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Failing that, Pound will be at Fireside for the first time in months. IF YOU DON'T GET THE LIST... If you don't get the List one week, TELL ME. The Chicago Shows List comes out each and every Thursday (although the 28th might be an exception). If you don't get it by Friday noon, there's something wrong. POI DOG SHUFFLE The New Year's Eve show with PDP at the Riv now starts at 11:00, not 10:00, to make room for a 7:00pm all ages show. CONTACT INFORMATION Mail to <shows@tezcat.com>. For subscriptions, tell me where you found out about us. NEW THIS WEEK Apostles on Strike / Walker / The Eclectics / Mary Me // Channing-Murray Foundation Black 47 // Abbey Pub Certain Distant Suns / Fix Your Wagon / Squirm / The Infection Man // Metro D.O.G. / Bobby Khan / Little Fyodor // Empty Bottle Ex-Chittle / USA / John Darnielle (of The Mountain Goats) // Empty Bottle Falling Wallendas / Squishy / Craig Frank Band // Double Door Frontier / Rome // Empty Bottle GZR (featuring Geezer Butler) / Life Of Agony / Wicker Man / Stuck Mojo // Metro Genitorturers // The Dome Room Indicators / Blood Gin / Needle / Jinx // Circuits The Kabalas (an accordian/polka/folk/punk band from the Quad Cities) // Valparaiso University Loud Lucy / Menthol // Metro Mr. Blotto / Jon Gram Band // The Vic Mustard Plug (MI) / Tango Wedding Band / Hot Stove Jimmy // Valparaiso University New Rob Robbies // Empty Bottle Sardinia / Gold Medal // Empty Bottle Slapstick / Buck-O-Nine // Fireside Bowl Tarpit / Blanket Party / Whitey / Insania // Metro Tart / Dingle // Empty Bottle The Verve Pipe / The Gufs // Metro Vitreous Humor / Hubcap // Empty Bottle Abbey Pub: 3420 W. Grace (at Elston) / Chicago, IL / (312) 478-4408 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 12 Fri Kris Kristofferson Feb 01 Thu *Black 47 Bog Theatre: 620 Lee St. / Des Plaines, IL / (708) 296-0622 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 27 Wed MK Ultra / Hash Brown / Billy Builders / Hot Water Music / Vanbuilderass // 7:00 $5 28 Thu Oblivion / Speed The Day / Not Rebecca / Suckatash / The Passengers // 7:00 $5 29 Fri Lucid / Alloy Jacks / Shat / God's Reflex // 7:00 $5 30 Sat Sidekick Kato / Cheer Accident / Tetsuo / Poonjab // 7:00 $5 Channing-Murray Foundation: 1209 W. Oregon St / Urbana, IL / (217) 334-1176 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 20 Sat *Apostles on Strike / Walker / The Eclectics / Mary Me // 8:00 $5, all ages Feb 02 Fri No Empathy / Oblivion / Not Rebecca / Superhero Forehead // 8:00 $5, all ages 09 Fri MU330 // 8:00 all ages Circuits: 4355 N. Cicero / Chicago, IL / (312) 777-6368 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sun *Indicators / Blood Gin / Needle / Jinx Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri Robby Krieger Band 31 Sun Peter Himmelman / Yardsale // $75 Double Door (21+): 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri Michael McDermott / Mercy Beat 16 Sat Liquid Soul / Billy Goat / Rubberoom 17 Sun Chicago Samba School / Ulele 22 Fri Coven Of Thieves / Traveling Sky / Painted Dog 23 Sat Hog Lady / Ticklepenny / Velvet Jones 27 Wed Bitter Boy / Slink Moss / Foot 29 Fri *Falling Wallendas / Squishy / Craig Frank Band 30 Sat Wesley Willis Fiasco / D.O.P.E. / Trailer Hitch / Buddah Knievil 31 Sun Material Issue Jan 05 Fri Dhamba 8 / Word Bongo / King Bee 06 Sat Wrecking Ball / Boomhank / Moonshine Willy 12 Fri Dishwalla 13 Sat Wickerman / Stuck Mojo Drink: 541 W. Fulton at Clinton / Chicago, IL / (312) 441-0818 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sun The Smithereens / The Elvis Brothers // $35 Elmhurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri Hot Stove Jimmy / The Traitors / Whatever / Those Naked Guys // 7:00 Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri The Frogs / House Of Large Sizes / Solid State // 10:00 $6 16 Sat Hum / Dis- / Molly McGuire // 10:00 $7 // (adv. tix at Ajax / Reckless / Blackout) 21 Thu Yanta Arafin & Squirm / Kingsize / John Huss Moderate Duo // 10:00 $5 22 Fri Big'n / Mouse / Monitor // 10:00 $5 23 Sat *D.O.G. / Bobby