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You shoulda been there.
1. “Tiny Dancer” from Almost Famous at Millennium Park for “Sound Opinions: At The Movies” on Tuesday night.
You are home. (But the crowd could’ve done better than that.)
Posted on July 31, 2015
By Carrie Courogen
Hi –
I hope this e-mail finds you well. I’m excited to share some news about a new project we’re working on!
New Ovation show, On The Record With Mick Rock, follows legendary rock-and-roll photographer Mick Rock as he visits the hometowns of musicians Josh Groban, Patti LaBelle, Kings of Leon, and The Flaming Lips.
The conversations that ensue are candid, unconventional, and shed light on the unknown stories behind an album cover, record release or tour. On The Record With Mick Rock premieres Sunday, August 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
Posted on July 30, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
You know what’s funny? When I wrote Mayor Rahm vs. Chief Keef a week ago, there was hardly a peep. But now that the hick Hammond police force has done essentially the same thing as Rahm, the pundits are outraged. Let’s take a look at the coverage.
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“Whether or not cutting the power to the Chief Keef portion of Saturday’s Craze Fest was a direct violation of anyone’s First Amendment rights hinges solely on the contract Hammond and the promoter signed, legal experts say,” the Tribune Co.’s Gary newspaper reports.
Well, two legal experts say. Two legal experts who aren’t familiar at all with, um, the contract.
Posted on July 29, 2015
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You shoulda been there.
1. Chief Keef via hologram at Craze Fest in Hammond on Saturday night.
Posted on July 28, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
These are the good old days. Plus: My Heart, Ranked; Women Rule Rock; and A Suicidal Sandra Bland.
Posted on July 26, 2015
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You shoulda been there.
1. Future at the Shrine on Tuesday night.
Posted on July 24, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
I quite enjoyed Tony Fitzpatrick’s current column in New City about the Grateful Dead, and wanted to add some thoughts to some of what he wrote – some critical, some not.
“My pal Steve Jesus was in town for the weekend’s Grateful Dead end of days,” Fitzpatrick writes. “He was happily sad at the prospect of a final Dead show. He was determined to experience the holy trinity of mind-altering Grateful Dead substances: X, acid and ‘shrooms, in that order.”
I think pot and not X is in that “holy trinity.”
Posted on July 23, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
City Hall officials asked an East Pilsen theater not to allow a benefit concert by Chief Keef who was supposed to appear by hologram to help memorialize a toddler killed in the aftermath of a shooting, according to a spokeswoman for Mayor Rahm Emanuel,” the Tribune reports.
“On Saturday, Emanuel spokeswoman Kelley Quinn said officials with Emanuel’s office reached out to urge Redmoon [Theater] officials to not allow the concert by Keef, whose real name is Keith Cozart.
“The mayor’s administration called Redmoon and informed them that the show by Mr. Cozart, whose music promotes violence, posed a significant public safety risk,” Quinn said.
Okay, there’s all kinds of wrong going on here.
Posted on July 22, 2015
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Previous coverage at The Weekend In Chicago Rock.
1. Bully on Saturday.
Posted on July 21, 2015
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You shoulda been there.
1. Sleater-Kinney at Pitchfork on Saturday night.
Posted on July 20, 2015
