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New this week: 7 Seconds (unconfirmed), Fireside Bowl Acoustic Alchemy, Park West Alice Donut / 7 Year Bitch / Screw Party, Lounge Ax Alligator Gun / Dog Pound / Tiny / The Geeks / One Spot Fringehead, Fireside Bowl Bad Religion / Supersuckers, Riviera Theatre Jim Bailey (Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland impersonator), The Vic Jim Bailey, The Vic Banana Buster / Hot Stove Jimmy / Independence / 30 Seconds Deep, Fireside Bowl Maria Benitez, Park West Bitter Pills / UFA / Vanilla, Doorika Black Train Jack in-store performance, Tower Records Blue Aeroplane, Double Door Blue Meanies, Mabel's Blue Meanies, Metro BoDeans, Aragon Ballroom The Bollweevils / Guttermouth / The Fighters / 88 Fingers Louie, Off The Alley Lonnie Brooks, B.L.U.E.S. etcetera Jeff Buckley / Brenda Kahn, Green Mill Candlebox, Riverside Theater Certain Distant Suns / Eve/Thing / Stranger Things / Unblind, Joe Beckman's The Connells / Lotion, The Vic Cows / Ballharvester / Undone, Lounge Ax Creeper / Sabrinas, Double Door Dada, The Vic Hope Fest: Bo Diddley / Son Seals / Jr. Wells / Billy Branch, Park West The Drovers, The Blind Pig Co. Elastica / M.O.T.O., Double Door Falling Wallendas / Pop Psychology / The McKays, Double Door Falstaff / Every Good Boy, Empty Bottle Fifth Column, Empty Bottle Five-Eight / Chocolate USA, Empty Bottle Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue, The Blind Pig Co. Tommy Flanagan Trio, Park West Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons, Bismarck Theater G. Love & Special Sauce, Lounge Ax Gallagher, Star Plaza Theater God Bullies / Glazed Baby, Empty Bottle Godplow / NIL8, Mabel's Grant Lee Buffalo / Giant Sand, Metro Michael Hedges, The Vic Helmet / Quicksand / Orange 9mm, Riviera Theatre Jawbox / Braniac, The Blind Pig Co. Jennyanykind, Double Door Jihad / Los Crudos / Everlast / Lost Nation, Fireside Bowl Billy Joel, Assembly Hall The Judybats / Lir / Life Underground, Metro The Kinsey Report, B.L.U.E.S. etcetera Huey Lewis & The News, Star Plaza Theater Live / Weezer / The Fatima Mansions, Follinger Auditorium Los Crudos / Everlast / The Unemployed / +3 tba, Fireside Bowl Moon Seven Times / Swirl, The Blind Pig Co. Nine Inch Nails / The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow / Marilyn Manson, Assembly Hall Peep / Ether, Double Door Pegboy / Bollweevils / Apocolypose Hoboken, The Vic Penn & Teller, Star Plaza Theater Picasso Trigger / Milk / Chisel, Empty Bottle Playboy Jazz Festival with Al Jarreau / Richard Elliott, Auditorium Theatre Poster Children / Dis- / Goober & The Peas, Metro Pretenders / Material Issue, Rosemont Horizon Punk-o-rama: Short sets by The Senators / My Foolish Halo / Baby Ransom / Jubba / Scary Monsters / Monsignors / Hash Brown, Elhmurst VFW Hall Rollover / Starbilly, Double Door Rustbucket / Tarpit / She, Metro The Samples, The Vic Seal / Desiree, Arie Crown Theatre Son Seals, B.L.U.E.S. etcetera Slapstick / Apocalypse Hoboken / Oblivion / No Empathy, Metro Spearhead / MC Solaar / Urban Species ==CANCELLED==, Metro Spyral Tap Benefit: Wesley Willis Fiasco / Absinthe / Elysium / Quaker Youth Ensemble / Baby Oil / Appendix / Gravity, Czar Bar Suede Chain / Sugabuzz, The Blind Pig Co. They Might Be Giants / Frank Black acoustic, The Vic Trenchmouth / Ezra Pond / tba, Aaron's basement Ulele / Joe / Winston Damen, Double Door Velocity Girl, The Blind Pig Co. Vineland / Dis- / Laurels, Empty Bottle Violent Femmes, Riviera Theatre Wait For Light / Gringo / Baby Oil, Double Door Carl Watson / Thax Douglas, Lounge Ax Words To Swallow, Double Door Wreck / Fur, Double