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News Fri Jul 02 2010
Friday Quick Links
While fireworks explode in the alley, we're reading things online:
- Kid Sister's "Big N' Bad" video hasn't come out yet, but the behind-the-scenes video has.
- If you really need a new Kid Sister video, check her live performance in NYC at Webster Hall singing "Do Do Do."
- Andrew Bird, a longtime supporter of Rock for Kids (an organization which provides music education to Chicago kids who can't get it anywhere else) has announced the Andrew Bird Rock for Kids Scholarship to provide one year of music instruction to a worthy student enrolled at ChiArts (Chicago High School for the Arts). Learn more and donate.
- Pitchfork is playing blog roundup with its latest venture Altered Zones, to launch mid-July. It'll be an international music blog collective but no Chicago blogs on that bill (so far).
- Woven Bones played a lil live show at the Time Out: Chicago offices. Or see a clip of the band playing at the Bottle last week.
- Chicago blogger Chris Catania of the Live Fix takes a long look at why concertgoers riot after a scheduled Drake show in NYC turned very bad very quickly when the crowd quickly surpassed expectations.
- Need to get through the afternoon with a smile? Keep an eye out for Schubas' weekly Friday playlists selections you can stream from
work, er...your own computer. Here's last week's gem from Digital Media Director Brendan Fitzpatrick.
- The Reader previewed Chicago sound object artist and musician Nick Butcher's show at the Bottle.
- Bloodshot artist Robbie Fulks covers Michael Jackson with his album Happy.
- Free double EP by Chicago band Suns.
- More analysis of the investigation of Lollapalooza's "radius clause" by Jim DeRogatis.
- "Apparently he's been a fan of our songs for a long time." Robert Plant joins Los Lobos on stage at the Taste.
- The Lady Gaga comic book.
- NPR offers a patriotic mixtape for your weekend.
- Bonus play: What future-famous lead singer originally fronted '70s rock band Montrose? (Be the first to answer this bit o' trivia in the comments below and we'll send you a Transmission sticker.)
Jeff / July 4, 2010 5:03 PM
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