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What are these lists?
                       Shows of note as of 10/21/93
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                  The Chicago Shows List: Suave & Determined
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 New this week:
     Acumen / Subliminal Ex / Hushdrops, Metro
     Jackson Browne, The Vic
     Bette Midler, Rosemont Horizon
     Buzzmuscle's final show, Weeds
     Chris Knox / Ashtray Boy, Lounge Ax
     Dirtfishermen / Green / Blow Pops, Thurston's
     Steve Gerlach Band (ex-Phantom Helmsmen), Quicksilver
     The Jesus Lizard / Arcwelder / Caspar Brotzmann Massaker, The Vic
     Aimee Mann, Park West
     Nicholas Markos / Cath Carroll / Archers of Loaf, Thurston's
     Benefit for Eunice Mast (20 folk bands), Masthouse
     Meat Loaf, Riviera
     The Mekons / Seam / Cath Carroll, Metro
     Mudhoney / Boredoms / Hog Lady, Metro
     Poi Dog Pondering, Metro
     Poi Dog Pondering, Metro
     Screw Party / Stumbleblock / Fur, Lounge Ax
     Matthew Sweet / Freedy Johnston / Hollyfaith, Riviera
     George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Riviera
 
 Notes:
     The Tubes show at the Park West is moved to Nov 02.
 
 ARIE CROWN THEATRE
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 Oct 23 Sat 8:00         Aretha Franklin / Buddy Guy
     30 Sat 8:00         Firesign Theatre
 Nov 02 Tue 8:00         Dan Fogelberg (acoustic) / Beth Nielsen Chapman
     03 Wed              Robert Plant / Cry Of Love
     12 Fri 8:00         Bruce Hornsby (w/tapers section?!?)
 
 
 ARAGON BALLROOM         Lawrence at Broadway
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 Oct 23 Sat              Nirvana / Mudhoney / Jawbreaker(s?) ==SOLD OUT==
     25 Mon              Nirvana / Mudhoney / Jawbreaker(s?) ==SOLD OUT==
 Nov 24 Wed 7:30         INXS / Catherine Wheel
 
 
 CHINA CLUB (21+)        616 W. Fulton / (312) 466-0812
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 Oct 27 Wed 6:30         Ice Cube
 
 
 COLLEGE OF DUPAGE       (708) 858-3110
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 Oct 23 Sat              Victor Borge
 Nov 05 Fri              Christopher Parkening
 
 
 CUBBY BEAR (21+)        1059 W. Addison / (312) 327-1662
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 Oct 23 Sat              Overwhelming Colourfast / Tree People / Lucy's Fur
                             Coat
 
 
 ISABEL'S GRAND FINALE   1618 W. Grand (at Ashland) / (312) 226-0678
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 Nov 28 Sun 2:00 $1      The Queers / The Vindictives / The Geezers / The
                         Bollweevils / Apocalypse Hoboken / 8-Bark / 88
                         Fingers Louie / Smoking Popes / Oblivion / Gainsay /
                         The Fighters / Tommyrot / Los Crudos  / Mob Action /
                         Urbn DK / Nation Under / One / The Bloody
                         Coathangers / 15 Month Pregnancy
 
 
 LOUNGE AX (21+)         2348 N. Lincoln / (312) 525-6620
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 Oct 22 Fri              Uptighty / Cher UK / Mudwimmin
     23 Fri $7           Run Westy Run / The Grifters / Rodan / Steel Wool
     27 Wed 9:00 $5      Big Fish Ensemble / The Dysfunctionells
     28 Thu 9:00 $6      *Screw Party / Stumbleblock / Fur
     29 Fri              Southern Culture On The Skids / Superkools
     30 Sat $7           The Coctails / King Kong
     31 Sun 9:00         Gun Club / Agent Orange / Spongehead
 Nov 01 Mon 7:00         *Chris Knox / Ashtray Boy
     03 Wed 9:00         Coffee Sargeants / Miss Universe
     04 Thu 9:00         My Dad Is Dead
     05 Fri              Pleasure (ex-Trip Shakespeare)
     06 Sat              Shorty / Dazzling Killmen / God & Texas / Blood
                             Libel
     12 Sat              Don Caballero
     13 Sun              Yo La Tengo
     14 Sun              Yo La Tengo
     18 Fri              Tiger Trap / Envelope / Pony
     23 Tue              Superchunk
     24 Wed              Superchunk
 
