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I made a few corrections in band order and spelling. The two Tower in-store appearances are indeed performances, so all you Lisa Germano fans can be hap-hap-happy. Oh, and I included some Coronet dates that I missed, including They Might Be Giants. Oh, and in case anyone missed it, Avalon closed. Current subscriber count: 797 CORRESPONDENCE Send everything to <shows@farpost.chi.il.us> New this week: 88 Fingers Louie / Sleeper, Fireside Bowl Laurie Anderson, Chicago Theatre Austin Lounge Lizards, Coronet Theater Baby M / Saucer / Rustbucket, Empty Bottle Bettie Serveert, Metro Big Sandy and the Fly Nite Boys, Coronet Theater Billy Goat / D.O.P.E. / Wesley Willis Fiasco, Metro Black Crowes / Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Aragon Ballroom Bomb Site / Gang of Jerks / Broken Skin / The Dirt Merchants, Fireside Bowl Boogie Shoes, Double Door Caspar Brotzmann Massaker / Engine Kid, Double Door Cap'n Jazz / Endive / tba, The Fletch Catch-22 / Foo, Double Door Craig Chaquico / Peter White / Warren Hill / Richard Eliot, Park West Christy's Overdrive / Sweep The Leg Johnny / Boney Pile / Garden Bower, Fireside Bowl Cop Shoot Cop, Double Door Craphole / Lorax / Raunchous Brothers / Dead Steel Mill, Fireside Bowl Digable Planets / Spearhead, Foellinger Auditorium Dot Dot Dot / Vuva La Squnge / Sweetback / Boys Life, Fireside Bowl Chris Duarte in-store performance, Best Buy Edsel / Trenchmouth / Small Factory / Candy Machine, Lounge Ax Everclear, The Blind Pig Co. Fat Banana / Charging Hoses / Moe, Highway Five Mile Ceiling, WZRD Garmarna, Coronet Theater David Gates, Park West Lisa Germano in-store performance, Tower Records Gift Apples, WZRD Godhead Silo / Honcho Overload / Hubcap / Dripping Goss, Lounge Ax Gravity / Screw Party / Halcyon, Highway Great Cover Up #5A: Mother / Suede Chain / Lonely Trailer / Tiny, The Blind Pig Co. Great Cover Up #5B: Poster Children / Love Cup / Braid / Williwaw, The Blind Pig Co. Green Street / The Nobodies / tba x 2, Fireside Bowl Grither / Lorax / Green Magnet School, Fireside Bowl Michael Hedges, Coronet Theater Robyn Hitchcock, Park West Institute of Psychic Ponderance, WZRD International Hoodwink / Butterfly Child / The Sky Corvair, Metro Jesus Christ Superfly / Multiple Choice / tba x 2, Fireside Bowl Kicking Giant / Sue P. Fox, Friends & Co. Wayne Kramer, Double Door L.A. Guns, Park West Little Sister, Coronet Theater Love Kit / The Crocodiles / Theodore, Fireside Bowl Lunkhead / Highway 66 / tba x 2, Fireside Bowl Kathy McCarty, Empty Bottle Meatmen / Wickerman / Glazed Baby / Molly McGuire, Empty Bottle Menthol / Smack Melon, Double Door Mercy Rule / The Quickies / The Dishes / Rhoda , The New Loft The Mighty Pranksters, The Blind Pig Co. The Moon Seven Times / Suede Chain, Friends & Co. Mustard Plug / Greenhouse / tba x 2, Fireside Bowl Not Rebecca / Limpspork / Shirk Circus / Dick Justice, Fireside Bowl Pacers / Parka Kings in-store performance, Reckless Records The Parasites, Fireside Bowl Pinwheel / tba x 3 ==CANCELLED==, Fireside Bowl Poster Children / C-Clamp / Cap'n Jazz, Illini Union Courtyard Cafe Reality Scare, WZRD Rockin' Billy & the Wild Coyotes, WZRD The Roots, Double Door Scissor Girls in-store performance, Ajax Records Shiner, Lounge Ax Shotmaker / Christie Front Drive, The Fletch The Silent Workers, WZRD Skid Row, The Vic Smashing Pumpkins, Double Door Smoothies / tba, Fireside Bowl Smut / The Migraines, Fireside Bowl Soul Coughing in-store performance, Tower Records Specula / Motorhome / Melting Hopefuls, Empty Bottle