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News Fri Jun 18 2010
Friday Quick Links
When we're not streaming Ren & Stimpy episodes on our laptops, we're thinking about the jingle for LOG (from Blammo), and other great music.
- An interview with The Cool Kids by Time Out Chicago.
- Win front-row seats to Pavement's Millennium Park show (9/13) if you donate $35 or more to CHIRP by 10am Saturday, 6/19. [Tickets for the show go on sale Saturday at 11am.]
- Win tickets to see Wilco in South Bend, IN on July 30th, courtesy of Jam.
- Columbia College of Chicago professor Jeff Schiff was on NPR's The Story this week talking about his Deadhead experiences.
- Kot has his picks on what shows you simply can't miss this summer.
- WBEZ's Steve Edwards had a video interview with word-lover Rhymefest. "We're the conscience of hip-hip....Chicago artists can't help but tell you about our pain."
- Speaking of radio shows in video clips, catch Bloodshot artists the Deadstring Brothers on Live on KXEP.
- Get the whole darn Johnny Rumble album for free. (via)
- Jazzin' at the Shedd starts soon. Perhaps date-worthy?
- Remember when those Lady Gaga performances at the Chicago Theater had to be moved because the stage was too small for her production? Well, Lolla won't be a problem for Gaga. (via)
- In other summer festival tidbits, Threadless held a contest for a Lilith Fair t-shirt design. The winning shirt is, well, a little girly.
- Missed Bonnaroo? Listen to concert recordings at NPR Music.
- MTV's new "Twitter Jockey" will earn $100K/year. Jaw officially dropped.
- DEVO cats!
- RIP Jimmy Dean, songwriter and sausage king. WFMU's Beware of the Blog has a nice entry on the song "Please Pass the Biscuits" which Jimmy Dean covered.
