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This means I can spend all my time this weekend doing icky programming work. See below. If you don't have tickets yet for the Fugazi / Shellac show on Tuesday, you're probably out of luck, but try anyway. SUBSCRIBE NOW OR ELSE If you're reading this on the WWW, posted to a Usenet group, or forwarded by a friend, please subscribe directly by mailing to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>. I'm going to be making changes in the future and you'll need to be subscribed to take advantage of them. You'll be able to get your choice of 3 different formats. If you're very lucky, I'll mail something out by the end of the weekend. SUBSCRIPTIONS & CORRESPONDENCE Mail to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us>. For subscriptions, tell me where you found out about us. NEW THIS WEEK Apocalypse Hoboken / MU330 / Trusty / Poster Children, Fireside Bowl Babes In Toyland, The Rave Belly / Catherine Wheel / Jewel, Barrymore Theatre Bjork, Riviera Theatre Blanks 77 / Opium Taylor / Shotwell Coho, Fireside Bowl The Bludgers / Nurse Rick, Mabel's BoDeans, Riverside Theater Boss Hog, Metro Branch Manager / The Figgs / Godzuki, Metro Buffalo Tom, Shank Hall Candlebox / Sponge / Our Lady Peace, MECCA Lloyd Cole / Ivy, Park West Terence Trent D'arby, Metro Al Day Trio / Bejae ^Fleming, Double Door Ani Defranco, Lounge Ax Dink / Acumen / Blue-eyed Christ, Metro DOA / Apostles On Strike / Lunkhead, Fireside Bowl Drop Ceiling / "Half Cocked" (an indie all-star movie) / Papas Fritas, Lounge Ax The Drovers, Mabel's Elastica / Loud Lucy, The Vic Elastica, The Virginia Theatre Michael Franks, The Vic Gang Of Four / Drill, Shank Hall Geraldine Fibbers / 33 Star Drag, Lounge Ax Crispin Glover (spoken word), Double Door God Street Wine, Metro Gov't Mule, Park West Green Day / The Riverdales (unconfirmed), Rosemont Horizon Green Day, MECCA Gwar / Brutal Juice, The Rave Peter Himmelman, Barrymore Theatre HogLady, Lounge Ax Two Foot Flame / Peter Jefferies / Gate, Lounge Ax Jerkwater / Rocketship Arnold / I Love Rich / Spare Change, Fireside Bowl Jethro Tull, Chicago Theatre Jethro Tull, Riverside Theater Jodeci / Mary J. Blige / Notorious B.I.G. / Faith Hill / Craig Mack / Junior Maffia / Adina Howard / Naughty By Nature / Luniz, Rosemont Horizon Jury-Rig / Season to Risk / Sidekick Kato / Cinco De Gatos / Kerosene 454, Fireside Bowl Kerosene 454 / Jury-Rig / Poonjab / Dahlia Seed / Alloy Jacks, The PIT King Crimson, Rosemont Theatre King Missle / Dog Fly Religion / John S. Hall, The Rathskeller KMFDM / God Lives Underwater, The Rave Laurels, Empty Bottle Let's Go Bowling / Greenhouse / The Problematics / Teengenerate, Fireside Bowl Local H / Joy Girl / Bug Hunt, The Underground Los Straightjackets / Starfish, Empty Bottle Love Jone / The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, Double Door Natalie Merchant / Innocence Mission, Rosemont Theatre Mighty Mighty Bosstones / The Muffs / Archers of Lo, The Rathskeller Mighty Mighty Bosstones / The Muffs / Hagfish, Riviera Theatre Monitor Radio / The Jaks / Traluma / Back Of Dave, Fireside Bowl Mustard Plug / Suspect Bill / MU330 / Skolars / Jinkies, Metro Alannah Myles, The Unicorn Mojo Nixon, Lounge Ax Palace Brothers, Lounge Ax Poi Dog Pondering, Lounge Ax Polvo, Lounge Ax Polvo, The Rathskeller Rancid / Lunachicks / 30 Seconds Deep, The Vic Red Hot Chili Peppers / Flaming Lips / Silverchair, MECCA Seaweed / Braid / Bantha, Channing-Murray Foundation Sidekick Kato / Jerkwater / Poonjab / Trucker / Frodus / Sofa Glue, Fireside Bowl Skapone / Greenhouse / The Eclectics, Off The Alley Smile / Skunk Anansie, Metro Son Volt / Bottle Rockets / Specklehorse, O'Cayz Corral Sonic Youth, The Rave Stabbing Westward, Double Door Starball / Glenrustle, Lounge Ax State of Emergency / Flattus, Mabel's Sweet Diesel / The Great Brain, Fireside Bowl Tar's final show, Lounge Ax Throwing Muses / Air Miami, O'Cayz Corral Ticklepenny / Three Blue Teardrops / The Phantom Rockers, Fireside Bowl The Toasters / Murphy's Law, Metro Tripping Daisy / Spacehog / UFOFU, Metro Uptighty / Las Toallitas / Ulele / 5 Style, The Vic Urge Overkill (unconfirmed), Metro Urge Overkill (unconfirmed), Riviera Theatre Wailing Souls =POSTPONED=, Park West The Warmers / Cinco de Gatos / Drag King, Magnatroid White Zombie / Supersuckers / Toadies, MECCA White Zombie / Supersuckers / Toadies, UIC Pavilion Rocket From The Crypt / Wesley Willis Fiasco / Fireworks, Metro Cassandra Wilson, Barrymore Theatre Alumni House: 863 5th St. / Beloit, WI / (608) 755-9248 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 07 Sat The Bouncing Souls 14 Sat Naked Aggression Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri 7:00 aa KMFDM / Korn / God Lives Underwater 19 Thu 7:30 aa Ozzy Osbourne / Fear Factory =SOLD OUT= 20 Fri 7:30 aa Blues Traveler / Fiji Mariners 21 Sat 7:30 aa Blues Traveler / Fiji Mariners Arie Crown Theatre: McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 18 Wed Chris Isaak / The Wallflowers Athenaeum: 2936 N. Southport / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 17 Tue 8:00 aa Lesa Gerrard Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 09 Mon KMFDM / Life of Agony / God Lives Underwater 11 Wed Juliana Hatfield / John Doe 25 Wed *Belly / Catherine Wheel / Jewel Nov 10 Fri *Cassandra Wilson 15 Wed *Peter Himmelman Oct 14 Sat 8:00 $14/16 Ani DiFranco Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle / Chicago, IL / (312) 236-0123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 24 Tue 7:30 aa Kitaro The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 12 Thu 10:00 Dancing French Liberals of '48 / Braid / Beezus 14 Sat 10:00 Uptighty 18 Wed 10:00 Castor / Papas Fritas / Grand Vizar 19 Thu 10:00 San Francisco Seals / Chris Knox / The Bludgers 25 Wed 10:00 Bottle Rockets 29 Sun 10:00 Archers of Loaf / Butterglory Bradley U. Fieldhouse: 1612 W. Main / Peoria, IL / (309) 677-2623 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 12 Thu 7:30 $7 aa Matthew Sweet Cabana Beach Club: 1550 N. Rand / Palatine, IL / (708) 776-9850 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Fri Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels / The Convulsions Channing-Murray Foundation: 1209 W. Oregon St / Urbana, IL / (217) 334-1176 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 13 Fri aa Back of Dave / Product 19 (ex-Prozac Memory) 20 Fri $6 aa Blue Meanies / Alligator Gun / tba 21 Sat 9:00 $5 aa +Acumen / Crawl / Detroit Steamers (RS/RSrv/SS) Nov 01 Wed aa *Seaweed / Braid / Bantha 03 Fri aa Pansy Division / Cub / Pluto / tba 04 Sat aa Let's Go Bowling / Roscoe P. Soultrane 18 Sat $5 aa +Boris the Sprinkler / Mushuganas / Hot Stove Jimmy / tba Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 21 Tue 7:30 *Jethro Tull (tix Sat noon) 22 Wed BoDeans (tix Oct 14) Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 