Stinkies / Demolition Dollrods / Scissor, Empty Bottle Stomp Box / Hunky Ball, Double Door Submachine / Dead Drunk / Ton Of Bricks / Rat Bastards, Fireside Bowl Succotash / The Hippocrites / Catch-22 / Foo / Tricky Dick, Fireside Bowl Tar / Denison/Kimball Trio / U.S. Maple, Lounge Ax Tar / Dis-, Club De Wash Tenderloin, The Blind Pig Co. They Might Be Giants, Coronet Theater Three Mile Pilot / Renfields / Geezer Lake, Empty Bottle Ticklepenny / Pritchard / Poonjab, Fireside Bowl Trusty (Dischord) / The Break-ups / Tanner Boyle / Sidekick Kato / Cinca de Gato, Fireside Bowl Tsunami / Edsel / Shiner, The Blind Pig Co. Unsane, Empty Bottle Dave Valentine & Chevere, Coronet Theater Wilco (ex-Uncle Tupelo), The Blind Pig Co. Wrecking Ball / Hi-Fi & The Roadburners, Highway Ajax Records: 2156 W. Chicago Ave. / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-4783 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 19 Sun 3:00 *Scissor Girls in-store performance Aragon Ballroom: 1106 W. Lawrence at Broadway / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat 7:30 $14 aa Offspring / Quicksand / No Use For A Name ==SOLD OUT== 19 Sun 7:30 $14 aa Offspring / Quicksand / No Use For A Name ==SOLD OUT== Mar 10 Fri 8:00 aa Black Crowes / Dirty Dozen Brass Band ==SOLD OUT== 11 Sat 8:00 aa *Black Crowes / Dirty Dozen Brass Band (tix Sat 10am) 12 Sun 7:30 aa Pantera / Type O Negative 17 Fri 7:30 aa Big Head Todd & The Monsters / Dave Matthews Band / Ugly Americans 24 Fri 8:00 aa Toad The Wet Sprocket / Hootie & The Blowfish (tix Fri 10am) Arie Crown Theatre: McCormick Place, LSD & 22nd / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 Sat Aretha Franklin Barrymore Theatre (aa): 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI / (608) 241-2345 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 22 Wed 7:30 $20 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Mar 11 Sat 8:00 They Might Be Giants / Soul Coughing 31 Fri 8:00 $25 Tito Puente Apr 21 Fri 8:00 $12 Ani DiFranco Berkeley Hillside Presbyterian Church: Hillside, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat Thirty Seconds Deep / Herbal Flesh Tea / Super Fat Fly Boy / The Monsignors (email HerbalFT@aol.com for info) Best Buy: North Ave. / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat 2:00 *Chris Duarte in-store performance The Blind Pig Co. (19+): 6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL / (217) 351-7444 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 19 Sun *Wilco (ex-Uncle Tupelo) 22 Wed $4 *Great Cover Up #5A: Mother / Suede Chain / Lonely Trailer / Tiny (tix at Village Green ONLY) 23 Thu $4 *Great Cover Up #5B: Poster Children / Love Cup / Braid / Williwaw (tix at Village Green ONLY) Mar 02 Thu *Tenderloin 10 Fri *The Mighty Pranksters 21 Tue *Tsunami / Edsel / Shiner Apr 06 Thu *Everclear Bradley Center: 1001 N. 4th, Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (414) 227-0400 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 02 Tue Page & Plant Centre East: 7701 N. Lincoln / Skokie, IL / (708) 673-6300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri Bobby McFerrin Chicago Theatre: 175 N. State St. / Chicago, IL / (312) 443-1130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 04 Sat 8:00 aa Pat Metheny Group / Lyle Mays / Steve Rodby / Paul Wertico / David Blamires / Mark Ledford / Luis Conte 17 Fri 8:00 *Laurie Anderson (tix Sat noon) 29 Wed 7:30 Sarah McLachlan / Paula Cole The Civic Center: State St. / Madison, WI / (608) 255-4646 (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 03 Fri 8:00 $20 The Irish Rovers 31 Fri 8:00 $18 Ahmad Jamal Trio Apr 21 Fri 8:00 $23 Wynton Marsalis May 13 Sat 8:00 $18 Jim Cullum Jazz Band Club De Wash: 636 W. Washington Ave. