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Jason Crock writesCome to ʺMy Heart Is An Idiot: Found Magazine’s Tenth Anniversary Tourʺ at the Old Town School!
CHIRP welcomes FOUND Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Tour to the Old Town School of Folk Music on Friday, November 2nd.
In addition to the magazine reaching the 10-year milestone, the show will celebrate the release of editor and publisher Davy Rothbart’s book of personal essays, My Heart is an Idiot, as well as his brother Peter Rothbart’s new album (You Are What You Dream) and a brand-new issue of FOUND. Along with the latest finds from the mailbox at FOUND HQ, Davy will share stories from his book and his work for public radio’s “This American Life,” while Peter will provide the soundtrack with songs based on FOUND notes.
The show begins at 8 PM. Visit oldtownschool.org for more info.
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Bootsy Collins Edition
Today is the 61st birthday for the man with the Space Bass and the star shaped spectacles, Bootsy Collins. Bootsy got his start in the ’60s, backing James Brown with his older brother, but eventually burning out (as many did). He resurfaced as the bass player for Parliament-Funkadelic, eventually leaving to pursue his solo career. Bootsy has been a gigantic influence on funk with his distinctive playing and stylish clothes. Let’s pay tribute to this legend by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday 10/26 to Thursday 11/01
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Friday October 26
Rusko
Aragon Ballroom: 7:30pm
Quiet Company, Brick and Mortar, Wally Dogger
Beat Kitchen: 9pm
TECHNoMUSEUM, ADULTURE, ZtotheE
Beauty Bar: 10pm, 21+
The Polish Ambassador
Bottom Lounge: 10pm
Bloody Beetroots, Wolfgang Gartner, Midnight Conspiracy, Nobody Beats the Drum, Popeska
Congress Theater: 7:30pm
Donavon Frankenreiter
Double Door: 9pm, 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle: 5:30pm, 21+
Penguin Prison DJ Set, TECHNoMUSEUM, ADULTURE, ZtotheE
Empty Bottle: 9pm, 21+
Diamond Rings Gold Fields, BAATHHAUS (formerly DAAN)
Empty Bottle: 10pm, 21+
Summer Girlfriends, Like Pioneers
Hideout: 10pm, 21+
Lucky Boys Confusion
House of Blues Chicago: 11:30pm
Electric Guest, NO, Line & Circle
Lincoln Hall: 10pm, 18+
The Afghan Whigs
Metro: 9pm, 18+
The Dancing Noodles
Reggies Music Joint: 5pm, 21+
Crushed Out, The Diemakers, The Sexists
Reggies Music Joint: 9pm, 21+
The Toastersm Los Vicios de Papa, Waste Basket, DJ Chuck Wren
Reggies Rock Club: 7pm
David Choi, Clara C, Jun Sung Ahn
Schubas: 9pm, 18+
Todd Edwardsm Whoa-B, DJ Sushi
SmartBar: 10pm, 21+
J Boog, Hot Rain
Subterranean: 10pm, 21+
Loco Dice
The Mid: 10pm, 21+
Rita Ora, Iggy, Azalea
The Mid: 7pm, 21+
Cherries Records Presents
The Whistler: 9:30pm, 21+
Joshua Radin, A Fine Frenzy
The Vic: 7pm
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Peter Tosh Edition
Let’s pay tribute to a reggae pioneer, Peter Tosh. In the early ’60s, Tosh got together with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer to form the Wailing Wailers, a ska group that had some hits. But they splintered when Marley came to the States to live with his grandmother. He returned in 1968, and the band reformed as simply The Wailers, with the members dreaded out, adopting the Rastafarian religion, and slowing down to rock steady tempos. Tosh was a key figure in the band, because he was by far the most accomplished musician, and Wailer says Tosh taught Marley the guitar. Tosh wrote some of The Wailers early hits, but left the fold when Island Records head Chris Blackwell wouldn’t put out his solo album. Eventually, Tosh put out Legalize It and continued putting out quality reggae records until he passed away in the ’80s. Let’s pay tribute to Mr. Tosh by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.
Jason Crock writesThe Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Comes to Bottom Lounge on Sunday Oct. 21st!
CHIRP is proud to welcome The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion to their show at Bottom Lounge on Sunday, October 21. After some well-received reunion shows to promote the recent reissues of their 1990s albums (like Extra Width, Orange and Now I Got Worry), the band recorded new material and have just released their first new album in eight years, Meat and Bone. Spencer and Co. have proved themselves just as raucous and commanding as they were all those years ago with performances like their 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival appearance, so come and find out how the new jams sound and how their classics hold up. Bloodshot Bill opens this 17-and-over show which starts at 9 PM.