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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, Music Feature Jan 14, 2020
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What turns kids punk?

The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Verböten, Jason Narducy, Brett Neveu, Sonic Highways, punk, punk rock, Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, musical theater, Evanston, Split Single, John Stirratt, Wilco, Superchunk, Jon Wurster, Spoon, Britt Daniel, Jason & Alison, Alison Chesley, Helen Money, Verbow, Woodshed, Epic Records, Chronicles, Bob Mould, Tracey Bradford, Rights of the Accused, Naked Raygun, Silver Abuse, Da, Cubby Bear, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Cubby Bear, Chopin Theatre, House Theatre of Chicago, Odradek, La Mere Vipere, O’Banions, Oz, Club C.O.D., Tutu & the Pirates, Terry Nelson, WZRD, Autumn Records, Busted at Oz, Chris Kean, Record Exchange, Shake, Rattle & Read, Ric Addy, Chicago Reader, Maximum RocknRoll, Flipside, Zack Kantor, Roycemore School, Jay Yuenger, White Zombie, Studiomedia Recording Company, Work, Let It Out, Work to Let It Out, Kidding Around, Nathan Allen, Kieran McCabe, SPACE, Nora O'Connor, Flat Five, Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Against Me!, Black Me Out, Articles of Faith, Ramones, Circle Jerks, I'm Not Coming Home, Video

Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 22, 2019
Four Chords and a Gun reduces the Ramones from punks to adolescent brats

Hey! Ho! Don't go!
- By Catey Sullivan
- Tags: Theater Review, Four Chords and a Gun, Broadway in Chicago, Broadway Playhouse, Ramones, John Ross Bowie, Justin Goodhand, Cyrus Lane, Paolo Santalucia, James Smith, Ron Pederson, Richard Ouzounian, Phil Spector, End of the Century, rock musical

Music, Music Feature Sep 11, 2018
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Blondie’s Clem Burke and the tragedy of Trump Face

Our terrible president doesn’t deserve to be compared to the best journeyman drummer in rock—but just look at them.
- By Jake Austen
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest, Riot Fest 2018, Clem Burke, drummer, Blondie, Romantics, Ramones, Paul Zone, Playground, My View, Debbie Harry, Sky Arts, Trump Face, Donald Trump, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Dec 20, 2016
The Trouble Boys brought dumb punk fun to the U. of C. in the late 70s

The Trouble Boys never made a record, but guitarist and singer Don Hedeker went on to play in Algebra Suicide and the Polkaholics.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Trouble Boys, punk, Don Hedeker, Algebra Suicide, Polkaholics, University of Chicago, U. of C., biostatistics, Bart Goldberg, Rob Sullivan, Jack Kaczmarek, Rockpile, Chuck Berry, Jonathan Richman, Johnny Thunders, Ramones, Mark Erwin, Larry Cohen, Mickey Cohen, Mickey Zero, Wizards, Tuts, O'Banion's, Cubby Bear, I Don’t Wanna Belong, She’s Ugly, Ray Peck, Kiderian Records, Swingers, BB Spin, Bohemia, Phil ’n’ the Blanks, Dumb Ra, Abraham Mellish, Young Swingers

Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: 'Oh Oh I Love Her So' in honor of Tommy Ramone

All four of the Ramones are dead, but their great music lives on.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Ramones, Tommy Ramone, Leave Home, Oh Oh I Love Her So, punk, Video

Arts & Culture, Book Review Mar 11, 2014
In I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp Richard Hell reflects on his childhood and punk stardom

Hell's autobiography fills in the blank generation.
- By Hannah Gold
- Tags: Book Review, I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp, Richard Hell, Ecco, Tom Verlaine, Neon Boys, Television, Hilly Kristal, CBGB, Patti Smith, Blondie, Ramones, Dead Boys, Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, New York Dolls, Richard Meyers, Lexington, Kentucky, Dylan Thomas, William Carlos, Ron Padgett, Blank Generation, Union Square, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Blank Generation

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Thu 11/15

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, November 15, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Chicago Food and Film Festival, Kendall College, DePaul Art Museum, Richard Cahan, Michael Williams, Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows, Punk Rock Karaoke, 2013 Chicago Zine Fest, Beauty Bar, Ramones, Bikini Kill, Dead Kennedys