 Coming: I'm not going to list it each week unless I hear hue and cry from
         the populace.  I've already got specific dates on most of the stuff
         that the Reader lists as "coming soon", anyway.
 
 
 
 MASTHOUSE               528 E. Calhoun, Woodstock, IL / (708) 836-6278
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 Nov 06 Sat 1:00 $25sug. *Benefit for Eunice Mast: Mark Dvorak / Lee
                         Murdock / Art Thieme / Sinobu Sato / Jim May /
                         Beggar's Alley / Dan Keding / Phil Cooper & Margret
                         Nelson / Michael Miles / Baltiorum / Andrew Calhoun
                         & Kat Eggleston / Community Services Auction /
                         Diane Ippel / Dona & Dan Benkert and Friends / Dos
                         Boys / Live Bait / Peg Lehman & Lee Krahenbuhl /
                         Pete Norman / Small Potatoes / Wild Rice /
                         Masthouse Video of Memories, by Susan Urban
 
 
 METRO                   3730 N. Clark / (312) 549-0203
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 Oct 22 Fri 10:00 $5     Cop Shoot Cop / Ethyl Meatplow / Wreck / Catherine
                             (18+)
     23 Sat 10:00 $15    The Samples / Dave Matthews / Urban Twang (18+)
     24 Sun 7:30         The Samples / Dave Matthews / Rollover (aa)
     26 Tue $10          Rage Against The Machine / Quicksand / Stanford
                             Prison Experiment (tix @ Metro only)
     27 Wed 9:30 $3      Lava Sutra / Envelope / Tommyrot (18+)
     28 Thu 9:00         *Mudhoney / Boredoms / Hog Lady (18+)
     29 Fri 7:00 $13.50  Buffalo Tom / Bettie Serveert / The Verlaines
     29 Fri 11:30 $7     Verve / Acetone
     30 Sat 7:30 $10     Dead Milkmen / Heat Miser
     30 Sat 11:30 $7     Girls Against Boys / Brainiac / Sugarsmack
     31 Sun              Special Beat / The Skatalites / The Toasters / The
                             Selecter / Skapone
     31 Sun $3           Lab Report (Smart Bar)
 Nov 03 Wed              *Acumen / Subliminal Ex / Hushdrops
     04 Thu 7:30         Cracker / Counting Crows (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     05 Thu 7:30         Cracker / Counting Crows (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     05 Thu 11:30        Five-Eight / Every Good Boy
     06 Sat              Moby / Aphex Twin / Orbital
     12 Fri              Jamiroqual
     13 Sat 7:30         *Poi Dog Pondering (aa) (tix Sat noon)
     13 Sat 11:30        *Poi Dog Pondering (18+) (tix Sat noon)
     14 Sun              Violent Femmes
     19 Fri              Buzzcocks / The Doughboys / Fudge
     20 Sat              Tad / Therapy? / Barkmarket
     23 Tue              The Boo Radleys / Monsterland / Certain Distant Suns
     24 Wed              *The Mekons / Seam / Cath Carroll
     27 Sat              Poster Children
 
 
 OAK THEATRE             Armitage & Western
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 Oct 24 Sun 7:00         Accept / Lillian Axe / Strip Mind
     31 Sun 7:30 $10     Saigon Kick / Tribe After Tribe
 