Door X-Parrot / Barnyard Slut / Baby Snufkin / Andersons, Metro Aaron's basement: 2657 Pierce / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 374-0779 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 29 Sat 7:00 $3 *Trenchmouth / Ezra Pond / tba Alumni House: 863 5th St. / Beloit, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 7:00 $6 Rhythm Collision / Fighters / Greenhouse / Heat Riser / Chicane (call 815-226-1120 for directions) 16 Sun 7:00 $5 Blue Meanies / Judge Nothing / Slapstick / The 4 Squares Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri 7:30 aa Blues Traveler / Sheryl Crow 21 Fri 7:30 aa Candlebox / Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue ==SOLD OUT== 22 Sat 7:30 aa Candlebox / Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue ==SOLD OUT== Nov 04 Fri 7:30 aa Sugar / Magnapop / Velocity Girl 13 Sun 7:00 $20 aa The Cranberries / tba 18 Fri 8:00 $15 aa Green Day / Pansy Division ==SOLD OUT== 23 Wed 8:00 aa *BoDeans (tix Sat 10am) Arie Crown Theatre: McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 29 Sat 7:30 $18.50 Steven Curtis Chapman / Newsboys 30 Sun Steve Perry / Sass Jordan Nov 05 Sat $27-33 Bebe & Cece Winans & the Sounds Of Blackness 07 Mon 8:00 $25-50 Earth Wind & Fire 13 Sun 8:00 *Seal / Desiree (tix Sat 10am) 14 Mon 8:00 Bryan Ferry ==SOLD OUT== 15 Tue 8:00 $23-35 Bryan Ferry / Combustible Edison 17 Thu 8:00 $20-35 Mary Chapin Carpenter / John Gorka Assembly Hall: 1800 S. First St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 333-5000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 28 Fri 8:00 $29.50 aa*Billy Joel Nov 09 Wed 7:30 $22 aa *Nine Inch Nails / The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow / Marilyn Manson Auditorium Theatre: 50 E. Congress --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 09 Wed 8:00 $20-38 Lyle Lovett & His Large Band 12 Sat 8:00 $20-40 *Playboy Jazz Festival with Al Jarreau / Richard Elliott Avalon: 959 West Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-3020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Fri Gilby Clarke 28 Fri Missing Persons 29 Sat Ace Frehley Nov 03 Thu E'nuff Z'nuff Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 8:00 $18.25 Arlo Guthrie 22 Sat 7:30 $20 Violent Femmes Nov 02 Wed 7:30 $18.50 Loreena McKennitt 03 Thu 8:00 Babes in Toyland / The Frogs 18 Fri Diamanda Galas / John Paul Jones Best Buy: 1700 N. Marcey Ct. (North & Sheffield) / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 1:00 Kitaro in-store appearance Bismarck Theater: 171 W. Randolph at LaSalle / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 8:00 Kitaro Nov 09 Wed 7:30 *Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Thu *Moon Seven Times / Swirl 23 Sun *Jawbox / Braniac 24 Mon *Flaming Lips / Mother Tongue (tix 10/14/94) 27 Thu *Suede Chain / Sugabuzz Nov 03 Thu *Velocity Girl Dec 01 Thu *The Drovers B.L.U.E.S. etcetera: 1124 W. Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-8989 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri *Son Seals 15 Sat *Son Seals 21 Fri *Lonnie Brooks 22 Sat *Lonnie Brooks 28 Fri *The Kinsey Report 29 Sat *The Kinsey Report Bradley Center: 1001 N. 4th, Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (414) 227-0400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 24 Mon Eric Clapton / Jimmie Vaughan ==SOLD OUT== The Civic Center: State St. / Madison, WI / (608) 255-4646 (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 03 Thu Big Head Todd and the Monsters / Hootie and the Blowfish 08 Tue Shawn Colvin / David Gray Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat NRBQ / The Bad