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So much for more punk shows there. APOSTLES ON STRIKE CANCELLED The Apostles on Strike show is goin' on, but with Slapstick now instead of Apostles On Strike. I don't know why they switched. CONTACT INFORMATION Mail to <shows@tezcat.com>. For subscriptions, tell me where you found out about us. NEW THIS WEEK 7 Seconds / Alligator Gun / Chanticleer / The Reacharounds, The PIT 88 Fingers Louie / thirysecondsdeep / Sidekick Kato, Diversions Alt / Francis Dunnery, Double Door Blue Meanies / Alligator Gun, Metro Braid / Promise Ring / Poonjab / Compound Red, Metro Chicago Samba School / Ulele, Double Door Citrus / Chia Pet, Metro George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars, Navy Pier Grand Ballroom Dollrods / Crackpot / The Reejers / Sedan, Metro E.B.N. / 13MG / Mary's Window, Metro Effigies, Fireside Bowl Geraldine Fibbers in-store performance, Quaker Goes Deaf Peter Himmelman / Yardsale, Cubby Bear The Invaders / Slapstick / Skandals / Foo, The Globe Mariana Trench / Mean Reds / Marble / Voodoo Buss, Metro Mercury Rev / Ivory Library, Club De Wash Motorhome in-store performance, Quaker Goes Deaf Oblivion / Three Blue Teardrops / Foo / one more, Fireside Bowl Pound / I Love Rich / Dollface, Fireside Bowl Rocco party: The Mushuganas / Hitmen / The Volitiles / Rat Patrol, Fireside Bowl Ruth Ruth / Fig Dish / Dirt Merchants, Metro Skolars / Jinkies in-store performance, Reckless Records Slapstick / Foo / Teen Idols / The Dorks, Channing-Murray Foundation Tiny / Space Bike / Cherry Vallance, Metro Vic Vacume & The Attachments / I Love Rich / Orphan Punx / Mighty Militant Tequila Brothers, Off The Alley Viewmaster / Plastics, Lounge Ax Village People / KC & The Sunshine Band / The Trammps, Rosemont Theatre Village People / KC & The Sunshine Band / The Trammps, Star Plaza Theater Wesley Willis Fiasco / D.O.P.E. / Trailer Hitch / Buddah Knievil, Double Door Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri 7:30 aa Freddy Jones Band / Sonia Dada / Willy Porter Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 25 Sat 8:00 $13 Urge Overkill / The Geraldine Fibbers 30 Thu John Hiatt Dec 02 Sat Freddy Jones Band / Semi-Sonic The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 30 Thu Motorhome / Liquorette / Superhero Forehead Dec 01 Fri Belmont Playboys 03 Sun Third Stone / M42 04 Mon Moon Seven Times / The Delilahs 08 Fri Mighty Pranksters Channing-Murray Foundation: 1209 W. Oregon St / Urbana, IL / (217) 334-1176 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Fri 9:00 $5 aa *Slapstick / Foo / Teen Idols / The Dorks Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 28 Tue *Mercury Rev / Ivory Library Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri 7:30 Lowen & Navarro Dec 31 Sun $75 *Peter Himmelman / Yardsale (tix Sat noon) Diversions: Lucinda & Normal / Dekalb, IL / (815) 753-3146 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 08 Fri *88 Fingers Louie / thirysecondsdeep / Sidekick Kato Double Door (21+): 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri Triple Fast Action / Menthol 25 Sat Cornershop / Motorhome 30 Thu Schwa / Ratl / Swimmer w/Nicholas Baron Dec 01 Fri Mercury Rev / Lotus Crown 02 Sat Evil Stig 06 Wed *Alt / Francis Dunnery 08 Fri Ass Ponys / 5ive Style / Remy Zero 09 Sat Cassius Clay / Dovetail Joint 10 Sun Jorma Kaukonen 15 Fri Michael McDermott / Mercy Beat 16 Sat +Liquid Soul / Billy Goat / Rubberoom 17 Sun *Chicago Samba School / Ulele 30 Sat *Wesley Willis Fiasco / D.O.P.E. / Trailer Hitch / Buddah Knievil Duke Ellington Ballroom: Lucinda & Normal / Dekalb, IL / (815) 753-3146 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 05 Tue aa Reverend Horton Heat / The Cows / tba Elmhurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri 7:00 Hot Stove Jimmy / The Traitors / Whatever / tba x 2 (The Traitors is Todd Pot / Marc Ruvolo / Matt Skeeba of Jerkwater / Francisco of Nostrilsaurus) Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri Benefit for Doorika Theatre: The Waco Brothers / MOTO / Pulsars / The Scissor Girls / The Aluminum Group 25 Sat Nationals / Seneca Twins / Hot Smokes 29 Wed p Cows / Meices 30 Thu Flap Dec 01 Fri Mercy Rule / Boys Life / Knapsack 02 Sat p Killdozer / Hurl / A Minor Forest 07 Thu Xerobot / All Insect Union 08 Fri Home / Moviola 09 Sat Bodeco 10 Sun Hum (advance tickets on sale 12/1 at Ajax / Blackout / and