Local Music Notebook: MTV Loves Chicago Rap

Plus: U of C Prof Unearths First Replacements Interview

1. Vic Mensa Breaks Down Chicago Slang.

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Rockie Fresh and Casey Veggies team up for a new mixtape:

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Chance the Rapper is touring with Eminem but has never met him:

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2. FakeShoreDrive: The Chicago Dates For The Yeezus Tour Have Been Postponed.
3. Exclaim!: The Lawrence Arms Sign To Epitaph For New LP.
4. University Of Chicago Professor May Have Conducted First Replacements Interview Ever.
“On the night of January 30, 1981, Michael Bourdaghs was a 19-year-old sophomore at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota,” ‘Mats biographer Jim Walsh writes.
“He spent most of his free time working at the college radio station, WMCN, and was a few weeks away from dropping out (he returned a couple years later, got his degree, and is now a professor of Japanese literature at the University Of Chicago).
“Bourdaghs’ buddy Frank Roetzel introduced Michael to The Replacements, and that night the two interviewed the band and recently installed manager Peter Jesperson in the dressing room of Zoogie’s (formerly Jay’s Longhorn) after their opening set for The Suburbs.
“Bourdaghs recently found the tape of that interview. Through the hiss and years, it’s all there, and here: The humor, camaraderie, irreverence, youthful abandon (Tommy Stinson is 15), and simmering ambition that would carry the band for ten more years and beyond. The interview begins with Bourdaghs asking the band members to state their name and the instrument they play.”
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Bourdaghs’ U of C faculty bio.
5. Teen Singer To Perform At Chicago’s House Of Blues.
“Selected out of 1,000 applicants in Illinois, a teenage singer and songwriter from Canton will be living her dream next month,” the Canton, Illinois, Daily Ledger reports.
“Heather Green, a 15-year-old sophomore at Canton High School, will be performing at the House of Blues in Chicago on Nov. 13.
“The performance will be for Bringin’ Down the House, which showcases high school musicians from the state.”
From “Music in the Park” in Canton in June:

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Posted on November 5, 2013