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-3302 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 19 Sun 10:00 $10 Bush / The Toadies 20 Mon Wilco 23 Thu Dis- / Panel Donor / Loomis Mar 01 Wed 9:00 $8 Tab Benoit 08 Wed 8:00 $8 Joe Ely 18 Sat 10:00 $6 The Coctails Apr 14 Fri *Tar / Dis- Coronet Theater: 817 Chicago Ave. / Evanston, IL / (708) 733-0030 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat New Potato Caboose 24 Fri Roy Hargrove 25 Sat Muck Brothers 26 Sun George Clinton & The P-Funk All-stars ==POSTPONED== 27 Mon George Clinton & The P-Funk All-stars ==POSTPONED== 28 Tue George Clinton & The P-Funk All-stars ==POSTPONED== Mar 02 Thu Acoustic Hooka 04 Sat Rory Block 09 Thu Tab Benoit 10 Fri Billy Cobham 11 Sat Mark O'Connor 13 Mon *They Might Be Giants (tix next Sat 10am) 14 Tue *They Might Be Giants (tix next Sat 10am) 16 Thu Betty & Carrie Newcomer 16 Thu *Dave Valentine & Chevere 23 Thu *Garmarna 24 Fri *Big Sandy and the Fly Nite Boys 25 Sat *Austin Lounge Lizards 31 Fri *Little Sister Apr 01 Sat *Michael Hedges Cubby Bear (21+): 1059 W. Addison / Chicago, IL / (312) 327-1662 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 11 Sat Dick Dale 25 Sat War Double Door: 1572 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL / (312) 489-3160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri $5 The Murmurs / K's Choice 18 Sat Soul Coughing / Word Bongo 19 Sun Fix Your Wagon / Arm / Stop The Ride 20 Mon *Smashing Pumpkins (tix Sat 10am) 21 Tue *Smashing Pumpkins (tix Sat 10am) 22 Wed Bush / Toadies ==SOLD OUT== 23 Thu New Rob Robbies / Sons Of Elvis / Burnt 24 Fri Luck Of Eden Hall / Zipperhead / Minds Of Babes 25 Sat Rollover / Soul Vitaminz 26 Sun Wilding / Sons Of The Never Wrong / Nora O'Connor 27 Mon *Smashing Pumpkins (tix Sat 10am) 28 Tue *Smashing Pumpkins (tix Sat 10am) Mar 02 Thu *Caspar Brotzmann Massaker / Engine Kid (tix Sat noon) 03 Fri Dion Ferris / David Harris 04 Sat Elastica 05 Sun *Catch-22 / Foo 07 Tue Pond / Tracy Bonham / Not Rebecca 08 Wed *Stomp Box / Hunky Ball (tix Sat noon) 09 Thu Jason & The Scorchers / Tenderloin 10 Fri *Boogie Shoes 11 Sat *Menthol / Smack Melon 14 Tue *Cop Shoot Cop (tix Sat noon) 16 Thu Owen Meany / Jettison Charlie 17 Fri The Blasters 24 Fri *Wayne Kramer (tix Sat noon) 25 Sat *The Roots (tix Sat noon) Eagles Auditorium: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 10 Fri Black Crowes Elhmurst VFW Hall (aa): Addison & Hahn / Elmhurst, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 26 Sun $6 Banana Buster / Slapstick / Foo / Hot Stove Jimmy / MU330 Mar 05 Sun Apocalypse Hoboken / Sidekick Kato / Hash Brown / Poonjab / Herbal Flesh Tea 31 Fri Oblivion / Fighters / Larry Birds / Parker Bros. Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western / Chicago, IL / (312) 276-3600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri Zuzu's Petals / Tart / Throw / Superdrag 18 Sat Laughing Hyenas / Hairy Patt Band / Appalachian Death Ride 24 Fri +Falstaff / MOTO / Gringo 25 Sat Dis- / Panel Donor / Boys Life Mar 02 Thu +Kicking Giant / Number One Cup / Glue 03 Fri *Meatmen / Wickerman / Glazed Baby / Molly McGuire 04 Sat *Baby M / Saucer / Rustbucket 09 Thu *Three Mile Pilot / Renfields / Geezer Lake 10 Fri *Kathy McCarty 11 Sat *Unsane 17 Fri *Specula / Motorhome / Melting Hopefuls 24 Fri *Stinkies / Demolition Dollrods / Scissor (The Stinkies were formerly the Leather