22 Sun Pere Ubu Nov 07 Tue 10:00 $8 Yo La Tengo / Ex-Action Figures 18 Sat 10:00 $10 Boss Hog Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 12 Thu B.B. King / Bill Perry 28 Sat Webb Wilder / Michael McDermott Double Door (21+): 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri Medicine / Sixteen Deluxe / Long Fin Killie 07 Sat Citizen King / NIL8 12 Thu Michael McDermott / Mount Pilot 13 Fri Freakwater / Mysteries of Life 14 Sat Cherry Poppin' Daddies / Dovetail Joint / Joypoppers 15 Sun 9:00 $12 Gang Of Four / Drill 17 Tue 8:00 $15 *Crispin Glover (spoken word) 18 Wed John Doe 19 Thu Hummer / Flac 25 Wed 9:00 $8 The October Project 26 Thu *Stabbing Westward 28 Sat Citrus / Planet Warehouse 29 Sun 8:00 $8 Letters To Cleo / Fig Dish / Smack Melon Nov 01 Wed *Al Day Trio / Bejae Fleming 03 Fri *Love Jone / The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group Duke Ellington Ballroom: NIU / Dekalb, IL / (815) 753-3146 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 11 Wed 8:00 $15/19 Matthew Sweet Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 27 Fri 7:00 Oblivion / Weston / Doc Hopper / Scissor Girls / Poonjab Elmhurst YMCA: 211 W. 1st St. / Elmhurst, IL / (708) 834-9200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 07 Sat I Love Rich / Those Naked Guys / Mouthbreeders Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri that dog. / Edsel / Bugskull 07 Sat Shallow / Saturnine / Gapeseed 12 Thu Stiffs Inc. / Jonathan Fire Eater / Beekeeper 13 Fri Ruins / U.S. Maple / Gastr del Sol 14 Sat Supersuckers / Dancing French Liberals of '48 / Shiner 19 Thu *Laurels 20 Fri SF Seals / Chris Knox / Ashtray Boy 21 Sat Bodeco / Simple Ones / Henry And June 26 Thu +Green Magnet School / Panel Donor / Prichard 27 Fri +Nectarine / KARP / Wrens / Smudge 28 Sat The Mad Scene / Space Needle / Nothing Painted Blue / WCKR SPGT 29 Sun Godheadsilo 31 Tue Goblins / Geezers / Chris Holmes as the Graveyard Ghoulies / The Hideaways / "very special guest" Nov 02 Thu New Bomb Turks / Teengenerate / Speaking Canaries 04 Sat Wolverton Brothers 10 Fri *Los Straightjackets / Starfish 17 Fri Mono Men 18 Sat Mono Men Expo Gardens: W. Northmoor Rd. / Peoria, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 09 Mon 7:00 $5 aa Fugazi / Make-Up / tba (for tix/info call Peoria Co-Op at 309-698-6255) Fireside Bowl: 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri Batallion Of Saints / Urbn DK / Tweezer / The Rob Jobs / Charles Bronson 08 Sun 7:00 $5 The Bouncing Souls / Face Value / Bollweevils / Bughunt 11 Wed +Giant Chair / Ringworm / Nothing More 12 Thu *Jerkwater / Rocketship Arnold / I Love Rich / Spare Change 13 Fri *Ticklepenny / Three Blue Teardrops / The Phantom Rockers 14 Sat *Jury-Rig / Season to Risk / Sidekick Kato / Cinco De Gatos / Kerosene 454 15 Sun 7:00 Nomeansno / Naked Aggression / Half Empty / 454 Big Block 18 Wed +Stress Magnets / Betsy Years / Quaker Youth Ensemble 19 Thu Dyslexic Apaches / Rustbucket / Nubile Things 20 Fri *Sweet Diesel / The Great Brain 21 Sat 88 Fingers Louie / Fleas and Lice / Garden Variety / Lynyrds Innards 22 Sun *Sidekick Kato / Jerkwater / Poonjab / Trucker / Frodus / Sofa Glue 25 Wed *Blanks 77 / Opium Taylor / Shotwell Coho 26 Thu Paul Think's Bowl-o-rama: bands / DJs / etc 27 Fri Skalaween: The Eclectics / The Skalars / The Skalawags 28 Sat Underdog Achtung Chicago Drei benefit w/this year's picks 29 Sun Underdog Achtung Chicago Drei benefit w/this year's picks Nov 02 Thu *Let's Go Bowling / Greenhouse / The Problematics / Teengenerate 03 Fri *Apocalypse Hoboken / MU330 / Trusty / Poster Children 04 Sat *Monitor Radio / The Jaks / Traluma / Back Of Dave 05 Sun *DOA / Apostles On Strike / Lunkhead 09 Thu Slapstick / Buck-o-Nine 10 Fri Big'n / Shat / The Zug Island Quartet Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd. / Berwyn, IL / (708) 788-2118 / FitzMail@aol.