Khan / Little Fyodor 28 Thu *New Rob Robbies 29 Fri Bellatrix (Iceland) / The Pulsars / Ashtray Boy // 10:00 30 Sat Hot Freaks (Loud Lucy doing GBV covers) / Motorhome / Holiday / Godzuki / Kleenex Girl Wonder // 9:00 31 Sun Red Red Meat / The Great Danes Jan 04 Thu *Vitreous Humor / Hubcap 05 Fri *Sardinia / Gold Medal 12 Fri *Ex-Chittle / USA / John Darnielle (of The Mountain Goats) 13 Sat *Frontier / Rome 19 Fri *Tart / Dingle Fireside Bowl: 2646 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri Sidekick Kato / Branch Manager / 10-o'clock Scholar / Drag King 16 Sat Bollweevils / Rhythm Collision / Tricky Dick / Old Dad // 7:00 $5 16 Sat Pound / I Love Rich / Dollface // 10:00 17 Sun Shelter / Earth Crisis / Half-mast / Despair 20 Wed Mumia benefit: Dead Steelmill 21 Thu Charles Bronson / Ice Nine / Dog / Hitmen / The Nobodies 22 Fri Scissor Girls / Flying Luttenbachers / Short & Sweet 23 Sat Friction / Gainer / Lady On The Five / Gila Bend // 7:00 23 Sat Nubile Thangs / Nitro Jr. // 10:30 27 Wed DJs Brian & Brian // FREE 28 Thu Chew Toy / Spare Change / Tub Ring / Those Naked Guys 29 Fri Coleman / Three Studies For Crucifixion (OH) / Nema (ex-Ottawa) 30 Sat Mustard Plug / Damnation / Lifetime / Eclectics / Bent 31 Sun Ticklepenny / Oblivion / The Traitors / Foo / The Mashers Jan 03 Wed Christie Front Drive / Sideshow / DJs Brian & Brian / Promise Ring // FREE 05 Fri Less Than Jake / Mulligan Stew / 30 Seconds Deep 06 Sat Snapcase / Brother's Keeper / Despair // 7:00 06 Sat Tetsuo / Tortoise // 10:00 07 Sun New Bomb Turks / Letter Bombs / Bixby (IA) 10 Wed Lazy Cane / DJs Brian & Brian // FREE 11 Thu Noise Addict / Poonjab / Sidekick Kato / Kleenex Girl Wonder 12 Fri Effigies 20 Sat Walleye / Serpico // 7:00 20 Sat Clowns For Progress / The New Duncan Imperials / Kingsize // 10:00 21 Sun Sometime Sweet Susan / Giants Chair 26 Fri Into Another Feb 02 Fri *Slapstick / Buck-O-Nine // (unconfirmed) Hemmens Auditorium: 150 Dexter / Elgin, IL / (708) 931-5900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 12 Fri Air Supply / Colin Hay // 8:00 $26 Lounge Ax (21+): 2438 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri Babe The Blue Ox / Hushdrops // $7 16 Sat Effigies / Ten Ton Overdose / Needle // $10 20 Wed Big Angry Fish / The Velmas / Agatha / Jaws Of Life // (Lakeview Pantry benefit: Free admission with at least 2 cans of food) 21 Thu Screw Party / Speed Duster / Needle // $5 22 Fri Squash Blossom / Dishes // $5 23 Sat +Motorhome / Blanche // $6 27 Wed Redneck Exorcist / Stranger Things / Ticklepenny // $5 28 Thu C Clamp / Cheerleader // $5 31 Sun New Year's Eve with: The Coctails / Log Letters // $12 // (last Coctails show: tix on sale 12/15 at Lounge Ax) Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 13 Sat Pegboy / Fragile Porceline Mice / Bantha 19 Fri The Urge / NIL8 / Birdmen of Alcatraz 20 Sat Boogie Shoes / Mary Adam Twelve Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri Plutonium Hat / Thalia Corridor / Stranger Things / Kill Hannah 16 Sat Mariana Trench / Mean Reds / Marble / Voodoo Buss 20 Wed Braid / Promise Ring / Poonjab / Compound Red 22 Fri Babes In Toyland / Season To Risk / Mount Shasta // 7:00 22 Fri Citrus / Chia Pet // 11:30 23 Sat Blue Meanies / Alligator Gun / NIL8 // 7:00 27 Wed Tiny / Space Bike / Cherry Vallance 29 Fri +Skapone / Jackrabbit Slim / Hot Stove Jimmy / The Eclectics / The Goofs // 6:30 29 Fri *The Verve Pipe / The Gufs // 11:00 30 Sat *Loud Lucy / Menthol // 7:00 30 Sat Citizen King / Boogie Shoes // 11:30 31 Sun +The Mekons / Kathy Acker / Pulsars // 10:00 $20, 18+ Jan 06 Sat Moon Seven Times / Suede Chain / Castor / Beezus 12 Fri *Certain Distant Suns / Fix Your Wagon / Squirm / The Infection Man 13 Sat *GZR (featuring Geezer Butler) / Life Of Agony / Wicker Man / Stuck Mojo // (tix Sat noon) 19 Fri *Tarpit / Blanket Party / Whitey / Insania // =NEW DATE= 20 Sat Shoes / Nicholas Tremulis / 92 Degrees / The Critics Navy Pier Grand Ballroom: Navy Pier / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sun George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars Northlake Methodist