Uppers) Fireside Bowl (aa): 2648 W. Fullerton / Chicago, IL / (312) 486-2700 / info: Brian (312) 384-5813 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri 8:00 Big Daddy Sun / Waco Brothers / Handsome Family / Hi-Fi & The Road Burners 19 Sun 8:30 +Judge Nothing / Back Of Dave / Spazz Maggots / Jerkwater 24 Fri 7:00 The Queers / Smears / Crabs / Alligator Gun (tickets only at Dummyroom) 25 Sat 7:00 +Oblivion / Full / Hash Brown / The Jaks / Controposta Pose Mar 01 Wed *Dot Dot Dot / Vuva La Squnge / Sweetback / Boys Life 02 Thu *Smoothies / tba 03 Fri Hi-fi & The Roadburners / Dead Steel Mill / 4 Squares / I Love Rich / Houseboy 04 Sat +Jack Kevorkian Suicide Machines / Slapstick / Nostrilsaurus / The Parka Kings 05 Sun *Pinwheel / tba x 3 ==CANCELLED== 07 Tue *Lunkhead / Highway 66 / tba x 2 08 Wed *Love Kit / The Crocodiles / Theodore 11 Sat +Homocore: Hubcap / Adjustable Boy / tba 12 Sun 8:00 *Submachine / Dead Drunk / Ton Of Bricks / Rat Bastards 15 Wed *Grither / Lorax / Green Magnet School (GMS are on Sub-Pop) 16 Thu 8:00 *Christy's Overdrive / Sweep The Leg Johnny / Boney Pile / Garden Bower 17 Fri Sidekick Kato / Neptunes / Lucid / Craw / Tetsuo 18 Sat *Not Rebecca / Limpspork / Shirk Circus / Dick Justice 22 Wed *Bomb Site / Gang of Jerks / Broken Skin / The Dirt Merchants 24 Fri *Trusty (Dischord) / The Break-ups / Tanner Boyle / Sidekick Kato / Cinca de Gato (AIDS film benefit) 25 Sat +Apocalypse Hoboken / Orphan Punx / MU330 / Vic Vacume / Mushuganas 29 Wed *Succotash / The Hippocrites / Catch-22 / Foo / Tricky Dick 30 Thu *Jesus Christ Superfly / Multiple Choice / tba x 2 31 Fri *Ticklepenny / Pritchard / Poonjab (A-Zone benefit) Apr 13 Thu 8:00 *Green Street / The Nobodies / tba x 2 14 Fri *Mustard Plug / Greenhouse / tba x 2 15 Sat 7:00 *Craphole / Lorax / Raunchous Brothers / Dead Steel Mill 20 Thu *Smut / The Migraines May 03 Wed *88 Fingers Louie / Sleeper 07 Sun *The Parasites Fitzgerald's: 6615 Roosevelt Rd. / Berwyn, IL / (708) 788-2118 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat Bottle Rockets / Waco Brothers 24 Fri Saffire Mar 09 Thu Joe Ely 10 Fri C.J. Chenier 11 Sat C.J. Chenier The Fletch: 3062 N. Oakland Ave. / Milwaukee, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 24 Fri 6:30 Pachinko / Olive / Focus Mar 04 Sat 6:30 *Cap'n Jazz / Endive / tba 19 Sun 6:30 *Shotmaker / Christie Front Drive Foellinger Auditorium: 709 S. Matthews Ave. / Urbana, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 20 Mon 8:00 $21 aa +Spin Doctors / Rusted Root Mar 08 Wed $16 aa *Digable Planets / Spearhead Friends & Co. (21+): 509 Van Buren / Charleston, IL / (217) 345-2380 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri *The Moon Seven Times / Suede Chain Mar 01 Wed *Kicking Giant / Sue P. Fox Highway: North & Elston / Chicago, IL / (312) 348-8900 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 24 Fri *Gravity / Screw Party / Halcyon 25 Sat *Fat Banana / Charging Hoses / Moe 28 Tue *Wrecking Ball / Hi-Fi & The Roadburners Ida Noyes Hall: 1212 E. 59th St. / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri 8:00 $2 Seam / Yum-Yum (Even though this is at UofC it's open to the public.) Illini Union Courtyard Cafe: 1401 W. Green St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 333-4666 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri aa Skapone 25 Sat 8:00 $5 aa *Poster Children / C-Clamp / Cap'n Jazz Knights of Columbus Hall: 15 N. Hickory / Arlington Heights, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri 6:30 $5 Cap'n Jazz / Tetsuo / Cinco de Gatos Lounge Ax (21+): 2348 