fri              *Spyral Tap Benefit:  Wesley Willis Fiasco /
                             Absinthe / Elysium / Quaker Youth Ensemble /
                             Baby Oil / Appendix / Gravity
 
 
 Dane County Expo Center:  Madison, WI
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 Nov 20 Sun              Phish
 
 
 Desperado's:  3860 25th Ave., Schiller Park, IL / (708) 678-0033
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 Oct 23 Sun              No Empathy
 
 
 Doorika:  218 N. Laflin / Chicago, IL / (312) 243-6819
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 Oct 15 Sat 9:00         *Bitter Pills / UFA / Vanilla (Benefit for Dial
                             theater group)
 
 
 Double Door:  1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160
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 Oct 14 Fri              Lydia Lunch / Lori Barbero (spoken word)
     15 Sat              Uptighty / Every Good Boy
     16 Sun              Chromebaby / Lost Pilgrims / Hushdrops
     19 Wed              Heatmiser
     20 Thu              God's Child / Seed
     21 Fri              Busker Soundcheck / Lazy / Dick Justice
     22 Sat              Shoes / Lava Sutra / 92 Degrees
     23 Sun              *Peep / Ether (Benefit for the Balkan Rape Trauma
                             Coalition)
     24 Mon              Lightning Seeds / Murmurs
     25 Tue 8:00 $10     Corrosion of Conformity / Kepone
     26 Wed              Adamjack / Solar Tribe
     27 Thu              Squash Blossoms / Boney Pile
     28 Fri              Nicholas Tremulis / Word Bongo
     29 Sat              *Wreck / Fur
     30 Sun              *Jennyanykind
     31 Mon              *Ulele / Joe / Winston Damen
 Nov 02 Wed              *Falling Wallendas / Pop Psychology / The McKays
     04 Fri              *Wait For Light / Gringo / Baby Oil
     05 Sat              *Rollover / Starbilly
     06 Sun              *Creeper / Sabrinas
     11 Fri              Pale Saints / Lisa Germano
     17 Thu              *Words To Swallow
     18 Fri              *Blue Aeroplane
     19 Sat              *Elastica / M.O.T.O.
 
 
 Eagles Auditorium:  2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 (TM)
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 Oct 30 Sun              Gwar
 
 
 Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL
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 Oct 14 Fri 7:00 $5 aa   Apocolypse Hoboken / The Skimingtons / Full /
                             Groovy Love Vibes / Emily (Dave)
     23 Sun 7:00 $5 aa   Bracket / Lungfish / Trenchmouth / Stress Magnet
     28 Fri              *Punk-o-rama:  Short sets by The Senators / My
                             Foolish Halo / Baby Ransom / Jubba / Scary
                             Monsters / Monsignors / Hash Brown
 Jan 04 Wed              30 Seconds Deep / Tub Ring / Monkey Hustle
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600
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 Oct 14 Fri              Moe Tucker / Wild Carnations / Townies (tix at
                             Ajax/Blackout!/the bar)
     15 Sat              Small / Cobra Verde / New Radiant Storm King
     20 Thu              Brown Betty / Lily Liver / Baldo Rex
     21 Fri              Supermodel / Matrix / Very Pleasant Neighbor /
                             Flavor Channel
     22 Sat              Mount Shasta / Saucer / Hairy Patt Band
     25 Tue              Azalia Snail / Specula / Butterglory
     27 Thu              Maul Girls (Homocore)
     28 Fri              Wesley Willis Fiasco / 5ive Style / Strap / Throw
     29 Sat              Loud Family / Run On / Boyracer / The Ropers
 Nov 03 Thu              *Falstaff / Every Good Boy
     04 Fri              *Five-Eight / Chocolate USA
     05 Sat              *God Bullies / Glazed Baby
     10 Thu              *Picasso Trigger / Milk / Chisel
     11 Fri              *Vineland / Dis- / Laurels
     13 Sun              *Fifth Column
 
