The Fender Jazzmaster Three-Tone Sunburst 1965

By The Chicago Music Exchange

“A very clean ’65 Jazzmaster from the short period during which the guitars had a bound fingerboard and dot inlays, just after the CBS takeover. This one has the typical wide, round neck to give some nice heft to its 25 1/2″-scale neck. A smooth player, it’s one of the nicer ’65 Jazzmasters we’ve come across for both playability and looks.
“Fender has release a reissue of this guitar in 2012 for their Fender American Vintage Reissue Series. However this Jazzmaster is the REAL thing! Enjoy”

Posted on September 13, 2012

Song of the Moment: Chicago Teacher

By The Beachwood Rebel Affairs Desk

Wearin’ red like the Bulls in ’95.
Artist/Group: Rebel Diaz
Album: Radical Dilemma
Released: September 12, 2012
Length: 4:11
Written and Performed By: G1 and RodStarz
Produced By: Produced by DJ ILLANOIZ.
Wikipedia: “Rebel Diaz is a political hip hop duo (formerly a trio) out of the Bronx, New York and Chicago consisting of the Chilean brothers Rodrigo Venegas (known as RodStarz) and Gonzalo Venegas (known as G1). Rebel Diaz uses their music as an organizing tool and to spread knowledge about injustice.
“The children of Chilean activists, RodStarz and G1 were born in England and grew up in Chicago’s North Side, and former member Lah Tere was raised in Humboldt Park, Chicago.”
Song:
<a href="http://rebeldiaz.bandcamp.com/track/chicago-teacher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago Teacher by Rebel Diaz</a>

Posted on September 12, 2012

Springsteen At Wrigley

Busts This City In Half

A nation in ruins.
1. The Promised Land.

Posted on September 11, 2012

The Weekend in Chicago Rock

By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

You shoulda been there.
(Bruce Springsteen’s weekend shows at Wrigley will be featured separately on Tuesday.)
1. Chris Mills at the Hideout on Friday night.

Posted on September 10, 2012

The Week in Chicago Rock

By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

It was a short one.
1. Miss Shevaughn at Martyr’s on Monday night.

Posted on September 7, 2012

Chief Keef’s Deadly Rap War

Shit Gets Real

“Chicago’s hip-hop community is in a war of words that has escalated into violence, with the shooting death of a teenage rapper,” Greg Kot writes for the Tribune.
“Tuesday was another night, another homicide in a year in which hundreds of Chicagoans have been gunned down; the murder rate for the year’s first half is up an alarming 38 percent over last year. This time the victim was Joseph Coleman (18-year-old rapper Lil Jojo). The bicycle-riding teen was slain by a drive-by shooter in his South Side Englewood neighborhood.
“His death starkly punctuated a gang-related war of words and music between Jojo and rapper Lil Reese, associated with the biggest new star in Chicago hip-hop, Chief Keef. Jojo recently released a song on-line, ‘3hunna K’ that mocked Reese, Keef and their ‘300 squad,’ which is associated with a street gang.
“Keef took to his Twitter account Wednesday to respond to Jojo’s death: ‘It’s sad cus … Jojo wanted to be just like us #LMAO”‘(Internet slang for ‘laughing my ass off’). Chicago police are reportedly investigating a possible connection between the comments and Jojo’s death.”

Posted on September 6, 2012