Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Machine Gun Kelly at the UIC Pavilion on Wednesday night.
Posted on November 29, 2013
Turkey Trots
Dance, Ragtime, Girl Group, Creole, Rocker
1. “The Turkey Trot was invented in San Francisco around 1909 during the Ragtime Era. This was one of the more popular ‘animal dances’ done during that time.”
Posted on November 28, 2013
Local Music Notebook: The Week In Kanye & Lupe
Plus: Oozing Wound, Czar & Rebel Diaz
1. The Week In Kanye West.
* Says he’s gonna be the new Disney, the new Steve Jobs, the new Howard Hughes, the new David Stern, the new Michelangelo, the Tupac of product.
* Goes off on Sway: “You ain’t spent 13 million dollars of your own money trying to empower yourself!”
* Blows the doors off Brooklyn.
Posted on November 27, 2013
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Mowgli’s at the Bottom Lounge on Saturday night.
Posted on November 25, 2013
The Week In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Right Now at the Empty Bottle on Wednesday night.
Posted on November 22, 2013
The Marriage Equality And Exorcism Soundtrack
Compare And Contrast
As gleaned from Twitter, here’s the music attendees at the marriage equality bill signing and Downstate exorcism heard during their events. You can suss out which was played where.
1. One Fine Day.
Posted on November 21, 2013
Song of the Moment: V.E.N.T.R.A.
Service Sucks Major D-I-C-K
Seemingly inevitable, yet not done yet to our knowledge.
Song: V.E.N.T.R.A.
Artists: ScratchetOA (Alan Linic and Ollie Hobson)
The Story Behind The Song: Ventra Rap by Ticked-off Comedy Writers Blasts CTA, New Cards, Rahm.
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Posted on November 20, 2013
Local Music Notebook: Uncle Tupelo For Christmas
Plus: The Return Of The Lawrence Arms, Rockie Fresh’s Chicagoland Influences & Goodbye To The Blue Shadow
1. Uncle Tupelo’s Pivotal Debut No Depression To Be Reissued In January.
“The release will be a special two-disc expanded edition featuring rare and previously unreleased material,” Twang Nation reports.
This is a pretty big move, considering that UT founders Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar apparently haven’t been on speaking terms since the band’s bitter breakup. At the same time, their involvement in the project isn’t clear.
Posted on November 19, 2013
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Anti-Mortem at the Bottom Lounge on Sunday night.
Posted on November 18, 2013
The Week In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Mazzy Star at the Vic on Wednesday night.
Posted on November 15, 2013