Church: Roy & Belle St. / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 23 Sat Foo / The Eclectics / Travis Bickle // 7:00 $3 Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 16 Sat Godsize / Solid Brass Butch / Lustre King 30 Sat Vic Vacume & The Attachments / I Love Rich / Orphan Punx / Mighty Militant Tequila Brothers 31 Sun Thumb Fat / Me & The Chimp / Stifle / MC Swann & Red Dawg / 100 Proof / Fizgig Over The Edge Records: 166 North St. / Elgin, IL / (708) 608-0086 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 16 Sat The Mashers / Billy Builders / Charles Bronson / Spearfest / Suckatash / Chanticleer // 2:00 FREE Jan 06 Sat Herbal Flesh Tea // 2:00 FREE Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sun Todd Rundgren // 10:00 Prairie Center For The Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 894-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sun The Free Spirits featuring John McLaughlin // 8:00 24 Sat The Flying Karamazov Brothers // 8:00 Mar 16 Sat Guitar Summit: Stanley Jordan / Manuel Barrenco / Jorma Kaukonen / Kenny Burrell // 8:00 Apr 13 Sat Gordon Lightfoot // 8:00 Oct 07 Mon Maureen McGovern w/the Duke Ellington Orchestra // 8:00 Princeton VFW: Princeton, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 22 Fri Oblivion / Tango Wedding Band / Braid / Hot Stove Jimmy / The House Band // 7:00 $3+can o' food // (info: (815) 879-4121 or <ejswanso@students.uiuc.edu>) Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sun Poi Dog Pondering // 7:00 all ages // (tix Sat 10am) 31 Sun Poi Dog Pondering // 11:00 18+, =SOLD OUT= Jan 20 Sat Tesla // 8:00 all ages Rosemont Theatre: 5400 N. River Rd. / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas In The Aire" // 8:00 16 Sat Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas In The Aire" // 8:00 17 Sun Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas In The Aire" // 3:00 17 Sun Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas In The Aire" // 7:00 Feb 09 Fri k.d. lang // 8:00 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 Shades: 21860 N. Milwaukee Ave / Deerfield, IL / (708) 634-BLUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 16 Sat Black Oak Arkansas // $7 Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 29 Fri Village People / KC & The Sunshine Band / The Trammps The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 21 Thu Weird Summer Jan 12 Fri June of '44 The Dome Room: 632 1/2 N. Dearborn / Chicago, IL / (312) 266-9114 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 17 Sun *Genitorturers // midnite The Lincoln Turners: 1019 W. Diversey / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 16 Sat Trenchmouth / Sweater Weather / Sweep The Leg Johnny / The Black Family // 5:00 The New Loft: 112 N. Fairchild / Madison, WI / (608) 251-7175 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 16 Sat Stinkfish / Bound To Change // 7:00 $5 The Vic (21+, TM): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-0366 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sun *Mr. Blotto / Jon Gram Band // 10:00 $20 Jan 12 Fri Motorhead / Belladonna / Speedball // 7:00 all ages 20 Sat The Radiators // 7:00 all ages 25 Thu Zucchero // 7:30 Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 15 Fri Slaughter 31 Sun Warrant Jan 05 Fri Lita Ford United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 09 Sat AC/DC Valparaiso University: The Great Hall on campus / Valparaiso, IN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 03 Sat *Mustard Plug (MI) / Tango Wedding Band / Hot Stove Jimmy // 8:00 $5 Apr 13 Sat *The Kabalas (an accordian/polka/folk/punk band from the Quad Cities) // 9:00 FREE, all ages WXRT's Local Anaesthetic: WXRT 93.1 FM / Chicago, IL / (312) 777-8881 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 31 Sun Tar // 7:30 // (interview) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The code list: * new listing + listing has changed this week 18+ 18-and-over 21+ 21-and-over (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. 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