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Music, Music Feature Jun 23, 2020
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Chicago punk was born queer

How three gay bars—La Mere Vipere, O’Banion’s, and Oz—became the cradle of the city’s punk scene
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago punk, punk, queer, gay, gay bars, La Mere Vipere, Oz, O’Banion’s, Terry Fox, Sex Pistols, Kenny Ellis, Ken Ellis, Ramones, 2132 N. Halsted, Anarchy at La Mere, Punk-o-Rama, Blondie, Jim Skafish, Skafish, Tutu & the Pirates, Effigies, Silver Abuse, Da, Hüsker Dü, D.O.A., Naked Raygun, B.B. Spin, Steve Maas, Mudd Club, La Mere Gabba Gabba Gazette, Gabba Gabba Gazette, Busted at Oz, Sasha Geffen, Glitter Up the Dark, Dem Hopkins, Noah Boudreau, Noe Boudreau, Tom Wroblewski, Snake Pit, Mike Rivers, Sparkle, John Morales, Taco, Dugan’s Bistro, Bearded Lady, Cheeks, Paradise, Marilyn’s, Sunday’s, Sounds Good Records, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Greenleaf, Lend-a-Man, John Molini, Rick Faust, Gay Chicago News/Journal, Dick Nielsen, Mary Alice Ramel-Hoeksema, Rolling Stones Records, Jeanne Genie, Monica Lynch, Steve Miglio, Spin, Joe Shanahan, Metro, Smart Bar, Neo, Tuts, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Michael Cegur, Beluga, Cary Baker, Bomp! magazine, Nancy Rapchak, Russell Clancy, Bill Meehan, Bob Bell, Ken Mierzwa, Gay Chicago Magazine, Wax Trax!, Everett Rogers, Poison Squirrel, Immune System, Clox, the Ranch, Strike Under, Earl Letiecq, Oil, Jane Byrne, Subverts, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Greg Ginn, Black Flag, Minutemen, Mike Watt, New Alliance Records, D. Boon, Land Speed Record, Rather See None, Club Foot, Roseann Kuberski, Coolest Retard, I.R.S. Records, Tommy Boy, punk history, punk venues, Pride 2020, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 8, 2019
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Chicago filmmaker Jim Sikora screens a rarely seen love letter to Saccharine Trust

Plus: Sacha Mullin celebrates an earnest, silly new video for an old song, and the Hood Internet drop five weekly video mashups covering 1979 through ’83.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jim Sikora, SST Records, Saccharine Trust, Mike Watt, Jack Brewer, Minutemen, My Char-Broiled Burger With Brewer, Siskel Film Center, Michael Shannon, I’ll Die Tomorrow, Things I’ve Done, David Yow, Brian Dennehy, Sacha Mullin, Duplex, Dead Rider, Cheer-Accident, Lovely Little Girls, Crow, Cafe Mustache, video, Hood Internet, The Hood Internet Presents 1979, The Hood Internet Presents 1983, Schubas, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 29, 2018
Chicago rapper the Boy Illinois headlines his first show since dropping the triumphant Windy EP

Plus: Three current and former Chicagoans set a piece of Finnegans Wake to music, and the Ag47 Collective kicks off its 2018 program with a Cafe Mustache fund-raiser.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, The Boy Illinois, Windy, Wire, YP, Rico Recklezz, Pivot Gang, Saba, Frsh Waters, Priority Records, Born Leaders, Illanoize, Adam Ness, London Lo, Tynece Allen, Vo, Waywords and Meansigns, Finnegans Wake, James Joyce, Phil Minton, Mike Watt, Sally Timms, Brian Costello, Laura Callier, Lulu Callier, Gel Set, Bill MacKay, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, Ag47, fund-raiser, Cafe Mustache, Staring Problem, Pledge Drive, Bev Rage & the Drinks

Music, Music Feature Jan 7, 2015
Where is Bloodshot Records going now that 'insurgent country' has outgrown it?

