Plus: Remembering Earl Of Old Town
1. International Pop Overthrow kind of came and went this month and, well, like so many things, it ain’t what it used to be. Still, here are some highlights.
The Intimate Machines.
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The Pralines.
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Certain Stars.
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Mike Vanderbilt & The Suburban Garage Sound.
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2. Dennis DeYoung is still singing “Suite Madame Blue,” one of the all-time great Styx songs – and yes, there is such a thing. Here he/it is in St. Charles on Saturday night.
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3. Rockers continue to cover “I Fought The Law” even though the law always wins. Here’s Johnny Marr doing it at the Metro last week.
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4. Remembering Earl of Old Town.
5. “South Side rapper Lil Reese’s Sunday arrest on a felony warrant is tied to a 2012 videotaped incident in which he purportedly beat and stomped a woman in her Champaign home, police said Monday,” the Tribune reports.
“Video of the attack went viral late last year, with thousands of people voicing outrage on social media over Lil Reese’s actions.
“The rapper, whose real name is Tavares Taylor, 20, was arrested on the Champaign County warrant about 4 a.m. Sunday, when Chicago police found him sleeping in a car on the 4400 block of South Wells Street, according to Cook County court documents. The warrant charges him with felony trespass and mob action and misdemeanor battery.”
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See also:
“[Chief] Keef exists at the intersection of the prison industrial complex and the commercial rap business,” Prison Culture writes in “Unpacking ‘Chiraq’ #1: Chief Keef, Badges of Honor, and Capitalism.”
Click through to see how Reese fits into the picture.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on April 30, 2013