 
 Fireside Bowl (aa):  2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700
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 Oct 14 Fri 7:30 $6      Blue Meanies / Rhythm Collision / No Empathy / The
                             Fighters
     15 Sat 8:00 $5      Fix Your Wagon / Herbal Flesh Tea / Tommyrot /
                             Bony Pile
     16 Sun 9:00 $5      Nostrilsaurus / Norman Mayer Group / The
                             Cartographers / Halcyon
     19 Wed 7:00 $5      Bikini Kill / Los Crudos / Freemartin (Homocore)
     21 Fri 8:00 $5      Screw Party / Undone / Monster Truck Driver / The
                             Fanatics (Brian)
     22 Sat 8:00 $5      White / Jack Wacker / Vagiant / Noisemaker (Brian)
     30 Sun 8:00         *Alligator Gun / Dog Pound / Tiny / The Geeks /
                             One Spot Fringehead
 Nov 04 Fri $5           *Banana Buster / Hot Stove Jimmy / Independence /
                             30 Seconds Deep (Dave)
     08 Tue              *7 Seconds (unconfirmed)
     11 Fri 6:30 $5      *Los Crudos / Everlast / The Unemployed / +3 tba
                             (Benefit for Amazon Conservation Fund)
     26 Sat 2:00 $1+food Hardcore Against Hunger IV: The Insignificant /
                             Mob Action / Aus Rotton / Misery Index / 1096
                             / Snap Judgement / Alcoholocaust / Youth
                             Against Fascism / Hot Stove Jimmy / Insult II
                             Injury / more (Cost is $1 + 5 cans of food)
 Dec 02 Fri 7:00 $4      *Jihad / Los Crudos / Everlast / Lost Nation (Ed)
     31 Sat              Smoking Popes / Robespierre / Apocolypse Hoboken /
                             tba (Brian/Dave)
 
 
 Follinger Auditorium:  709 S. Matthews Ave. / Urbana, IL
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 Nov 10 Thu $16.50 aa    *Live / Weezer / The Fatima Mansions
 
 
 Green Mill:  4802 N. Broadway / Chicago, IL
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 Nov 08 Tue 9:00 21+     *Jeff Buckley / Brenda Kahn (tix Sat 10am)
     09 Wed 9:00 21+     *Jeff Buckley / Brenda Kahn (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Gulf Coast:  2251 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 929-4777
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 Oct 20 Thu              The Insiders
     22 Sat              Sleepy LaBeef
     29 Sat              Maria Muldaur
 Nov 26 Sat              Dr. John
 
 
 Interaction Lounge:  3815 W. Lake / Stone Park, IL / (708) 345-4080
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 Nov 12 Sat              Widowmaker
 
 
 Joe Beckman's:  Grand & Buttrick / Waukegan, IL
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 Oct 29 Sat              *Certain Distant Suns / Eve/Thing / Stranger
                             Things / Unblind (call (708) 623-9489 for info)
 
 
 Knights of Columbus Hall:  15 N. Hickory / Arlington Heights, IL
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 Oct 15 Sat 1:00 $5 aa   Sidekick Kato / The Mommyheads / Tetsuo / Back Of
                             Dave
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620
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 Oct 14 Fri              Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Bassholes
     15 Sat              Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mommyheads
     16 Sun              Tart / Pork
     18 Tue              *Carl Watson / Thax Douglas
     19 Wed              Fitz of Depression / Cucumbers
     20 Thu              +Silkworm / Engine Kid
     21 Fri              *G. Love & Special Sauce
     22 Sat              Lungfish / Liquor Bike / Big Heifer
     25 Tue              *Alice Donut / 7 Year Bitch / Screw Party
     26 Wed              Unsane / Season To Risk
     27 Thu              Brave Combo / Wall of Sound Cadets
     28 Fri              Dog-Faced Hermans / Small Factory / Kicking Giant
                             / Rhythm Activism
     29 Sat              *Cows / Ballharvester / Undone
 
 COMING: Man Or Astroman?, Ass Ponys, Nice, Ashtray Boy, Blue Mountain, 
         Babes In Toyland, Karl Hendricks Trio, Even Dando, Epic 
         Soundtracks, Wilco
 
 
 
 
 Mabel's (19+):  613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700
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 Oct 14 Fri 8:00         *Godplow / NIL8
     28 Fri              *Blue Meanies
 
 
 Metro:  3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM)
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 Oct 14 Fri 11:30 18+    Deee-Lite
     15 Sat 7:00         MC 900 Ft. Jesus / Consolidated / Spoon Man
     15 Sat 11:30 18+    Oasis / The Figgs
     16 Sun 7:30 FREE aa This Picture / The Insiders (Free JBTV show; tix
                             at Tower Records)
     19 Wed 9:30 $3 18+  Colla Destra / Catch 22 / Grain / Marvel Kind
     21 Fri 7:30 aa      Hole / Veruca Salt ==SOLD OUT==
     22 Sat 7:30 aa      311 / The Urge
     22 Sat 11:30        *Rustbucket / Tarpit / She
     23 Sun 7:00 aa      *The Judybats / Lir / Life Underground
     26 Wed 9:30 $3 18+  *X-Parrot / Barnyard Slut / Baby Snufkin /
                             Andersons
     27 Thu 7:00 aa      Jawbox / Arcwelder / Shiner
     29 Sat 6:30         Arrested Development / The College Boys
     29 Sat 11:00        The Toasters / Scofflaws / Pie Tasters
     30 Sun 7:00 aa      Ween
     31 Mon              Samiam
 Nov 03 Thu              Superchunk / The Wedding Present / Butterglory
     05 Sat              *Blue Meanies
     13 Sun 7:00 $18 aa  The Jesus & Mary Chain / Mazzy Star / Velvet Crush
                             ==SOLD OUT==
     14 Mon 7:00 $18 aa  The Jesus & Mary Chain / Mazzy Star / Velvet Crush
     15 Tue              *Spearhead / MC Solaar / Urban Species
                             ==CANCELLED==
     18 Fri              *Slapstick / Apocalypse Hoboken / Oblivion / No
                             Empathy
     23 Wed              *Poster Children / Dis- / Goober & The Peas
     29 Tue              *Grant Lee Buffalo / Giant Sand (tix Sat noon)
 