On the occasion of the label's 20th birthday party, cofounders Nan Warshaw and Rob Miller talk about diversifying their roster, surviving the collapse of album sales, and not getting rich.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Bloodshot Records, Rob Miller, Nan Warshaw, Bloodshot Records 20th Anniversary Blowout, Ben Kweller, Lydia Loveless, Rhett Miller, Bobby Bare Jr., Banditos, Eric Babcock, For a Life of Sin, Old 97's, Handsome Family, Robbie Fulks, Alejandro Escovedo, Jon Langford, Wayne Hancock, While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records, JC Brooks, Mike Watt

Blogs, Bleader Sep 30, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 9/30: Fall Dinner Crawl, Il Sogno del Marinaio, and Don Giovanni

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, September 30
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Fall Dinner Crawl, Il Sogno del Marinaio, Mike Watt, Minutemen, Schubas, Lyric Opera, Don Giovanni, Goodman Theatre, Robert Falls

Film, Movie Sidebar Apr 14, 2011
Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Movie Sidebar, Douglas Freel, Fix: The Ministry Movie, Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Trent Reznor, Jello Biafra, Jim DeRogatis, Greg Kot, Lemmy, Paul Barker, Freaks in Love, Alice Donut, The Ballad of Mott the Hoople, The Extraordinary Life of Jose Gonzalez, We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen, Mike Watt, Mike Watt + the Missingmen, All Natural, Chicago Punk Night, Tutu & the Pirates, Joe Losurdo, Chicago Cultural Center, Double Door, Heaven Gallery, Hideout, Music Box, Nightingale, Schubas, Society for Arts, Subterranean, Wicker Park Art Center

Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2010
Pre-Minutemen Foursome the Reactionaries Surface on Vinyl

A new vinyl-only release of the pre-Minutemen recordings of Mike Watt, D. Boon, and George Hurley
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Minutemen, Reactionaries, punk rock, hardcore, San Pedro, Mike Watt, D. Boon, George Hurley, Water Under the Bridge Records, Joe Carducci, Martin Tamburovich

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2007
American (hardcore) idol

Mike Watt on his collaboration with American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, American Idol, Mike Watt, Kelly Clarkson

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Chicago punk was born queer

How three gay bars—La Mere Vipere, O’Banion’s, and Oz—became the cradle of the city’s punk scene

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Chicago filmmaker Jim Sikora screens a rarely seen love letter to Saccharine Trust

Plus: Sacha Mullin celebrates an earnest, silly new video for an old song, and the Hood Internet drop five weekly video mashups covering 1979 through ’83.

Chicago rapper the Boy Illinois headlines his first show since dropping the triumphant Windy EP

Plus: Three current and former Chicagoans set a piece of Finnegans Wake to music, and the Ag47 Collective kicks off its 2018 program with a Cafe Mustache fund-raiser.

Where is Bloodshot Records going now that 'insurgent country' has outgrown it?

On the occasion of the label's 20th birthday party, cofounders Nan Warshaw and Rob Miller talk about diversifying their roster, surviving the collapse of album sales, and not getting rich.

Reader's Agenda Tue 9/30: Fall Dinner Crawl, Il Sogno del Marinaio, and Don Giovanni

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, September 30

Chicago International Movies & Music Festival

Pre-Minutemen Foursome the Reactionaries Surface on Vinyl

A new vinyl-only release of the pre-Minutemen recordings of Mike Watt, D. Boon, and George Hurley

American (hardcore) idol

Mike Watt on his collaboration with American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson.

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How three gay bars—La Mere Vipere, O’Banion’s, and Oz—became the cradle of the city’s punk scene

Plus: Sacha Mullin celebrates an earnest, silly new video for an old song, and the Hood Internet drop five weekly video mashups covering 1979 through ’83.

Plus: Three current and former Chicagoans set a piece of Finnegans Wake to music, and the Ag47 Collective kicks off its 2018 program with a Cafe Mustache fund-raiser.

On the occasion of the label's 20th birthday party, cofounders Nan Warshaw and Rob Miller talk about diversifying their roster, surviving the collapse of album sales, and not getting rich.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, September 30

A new vinyl-only release of the pre-Minutemen recordings of Mike Watt, D. Boon, and George Hurley

Mike Watt on his collaboration with American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson.

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