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Music, Music Feature Apr 16, 2020
Remembering Chicago music champion Christen Thomas

She booked shows for a decade with the Empty Bottle and Metro teams, but that work was just the beginning of the love, joy, and support she showered on the local scene.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Christen Thomas, Jeff Rice, Empty Bottle, Metro, GMan Tavern, Cornerstone Promotions, the Fader, Vice Records, Pitchfork TV, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Glitter Creeps, Good Night Out, Shout Your Abortion, Richard Vain, Jered Gummere, Melissa Elias, Circles, Srini Radhakrishna, Storm Clouds, Salonathon, Queen!, Jane Beachy, Baathaus, Daan, Sean Tillmann, Har Mar Superstar, obituary, death, died, Ponys, Pink Frost, Handlebar, Adam Lukas, Tyrades, Jim McCann, Jim “Hollywood” McCann, Carbomb, Cathy Shenoy, Groveland, Adelphi University, Danny Wirtz, Wirtz Corporation, Breakthru Beverage Group, Black Lips, Daylight Robbery, Headache City, Joe Carsello, Pete Toalson, Outer Minds, Oozing Wound, Rabble Rabble, Matt Ciarleglio, Big Freedia, Brent Heyl, Absolutely Not, Feminist Advice From the City of Broad Shoulders, Anna Cerniglia, Ben Webster, Butcher Bear, Johalla Projects, Alison Green, Justin "Lugs" Wettstein, James Deia, Night Jammer, Talkeetna, Neil Diamond, White Stripes, Fairview Inn

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 27, 2018
Video
Mutant Beat Dance throw a little party for their monster debut album

Plus: Experimental musician Anthony Janas brings a pachinko machine to Elastic, and former Ponys front man Jered Gummere drops his first full-length as Richard Vain.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Mutant Beat Dance, Rush Hour, Beau Wanzer, Traxx, Steve Summers, Gramaphone Records, Anthony Janas, Elastic Arts, Nihilist Records, Lucifer, Scooby Doo, and Me, pachinko, Richard Vain, Ponys, Bare Mutants, Jered Gummere, Night Jammer, Christen Thomas, Justin Wettstein, Storm Clouds, Big Neck Records, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 2, 2016
Former Empty Bottle talent buyer Christen Thomas joins the Metro family

Plus: Dream-pop group Sexy Fights drop their full-length debut, and the Virgin Hotel hosts a free Daniel Knox show.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Metro, Smart Bar, Gingerman Tavern, Gman, Christen Thomas, Circles, Storm Clouds, Empty Bottle, talent buyer, booking, Joe Shanahan, Jason Garden, Joe Carsello, Sexy Fights, The End, Jordan Rose Brzezinski, FeelTrip, Too Far Out, Virgin Hotel, Daniel Knox, Homme, GMan Tavern

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