probably both Recklesses; also at the bar) Fireside Bowl: 2646 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri Red Red Meat / Sabalon Glitz / Braid / Compound Red 25 Sat Hentchmen / Phantom Rockers / Kingsize / Red Sugar / Chanticleer 26 Sun Lustre King / Taylor / I-Farm 30 Thu Like Hell / Misery Index Dec 01 Fri Trenchmouth / The Jaks / Lake Of Dracula / Poonjab 02 Sat Gaunt / Tiger Lillies / tba x 2 03 Sun Boris The Sprinkler / Apostles On Strike / The Mixelpricks / tba 06 Wed A-zone benefit 07 Thu +Redball / Star Phase 23 / Sink / Igloo 08 Fri Supernova / Rocketship Arnold / My Foolish Halo 09 Sat Vic Vacume / Monsignors / Hasbrown / Spearfest 10 Sun 8:00 $5 *Rocco party: The Mushuganas / Hitmen / The Volitiles / Rat Patrol (Jason will be selling a 7" with 4 unreleased songs from the bands playing. It will not be available elsewhere.) 15 Fri Sidekick Kato / Branch Manager 16 Sat $5 Bollweevils / Rhythm Collision / Tricky Dick / Old Dad 16 Sat *Pound / I Love Rich / Dollface 17 Sun Shelter / Earth Crisis 22 Fri *Effigies 31 Sun *Oblivion / Three Blue Teardrops / Foo / one more Foellinger Auditorium: 709 S. Matthews Ave. / Urbana, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 03 Sun $22 aa Natalie Merchant The Globe: 2028 E. North Avenue / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-2233 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri *The Invaders / Slapstick / Skandals / Foo Illini Union Courtyard Cafe: 1401 W. Green St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 333-3660 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 02 Sat 9:00 $3 p Skapone Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri p +Gaunt / Cheer Accident / Cash Money 25 Sat p Tar / Arcwelder / Flour (final Tar show!) 26 Sun June of '44 / Rachels 30 Thu *Viewmaster / Plastics Dec 01 Fri +Liquorice / The Pulsars 02 Sat Cosmic Psychos / Lazy Cowgirls 13 Wed Six Finger Satellite / Thornetta Davis 16 Sat p Effigies 31 Sun New Year's Eve with the Coctails (last Coctails show ever) Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 29 Wed Material Issue 30 Thu Charming Beggars / Nurse Rick Madison Theatre: 107 NE Madison / Peoria, IL / (309) 674-7529 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 30 Thu $12 Freddy Jones Band Dec 09 Sat Marshall Tucker Band 14 Thu 8:00 $8.50 aa Brother Cain Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri 6:30 p/aa Sidekick Kato / No Empathy / Apocalypse Hoboken / Not Rebecca 24 Fri 11:30 Dyslexic Apaches / Busker Soundcheck / NIL8 25 Sat p Mustard Plug / Suspect Bill / MU330 / Skolars / Jinkies / Deals Gone Bad 28 Tue FREE 1000 Mona Lisas / Mr. Miranga 29 Wed 10:00 $5 18+ America UK / Papas Fritas / Dingle / Dream Thirteen Dec 01 Fri 7:00 aa Pigface / Circus Apocalypse / Dessau 01 Fri 11:30 18+ Pigface / Circus Apocalypse / Lick 02 Sat 10:00 18+ *Dollrods / Crackpot / The Reejers / Sedan 06 Wed Hagfish / Swinging Utters / Hoarse 09 Sat 7:00 aa Sister Machine Gun / Die Krupps 09 Sat 11:30 *Ruth Ruth / Fig Dish / Dirt Merchants 13 Wed *E.B.N. / 13MG / Mary's Window 16 Sat *Mariana Trench / Mean Reds / Marble / Voodoo Buss 20 Wed p *Braid / Promise Ring / Poonjab / Compound Red 22 Fri 7:00 Babes In Toyland / Season To Risk / Mount Shasta 22 Fri 11:30 p *Citrus / Chia Pet 23 Sat 7:00 p *Blue Meanies / Alligator Gun 27 Wed *Tiny / Space Bike / Cherry Vallance Navy Pier Grand Ballroom: Navy Pier / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sun *George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars (tix Sat 10am) Northlake Methodist Church: Roy & Belle St. / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 09 Sat 7:00 $3 Jr. Loader / Breakeven / Stampy 23 Sat 7:00 $3 Foo / The Eclectics / Travis Bickle Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 25 Sat History's End / Underwhelmed / Mellow Fit Dec 02 Sat Killer Flowers / Club Poppa / Urine Idiot 30 Sat *Vic Vacume & The Attachments / I Love Rich / Orphan Punx / Mighty Militant Tequila Brothers Otto's (21+): 118 E. Lincoln Highway / Dekalb, IL / (815) 758-2715 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Fri Blue Meanies / NIL8 Over The Edge Records: 166 North St. / Elgin, IL / (708) 608-0086 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 09 Sat 2:00 FREE Rocketship Arnold 16 Sat 2:00 FREE The Mashers / Billy Builders / Charles Bronson / Spearfest / Suckatash / Chanticleer Jan 06 Sat 2:00 FREE Herbal Flesh