This year it was harder for me to discover new music since I make most of those discoveries by surfing the 'Net and since my computer died back in August, it was harder for me to spend copious amounts of time online. I did do quite a bit of music hunting while I was at work and, in what may be another sign of my advancing oldness, much of the new music I liked this year was mellower than what I...
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donia
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best albums of 2008
sweet reprieve
So many phone calls and e-mails flooded the city aldermans' offices that the ordinance will not be put up for a vote tomorrow! WhooHoo!! The ordinance is supposed to be rewritten before it comes up for a vote again, most likely next month. The thing that gets me is that it's the big venues that this ordinance should apply to; they are the ones most likely to have people get hurt. The current re...
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chicago: kills rock dead
This Events Promoter Ordinance that's being fast-tracked through the Chicago City Council is bullshit. It's like it was designed to kill the local music scene, which are the only shows I can afford to go to at this point in time, but it would also discourage smaller venues that don't have 500+ permanent seating from booking some nationally-known indie bands, plus the wording is so vague it coul...
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