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News Fri Apr 22 2011
Friday Quick Links
When we're not dodging puddles and base jumpers, we're often inside sipping on a nice mug of rootbeer, reading things online:
- Fake Shore Drive has the video of Kanye West and Katy Perry performing recently on American Idol.
- Quite the week for Kanye news, as his school charity, the Kanye West Foundation, shut down, and he got a lot of press for a very emotional performance at Coachella.
- Loud Loop Press points us to a sad story of a band's van stolen recently. If you can help out soul rockers The Right Now, please do.
- Rock out to White Mystery as well as Eleventh Dream Day on Chicago Public Radio's Eight Forty-Eight.
- DUDE! Boys II Men and MC Hammer will perform at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield this August. Motown Philly back again!
- Still in the works is Schubas Tavern's quest for Historic Landmark status.
- Local jazz group, the Sabertooth Quartet, is counting its lucky stars after escaping what could have been a horrific traffic accident while hanging outside the Green Mill.
- Photos of closed record stores, including Rock Records in the Loop (closed in 2008) and Rose Records (here's another shot by a different photographer).
- Music composed from inspiration by the Aqua Tower in Chicago.
- Got 20-some odd minutes to kill? Enjoy them with the Beastie Boys new short film "Fight For Your Right Revisited".
- RIP Chicago blues guitarist Lacy Gibson who died last week.