Tea Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri 7:30 Richard Elliot / Craig Chaquico 24 Fri 11:30 Richard Elliot / Craig Chaquico 29 Wed 7:30 aa Boy George / Eve Gallagher Dec 12 Tue 7:30 Shawn Colvin 31 Sun Todd Rundgren (unconfirmed) Pick-Staiger Hall: 1977 S. Campus Drive, Northwestern Univ. / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 07 Thu 8:00 aa Tracy Chapman The PIT: 3210 Williams Ave. / Rockford, IL / (815) 963-3929 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri 7:30 $7 *7 Seconds / Alligator Gun / Chanticleer / The Reacharounds 25 Sat Slapstick / Apocalypse Hoboken / Sidekick Kato / Wesley Willis Fiasco Prairie Center For The Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 894-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sun 8:00 The Free Spirits featuring John McLaughlin 24 Sat 8:00 The Flying Karamazov Brothers Mar 16 Sat 8:00 Guitar Summit: Stanley Jordan / Manuel Barrenco / Jorma Kaukonen / Kenny Burrell Apr 13 Sat 8:00 Gordon Lightfoot Oct 07 Mon 8:00 Maureen McGovern w/the Duke Ellington Orchestra Princeton VFW: Princeton, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 22 Fri 7:00 $3+can o' food p Oblivion / Tango Wedding Band / Braid / Hot Stove Jimmy / The House Band (info: (815) 879-4121 or <ejswanso@students.uiuc.edu>) Quaker Goes Deaf: 1937 W. North / Chicago, IL / (312) 252-9334 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri 4:00 *Geraldine Fibbers in-store performance 25 Sat 4:00 *Motorhome in-store performance The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St. / Madison, WI / (608) 262-5079 / (Must be UW-Madison student or a member) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Fri Pegboy Reckless Records: 3157 N. Broadway / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-5080 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 26 Sun noon FREE *Skolars / Jinkies in-store performance Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri Urge Overkill / The Geraldine Fibbers 25 Sat 8:00 aa Rusted Root / Joan Osborne =SOLD OUT= Dec 02 Sat 7:30 aa John Hiatt / Son Volt / Bonepony =SOLD OUT= 03 Sun 7:30 aa John Hiatt / Son Volt / Bonepony =SOLD OUT= Riverside Theater: 116 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 25 Sat BoDeans Rosemont Theatre: 5400 N. River Rd. / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 29 Wed King Crimson / California Guitar Trio Dec 03 Sun Bruce Springsteen / John Wesley Harding 14 Thu 7:30 Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas In The Aire" 15 Fri 8:00 Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas In The Aire" 16 Sat 8:00 Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas In The Aire" 17 Sun 3:00 Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas In The Aire" 17 Sun 7:00 Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas In The Aire" Mar 30 Sat *Village People / KC & The Sunshine Band / The Trammps Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sun Bottle Rockets Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Fri Billy Ray Cyrus 04 Mon Natalie Merchant Mar 29 Fri *Village People / KC & The Sunshine Band / The Trammps Synergy II: 243 W. Roosevelt Road / West Chicago, IL / (708) 231-6000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Fri Pat Travers Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 01 Fri Survivor 02 Sat Quiet Riot / Mother Creation / Punk City 15 Fri Slaughter 31 Sun Warrant Jan 05 Fri Lita Ford The Vic (21+, TM): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-0366 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 06 Wed 7:00 aa Anthrax / Life of Agony / Deftones 07 Thu Alison Krauss & Union Station Whiskey River: 1997 N. Clybourn / Chicago, IL / (312) 528-3400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 08 Fri 10:00 Marshall Tucker Band Wonderland Ballroom: 310 E. Chicago / Elgin, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 02 Sat 5:00 $7 aa Slapstick / Sidekick Kato / Apocalypse Hoboken / 88 Fingers Louie / Gaunt / Tricky Dick / Poonjab / Black Calvin / Side stage: The Mashers / Hitmen / Charles Bronson Woodstock Opera House: 121 Van Buren / Woodstock, IL / (815) 338-5300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 24 Fri 8:00 Leo Kottke 25 Sat 8:00 Leo Kottke <hr> 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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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 <hr> |