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-6620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri Wilco / Go To Blazes 18 Sat Wilco / Texas Instruments 19 Sun To Live To Shave in L.A. / The Many Moods of Marlon Magas / Duotron 22 Wed Martin Zellar 24 Fri *Tar / Denison/Kimball Trio / U.S. Maple 25 Sat Killdozer / Mt. Shasta Mar 02 Thu Fastbacks / Gaunt 03 Fri Tenderloin / Kill Creek 04 Sat Laika & The Cosmonauts 08 Wed *Godhead Silo / Honcho Overload / Hubcap / Dripping Goss 09 Thu Raymond Brake / Joby's Opinion 10 Fri Tara Key / Bassholes 11 Sat Poi Dog Pondering 12 Sun Poi Dog Pondering 13 Mon Poi Dog Pondering 14 Tue Poi Dog Pondering (tix 2/17 5pm @ Lounge Ax) 17 Fri Rockin' Billy & the Wild Coyotes / Three Blue Teardrops 18 Sat *Edsel / Trenchmouth / Small Factory / Candy Machine 22 Wed *Shiner 23 Thu +Butterglory / Small / Papas Fritas 24 Fri Jonathan Richman 25 Sat Jonathan Richman COMING: Spies Who Surf, The Web, Joby's Opinion The Lunar Cabaret: 2827 N. Lincoln / Chicago, IL / (312) FAR-MOON --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri 9:30 Adrian Legg 17 Fri 11:00 Adrian Legg 18 Sat 10:00 Dot Dot Dot / The Vulva Club 19 Sun 3:00 Rumpus 21 Tue 9:00 The Vandermark Quartet 23 Thu 9:00 Caffeine 24 Fri 10:00 The Flavor Channel 25 Sat 9:00 Greg Brown / Maestro Subgum & The Whole 25 Sat 11:00 Greg Brown / Maestro Subgum & The Whole 26 Sun 3:00 Ensemble Noamnesia 28 Tue 9:00 The Vandermark Quartet Mabel's (19+): 613 E. Green C / Champaign, IL / (217) 328-5700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri Rain Merchants 18 Sat Organic Advisor 19 Sun Murmurs 22 Wed The Bludgers 23 Thu Lonely Trailer 24 Fri Secret Cajun Band 25 Sat Uncle John's Band Mar 24 Fri Third Stone Metro: 3730 N. Clark / Chicago, IL / (312) 549-0203 / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri 9:00 $10 18+ The Pacers / Mr. 2 Badd / Highball Holiday / The Skolars / Johnny Socko / The Exceptions 18 Sat 9:00 $10 18+ Skapone / Secret Cajun Band / Parka Kings / Slapstick / Suspect Bill / Stinkfish 19 Sun 7:00 aa Simple Minds / Lisa Germano ==SOLD OUT== 21 Tue 7:00 +The London Suede / Catherine 22 Wed 9:00 21+ +Chris Whitley / Whitey 22 Wed 10:00 $3 18+ Almost True / Tuscadero / Chisel 23 Thu 9:00 21+ +Chris Whitley / Mean Reds 24 Fri 9:00 21+ +Chris Whitley / Watershed 24 Fri 10:00 18+ Spectrum / Air Miami / Cath Carroll 25 Sat 7:00 Fear / Trenchmouth / Butt Trumpet 25 Sat 9:00 21+ +Chris Whitley / Watershed 25 Sat 11:30 18+ Smoothies / Fitz of Depression / Braid 27 Mon 7:30 $8 aa Cranes / Idaho 28 Tue 7:00 aa Bob Mould / Jason & Allison ==SOLD OUT== Mar 01 Wed 7:00 aa Bob Mould / Jason & Allison ==SOLD OUT== 02 Thu 7:00 aa Bob Mould / Jason & Allison 03 Fri 7:00 Lords Of Acid / Dink ==SOLD OUT== 03 Fri 11:30 21+ Pizzicato Five 04 Sat 7:00 aa Love Spit Love / Michael Petak 04 Sat 11:30 *Billy Goat / D.O.P.E. / Wesley Willis Fiasco 05 Sun 7:00 Rancid / No Empathy / 88 Fingers Louie ==SOLD OUT== 09 Thu 7:00 $10 aa Sebadoh / The Frogs / Evergreen 10 Fri 6:30 $5 aa No Empathy / Apocalypse Hoboken / Oblivion / The Fighters (Now definite) 10 Fri 11:30 $10 18+*Bettie Serveert (tix Sat noon) 11 Sat 7:00 aa Digable Planets / Spearhead / Kymbali 15 Wed 10:00 $3 *International Hoodwink / Butterfly Child / The Sky Corvair 17 Fri 7:00 The Drovers 17 Fri 11:30 The Drovers 18 Sat Chris Connelly 21 Tue 7:00 Weezer / Archers Of Loaf ==SOLD OUT== 24 Fri 7:00 $7 +Skankin' Pickle / Slapstick / Jerkwater 25 Sat 7:00 Buckshot Le Fonque Apr 04 Tue 7:00 Morphine The New Loft: 112 N. Fairchild / Madison, WI / (608) 251-7175 