Blogs, Bleader Oct 9, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: The Ramones, "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)"

A synth-heavy oddball from the Ramones catalog
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La), Ramones, Too Tough to Die, Ramones Mania, punk, Dee Dee Ramone, Dee Dee King, rap, video, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Future of the Left, "Sheena Is a T-Shirt Salesman"

Welsh punks Future of the Left give a lesson in economics.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Future of the Left, Sheena Is a T-Shirt Salesman, Ramones, Andrew Falkous, Falco, The Plot Against Common Sense, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2012
WHPK launches the music-movie series Roxploitation at Doc Films

WHPK launches a weekly music-movie series at Doc Films.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Film, Music, Post No Bills, Doc Films, WHPK, Roxploitation, Ramones, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, The Harder They Come, The Trip, Valley Girl

Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Jack Rebney, Winnebago Industries, Ben Steinbauer, Winnebago Man, Gene Siskel Film Center, Ed M. Koziarski, Ted Hardin, Elizabeth Coffman, Veins in the Gulf, Cajun culture, Louisiana bayou, BP oil spill, Accomplices Frederic Mermoud, Daddy Longlegs, Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie, Ondine, Neil Jordan, The Crying Game, The A-Team, Iron Man 2, The Karate Kid, Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Mort Sahl, Killers Ashton Kutchner, Killers Katherine Heigl, OSS 117 Lost in Rio, Music Box Films, Solitary Man, Michael Douglas, La Signora di Tutti, Max Ophuls, Lola Montes, Rachid Bouchareb, Days of Glory, Hotti Biscotti, First Men in the Moon, H.G. Wells, Ray Harryhausen, Busby Berkeley, For Me and My Gal, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Bank of America Cinema, David Lean, In Which We Serve, Northbrook Public Library, Fritz Lang Metropolis, Allan Arkush, Rock 'n' Roll High School, P.J. Soles, Ramones, Empty Bottle, Akira Kurosawa, Sanjuro, Raoul Walsh, The Thief of Baghdad, Douglas Fairbanks, movies., Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2010
How to Be an iPod Dad

Call the tunes while you can.
- By Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Film, Music, Fatherhood, Kraftwerk, babies, Ramones, Randy Newman, Ben Folds, generational succession, coolness, Neal Pollack, Trader Joe's, iPods, tape decks, car, driving, Pixar

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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

Video
What turns kids punk?

The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.

Four Chords and a Gun reduces the Ramones from punks to adolescent brats

Hey! Ho! Don't go!

Video
Blondie’s Clem Burke and the tragedy of Trump Face

Our terrible president doesn’t deserve to be compared to the best journeyman drummer in rock—but just look at them.

The Trouble Boys brought dumb punk fun to the U. of C. in the late 70s

The Trouble Boys never made a record, but guitarist and singer Don Hedeker went on to play in Algebra Suicide and the Polkaholics.

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12 O'Clock Track: 'Oh Oh I Love Her So' in honor of Tommy Ramone

All four of the Ramones are dead, but their great music lives on.

In I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp Richard Hell reflects on his childhood and punk stardom

Hell's autobiography fills in the blank generation.

The Reader's Agenda: Thu 11/15

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, November 15, 2012

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12 O'Clock Track: The Ramones, "Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)"

A synth-heavy oddball from the Ramones catalog

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12 O'Clock Track: Future of the Left, "Sheena Is a T-Shirt Salesman"

Welsh punks Future of the Left give a lesson in economics.

WHPK launches the music-movie series Roxploitation at Doc Films

WHPK launches a weekly music-movie series at Doc Films.

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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

The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.

Hey! Ho! Don't go!

Our terrible president doesn’t deserve to be compared to the best journeyman drummer in rock—but just look at them.

The Trouble Boys never made a record, but guitarist and singer Don Hedeker went on to play in Algebra Suicide and the Polkaholics.

All four of the Ramones are dead, but their great music lives on.

Hell's autobiography fills in the blank generation.

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, November 15, 2012

A synth-heavy oddball from the Ramones catalog

Welsh punks Future of the Left give a lesson in economics.

WHPK launches a weekly music-movie series at Doc Films.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Call the tunes while you can.

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