 
 PARK WEST (21+)         322 W. Armitage
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 Oct 22 Fri 7:30         Suede / Catherine (aa)
     26 Tue 7:30         Howard Jones (aa)
     30 Sat 7:30 $7      Michael McDermott / The Insiders (aa)
     31 Sun 7:30         David Sylvian / Robert Fripp
 Nov 01 Mon 7:30         Graham Parker
     02 Fri 7:30         The Tubes w/Fee Waybill (aa)
     03 Wed 7:30         Loudon Wainwright III
     16 Tue 7:30         Bjork (aa)
     22 Mon 7:30         *Aimee Mann (aa)
 
 
 PLAYHOUSE               7407 W. Madison, Forest Park
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 Nov 02 Tue 7:00 $5      Screeching Weasel / 88 Fingers Louie / The Fighters
 
 
 QUICKSILVER             3855 N. Lincoln / (312) 327-1223
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 Oct 22 Fri              *Steve Gerlach Band (ex-Phantom Helmsmen)
 
 
 RIVIERA THEATRE         4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway)
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 Oct 23 Sat 6:30         Paul Westerberg / Walt Mink ==SOLD OUT==
     29 Fri 6:30         Robert Cray Band / Albert Collins
     30 Sat 6:30         Robert Cray Band / Albert Collins
 Nov 13 Sat 6:00         White Zombie / Chemlab / Nudeswirl
     16 Tue              *Meat Loaf (tix Sat 10am)
     19 Fri 6:30         The Lemonheads / Redd Kross / Magnapop
     20 Sat 7:00         *Matthew Sweet / Freedy Johnston / Hollyfaith
                             (tix Sat 10am)
     26 Fri 7:00         Big Head Todd And The Monsters / Sun 60
     27 Sat 6:30         *George Thorogood and the Destroyers
 
 
 ROSEMONT HORIZON
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 Nov 16 Tue              Billy Joel  ==SOLD OUT==
     17 Wed              Mariah Carey
     19 Fri              Billy Joel
     28 Sun              *Bette Midler (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 SCHUBAS TAVERN          3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / (312) 525-2508
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 Nov 20 Sat 9:00         John Zorn Quartet
     20 Sat 11:00        John Zorn Quartet
 
 
 THURSTON'S              1248 W. George / (312) 472-9600
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 Oct 22 Fri              *Dirtfishermen / Green / Blow Pops
     23 Sat              *Nicholas Markos / Cath Carroll / Archers of Loaf
 
 
 THE VIC (21+)           3145 N. Sheffield
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 Oct 22 Fri 8:30         Mr. Blotto / Hello Dave (17+)
     23 Sat 7:30         Vince Neil / Savatage / Royal Bastards / My Little
                             Funhouse (aa)
     24 Sun 7:00 $7      Skankin' Pickle / Blue Meanies / Trenchmouth /
                             Smoking Popes
     30 Thu 9:00         Freddy Jones Band (aa)
     31 Sun 7:30         Bad Brains / Boredoms / Prong (aa)
 Nov 02 Tue 7:30         Dead Can Dance (aa, reserved seats)
     04 Thu 7:00         The Judybats / Inclined / Dog Society / Dillon Fence
     05 Fri 7:30         Squeeze (aa) ==SOLD OUT==
     06 Sat 7:30         Squeeze (aa)
     13 Sat 7:30 $12     *The Jesus Lizard / Arcwelder / Caspar Brotzmann
                             Massaker (tix Sat 10am)
     15 Mon 7:30         *Jackson Browne (reserved seating) (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 WEEDS                   1550 N. Dayton
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 Oct 22 Fri              Buzzmuscle... the farewell show
 
 
 WRIGLEYSIDE             3527 N. Clark
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 Oct 31 Sun 6:30 $5      Smoking Popes / No Empathy / Oblivion / Bollweevils
 
 
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 The code list:
     *       new listing
     18+     18-and-over
     21+     21-and-over
     aa      all ages
 
 All shows are all ages except where noted.
 All information listed is subject to change.  Phone First.
 
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