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"This music sucks!" Shows of note as of 02/03/95 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES There's a big ol' punk rock show in Champaign with Smoking Popes / No Empathy / Oblivion / Skapone. I'll be there. Say howdy. CORRESPONDENCE Send everything to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us> New this week: Almost True / Tuscadero / Chisel, Metro Archers of Loaf / See-saw, Lounge Ax Back Of Dave / Castor / Mary Me / Walker, The Red Herring Coffeehouse The Baffler night, Lounge Ax Tab Benoit, Coronet Theater Big Head Todd & The Monsters / Dave Matthews Band / Ugly Americans, Aragon Ballroom Blackbone / Jaxx / Lost Angels / Strict Nine / Flood / Ritual Sun / Accomplice, The Vic Bloodline, Schubas Tavern Blue Rodeo, Schubas Tavern Butterglory, Lounge Ax Catherine / Foo / Liquid Kramer, Mabel's Craig Chaquico / Peter White / Warren Hill / Richard Eliot, Park West Charming Beggars / Black Sand Hand, Mabel's C.J. Chenier, Fitzgerald's Citrus / Saucy Jack, Schubas Tavern Citrus, Mabel's Dangerous Toys, Thirsty Whale Deformities of the Mind / 10 Gram, Off The Alley Digable Planets / Spearhead, Foellinger Auditorium Dis- / Panel Donor, Shank Hall Elastica, Double Door Fastbacks / Gaunt, Lounge Ax Godhead Silo, Lounge Ax Gorguts / Afterlife / Corpsevomit / Sarcophagus, Thirsty Whale Great Cover Up #5B, The Blind Pig Co. The Gufs / The Billies, Schubas Tavern Robyn Hitchcock (solo acoustic), Park West Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schubas Tavern Hurl / Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / Vix Krater, Metro Jason & Alison / Dag Juhlin, Schubas Tavern Joe Ely, Schubas Tavern Tara Key / Bassholes, Lounge Ax Killdozer / Mt. Shasta, Lounge Ax Laika & The Cosmonauts, Lounge Ax Loose Diamonds, Schubas Tavern Mantiula, Schubas Tavern Johnny Mathis, Shubert Theatre Pat Metheny Group / Lyle Mays / Steve Rodby / Paul Wertico / David Blamires / Mark Ledford / Luis Conte, ???ChicagoTheatre The Mighty Pranksters, The Blind Pig Co. Migraine / Dollrods / Astronuts / Tossers, Off The Alley Missing Persons / The Turnstiles, Shades Betty & Carrie Newcomer, Coronet Theater Oblivion / Fighters / Larry Birds / Parker Bros., Elhmurst VFW Hall Oblivion, Underdog loft Overkill / Displacement of Anger / Kore / Mental, Thirsty Whale Oversoul Seven / Lazy / Neckbones, Lounge Ax Pachinko / Olive / Focus, The Fletch Pantera / Type O Negative, Aragon Ballroom Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, United Center Raymond Brake / Joby's Opinion, Lounge Ax Reality Scare, WZRD Jonathan Richman, Lounge Ax Saffire, Fitzgerald's Kevin Salem, Schubas Tavern Terrance Simien, Schubas Tavern Skankin' Pickle, Metro Skankin' Pickle, The Rave Skapone / Hot Stove Jimmy / Slapstick / Jack Rabbit Slim, Off The Alley Slavec Henzlic Trio / Special Consensus Bluegrass Band, Schubas Tavern Slink Moss & The Flying Aces, Schubas Tavern Smoking Popes / Skapone / No Empathy / Oblivion, One World Cafe Smoothies / Fitz of Depression / Braid, Metro Soul Coughing, Schubas Tavern Suede Chain, One World Cafe Swinger / The Andersons, Schubas Tavern Tango Wedding Band / Superdot, Off The Alley Tenderloin / Kill Creek, Lounge Ax Tenderloin, The Blind Pig Co. To Live To Shave in L.A. / The Many Moods of Marlon Magas / Duotron, Lounge Ax Trenchmouth / Candy Machine, Lounge Ax Trixter, Thirsty