The Poetry Brothel @ House of Blues Foundation Room

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Published July 10, 2010 at 3:17 p.m.
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The Poetry Brothel, a poets/artists/designers organization, is setting up shop in the House of Blues Foundation Room (329 N. Dearborn) tonight from 8pm to midnight. This event series incorporates a bit of performance art as the showcased poets ... well ... seduce you. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 if you bring along the flier. Stop by and enjoy poetry + absinthe + music + anything else you may expect at a brothel ...

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The Metro Releases Metro: The Official Bootleg Series, Volume 1. July 22

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Published July 8, 2010 at 12:26 p.m.

From blues to jazz to post-rock, we are a city filled with a rich musical history that can compare to no other. What is even more important are our personal histories, stories and memories. The Metro for many of ...

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Oh, for Fun!

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Published July 7, 2010 at 9:09 a.m.

Got the There's Nuthin' to Do on Friday blues? Not so fast, friend. There's a fun show at the Jackhammer (6406 N. Clark St.) on July 9 featuring punky popsters Suzy Brack & The New Jack Lords; Pieptone!, a group ...

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On the Perimeter

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Published July 2, 2010 at 12:47 p.m.

An yearly Chicago tradition up there with the Blues Fest and Taste of Chicago is the Perimeter Ride -- a semi-organized tour of the city's edge. The ride starts with a trip down the path all the way to Calumet ...

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A Brothel in Chicago?

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Published June 29, 2010 at 1:39 p.m.

Don't worry, it's The Poetry Brothel! The poets/artists/designers organization is coming to the House of Blues Foundation Room (329 N. Dearborn) on July 10 from 8pm to midnight. This event series incorporates a bit of performance art as the showcased ...

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The Legacy of Chess Records @ Blue Heaven Studios

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Published May 23, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
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Take a rare look at the Chess Records Studio, where the likes of Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Chuck Berry lay down their tracks ... In 1993 the building was bought by Marie Dixon, Willie Dixon's widow, and donated to the Willie Dixon Blues Heaven Foundation. Visitors will be given a tour of the space, and participate in a blues harmonica workshop taught by musicians Doktu Rhute Muuzic and Fernando Jones ... Ticket holders will also have the chance to meet

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Midweek Music Pick: Rap And Classical's Uneasy Marriage

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Published May 18, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
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Fortunately, "Blues for Black Hoodies," which will receive its Midwestern premiere this Wednesday, is a better piece of music. Some of the lyrics still haven't graduated high school, but the piece is more integrated, particularly the beginning and ending portions. Here the slowly-flowing, barely-evolving strings intertwine with sampled sounds and a spacey beat to give a somber, ethereal wrap to rapper Wordisbon's baritone. As with "Urban Legends," the rapper is recorded rather than appearing

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The Secret History of Chicago Music Comes To Life

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Published May 18, 2010 at 3:11 p.m.

Steve Krakow (aka Plastic Crimewave) publishes a bi-weekly info strip in the Chicago Reader highlighting obscure but important blues, jazz, rock, funk, soul, folk, R&B and punk musicians that according to Krakow, "somehow have not gotten their just dues." Right ...

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Rockin' Our Turntable: The Black Keys

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Published May 18, 2010 at 1:40 p.m.
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The Black Keys is one of those bands that won us over through their live shows. The duo had a knack for putting out solid albums rooted in their stripped down attack of the blues, but the electricity was missing. Some of the fire would smoke from between the grooves from time to time, but the sexiness and the soul just wasn’t there. To be honest after their somnambulant Danger Mouse produced disc and their unfortunate BlakRoc hip-hop side project we were afraid the two-man demolition crew had

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Chicago Outfit vs. North Star

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Published May 15, 2010 at 12:02 p.m.
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Got the mid-May no-derby blues? I've got the cure for you, my friend: The next bout for the Chicago Outfit is tonight, vs ... the North Star Roller Girls (Minneapolis, MN) at the Windy City Fieldhouse (2367 West Logan Blvd). The bout starts at 7pm, and tickets are $15 presale and $20 at the door ...

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