Examples 16 Sun David Lindley / Spies Who Surf 28 Fri Alvin Lee 29 Sat Continental Drifters / Yardsale (Continental Drifters is Peter Holsapple of the dBs / Vicki Peterson of the Bangles / Mark Walton of Dream Syndicate / and Susan Cowsill of the Cowsills) Nov 03 Thu Tito Puente Czar Bar (21+): 1814 W. Division / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-5453 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri *Spyral Tap Benefit: Wesley Willis Fiasco / Absinthe / Elysium / Quaker Youth Ensemble / Baby Oil / Appendix / Gravity Dane County Expo Center: Madison, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 20 Sun Phish Desperado's: 3860 25th Ave., Schiller Park, IL / (708) 678-0033 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 23 Sun No Empathy Doorika: 218 N. Laflin / Chicago, IL / (312) 243-6819 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 9:00 *Bitter Pills / UFA / Vanilla (Benefit for Dial theater group) Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri Lydia Lunch / Lori Barbero (spoken word) 15 Sat Uptighty / Every Good Boy 16 Sun Chromebaby / Lost Pilgrims / Hushdrops 19 Wed Heatmiser 20 Thu God's Child / Seed 21 Fri Busker Soundcheck / Lazy / Dick Justice 22 Sat Shoes / Lava Sutra / 92 Degrees 23 Sun *Peep / Ether (Benefit for the Balkan Rape Trauma Coalition) 24 Mon Lightning Seeds / Murmurs 25 Tue 8:00 $10 Corrosion of Conformity / Kepone 26 Wed Adamjack / Solar Tribe 27 Thu Squash Blossoms / Boney Pile 28 Fri Nicholas Tremulis / Word Bongo 29 Sat *Wreck / Fur 30 Sun *Jennyanykind 31 Mon *Ulele / Joe / Winston Damen Nov 02 Wed *Falling Wallendas / Pop Psychology / The McKays 04 Fri *Wait For Light / Gringo / Baby Oil 05 Sat *Rollover / Starbilly 06 Sun *Creeper / Sabrinas 11 Fri Pale Saints / Lisa Germano 17 Thu *Words To Swallow 18 Fri *Blue Aeroplane 19 Sat *Elastica / M.O.T.O. Eagles Auditorium: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 30 Sun Gwar Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri 7:00 $5 aa Apocolypse Hoboken / The Skimingtons / Full / Groovy Love Vibes / Emily (Dave) 23 Sun 7:00 $5 aa Bracket / Lungfish / Trenchmouth / Stress Magnet 28 Fri *Punk-o-rama: Short sets by The Senators / My Foolish Halo / Baby Ransom / Jubba / Scary Monsters / Monsignors / Hash Brown Jan 04 Wed 30 Seconds Deep / Tub Ring / Monkey Hustle Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri Moe Tucker / Wild Carnations / Townies (tix at Ajax/Blackout!/the bar) 15 Sat Small / Cobra Verde / New Radiant Storm King 20 Thu Brown Betty / Lily Liver / Baldo Rex 21 Fri Supermodel / Matrix / Very Pleasant Neighbor / Flavor Channel 22 Sat Mount Shasta / Saucer / Hairy Patt Band 25 Tue Azalia Snail / Specula / Butterglory 27 Thu Maul Girls (Homocore) 28 Fri Wesley Willis Fiasco / 5ive Style / Strap / Throw 29 Sat Loud Family / Run On / Boyracer / The Ropers Nov 03 Thu *Falstaff / Every Good Boy 04 Fri *Five-Eight / Chocolate USA 05 Sat *God Bullies / Glazed Baby 10 Thu *Picasso Trigger / Milk / Chisel 11 Fri *Vineland / Dis- / Laurels 13 Sun *Fifth Column Fireside Bowl (aa): 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri 7:30 $6 Blue Meanies / Rhythm Collision / No Empathy / The Fighters 15 Sat 8:00 $5 Fix Your Wagon / Herbal Flesh Tea / Tommyrot / Bony Pile 16 Sun 9:00 $5 Nostrilsaurus / Norman Mayer Group / The Cartographers / Halcyon 19 Wed 7:00 $5 Bikini Kill / Los Crudos / Freemartin (Homocore) 21 Fri 8:00 $5 Screw Party / Undone / Monster Truck Driver / The Fanatics (Brian) 22 Sat 8:00 $5 White / Jack Wacker / Vagiant / Noisemaker (Brian) 30 Sun 8:00 *Alligator Gun / Dog Pound / Tiny / The Geeks / One Spot Fringehead Nov 04 