Whale Waco Bros. / Starkweathers, Lounge Ax Waco Bros., Lounge Ax Weezer / Archers Of Loaf, Metro Chris Whitley, Metro Wilco (ex-Uncle Tupelo), The Blind Pig Co. Yardsale / Diplomat 6, Schubas Tavern James Young Group, Thirsty Whale Martin Zellar, Lounge Ax Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri 8:00 Slayer / Biohazard / Machine Head ==SOLD OUT== 10 Fri 7:30 aa Megadeth / Corrosion of Conformity 18 Sat 7:30 $14 aa Offspring / Quicksand / No Use For A Name ==SOLD OUT== 19 Sun 7:30 $14 aa Offspring / Quicksand / No Use For A Name ==SOLD OUT== Mar 10 Fri 8:00 aa Black Crowes ==SOLD OUT== 12 Sun 7:30 aa *Pantera / Type O Negative (tix Sat 10am) 17 Fri 7:30 aa *Big Head Todd & The Monsters / Dave Matthews Band / Ugly Americans Arie Crown Theatre: McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 Sat Aretha Franklin Augenblick: 3709 N. Damen / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat Waco Brothers Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 12 Sun 7:30 Nanci Griffith 22 Wed 7:30 $20 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Mar 31 Fri 8:00 $25 Tito Puente Bedrocks: 2125 W. Roscoe / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-1700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri Cutlass / Accomplice / Full Throttle 04 Sat Vic Vacuume / Screw Party / Loudmouth / Karl The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 09 Thu $4 +Polara / Braid 15 Wed 10:00 Trenchmouth / Candymachine / Lit 19 Sun *Wilco (ex-Uncle Tupelo) 22 Wed +Great Cover Up #5A (tix at Village Green ONLY) 23 Thu *Great Cover Up #5B (tix at Village Green ONLY) Mar 02 Thu *Tenderloin 10 Fri *The Mighty Pranksters Bradley Center: 1001 N. 4th, Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (414) 227-0400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 02 Tue Page & Plant Cagney's: Two blocks west of Western on Grand / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri Tar / U.S. Maple / Mount Shasta Centre East: 7701 N. Lincoln / Skokie, IL / (708) 673-6300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri Bobby McFerrin ???ChicagoTheatre --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 04 Sat 8:00 aa *Pat Metheny Group / Lyle Mays / Steve Rodby / Paul Wertico / David Blamires / Mark Ledford / Luis Conte (tix Sat noon) Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri Mule 19 Sun 10:00 $10 Bush / The Toadies 23 Thu Dis- / Panel Donor / Loomis Coronet Theater: 817 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL / (708) 733-0030 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri NRBQ / Springheel Jacks 10 Fri Clarence Gatemouth Brown / Jimmy Johnson 11 Sat +Leon Russell / Occassional Stray 14 Tue +Syd Straw's Heartwreck Show / Michael Hall 18 Sat New Potato Caboose 24 Fri Roy Hargrove 25 Sat Muck Brothers 26 Sun George Clinton & The P-Funk All-stars 27 Mon George Clinton & The P-Funk All-stars 28 Tue George Clinton & The P-Funk All-stars Mar 02 Thu Acoustic Hooka 04 Sat Rory Block 09 Thu *Tab Benoit 10 Fri Billy Cobham 11 Sat Mark O'Connor 16 Thu *Betty & Carrie Newcomer Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 10 Fri Bad Manners / Boogie Shoes / Jack Rabbit Slim / Ultra Bide Mar 11 Sat Dick Dale Czar Bar (21+): 1814 W. Division / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-5453 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 11 Sat Misery