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri The Insiders / The Johnny Moe Band 13 Fri Off Broadway 20 Fri The Bottle Rockets 26 Thu David Lindley 27 Fri Joe Ely / Hani Naser 28 Sat Joe Ely / Hani Naser Foellinger Auditorium: 709 S. Matthews Ave. / Urbana, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 13 Fri $14 aa +Matthew Sweet / 3 lb. Thrill ($2 discount w/ UIUC ID) 19 Thu $17 aa Belly / Catherine Wheel / Jewel ($2 discount w/ UIUC ID) Nov 19 Sun aa BoDeans (no ticket info available) Highway: North & Elston / Chicago, IL / (312) 342-8900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri 6:30 p/aa Life Of Agony / Lords Of Brooklyn / Hash Brown 14 Sat 6:00 p/aa Apocalypse Hoboken / Jerkwater / Urbn DK / Tricky Dick 15 Sun Talisman / I Love Rich Homewood Village Hall: 2020 Chestnut / Homewood, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri 7:00 $5 Apocalypse Hoboken / No Empathy / The Heartbreakers / The Shiznitz (info Mike (708) 798-8586) 13 Fri 7:00 $5 Oblivion / Hot Stove Jimmy / A.Y.A. / Bug Hunt Illini Union Courtyard Cafe: 1401 W. Green St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 333-3660 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Sat 9:00 $3 Keith Eric and Waterhouse Nov 04 Sat 9:00 $3 MPAACT Dec 02 Sat 9:00 $3 p Skapone Kroencke Theater: Valparaiso U. / Valparaiso, IN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Sat 7:00 $5 p/aa Blue Meanies / No Empathy / Apocalypse Hoboken / Inspiteofyou (info: Kurt (219) 464-6399) Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri $7 Red Red Meat / Balloon Guy / Tiny Lights 07 Sat $7 Dirty Three / Run-On 09 Mon $5 Hooker / Roger Manning 10 Tue $6 *Geraldine Fibbers / 33 Star Drag 11 Wed $5 Old 97's / Pork 12 Thu $10 *Ani Defranco 13 Fri $10 Jonathan Richman 14 Sat $10 Jonathan Richman 15 Sun $8 Casper Brotzmann / FM Einheit 16 Mon *Poi Dog Pondering 17 Tue *Poi Dog Pondering 18 Wed $5 *Starball / Glenrustle 19 Thu Betty / Gingi 20 Fri Smog / It's Gotta Be Me / Venus Cures All 21 Sat *Two Foot Flame / Peter Jefferies / Gate 22 Sun $6 *Drop Ceiling / "Half Cocked" (an indie all-star movie) / Papas Fritas 25 Wed +King Kong / Zen Guerilla 26 Thu $8 Combustible Edison 27 Fri *HogLady 28 Sat +Archers Of Loaf / Capsize 7 31 Tue +Rex / Guv'ner Nov 09 Thu *Polvo 18 Sat *Palace Brothers 22 Wed p *Mojo Nixon 25 Sat p *Tar's final show Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri *The Bludgers / Nurse Rick 08 Sun $8 +Wilco / The Health and Happiness Show (ex-Television) 10 Tue $13 Juliana Hatfield / The John Doe Thing (PR/RS/RSrv/VG) 14 Sat *State of Emergency / Flattus 20 Fri Uncle John's Band 21 Sat Poi Dog Pondering / tba (no ticket info available) 24 Tue Strutter / Goatboy 27 Fri Third Stone 28 Sat NIL8 / Fragile Porceline Mice Nov 17 Fri *The Drovers Madison Theatre: 107 NE Madison / Peoria, IL / (309) 674-7529 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 09 Mon Buddy Guy Dec 09 Sat Marshall Tucker Band Magnatroid: 2511 W. Moffat / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 