Fri $5 *Banana Buster / Hot Stove Jimmy / Independence / 30 Seconds Deep (Dave) 08 Tue *7 Seconds (unconfirmed) 11 Fri 6:30 $5 *Los Crudos / Everlast / The Unemployed / +3 tba (Benefit for Amazon Conservation Fund) 26 Sat 2:00 $1+food Hardcore Against Hunger IV: The Insignificant / Mob Action / Aus Rotton / Misery Index / 1096 / Snap Judgement / Alcoholocaust / Youth Against Fascism / Hot Stove Jimmy / Insult II Injury / more (Cost is $1 + 5 cans of food) Dec 02 Fri 7:00 $4 *Jihad / Los Crudos / Everlast / Lost Nation (Ed) 31 Sat Smoking Popes / Robespierre / Apocolypse Hoboken / tba (Brian/Dave) Follinger Auditorium: 709 S. Matthews Ave. / Urbana, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 10 Thu $16.50 aa *Live / Weezer / The Fatima Mansions Green Mill: 4802 N. Broadway / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 08 Tue 9:00 21+ *Jeff Buckley / Brenda Kahn (tix Sat 10am) 09 Wed 9:00 21+ *Jeff Buckley / Brenda Kahn (tix Sat 10am) Gulf Coast: 2251 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 929-4777 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 20 Thu The Insiders 22 Sat Sleepy LaBeef 29 Sat Maria Muldaur Nov 26 Sat Dr. John Interaction Lounge: 3815 W. Lake / Stone Park, IL / (708) 345-4080 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 12 Sat Widowmaker Joe Beckman's: Grand & Buttrick / Waukegan, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 29 Sat *Certain Distant Suns / Eve/Thing / Stranger Things / Unblind (call (708) 623-9489 for info) Knights of Columbus Hall: 15 N. Hickory / Arlington Heights, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 1:00 $5 aa Sidekick Kato / The Mommyheads / Tetsuo / Back Of Dave Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Bassholes 15 Sat Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Mommyheads 16 Sun Tart / Pork 18 Tue *Carl Watson / Thax Douglas 19 Wed Fitz of Depression / Cucumbers 20 Thu +Silkworm / Engine Kid 21 Fri *G. Love & Special Sauce 22 Sat Lungfish / Liquor Bike / Big Heifer 25 Tue *Alice Donut / 7 Year Bitch / Screw Party 26 Wed Unsane / Season To Risk 27 Thu Brave Combo / Wall of Sound Cadets 28 Fri Dog-Faced Hermans / Small Factory / Kicking Giant / Rhythm Activism 29 Sat *Cows / Ballharvester / Undone COMING: Man Or Astroman?, Ass Ponys, Nice, Ashtray Boy, Blue Mountain, Babes In Toyland, Karl Hendricks Trio, Even Dando, Epic Soundtracks, Wilco Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri 8:00 *Godplow / NIL8 28 Fri *Blue Meanies Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri 11:30 18+ Deee-Lite 15 Sat 7:00 MC 900 Ft. Jesus / Consolidated / Spoon Man 15 Sat 11:30 18+ Oasis / The Figgs 16 Sun 7:30 FREE aa This Picture / The Insiders (Free JBTV show; tix at Tower Records) 19 Wed 9:30 $3 18+ Colla Destra / Catch 22 / Grain / Marvel Kind 21 Fri 7:30 aa Hole / Veruca Salt ==SOLD OUT== 22 Sat 7:30 aa 311 / The Urge 22 Sat 11:30 *Rustbucket / Tarpit / She 23 Sun 7:00 aa *The Judybats / Lir / Life Underground 26 Wed 9:30 $3 18+ *X-Parrot / Barnyard Slut / Baby Snufkin / Andersons 27 Thu 7:00 aa Jawbox / Arcwelder / Shiner 29 Sat 6:30 Arrested Development / The College Boys 29 Sat 11:00 The Toasters / Scofflaws / Pie Tasters 30 Sun 7:00 aa Ween 31 Mon Samiam Nov 03 Thu Superchunk / The Wedding Present / Butterglory 05 Sat *Blue Meanies 13 Sun 7:00 $18 aa The Jesus & Mary Chain / Mazzy Star / Velvet Crush ==SOLD OUT== 14 Mon 7:00 $18 aa The Jesus & Mary Chain / Mazzy Star / Velvet Crush 15 Tue *Spearhead / MC Solaar / Urban Species ==CANCELLED== 18 Fri *Slapstick / Apocalypse Hoboken / Oblivion / No Empathy 23 Wed *Poster Children / Dis- / Goober & The Peas 29 Tue *Grant Lee Buffalo / Giant Sand (tix Sat noon) Number One Soul: 127 S. Grove / Elgin, IL / (708) 697-5304 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 08 Tue 6:00 $10 aa NOFX / Face to Face / Ten Foot Pole / Slapstick Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 7:00 Blue Meanies / Snap Judgement / A.Y.A. 22 Sat Sour Milk / Quent 29 Sat Skapone / Banana Buster Nov 10 Thu 7:00 $5 aa *The Bollweevils / Guttermouth / The Fighters / 88 Fingers Louie Old Town School Of Folk Music: 909 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-7793 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 22 Sat 7:00 Tom Paxton 22 Sat 10:00 Tom Paxton 23 Sun 2:00 Tom Paxton 29 Sat 7:00 Frances Black / Liz Carroll 29 Sat 10:00 Frances Black / Liz Carroll The Paramount: (nee R&R Station) 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat Cop Shoot Cop 21 Fri $10 18+ 311 22 Sat 18+ Hole / Veruca Salt / Madder Rose 23 Sun Jorma Kaukonen 27 Thu $18/20 Cheap Trick / Chris Duerte Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri 7:30 Arlo Guthrie 16 Sun 7:30 aa Jonathan Richman 20 Thu 8:00 Sadao Watanabe 26 Wed 7:30 Swing Out Sister 27 Thu 7:30 Steve Howe Nov 03 Thu 7:30 Loreena McKennitt 09 Wed 7:30 *Acoustic Alchemy 11 Fri 7:30 *Tommy Flanagan Trio 17 Thu 6:30 *Hope Fest: Bo Diddley / Son Seals / Jr. Wells / Billy Branch 18 Fri 7:30 *Maria Benitez (teatro flamenco and her company of singers and musicians) 19 Sat 7:30 *Maria Benitez Prairie Center For The Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 894-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 Sat 8:00 $18 Peter Schickele Apr 07 Fri 8:00 $24 The Smothers Brothers 22 Sat 8:00 $16 Randy Newman The Rathskeller (aa): 800 Langdon St., UW campus / Madison, WI / (608) 262-5079 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri Small 23 / New Radiant Storm King 15 Sat Percy Strother 22 Sat Rollover 29 Sat Small Factory / Kicking Giant Nov 05 Sat Danger Prone Daphne / Brown Betty / Rhoda The Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri 8:00 Savatage / Stuttering John / Exhibit A 15 Sat 8:00 Live / Weezer / Fatima Mansions 16 Sun 8:00 Offspring / Rancid Nov 03 Thu 8:00 Sugar / Magnapop The Red Herring Coffeehouse: 1209 W. Oregon St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 367-2340 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Fri aa Bananafish Riviera Theatre: 4746 N. Racine (Lawrence & Broadway) / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri 6:00 aa Live / Weezer / The Fatima Mansions ==SOLD OUT== 21 Fri 7:00 aa Violent Femmes / G Love & Special Sauce ==SOLD OUT== 22 Sat *Violent Femmes (tix Sat 10am) 29 Sat 6:30 aa Widespread Panic / From Good Homes Nov 04 Fri 7:00 aa Big Head Todd & The Monsters ==SOLD OUT== 05 Sat 6:00 aa Dinosaur Jr. / Come / Juned 11 Fri 7:30 aa Shawn Colvin / David Gray 19 Sat 6:00 aa *Helmet / Quicksand / Orange 9mm (tix Sat 10am) 29 Tue 6:30 aa *Bad Religion / Supersuckers Riverside Theater: 116 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 25 Tue *Candlebox 26 Wed *Candlebox Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 03 Thu FREE aa *Pretenders / Material Issue (Tix available from WXRT) Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 23 Sun Jorma Kaukonen (two shows) Shades: 21860 N. Milwaukee Ave / Deerfield, IL / (708) 634-BLUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat $10 Edgar Winter / Doorjam Shank Hall: 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 17 Mon Arlo Guthrie Nov 27 Sun Killing Joke / Stabbing Westward / Engines Of Aggression Shubert Theatre: 22 W. Monroe / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 