Index Dane County Expo Center: Madison, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 13 Mon Pantera / Type O Negative Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri Triple Fast Action / Sardina / Bunny 04 Sat Liquid Soul / Disarray / Deaf Children At Play / Omega 05 Sun Crackpot / National Drag 09 Thu Plant Warehouse / Unky-J 10 Fri Citizen King / Mr. Greenweedz / Chris Greene 11 Sat Tina & The B-side Movement / Peat Moss / Steve Gerlach & The Springheel Jacks 12 Sun C.A.S.E.O. / The Nixons / Ether 16 Thu John Huss & Moderato Combo / Virgo Snakes 17 Fri The Murmurs 18 Sat Soul Coughing / Word Bongo 19 Sun Fix Your Wagon / Arm / Stop The Ride (It's stupid band name at Double Door!) 22 Wed Bush / Toadies ==SOLD OUT== Mar 04 Sat *Elastica 07 Tue Pond 09 Thu Jason & The Scorchers / Tenderloin 16 Thu +Owen Meany / Jettison Charlie Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 10 Fri 6:30 Not Rebecca / Jerkwater / Tricky Dick / I Love Rich / Dephault Mar 31 Fri *Oblivion / Fighters / Larry Birds / Parker Bros. Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri Frogs / Polara / Technical Jed 04 Sat Honcho Overload / Gem / The Revelers / Your Majesty 09 Thu Rockin' Billy & the Wild Coyotes / Kim Katz & Last Uncle / Dollrods 10 Fri +Nectarine / Hot Freaks / Wrens (Hot Freaks is Loud Lucy's tribute to Guided By Voices.) 11 Sat Magnapop / Throneberry / Squash Blossom 16 Thu Season to Risk / Molly McGuire / Shiner 17 Fri +Zuzu's Petals / Tart / Throw / Superdrag 18 Sat Laughing Hyenas / Hairy Patt Band / Appalachian Death Ride 24 Fri Falstaff / MOTO 25 Sat Dis- / Panel Donor / Boys Life Mar 02 Thu +Kicking Giant / Number One Cup Fireside Bowl (aa): 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 / info: Brian (312) 384-5813 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri 8:00 Avocado Jungle Fuzz / Redball / Foo / Poonjab 04 Sat 7:00 Hubcap / Guttersnipe / Dis- / tba 09 Thu 8:00 Dick Justice / Lazy / Stanley's Joyful Noise / Skimmingtons 10 Fri 7:00 Damnation / Walleye / Threadbare 10 Fri 10:00 Needle / Full / Misery Index / Agatha (new time) 11 Sat 7:00 Pulp Fishing / Tetsuo / Cinco de Gato / "surprise guests" 17 Fri 8:00 Big Daddy Sun / Waco Brothers / Handsome Family 19 Sun 8:30 Judge Nothing / Back Of Dave / Spazz Maggots / tba 24 Fri 7:00 The Queers / Smears / Crabs / Alligator Gun (Dave) 25 Sat 7:00 +Oblivion / Hash Brown / Full / Herbal Flesh Tea 26 Sun I Love Rich / Houseboy / 4 Squares / tba Mar 03 Fri Rockabilly night: Hi-fi & The Roadburners / Dead Steel Mill 04 Sat Jack Kevorkian Suicide Machines / Slapstick 05 Sun Pinwheel / tba x 3 11 Sat Homocore: Hubcap / tba 17 Fri Sidekick Kato / Neptunes / Lucid / Craw / Tetsuo 25 Sat Apocalypse Hoboken / Orphan Punx / MU330 / Vic Vacume Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd. / Berwyn, IL / (708) 788-2118 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 04 Sat NRBQ 05 Sun Mavericks 18 Sat Bottle Rockets / Waco Brothers 24 Fri *Saffire Mar 09 Thu Joe Ely 10 Fri *C.J. Chenier 11 Sat *C.J. Chenier The Fletch: 3062 N. Oakland Ave. / Milwaukee, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 24 Fri 6:30 *Pachinko / Olive / Focus Foellinger Auditorium: 709 S. Matthews Ave. / Urbana, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 20 Mon 8:00 $21 aa +Spin Doctors / Rusted Root Mar 08 Wed $16 aa *Digable Planets / Spearhead (tix 2/8) Irish