26 Thu aa *The Warmers / Cinco de Gatos / Drag King MECCA: 500 W. Kilbourn / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 271-4000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 03 Fri *Candlebox / Sponge / Our Lady Peace 11 Sat *White Zombie / Supersuckers / Toadies 21 Tue *Green Day 22 Wed *Red Hot Chili Peppers / Flaming Lips / Silverchair Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri 10:00 18+ Luna / Mercury Rev 07 Sat 7:00 aa The Drovers / Lir 07 Sat 11:30 $14 18+ +Jim Rose Circus Sideshow / Machines Of Loving Grace 13 Fri 7:00 $8 p/aa Seaweed / Into Another / Fitz Of Depression 13 Fri 11:30 18+ Throwing Muses / Air Miami 14 Sat 7:00 p/aa Jawbreaker / Jawbox / Engine 88 14 Sat 11:30 18+ God Is My Co-Pilot / Dis- 17 Tue 7:00 aa Gene / Menthol 18 Wed 10:00 $5 18+ Tremolo / Ashtray Boy / Feeder / I Sharko 20 Fri 11:30 18+ G. Love & Special Sauce 21 Sat 18+ Maids Of Gravity / The Nixons / Gwen Mars 22 Sun *Urge Overkill (unconfirmed) 24 Tue 10:00 18+ Chemical Brothers 25 Wed 10:00 $5 18+ Lucid / Jesus Christ Superfly / Tetsuo / Sweep The Leg Johnny 26 Thu 7:00 p/aa Voodoo Glow Skulls / Schlong 27 Fri 11:30 p/18+ King Missile / Dog Fly Religion / John S. Hall 28 Sat 7:00 aa *Tripping Daisy / Spacehog / UFOFU (tix Sat noon) 29 Sun 7:00 aa *Terence Trent D'arby (tix Sat noon) Nov 01 Wed *Branch Manager / The Figgs / Godzuki 04 Sat 7:00 aa Superchunk / Guv'ner 04 Sat 11:30 p/18+ Pansy Division / Cub / Pluto 08 Wed *Smile / Skunk Anansie 09 Thu 7:00 aa *God Street Wine (tix Sat noon) 10 Fri 10:00 18+ Yo La Tengo / Pastels 11 Sat 7:00 p/aa *The Toasters / Murphy's Law (tix Sat noon) 11 Sat 11:30 18+ *Rocket From The Crypt / Wesley Willis Fiasco / Fireworks (tix Sat noon) 17 Fri 11:30 18+ *Boss Hog (tix Sat noon) 25 Sat p *Mustard Plug / Suspect Bill / MU330 / Skolars / Jinkies 28 Tue 11:30 18+ *Dink / Acumen / Blue-eyed Christ (tix Sat noon) O'Cayz Corral: 504 E. Wilson St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1348 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 11 Wed 10:00 $12 Throwing Muses / Air Miami 07 Sat Unsane / Guzzard / Wheelie King 08 Sun Alligator Gun / Hugh / Promise Ring / Loomis 11 Wed 10:00 $12 *Throwing Muses / Air Miami 19 Thu 10:00 $7 *Son Volt / Bottle Rockets / Specklehorse Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 07 Sat Wesley Willis Fiasco / Trailer Hitch / Budokan Evil 14 Sat Tossers / Mushuganas / Wreckin Ball / The Indicators 21 Sat My Big Beautiful / Not Rebecca / Break Even 28 Sat Fizgig / Durthedd / Silver Penny / Serenity Nov 04 Sat *Skapone / Greenhouse / The Eclectics One World Cafe: 809 S. Fifth St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 344-0102 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 27 Fri aa Boogie Shoes / Thirtysecondsdeep / Roscoe P. Soultrane Otto's (21+): 118 E. Lincoln Highway / Dekalb, IL / (815) 758-2715 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Fri p US Maple 21 Sat p MU330 Nov 03 Fri p No Empathy / The Great Brain Over The Edge Records: 166 North St. / Elgin, IL / (708) 608-0086 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 07 Sat 2:00 FREE Sidekick Kato 21 Sat 2:00 FREE Herbal Flesh Tea 28 Sat 2:00 FREE The 4-Squares Nov 04 Sat 2:00 FREE Schwa 11 Sat 2:00 FREE Hash Brown / Foo 18 Sat 2:00 FREE Greenhouse 25 Sat 2:00 FREE The Mushuganas Dec 02 Sat 2:00 FREE Apocalypse Hoboken / Oblivion 09 Sat 2:00 FREE Rocketship Arnold 16 Sat 2:00 FREE The Mashers / tba x 2 The Paramount: 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Fri 7:00 Filter / Everclear 25 Wed The Radiators Nov 04 Sat Babes In Toyland / Ash / Dumpster Juice Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 11 Wed 7:30 aa Billy Pilgrim / Mary Karlzen 12 Thu 7:30 aa War / Graham Central Station 13 Fri 7:30 aa Chris Duarte Group / Big Sugar 15 Sun 7:30 Ray Davies 20 Fri 7:30 $10 aa Son Volt 21 Sat 9:00 18+ Vic Chestnutt 22 Sun 7:30 aa D'Angelo / Stepchild 25 Wed 7:30 aa The Beautiful South 29 Sun 7:30 aa *Gov't Mule (tix Sat noon) Nov 01 Wed 7:30 Ferron 03 Fri 7:30 aa *Wailing Souls =POSTPONED= 05 Sun 7:30 aa *Lloyd Cole / Ivy (tix Sat noon) 07 Tue 7:30 Penguin Cafe Orchestra 24 Fri 7:30 Richard Elliot / Craig Chaquico The PIT: 3210 Williams Ave. / Rockford, IL / (815) 963-3929 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri Welt / Recoil 08 Sun 7:00 $5 Face To Face / Jughead's Revenge / General River 12 Thu *Kerosene 454 / Jury-Rig / Poonjab / Dahlia Seed / Alloy Jacks 13 Fri Cherry-Poppin' Daddies Rainbow Roller Rink: Clark & Lawrence / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 10 Tue p Fugazi / Shellac / Makeup (tix at Ajax / Blackout / Record Swap / etc) The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI / (608) 262-5079 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 28 Sat p *King Missle / Dog Fly Religion / John S. Hall 31 Tue 5:30 p *Mighty Mighty Bosstones / The Muffs / Archers of Lo Nov 10 Fri *Polvo The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 07 Sat *KMFDM / God Lives Underwater 11 Wed *Babes In Toyland 28 Sat *Sonic Youth 30 Mon *Gwar / Brutal Juice The Red Herring Coffeehouse: 1209 W. Oregon St / Urbana, IL / (217) 334-1176 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Sat 8:30 $5 aa Acumen / Crawl / tba x 2 Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 07 Sat 7:30 aa PJ Harvey 20 Fri 7:30 aa Coolio 21 Sat 7:30 aa Oasis / Acetone 24 Tue *Urge Overkill (unconfirmed) 26 Thu 7:30 aa Sonic Youth / The Amps / Helium 28 Sat 8:00 aa Big Head Todd & The Monsters 31 Tue 7:30 p/aa Gwar / Brutal Juice Nov 03 Fri 7:00 p/aa *Mighty Mighty Bosstones / The Muffs / Hagfish (tix Sat 10am) 11 Sat 7:30 aa *Bjork (tix Sat noon) Riverside Theater: 116 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 22 Wed *Jethro Tull 25 Sat *BoDeans Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 13 Fri *Jodeci / Mary J. Blige / Notorious B.I.G. / Faith Hill / Craig Mack / Junior Maffia / Adina Howard / Naughty By Nature / Luniz 31 Tue Phish =SOLD OUT= Nov 22 Wed *Green Day / The Riverdales (unconfirmed) Rosemont Theatre: 5400 N. River Rd. / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 12 Thu 8:00 Barry Manilow 13 Fri 8:00 Barry Manilow 14 Sat 8:00 Barry Manilow 15 Sun 8:00 Barry Manilow 24 Tue Dan Fogelberg 27 Fri Rosie O'Donnell 28 Sat 8:00 *Natalie Merchant / Innocence Mission (tix Sat noon) Nov 10 Fri The Righteous Brothers 11 Sat The Righteous Brothers 12 Sun The Righteous Brothers 17 Fri Chicago 18 Sat Chicago 09 Thu The Manhattan Transfer 29 Wed *King Crimson Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 16 Mon *Gang Of Four / Drill 19 Thu *Buffalo Tom Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 08 Sun Mitzi Gaynor 14 Sat Aretha Franklin Nov 17 Fri Julio Iglesias Dec 01 Fri Billy Ray Cyrus Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 18 Wed Machine Head / Stuck Mojo Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Fri