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Tours Childhood Home, Dog Pen
“As part of the short, behind-the-scenes videos that have accompanied Kanye West and Jay-Z’s ‘Watch the Throne’ Tour, Yeezy invited Jay to the neighbourhood in which he grew up in,” Richard Gilzene reports for Tale Tela.
“Filmed during the Chicago stop of the tour, The Throne hit up the city’s South Side, with Kanye and other Chi-Town locals reminiscing about life growing up in the area.”
Posted on December 14, 2011
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Pierce The Veil at the Bottom Lounge on Friday night.
Posted on December 12, 2011
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Florence + the Machine at the Chicago Theatre on Sunday night.
Posted on December 9, 2011
By The Beachwood Assassination Affairs Desk
“I arrived the same day Fred Hampton died.”
The above line is said by Jay-Z on the song ‘Murder To Excellence’ off Watch The Throne. The line is meant to pay homage to the fallen leader of the Black Panther Party who was killed on December 4, 1969 when Chicago police and FBI agents stormed into his apartment and opened fire on a sleeping Fred Hampton. Jay-Z was born on the exact same day, leading Jay to make the statement above on Watch The Throne, alluding to how he was given life on the same day it was taken from Hampton, as the line ends “real n***as just multiply.”
During a film screening of The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 and panel at University of Chicago on Saturday, Fred Hampton Jr. shared his feelings on the song lyric and Jay-Z. Speaking to a crowd at the University’s International House, Hampton voiced his displeasure with the lyric, saying that Jay-Z has twisted that truth. “Fred Hampton didn’t die,” Hampton Jr. said. “He was assassinated. Saying Fred Hampton died is like the school teacher telling students that Christopher Columbus discovered America.” He later went on to refer to Jay-Z as Slave-Z, questioning his motives on the record.
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From Nik Bag:
Posted on December 7, 2011
His Riffs Inspired Page, Hendrix, Clapton
“When Howlin’ Wolf romped through ‘Wang Dang Doodle‘ or thundered in ‘Three Hundred Pounds of Joy,’ the snarling guitar that accompanied him belonged to one of the greatest bluesmen to pick up the instrument: Hubert Sumlin,” Howard Reich writes for the Tribune.
“The cry of Sumlin’s guitar – riffing hard one moment, sighing poetically the next – helped define Wolf’s sound, even if Sumlin never attained a fraction of the fame of his celebrated boss.
“In the wake of Sumlin’s death Sunday at age 80, of heart failure in Wayne, N.J., Chicago blues musicians tried to put his outsize contributions in focus.”
Posted on December 6, 2011
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Handcuffs at Jackhammer on Friday night.
Posted on December 5, 2011
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Korpiklaani at Reggie’s on Sunday night.
Posted on December 2, 2011
Uploaded to YouTube by hmc1410
Robbie Fulks’ Monday night residency at the Hideout has produced many a fine moment and this weekend was no different, given that his special guest was Jon Langford. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights recorded by hmc1410.
1. Walking On Hell’s Roof Looking At Flowers.
Posted on December 1, 2011
Uploaded to YouTube by metaladdict13
“Michael Angelo Batio, also known as Mike Batio or MAB, is a guitarist and columnist from Chicago, Illinois. His work has encompassed many genres, notably metal and its subgenres. Batio was voted the ‘No. 1 Shredder of All Time’ by Guitar One Magazine in 2003. He was also listed as one of the ‘Top 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time’ by Guitar World Magazine, for which he wrote the column ‘Time to Burn,’ and one of the ’20 Greatest Shredders of All Time’ by Total Guitar Magazine, both in April 2008. Batio also won the 2009 Guitar World Magazine Readers Choice award in the ‘Best Shredder’ category. In November 2011, Michael won the Guitar World Magazine Readers Choice Award and was voted the ‘Fastest Guitarist of All Time.’ Over 440,000 votes were cast.”
Posted on November 29, 2011
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Kooks at the Vic on Saturday night.
Posted on November 28, 2011