 
 Number One Soul:  127 S. Grove / Elgin, IL / (708) 697-5304
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 Nov 08 Tue 6:00 $10 aa  NOFX / Face to Face / Ten Foot Pole / Slapstick
 
 
 Off The Alley:  18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252
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 Oct 15 Sat 7:00         Blue Meanies / Snap Judgement / A.Y.A.
     22 Sat              Sour Milk / Quent
     29 Sat              Skapone / Banana Buster
 Nov 10 Thu 7:00 $5 aa   *The Bollweevils / Guttermouth / The Fighters / 88
                             Fingers Louie
 
 
 Old Town School Of Folk Music:  909 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL /
     (312) 525-7793
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 Oct 22 Sat 7:00         Tom Paxton
     22 Sat 10:00        Tom Paxton
     23 Sun 2:00         Tom Paxton
     29 Sat 7:00         Frances Black / Liz Carroll
     29 Sat 10:00        Frances Black / Liz Carroll
 
 
 The Paramount: (nee R&R Station) 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI /
     (608) 256-1171
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 Oct 15 Sat              Cop Shoot Cop
     21 Fri $10 18+      311
     22 Sat 18+          Hole / Veruca Salt / Madder Rose
     23 Sun              Jorma Kaukonen
     27 Thu $18/20       Cheap Trick / Chris Duerte
 
 
 Park West (21+):  322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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 Oct 14 Fri 7:30         Arlo Guthrie
     16 Sun 7:30 aa      Jonathan Richman
     20 Thu 8:00         Sadao Watanabe
     26 Wed 7:30         Swing Out Sister
     27 Thu 7:30         Steve Howe
 Nov 03 Thu 7:30         Loreena McKennitt
     09 Wed 7:30         *Acoustic Alchemy
     11 Fri 7:30         *Tommy Flanagan Trio
     17 Thu 6:30         *Hope Fest:  Bo Diddley / Son Seals / Jr. Wells /
                             Billy Branch
     18 Fri 7:30         *Maria Benitez (teatro flamenco and her company of
                             singers and musicians)
     19 Sat 7:30         *Maria Benitez
 
 
 Prairie Center For The Arts:  201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL /
     (708) 894-3600
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 Feb 25 Sat 8:00 $18     Peter Schickele
 Apr 07 Fri 8:00 $24     The Smothers Brothers
     22 Sat 8:00 $16     Randy Newman
 
 
 The Rathskeller (aa):  800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI /
     (608) 262-5079
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 Oct 14 Fri              Small 23 / New Radiant Storm King
     15 Sat              Percy Strother
     22 Sat              Rollover
     29 Sat              Small Factory / Kicking Giant
 Nov 05 Sat              Danger Prone Daphne / Brown Betty / Rhoda
 
 
 The Rave:  2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa)
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 Oct 14 Fri 8:00         Savatage / Stuttering John / Exhibit A
     15 Sat 8:00         Live / Weezer / Fatima Mansions
     16 Sun 8:00         Offspring / Rancid
 Nov 03 Thu 8:00         Sugar / Magnapop
 
 
 The Red Herring Coffeehouse:  1209 W. Oregon St. / Urbana, IL /
     (217) 367-2340
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 Oct 21 Fri aa           Bananafish
 
 
 Riviera Theatre:  4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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 Oct 14 Fri 6:00 aa      Live / Weezer / The Fatima Mansions ==SOLD OUT==
     21 Fri 7:00 aa      Violent Femmes / G Love & Special Sauce ==SOLD
                             OUT==
     22 Sat              *Violent Femmes (tix Sat 10am)
     29 Sat 6:30 aa      Widespread Panic / From Good Homes
 Nov 04 Fri 7:00 aa      Big Head Todd & The Monsters ==SOLD OUT==
     05 Sat 6:00 aa      Dinosaur Jr. / Come / Juned
     11 Fri 7:30 aa      Shawn Colvin / David Gray
     19 Sat 6:00 aa      *Helmet / Quicksand / Orange 9mm (tix Sat 10am)
     29 Tue 6:30 aa      *Bad Religion / Supersuckers
 
 
 Riverside Theater:  116 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000
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 Oct 25 Tue              *Candlebox
     26 Wed              *Candlebox
 
