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News Thu Sep 04 2008

Hearing Things

• Jim DeRogatis runs down a fall concert preview, as does Greg Kot.

Gowhere Hip Hop drop some new Cool Kids tracks.

The Sun-Times interviews Andrew Bird about his blogging for NYTimes.com and his new album.

• Chicago Rock Examiner interviews local musician Mark Minelli.

Liz Revision interviews Modeskeletor, who played at Sonotheque on Wednesday.

The Sea and Cake are touring this fall; Live Music Blog has the schedule. (Two shows Nov. 15 at the Empty Bottle, if you're wondering.)

Jeff Tweedy now has a signature guitar, from Breedlove. Only 25 were made, and they run about $6,000.

Peter Margasak on post-Jazz Fest concerts last weekend.

Metromix picks the 23 most annoying frontmen in rock. [via]

• Can You See the Sunset from the South Side finally picks back up on its incomplete history of Chicago punk.

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Feature Thu Nov 05 2009

It's a Long Way To the Top: Chicago Music Interns (Part 1)

By Dan Morgridge

The music industry primarily runs off of the hopes and dreams of millions of kids wanting to be in a rock and roll band. Its slightly lesser known secondary source of fuel is the hopes and dreams of kids who at least want to work in a rock and roll business. All over Chicago, businesses large and small find interns knocking on their door - students, career-changers, hobbyists, and more. Transmission sits down to talk to some of them about where they're coming from, where they want to go, and what fun manual labor they've performed along on the way.

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