American Heritage Center: 4626 N. Knox / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 05 Sun 7:00 $5 Baltiorum Knights of Columbus Hall: 15 N. Hickory / Arlington Heights, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri 6:30 $5 Cap'n Jazz / Tetsuo / Cinco de Gatos / tba Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri Tortoise / The Sea & Cake / Denison-Kimball Trio 04 Sat Eleventh Dream Day ==POSTPONED== 04 Sat Yum Yum / Number One Cup / The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group 08 Wed *Oversoul Seven / Lazy / Neckbones 09 Thu +The Flavor Channel / Hooker / The Howards 10 Fri *The Baffler night 11 Sat Goober & The Peas / Busker Soundcheck 12 Sun *Archers of Loaf / See-saw 16 Thu *Waco Bros. 17 Fri Wilco / Go To Blazes 18 Sat Wilco / Texas Instruments 19 Sun *To Live To Shave in L.A. / The Many Moods of Marlon Magas / Duotron 22 Wed *Martin Zellar 24 Fri *Waco Bros. / Starkweathers 25 Sat *Killdozer / Mt. Shasta Mar 02 Thu *Fastbacks / Gaunt 03 Fri *Tenderloin / Kill Creek 04 Sat *Laika & The Cosmonauts 08 Wed *Godhead Silo 09 Thu *Raymond Brake / Joby's Opinion 10 Fri *Tara Key / Bassholes 11 Sat Poi Dog Pondering (tix 2/14) 12 Sun Poi Dog Pondering (tix 2/14) 13 Mon Poi Dog Pondering (tix 2/14) 17 Fri Rockin' Billy & the Wild Coyotes / Three Blue Teardrops 18 Sat *Trenchmouth / Candy Machine 23 Thu *Butterglory 24 Fri *Jonathan Richman 25 Sat *Jonathan Richman The Lunar Cabaret: 2827 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) FAR-MOON --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri 10:00 The Corn Kings 04 Sat 10:00 Example None 05 Sun 3:00 Shinobu Sato 07 Tue 9:00 Beau O'Reilly & Michael Greenberg 08 Wed 9:00 The Vandermark Quartet 09 Thu 9:00 John Casey & The Old Possums 10 Fri 10:00 Ken Vandermark & Friends 11 Sat 10:00 Ken Vandermark & Friends 12 Sun 3:00 Audubon Chamber Players 14 Tue 9:00 Jenny Magnus 16 Thu 9:00 Full Moon Vaudeville 17 Fri 9:30 Adrian Legg 17 Fri 11:00 Adrian Legg 18 Sat 10:00 Dot Dot Dot / The Vulva Club 19 Sun 3:00 Rumpus 21 Tue 9:00 The Vandermark Quartet 23 Thu 9:00 Caffeine 24 Fri 10:00 The Flavor Channel 25 Sat 9:00 Greg Brown / Maestro Subgum & The Whole 25 Sat 11:00 Greg Brown / Maestro Subgum & The Whole 26 Sun 3:00 Ensemble Noamnesia 28 Tue 9:00 The Vandermark Quartet Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri *Citrus 04 Sat 10:00 *Charming Beggars / Black Sand Hand 07 Tue *Catherine / Foo / Liquid Kramer 09 Thu The Good Mar 24 Fri Third Stone Mandel Hall: University of Chicago / 57th & University / (312) 702-7300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 03 Fri 8:15 $14 University of Chicago Folk Festival: Bing Brothers / Mose Vinson / Clyde Davenport & Bobby Fulcher / Canray Davenport & Bois Sec Ardoin / The Traditional Grass / Mario Zuleta y los Vallenatos de Colombia 04 Sat 7:30 $14 University of Chicago Folk Festival: Flory Jagoda / The Broken Pledge Ceili Band / Louis Killen / Clyde Davenport & Bobby Fulcher / The Traditional Grass / Bing Brothers 05 Sun 6:15 $14 University of Chicago Folk Festival: Dave Myers / Louis Killen / Mose Vinson / Canray Fontenot & Bois Sec Ardoin / Flory Jagoda Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri 10:00 18+ Marilyn Manson / Monster Voodoo Machine / Wickerman 04 Sat 10:00 18+ Dyslexic Apaches / Marble / Starch / Blanket Party 08 Wed 10:00 $3 18+ Tart / Weedy / Marshead 10 