Yngwie Malmsteen 28 Sat Animation / Strutter UIC Pavilion: 1140 W. Harrison / Chicago, IL / (312) 413-5740 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 27 Fri Candlebox / Sponge / Our Lady Peace Nov 16 Thu *White Zombie / Supersuckers / Toadies (tix Sat 10am) The Underground: 2412 Roosevelt / Kenosha, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 06 Fri 7:00 $5 *Local H / Joy Girl / Bug Hunt The Unicorn: 300 W. Juneau Ave / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 24 Tue *Alannah Myles United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 13 Fri Jimmy Page & Robert Plant / The Tragically Hip =SOLD OUT= The Vic (21+, TM): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-0366 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 08 Sun 7:30 aa Matthew Sweet 13 Fri 8:00 $10 aa *Uptighty / Las Toallitas / Ulele / 5 Style 17 Tue 7:30 $10 p/aa +Rancid / Lunachicks / 30 Seconds Deep 17 Tue 7:00 $10 p/aa *Rancid / Lunachicks / 30 Seconds Deep (tix Sat 10am) 20 Fri 7:00 aa Buffalo Tom / The Inbreds / Jennifer Trynin 21 Sat 7:30 aa Peter Frampton / Alannah Myles 24 Tue 7:00 aa Belly / The Catherine Wheel / Jewel 27 Fri 7:30 aa Marianne Faithfull 31 Tue 7:00 aa *Elastica / Loud Lucy (tix Sat noon) Nov 10 Fri 8:00 aa *Michael Franks (tix Sat noon) The Virginia Theatre: 201 W. Park Ave. / Champaign, IL / (217) 359-1483 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 29 Sun aa *Elastica (tix on sale 10/12/95) Woodstock Opera House: 121 Van Buren / Woodstock, IL / (815) 338-5300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri 8:00 Leo Kottke 25 Sat 8:00 Leo Kottke --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. Phone First. The Shows List is updated late every Thursday night. 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Chicago Shows List: shows@farpost.chi.il.us http://www.mcs.com/~alester/ Chicago Favorite Bands: cheeks@interaccess.com http://www.interaccess.com/users/cheeks/Music/chifav.html Chicago Classical Search Engine: http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/achatche/music/concerts.html Champaign/Urbana, IL: shows@uiuc.edu Madison, WI: listproc@scrap.ssec.wisc.edu In the body of the message, put: subscribe madmusic Your Name http://scrap.ssec.wisc.edu/music/madison.clubs Iowa: bands@ac.grin.edu Midwest (OH,MI,KY,IN): aa704@po.cwru.edu Columbus, OH: TREADWAY@MPS.ohio-state.edu Atlanta, GA: ofross@emory.edu http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~ofross/ San Francisco, CA: sf-list-request@netcom.com http://kzsu.stanford.edu/list.html Boston, MA: wisner@aiag.enet.dec.com http://www.research.digital.com/CRL/Boston/Music/ Washington, DC DIY: brendan@clark.net http://www.clark.net/pub/brendan Texas: sarootabaker@mail.utexas.edu Philadelphia: lorenzo@astro.ocis.temple.edu Claremont, CA: dbarker@pomona.edu Long Island, NY: mm5683@panther.adelphi.edu Northeast (E.Canada/ME/NH/VT/MA/CT/RI/NY/NJ/PA/DE/MD): ne-shows@brown.edu There are also many lists available on the World-Wide Web, but I'm not going to try to maintain a list of them here. Visit my home page for links. Other mailing addresses: WNUR (Northwestern U.) r-teets@nwu.edu WZRD (Northeastern U.) pauls@tellabs.com WHPK (U. of Chicago) kest@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu. WOUI (IIT) woui@xtreme2.acc.iit.edu Underdog Records udogrec@interaccess.com The PIT atheist@gte.society.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |