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                            The Chicago Shows List
                              Two human fingers!!
                         Shows of note as of 12/08/94
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 New this week:
     Alligator Gun / 88 Fingers Louie / Thirty Seconds Deep, P.I.T.
     Avocado Jungle Fuzz / Soul Vitaminz / Jason and Allison / Who's This
         Mary?, Double Door
     Boiled In Lead, Heartland Cafe
     Liz Carroll, Abbey Pub
     Al DiMeola, Cubby Bear
     Geezer / Steve Gerlach & The Springheel Jacks, Lounge Ax
     Gin Blossoms / Flaming Lips / Ween, Rosemont Horizon
     Girls Against Boys in-store performance, Reckless Records
     Girls With Tools / Diz Hicks, Double Door
     Amy Grant / Gary Chapman, United Center
     The Irregulators / The Eclectics / The Unemployed / Everlast / The
         Smoothies, Heminway Church
     Alan Jackson / Faith Hill, Rosemont Horizon
     Freedy Johnston, Coronet Theater
     June Of 44 / Ruby Falls / Number One Cup, Empty Bottle
     Loud Lucy / House Of Large Sizes / Outrageous Cherry / Godzuki, Empty
         Bottle
     Love Cup / Godplow / Oversoul 7, Empty Bottle
     Love Cup / Hardvark / Dick Justice / Brand, Metro
     Love Kit / Unky J / The Perennial Students, Lounge Ax
     Masses / Donna Collins / Vivian Section / Reason, Metro
     Mr. Blotto, Double Door
     Mustard Plug / The Invaders / Parka King, Metro
     Poi Dog Pondering, Metro
     Scary Monsters / Chicane / Eeyore / Flannel Camel, P.I.T.
     The Shiv / Luxury Bucket, Double Door
     Skapone / Jack Rabbit Slim, Crobar
     Spankwagon / Nitro Jr. / Crank / Goatboy, Metro
     Sphinx, Double Door
     Sammy Tenuta & The Force, Double Door
     Tommyrot / Jerkwater / Bunyips / Tricky Dick / 5 or 6 more, 3rd Floor
     Jeff Tweedy, Lounge Ax
     Ya Hoo Thirst / Kursed / Like Hell / Universal Mind, Metro
 
 
 Abbey Pub:  3420 W. Grace (at Elston) / Chicago, IL / (312) 478-4408
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 Dec 09 Fri              *Liz Carroll
 
 
 Aragon Ballroom:  1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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 Dec 09 Fri              Danzig / Type O Negative / Godflesh
 
 
 Beat Kitchen (21+):  2100 W. Belmont / Chicago, IL / (312) 281-4444
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 Dec 10 Sat              Steve Gerlach & The Springheel Jacks / Planet
                             Warehouse / Zipperhead
 
 
 The Blind Pig Co. (19+):  6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444
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 Dec 15 Thu              Tenderloin / Steakdaddy 6
     16 Fri              Velvet Crush
 
 
 Club De Wash:  636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302
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 Dec 11 Sun              Boiled in Lead / Reptile Palace Orchestra
 
 
 Connolly's Pub:  8434 S. Kedzie / Chicago, IL / (312) 476-3646
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 Dec 10 Sat              Infinity / Similar Features (Melissa Etheridge
                             tribute... yay!)
 
 
 Coronet Theater:  817 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL / (708) 733-0030
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 Dec 09 Fri              Koko Taylor
     10 Sat              Loudon Wainwright III / Cathy Braaten
     29 Thu              Merl Saunders & The Rain Forest Band
     31 Sat              *Freedy Johnston
 Jan 24 Tue              Leon Redbone
 
 
 Crobar:  1543 N. Kingsbury / Chicago, IL / (312) 587-1313
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 Dec 15 Thu              *Skapone / Jack Rabbit Slim
 
 
 Cubby Bear (21+):  1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662
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 Jan 22 Sun              *Al DiMeola
 
 
 The Dome Room:  632 1/2 N. Dearborn / Chicago, IL / (312) 266-9114
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 Dec 15 Thu              Skatenigs / The Mean Reds
 
 
 Double Door:  1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160
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 Dec 09 Fri              Simple Simon / Mean Reds / Infraction
     10 Sat              Tenderloin / 77 Luscious Babes / Nitro Jr.
     11 Sun              Blue Eyed Christ / Absinthe
     14 Wed              Usher House / Thought Industry / Cradle Of Thorns
     15 Thu              Peep / Bonk
     16 Fri              Diplomat VI / Elysium / Dovetail Joint
     17 Sat              *Avocado Jungle Fuzz / Soul Vitaminz / Jason and
                             Allison / Who's This Mary?
     18 Sun              Pound / Sour Apple
     21 Wed              Christmas With Ken
     22 Thu              Saltines / Stone Lids
     23 Fri              +Yardsale / Redball / Iggy Yokum & his Famous Pogo
                             Ponies
     29 Thu              D.O.P.E. / Wesley Willis Fiasco / Brother Theresa
 Jan 05 Thu              Rod Almighty
     08 Sun              *Girls With Tools / Diz Hicks
     12 Thu              *The Shiv / Luxury Bucket
     20 Fri              *Mr. Blotto
     22 Sun              *Sphinx
     26 Thu              *Sammy Tenuta & The Force
 
 
 Elhmurst VFW Hall: Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL
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 Jan 04 Wed              30 Seconds Deep / Tub Ring / Monkey Hustle
 
 
 Empty Bottle:  1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600
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 Dec 09 Fri              Hardvark / Boy King / Bunnygrunt
     10 Sat              *Love Cup / Godplow / Oversoul 7
     15 Thu              Mint Aundry / Tart / MOTO / Shovelchoir
     16 Fri              Woggles / Cowslingers / Chris Jern Blues Explosion
     17 Sat              *Loud Lucy / House Of Large Sizes / Outrageous
                             Cherry / Godzuki
     20 Tue              *June Of 44 / Ruby Falls / Number One Cup
     23 Fri              Squash Blossom
     31 Sat $10          +Red Red Meat / Hum / Velo Deluxe / Windish
 
 
 Fireside Bowl (aa):  2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700
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 Dec 09 Fri 6:00         Wax / No Empathy / tba
     09 Fri 10:00        Stoney Island / The Grassis / Madfel
     10 Sat 8:00 $5      Slant 6 / Make-up / Cap'n Jazz / Car Vs. Driver
                             (Kim)
     11 Sun 8:30         Dirt Merchants / Soulfood / Dropjaw / Exit
     16 Fri 9:00         Hushdrops / Hentchmen / The Great Brain / Neptunes
     18 Sun 8:30         Tricky Dick / Tragedy Clown / Spazz Maggots
     28 Wed 9:00         Agatha / Big Angry Fish / tba x 2
     29 Thu 7:00 $5      J.F.A. / Not Rebecca / Nostrilsaurus / 4-Squares
     31 Sat 7:00         Robespierre / Dirt Merchants / Apocolypse Hoboken
                             / Sidekick Kato (Brian/Dave)
 
 
 Fitzgerald's:  6615 Roosevelt Rd. / Berwyn, IL / (708) 788-2188
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 Dec 30 Fri              Webb Wilder / Carpetbaggers
     31 Sat              Webb Wilder / Carpetbaggers
 
 
 Heartland Cafe:  7000 N. Glenwood / Chicago, IL / (312) 465-8005
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 Dec 12 Mon 9:00         *Boiled In Lead
 
 
 Heminway Church:  933 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL
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 Dec 16 Fri 7:00 $5 aa   *The Irregulators / The Eclectics / The Unemployed
                             / Everlast / The Smoothies
 
 
 Lounge Ax (21+):  2348 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620
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 Dec 09 Fri              Seam / Freakwater / Venus Cures All
     10 Sat              Girls Against Boys / Soul Coughing / Smoothies
                             (advance tix available)
     14 Wed              *Geezer / Steve Gerlach & The Springheel Jacks
                             (plus this is a photography opening too)
     15 Thu              *Love Kit / Unky J / The Perennial Students
     16 Fri              Mule
     17 Sat              Velocity Girl / Polara / Yum Yum (advance tix
                             available)
     23 Fri              D.O.P.E. / Davey Jones' Locker / Tickle Penny /
                             Disarray
     23 Fri              *Jeff Tweedy
     30 Fri              The Sea & Cake
     31 Sat              The Coctails
 
 COMING: Oversoul Seven, Apollo 9, Sabalon Glitz, Number One Cup, Handsome 
         Family, Gringo, New Duncan Imperials
 
 
 
 Malo's:  Lake St. (Rt. 31) & New York / Aurora, IL / (708) 896-1031
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 Dec 11 Sun aa           Section 8 / Social Wreck / Agitato
     18 Sun aa           Your Mom Called / Dagobah / Hash Brown / Something
                             Somewhere
 
 
 Metro:  3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM)
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 Dec 09 Fri 7:00 aa      Poster Children / Goober & The Peas / Steakdaddy
                             Six
     09 Fri 11:30 18+    Dillon Fence / Throneberry / Throw
     10 Sat              Uptighty / Fig Dish / East Of The Rock
     14 Wed 9:30 $3 18+  *Ya Hoo Thirst / Kursed / Like Hell / Universal
                             Mind
     16 Fri              Spearhead / Ben Harper / Fugees
     17 Sat              Catherine
     21 Wed 9:30 $3 18+  *Masses / Donna Collins / Vivian Section / Reason
     22 Thu              Vince Neil
     23 Fri 7:00         Blue Meanies / Dyslexic Apaches / Slapstick
     23 Fri 11:30        *Mustard Plug / The Invaders / Parka King
     28 Wed 9:30 $3 18+  Tiny / Jumpnuckle / Superhero Forehead / Hushtower
     30 Fri              Lovely Trees / Cassius Clay / Boogie Shoes
     31 Sat 6:00 aa      *Poi Dog Pondering (tix Sat noon)
     31 Sat 11:00 18+    *Poi Dog Pondering (tix Sat noon)
 Jan 06 Thu              *Spankwagon / Nitro Jr. / Crank / Goatboy
     07 Fri              *Love Cup / Hardvark / Dick Justice / Brand
     14 Sat aa           Smoking Popes / Smoothies / tba x 2
 
 
 Off The Alley:  18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252
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 Dec 10 Sat              AYA / 10 Gram / Tank Girl
     17 Sat              Snap Judgement / Bign
 
 
 Park West (21+):  322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM)
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 Dec 11 Sun              Jimmie Vaughan / Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials
     13 Tue              Freedy Johnston
 
 
 P.I.T.: 3210 Williams Ave. / Rockford, IL / (815) 961-0322
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 Dec 10 Sat 6:30 $5 aa   *Alligator Gun / 88 Fingers Louie / Thirty Seconds
                             Deep
     27 Tue 6:30 $5 aa   *Scary Monsters / Chicane / Eeyore / Flannel Camel
 
 
 Prairie Center For The Arts:  201 Schaumburg Ct. / Schaumburg, IL /
     (708) 894-3600
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 Feb 25 Sat 8:00 $18     Peter Schickele
 Apr 07 Fri 8:00 $24     The Smothers Brothers
     22 Sat 8:00 $16     Randy Newman
 
 
 Reckless Records:  3157 N. Broadway / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-5080
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 Dec 10 Sat 3:00 FREE    *Girls Against Boys in-store performance
 
 
 Rosemont Horizon:  Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL
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 Dec 31 Sat              *Gin Blossoms / Flaming Lips / Ween (tix Sat 10am)
 Feb 24 Fri              *Alan Jackson / Faith Hill (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 Shank Hall  (21+):  1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288
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 Dec 15 Thu 10:00        Impact Test
     16 Fri 10:00        Sometimes Sweet Susan
     18 Sun 8:00 $10/adv Townes Van Zandt
     26 Mon 6:00 aa      The Pacers
     27 Tue 6:00 aa      The Pacers
 Jan 25 Wed              Leon Redbone
     26 Thu              Peter Himmelman
 Feb 21 Tue              Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
 
 
 3rd Floor:  223 E. Chicago St. / Elgin, IL
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 Dec 10 Sat              *Tommyrot / Jerkwater / Bunyips / Tricky Dick / 5
                             or 6 more
     17 Sat 6:00 $5      The Fighters / 4-Squares / Tricky Dick / Herbal
                             Flesh Tea
 
 
 Thirsty Whale:  880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414
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 Dec 09 Fri              Mind Bomb / Loudmouth / Shock Box / The Crush /
                             From Distant Land
     10 Sat              Bulletboys / Defile / Edwin Dare / Flood
     11 Sun              Cro-Mags / Cyclone Temple / Snap Judgement /
                             Insult To Injury
     16 Fri aa           Trixter / Side Effect / Hanging Thomas / Psyco
                             Therapy
     16 Fri 21+          Trixter / Accomplice / One Night Stand / Brick
                             Shit House
     17 Sat              Enuff Z'Nuff / Season Of Wither / Agitato / Sister
                             Slingshot / Nuclear Draft / Stikky Suite /
                             Crawlspace Grey
     23 Fri              Brutal Truth / Pungent Stench / Mortar / NMUH /
                             Citizen Corrupt
 Jan 06 Fri              Lillian Axe
     07 Sat              Lillian Axe
 
 
 Thurston's:  1248 W. George / Chicago, IL / (312) 472-6900
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 Dec 31 Sat              El Vez
 
 
 Toto's: 1450 E. Algonquin / Schaumburg, IL / (708) 397-7000
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 Dec 09 Fri              Hi-Infidelity / Slippery When Wet
     10 Sat              Innuendo / Fair Warning
     16 Fri              Mr. Crowley
     17 Sat              Animation / Cinema
     31 Sat              Strutter / Arra
 
 
 Tunnels Of Fun:  2843 W. Kirchoff / Rolling Meadows, IL
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 Dec 09 Fri 7:00 $5 aa   Sidekick Kato / Slapstick / Jerkwater / Tommyrot /
                             Poonjab (Dave)
 
 
 The Unicorn:  300 W. Juneau Ave / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 224-0123
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 Dec 16 Fri              Killdozer / Dis-
     30 Fri              JFA
 
 
 United Center:  1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL
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 Mar 03 Fri              *Amy Grant / Gary Chapman (tix Sat 10am)
 
 
 The Vic (21+):  3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL (TM)
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 Dec 30 Fri 9:00 17+     The Freddy Jones Band / Rollover / Peat Moss
     31 Sat 9:00 21+     The Freddy Jones Band / Rollover / Peat Moss
 
 
 WHPK's Pure Hype:  WHPK 88.5 FM / Chicago, IL
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 Dec 16 Fri 9:00         Alkaloid (formerly Poobah)
 
 
 WNUR's Airplay:  WNUR 89.3 FM / Evanston, IL
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 Dec 10 Sat 5:00         Uptighty
     17 Sat 5:00         Eleventh Dream Day
 
 
 WZRD:  WZRD 88.3 FM / Chicago, IL
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 Dec 15 Thu 10:30        Avocado Jungle Fuzz
     22 Thu 10:30        Simple Simon
 
 
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 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
 
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