Fri God Street Wine 11 Sat Lupins / Hum / Motorhome 11 Sat 12:00a $1 Face To Face 15 Wed 10:00 $3 18+ *Hurl / Galaxy Of Mailbox Whores / Vix Krater 17 Fri 9:00 $10 18+ The Pacers / Mr. 2 Badd / Highball Holiday / The Skolars / Johnny Socko / The Exceptions 18 Sat 9:00 $10 18+ Skapone / Secret Cajun Band / Parka Kings / Slapstick / Suspect Bill / Stinkfish 19 Sun 7:00 aa Simple Minds ==SOLD OUT== 21 Tue 7:00 The London Suede 22 Wed 10:00 $3 18+ *Almost True / Tuscadero / Chisel 24 Fri Spectrum / Air Miami / Cath Carroll 25 Sat 7:00 Fear / Trenchmouth 25 Sat 9:00 21+ *Chris Whitley (tix Sat noon) 26 Sun 9:00 21+ *Chris Whitley (tix Sat noon) 27 Mon 9:00 21+ *Chris Whitley (tix Sat noon) 28 Tue 9:00 21+ *Chris Whitley (tix Sat noon) 25 Sat 11:30 *Smoothies / Fitz of Depression / Braid 27 Mon 7:30 $8 aa Cranes / Idaho 28 Tue 7:00 aa Bob Mould ==SOLD OUT== Mar 01 Wed 7:00 aa Bob Mould 03 Fri 7:00 Lords Of Acid / Dink 03 Fri 11:30 21+ Pizzicato Five 09 Thu 7:00 $10 aa Sebadoh / The Frogs / Evergreen 10 Fri 6:30 $5 aa No Empathy / Apocalypse Hoboken / Oblivion / The Fighters (Marc Ruvulo says this is a maybe) 11 Sat 7:00 aa Digable Planets / Spearhead / Kymbali 21 Tue 7:00 *Weezer / Archers Of Loaf (tix Sat noon) 24 Fri *Skankin' Pickle Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 04 Sat *Deformities of the Mind / 10 Gram 11 Sat *Tango Wedding Band / Superdot 18 Sat *Migraine / Dollrods / Astronuts / Tossers 25 Sat $6 *Skapone / Hot Stove Jimmy / Slapstick / Jack Rabbit Slim Mar 11 Sat Those Naked Guys / Orange Crotch / Spent / Herbal Flesh Tea One World Cafe: 809 S. Fifth St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 344-0102 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri 8:00 aa *Smoking Popes / Skapone / No Empathy / Oblivion 11 Sat aa *Suede Chain Over The Edge: 166 North St. / Elgin, IL / (708) 608-0086 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 04 Sat 6:00 Dirt Merchants / Foo / tba x 2 11 Sat 6:00 Headcleaner / Dyslexic Apaches / tba x 2 The Paramount: (nee R&R Station) 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 20 Mon The Radiators Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 04 Sat 7:30 aa Barenaked Ladies / Jules Shear ==SOLD OUT== 10 Fri 7:30 aa Nick Lowe / Jim Lauderdale 15 Wed 7:30 aa Cinderella / The Rosehips 18 Sat 7:30 aa Dada ==SOLD OUT== Mar 10 Fri 7:30 *Craig Chaquico / Peter White / Warren Hill / Richard Eliot (tix Sat 10am) 15 Wed 7:30 *Robyn Hitchcock (solo acoustic) (tix Sat 10am) 18 Sat 77's / Curious Fools Prairie Center For The Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 894-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 26 Sun *Skankin' Pickle Record Swap: 16 W. Chicago Ave. / Naperville, IL / (708) 527-0999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 Sat FREE aa Dis- / Panel Donor in-store performance The Red Herring Coffeehouse: 1209 W. Oregon St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 367-2340 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri aa *Back Of Dave / Castor / Mary Me / Walker Riley's Pub: 952 W. Newport (Sheffield & Clark) / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-3410 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 12 Sun 7:30 $5 aa Apocalypse Hoboken / Slapstick / Tricky Dick Rock My Ass: (cable TV show live taping) TCI of Illinois Studios, 9651 Grosse Pointe Road / Skokie, IL / (708) 