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 03 Fri *Mercy Rule / The Quickies / The Dishes / Rhoda O'Cayz Corral: 504 E. Wilson St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1348 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri Killdozer / Pachinko / Mt. Shasta Off The Alley: 18061 S. Dixie Hwy at Ridge / Homewood, IL / (708) 798-2252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat Migraine / Dollrods / Astronuts / Tossers 25 Sat $6 Skapone / Hot Stove Jimmy / Slapstick / Jack Rabbit Slim Mar 11 Sat Those Naked Guys / Orange Crotch / Spent / Herbal Flesh Tea The Paramount: 103 N. Park St. / Madison, WI / (608) 256-1171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 20 Mon The Radiators Park West (21+): 322 W. Armitage / Chicago, IL / (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat 7:30 aa Dada ==CANCELLED== Mar 03 Fri 7:30 $10 Black 47 / The Low Road 08 Wed 7:30 aa *L.A. Guns (tix Sat 10am) 10 Fri 7:30 Craig Chaquico / Peter White / Warren Hill / Richard Eliot ==SOLD OUT== 10 Fri 11:00 *Craig Chaquico / Peter White / Warren Hill / Richard Eliot (tix Sat 10am) 15 Wed 7:30 aa Robyn Hitchcock (solo acoustic) 18 Sat 77's / Curious Fools 22 Wed 7:30 *David Gates (tix Sat 10am) Apr 15 Sat *Robyn Hitchcock P.I.T.: 3210 Williams Ave. / Rockford, IL / (815) 961-0322 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 Sat Pound / Chicane / one other 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 Rave: 2401 W. Wisconsin / Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-4545 / (TM) (aa) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat Jesus Lizard Mar 07 Tue Tesla 10 Fri Digable Planets / Spearhead 15 Wed Big Head Todd & The Monsters / Dave Matthews Band 18 Sat Toad the Wet Sprocket / Hootie and the Blowfish 19 Sun Bush 25 Sat Oasis / Velvet Crush 26 Sun Skankin' Pickle Apr 08 Sat Blues Traveler Reckless Records: 3157 N. Broadway / Chicago, IL / (312) 404-5080 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat 2:00 FREE *Pacers / Parka Kings in-store performance Record Swap: 16 W. Chicago Ave. / Naperville, IL / (708) 527-0999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 Sat FREE aa Dis- / Panel Donor in-store performance The Red Herring Coffeehouse: 1209 W. Oregon St. / Urbana, IL / (217) 367-2340 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri aa Back Of Dave / Castor / Mary Me / Walker Rock My Ass: (cable TV show live taping) TCI of Illinois Studios, 9651 Grosse Pointe Road / Skokie, IL / (708) 674-5422 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 25 Sat 11:00a Orphan Punks 25 Sat 12:30a Fashion Police 25 Sat 2:00 Johnny Moe Band 25 Sat 3:30 Insania Rosemont Horizon: Touhy & Mannheim / Rosemont, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 24 Fri Alan Jackson / Faith Hill Apr 28 Fri Page & Plant 29 Sat Page & Plant Jun 02 Fri R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== 03 Sat R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== 04 Sun R.E.M. / Luscious Jackson ==SOLD OUT== Schubas Tavern (21+): 3759 N. Southport (at Belmont) / Chicago, IL / (312) 525-2508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri Yardsale / Diplomat 6 18 Sat Citrus / Saucy Jack 21 Tue Soul Coughing 22 Wed Mantiula 23 Thu Terrance Simien 24 Fri Bloodline Mar 03 Fri Loose Diamonds 10 Fri Joe Ely 17 Fri Blue Rodeo 18 Sat Blue Rodeo 25 Sat Ray Wylie Hubbard Shades: 21860 N. Milwaukee Ave / Deerfield, IL / (708) 634-BLUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat $10 Missing Persons / The Turnstiles Shank Hall (21+): 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI / (414) 276-7288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 19 Sun The Radiators 21 Tue Martin Zellar 22 Wed Adrian Legg 23 Thu Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 24 Fri Dis- / Panel Donor Shubert Theatre: 22 W. Monroe / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri Johnny Mathis 25 Sat Johnny Mathis 26 Sun Johnny Mathis Thirsty Whale: 880 W. Grand / River Grove, IL / (708) 456-2414 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat Dangerous Toys 19 Sun Overkill / Displacement of Anger / Kore / Mental Mar 03 Fri Trixter (2 shows each night) 04 Sat Trixter 25 Sat James Young Group Tower Records: 2301 N. Clark (at Belden) / Chicago, IL / (312) 477-5994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat 3:00 FREE *Soul Coughing in-store performance 20 Mon 3:00 FREE *Lisa Germano in-store performance Tunnels Of Fun: 2843 W. Kirchoff / Rolling Meadows, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri Banana Buster / Hash Brown / Mushuganas / Nostrilsaurus / AYA Underdog loft: 2252 N. Elston / Chicago, IL / (312) 772-4545 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat 10:00 Oblivion ("ultra-swank all-cover performance... optional transvestite theme in effect... plus all-night music/beverages/snacks/civil punk attitudes after 11pm") United Center: 1901 W. Madison / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat Eagles Mar 03 Fri Amy Grant / Gary Chapman 08 Wed 7:30 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers UW Memorial Union: 800 Langdon St. / Madison, WI / (608) 265-3000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri 10:00 Eddie Clearwater 18 Sat 10:00 Ignore the Ground / Shift 24 Fri 10:00 Zora Young 25 Sat 10:00 Sidereal / Mint Aundrey Mar 04 Sat 10:00 Andrew Calhoun Valparaiso University: The Great Hall on campus / Valparaiso, IN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 24 Fri 7:00 $5 aa +No Empathy / The Mushuganas / Tango Wedding Band / Misery Index / The Fighters / Clove (Call Kurt at (219) 464-6432 or email KAG6306@exodus.valpo.edu for more info) The Vic (21+): 3145 N. Sheffield / Chicago, IL (TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat 7:30 aa The Radiators / Chris Duarte Mar 01 Wed 8:30 aa *Skid Row (tix Sat 10am) 03 Fri 7:00 $12 aa Lost Angels / Jaxx / Strict Nine / Flood / Ritual Sun / Accomplice / Terminal Bliss 05 Sun 7:30 aa Tesla ==SOLD OUT== 11 Sat 7:30 aa Fishbone / Weapon of Choice 19 Sun 7:30 aa Oasis / Velvet Crush Wilmette Youth Org.: somewhere in Wilmette --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri 6:30 $5 aa The Unemployed / Lost Nation / Wretch / The Eclectics (Call Adam at (708) 251-5892 for directions.) WHPK's Pure Hype: WHPK 88.5 FM / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 17 Fri 9:00 National Drag 24 Fri 9:00 Shamus WNUR's Airplay: WNUR 89.3 FM / Evanston, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 18 Sat 3:00 Wendy Fix 25 Sat 4:00 Boy King Mar 04 Sat 5:00 Moonshine Willy 11 Sat Los Invaderados 18 Sat Hoodwink WZRD: WZRD 88.3 FM / Chicago, IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 23 Thu Simple Simon Mar 02 Thu *Five Mile Ceiling 09 Thu *Rockin' Billy & the Wild Coyotes 16 Thu *Gift Apples 23 Thu *The Silent Workers 30 Thu *Reality Scare Apr 06 Thu *Institute of Psychic Ponderance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Kim Contact Kim @ (312) SHE-1HER Mike Contact Mike @ (815) 961-0322 Call the Chicago Punk Hotline: (312) 409-2310 All information listed is subject to change. 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