 
 Rosemont Horizon:  Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL
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 Nov 03 Thu FREE aa      *Pretenders / Material Issue (Tix available from
                             WXRT)
 
 
 Schubas Tavern (21+):  3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL /
     (312) 525-2508
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 Oct 23 Sun              Jorma Kaukonen (two shows)
 
 
 Shades:  21860 N. Milwaukee Ave / Deerfield, IL / (708) 634-BLUE
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 Oct 15 Sat $10          Edgar Winter / Doorjam
 
 
 Shank Hall:  1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288
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 Oct 17 Mon              Arlo Guthrie
 Nov 27 Sun              Killing Joke / Stabbing Westward / Engines Of
                             Aggression
 
 
 Shubert Theatre:  22 W. Monroe / Chicago, IL
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 Nov 11 Fri              Sandra Bernhardt
 
 
 Star Plaza Theater:  1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 /
     (TM)
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 Oct 28 Fri              *Gallagher
     29 Sat              *Gallagher
     30 Sun              *Gallagher
 Nov 11 Fri              *Penn & Teller
     19 Sat              *Huey Lewis & The News
 
 
 The Stock Pavillion:  1675 Linden Dr. / Madison, WI / (608) 262-2201
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 Oct 17 Mon 6:00 $6      Bikini Kill / Fitz of Depression / Freemartin /
                             Ceilishrine / Ezra Pound
 
 
 3rd Floor:  223 E. Chicago St. / Elgin, IL
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 Oct 15 Sat 7:00 $5      +Dirt Merchants / Slapstick / Dick Justice (Brian)
 Nov 05 Sat              Sauce Kings / Nostrilsaurus / Three Blue Teardrops
                             / Groovy Love Vibes / Foo (Brian)
 
 
 Thirsty Whale:  880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414
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 Oct 21 Fri              Joey Belladonna / Stikky Suite
     23 Sun              Cannibal Corpse / Grave / Samael
 Nov 04 Fri              Peter Criss
 
 
 Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000
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 Oct 22 Sat              Enuff Z'nuff / Liquid Earth / Urban Disturbance
     29 Sat              Greg Kihn Band
 Nov 05 Sat              Shooting Star / Skin Deep / Critics
 
 
 Tower Records:  2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / Chicago, IL / (312) 477-5994
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 Oct 21 Fri 5:00 FREE    *Black Train Jack in-store performance
 
 
 UIC Pavilion:  1140 W. Harrison / Chicago, IL / (312) 413-5740 / (TM)
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 Nov 25 Fri 7:30         Phish
 
 
 United Center:  1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL
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 Oct 19 Wed              Billy Joel
     21 Fri              Eric Clapton / Jimmie Vaughan ==SOLD OUT==
     22 Sat              Frank Sinatra / Don Rickles
 
 
 UW Memorial Union:  800 Langdon St. / Madison, WI / (608) 265-3000
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 Oct 15 Sat 8:00 $12 aa  Jonathan Richman / Moe Tucker / Wild Carnations
 
 
 Valparaiso University Athletic/Rec Center: Valparaiso, IN / (219) 464-5233
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 Oct 17 Mon 8:00 $24/26  Melissa Etheridge / Billy Pilgrim
 
 
 The Vic (21+):  3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL (TM)
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 Oct 14 Fri 7:30 aa      Meat Puppets / Spell / Cellophane
     17 Mon 7:00 $10 aa  Offspring / Rancid ==SOLD OUT==
     18 Tue 7:30 aa      Samples
     20 Thu 7:30 aa      *The Connells / Lotion
     21 Fri 8:00         *Jim Bailey (Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland
                             impersonator)
     22 Sat 8:00         *Jim Bailey
     28 Fri 8:00 $7 17+  Dave Matthews Band / Rusted Root
     31 Mon 7:00 $19 aa  Gwar / The Dickies / Buzzoven
 Nov 05 Sat 7:30 aa      Dream Theater / I Mother Earth
     07 Mon 7:30 $18 aa  They Might Be Giants / Frank Black acoustic ==SOLD
                             OUT==
     08 Tue 7:30 $18 aa  *They Might Be Giants / Frank Black acoustic
     10 Thu 7:30         *Dada (tix Sat 10am)
     18 Fri 7:30         *The Samples
     20 Sun 7:30         *Michael Hedges (tix Sat 10am)
     23 Wed              *Pegboy / Bollweevils / Apocolypose Hoboken
 
 
 Vortex:  3631 N. Halsted / Chicago, IL / (708) 975-6622
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 Oct 21 Fri              Cece Peniston
 
 
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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
             Champaign-Urbana:   (217) 351-2626
 
     Brian   Contact Brian Peterson @ (312) 384-5813
     Dave    Contact Dave Eaves @ (312) 248-5822
     Ed      Contact Ed @ (708) 256-8042
                 
 
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