674-5422 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 Sat 11:00a Orphan Punks 25 Sat 12:30a Fashion Police 25 Sat 2:00 Johnny Moe Band 25 Sat 3:30 Insania Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 24 Fri Alan Jackson / Faith Hill Apr 28 Fri Page & Plant Jun 02 Fri R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== 03 Sat R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== 04 Sun R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri *The Gufs / The Billies 04 Sat *Swinger / The Andersons 09 Thu *Jason & Alison / Dag Juhlin 10 Fri *Slink Moss & The Flying Aces 11 Sat *Kevin Salem 15 Wed *Slavec Henzlic Trio / Special Consensus Bluegrass Band 17 Fri *Yardsale / Diplomat 6 18 Sat *Citrus / Saucy Jack 21 Tue *Soul Coughing 22 Wed *Mantiula 23 Thu *Terrance Simien 24 Fri *Bloodline Mar 03 Fri *Loose Diamonds 10 Fri *Joe Ely 17 Fri *Blue Rodeo 18 Sat *Blue Rodeo 25 Sat *Ray Wylie Hubbard Shades: 21860 N. Milwaukee Ave / Deerfield, IL / (708) 634-BLUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat $10 *Missing Persons / The Turnstiles Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 21 Tue Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 24 Fri *Dis- / Panel Donor Shubert Theatre: 22 W. Monroe / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri *Johnny Mathis (tix Fri 10am) 25 Sat *Johnny Mathis (tix Fri 10am) 26 Sun *Johnny Mathis (tix Fri 10am) Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 12 Sun *Gorguts / Afterlife / Corpsevomit / Sarcophagus 18 Sat *Dangerous Toys 19 Sun *Overkill / Displacement of Anger / Kore / Mental Mar 03 Fri *Trixter (2 shows each night) 04 Sat *Trixter 25 Sat *James Young Group Underdog loft: 2252 N. Elston / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-4545 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat 10:00 *Oblivion ("ultra-swank all-cover performance... optional transvestite theme in effect... plus all-night music/beverages/snacks/civil punk attitudes after 11pm") United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat Eagles Mar 03 Fri Amy Grant / Gary Chapman 08 Wed 7:30 *Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (tix Sat 10am) The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 14 Tue 7:30 aa Nanci Griffith / Sara Hickman ==SOLD OUT== 15 Wed 7:30 aa Nanci Griffith / Sara Hickman (reserved seating available) 18 Sat 7:30 aa The Radiators / Chris Duarte Mar 03 Fri 7:00 $12 aa *Blackbone / Jaxx / Lost Angels / Strict Nine / Flood / Ritual Sun / Accomplice 05 Sun 7:30 aa Tesla ==SOLD OUT== 11 Sat 7:30 aa Fishbone / Weapon of Choice 19 Sun 7:30 aa Oasis / Velvet Crush WHPK's Pure Hype: WHPK 88.5 FM / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Fri 9:00 Wendyfix 10 Fri 9:00 Tart 17 Fri 9:00 National Drag 24 Fri 9:00 Shamus WNUR's Airplay: WNUR 89.3 FM / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 04 Sat 5:00 Poster Children 11 Sat 3:00 Weedy 18 Sat 3:00 Wendy Fix 25 Sat 4:00 Boy King Mar 04 Sat 5:00 Moonshine Willy 11 Sat Los Invaderados 18 Sat Hoodwink WZRD: WZRD 88.3 FM / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 09 Thu Amazing Headgear 16 Thu *Reality Scare 23 Thu Simple Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Kim Contact Kim @ (312) SHE-1HER Mike Contact Mike @ (815) 961-0322 Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. 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