11 Fri Sandra Bernhardt Star Plaza Theater: 1-65 & US 30 / Merrillville, IN / (312) 734-7266 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 28 Fri *Gallagher 29 Sat *Gallagher 30 Sun *Gallagher Nov 11 Fri *Penn & Teller 19 Sat *Huey Lewis & The News The Stock Pavillion: 1675 Linden Dr. / Madison, WI / (608) 262-2201 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 17 Mon 6:00 $6 Bikini Kill / Fitz of Depression / Freemartin / Ceilishrine / Ezra Pound 3rd Floor: 223 E. Chicago St. / Elgin, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 7:00 $5 +Dirt Merchants / Slapstick / Dick Justice (Brian) Nov 05 Sat Sauce Kings / Nostrilsaurus / Three Blue Teardrops / Groovy Love Vibes / Foo (Brian) Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Fri Joey Belladonna / Stikky Suite 23 Sun Cannibal Corpse / Grave / Samael Nov 04 Fri Peter Criss Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 22 Sat Enuff Z'nuff / Liquid Earth / Urban Disturbance 29 Sat Greg Kihn Band Nov 05 Sat Shooting Star / Skin Deep / Critics Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / Chicago, IL / (312) 477-5994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Fri 5:00 FREE *Black Train Jack in-store performance UIC Pavilion: 1140 W. Harrison / Chicago, IL / (312) 413-5740 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 25 Fri 7:30 Phish United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 19 Wed Billy Joel 21 Fri Eric Clapton / Jimmie Vaughan ==SOLD OUT== 22 Sat Frank Sinatra / Don Rickles UW Memorial Union: 800 Langdon St. / Madison, WI / (608) 265-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 15 Sat 8:00 $12 aa Jonathan Richman / Moe Tucker / Wild Carnations Valparaiso University Athletic/Rec Center: Valparaiso, IN / (219) 464-5233 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 17 Mon 8:00 $24/26 Melissa Etheridge / Billy Pilgrim The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 14 Fri 7:30 aa Meat Puppets / Spell / Cellophane 17 Mon 7:00 $10 aa Offspring / Rancid ==SOLD OUT== 18 Tue 7:30 aa Samples 20 Thu 7:30 aa *The Connells / Lotion 21 Fri 8:00 *Jim Bailey (Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland impersonator) 22 Sat 8:00 *Jim Bailey 28 Fri 8:00 $7 17+ Dave Matthews Band / Rusted Root 31 Mon 7:00 $19 aa Gwar / The Dickies / Buzzoven Nov 05 Sat 7:30 aa Dream Theater / I Mother Earth 07 Mon 7:30 $18 aa They Might Be Giants / Frank Black acoustic ==SOLD OUT== 08 Tue 7:30 $18 aa *They Might Be Giants / Frank Black acoustic 10 Thu 7:30 *Dada (tix Sat 10am) 18 Fri 7:30 *The Samples 20 Sun 7:30 *Michael Hedges (tix Sat 10am) 23 Wed *Pegboy / Bollweevils / Apocolypose Hoboken Vortex: 3631 N. Halsted / Chicago, IL / (708) 975-6622 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 21 Fri Cece Peniston --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The code list: * new listing + listing has changed this week 18+ 18-and-over 21+ 21-and-over aa all ages (TM) Tickets available from TicketMaster Chicago: (312) 559-1212 Wisconsin: (414) 276-4545 Champaign-Urbana: (217) 351-2626 Brian Contact Brian Peterson @ (312) 384-5813 Dave Contact Dave Eaves @ (312) 248-5822 Ed Contact Ed @ (708) 256-8042 Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. Phone First. The Shows List is updated late every Thursday night. You can get it over the Internet in two ways: World-Wide Web: http://www.mcs.net/~alester/home.html Mail subscription: <lclayton@uhuru.uchicago.edu> Liz Clayton handles all things relating to the mail subscriptions. To be added or dropped from the mailing list, send her mail. 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