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News Fri Jul 23 2010
Friday Quick Links
It's not all about the music with us. Sometimes we read books...about music.
- Missed us at our table at Pitchfork? Come say Hi at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival this weekend. And at the official after-party Saturday night at The Rocking Horse (which we're co-hosting with CHIRP). RSVP on Facebook if that's your thing.
- Also on your radar should be our free meet-up at the Art Institute Museum's Modern Wing on Thursday, July 29th after work for a special tour of their Sound & Vision exhibit. Insider's tip: enter at the Modern Wing entrance to avoid the long lines for free admission at the Michigan Ave. doors! RSVP on Facebook if you're fancy!
- Why the Pavement set webcast didn't happen last weekend.
- But hey, Pavement's Mark Ibold likes Chicago tacos. So we got that going for us.
- The Old Town is getting a little bigger. Plans for expansion across the street from its Lincoln Square location.
- Save the date! August 21st will be the next Hideout Block Party starring....Diplo!
- Does a hip-hop show automatically lead to overreaction from security -- tales from recent Kid Sister and Salt n' Pepa shows have online conversations flowing.
- Win a 1-year subscription to Venus!
- You have until tomorrow (Saturday) at 2pm to get your raffle tickets for a chance at tickets to the Smashing Pumpkins benefit show at the Metro on Tuesday, 7/27. Help raise funds for severely injured musician Matthew Leone (more).
- New blog on the scene from Smart Bar.
- Also, if you haven't checked out WBEZ's new Music section, you can subscribe to their Thursday live music features to get easy reminders via RSS. This week's premiere "L Session" entry features an acoustic performance from St. Vincent.
- When I grow up, I'm going to Insane Clown Polytechnic.
- Exited for Gary Numan's October 26th show at the Metro? It probably won't involve a field of cars performing "Cars," but it'll probably be pretty cool.
- R.I.P. Jazz radio legend, Dick Buckley. Happiness.