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Indianapolis' Jookabox are one of those bands that seems to come through town every six months — which means that if you go to decent amount of shows around town, you've probably seen them at least once. You're most likely already acquainted with their awesomely off kilter psych-garage, you probably already either love or hate their combination of blown-out casio beats and twee harmony vocals — or you may just be indifferent to them at this point. I find myself …
| Pygmalion has made some changes to its schedule (and two additions) — definitely for the better, in our opinion. Here's a quick run through of the changes, followed by an updated schedule. • The Built to Spill show on Wednesday night has been moved back an hour to help accommodate those wanting to see both Janelle Monae and Built To Spill. Capacity limitations still may apply. • Caribou will perform at the Canopy Club on Saturday night along with new …
As a former Minneapolis resident, I feel some ownership where Soul Asylum is concerned. I like to think that no one anywhere else I've lived as an adult (Chicago and now C-U) gets Soul Asylum the way I get them — their ferocious live shows back in the late 80s/early 90s, the love and respect they clearly had for the music they chose to cover ("Chevy Van"!), and especially the way it felt to get ready for a night out …
Below you will find the final additions to this year's Pygmalion Festival, including a lot of great local acts. And, maybe more interstingly, you will also find the schedule of all of the acts performing. Many of you are probably already aware of the pretty huge artist overlap occurring on the first day of the festival, but if you are not, it's quite a doozy. The festival will also branch out into new venues, with its first-ever shows at the …
Nature's Table. As someone who didn't come of age until the mid-2000s, it's always been one of the legendary venues/scenes to occur in Champaign-Urbana. I could list some of the countless stories and shows from the venue that my dad has told me about, or type you up a list of who played there, but that would be superficial and a waste of space. Instead, I sat down for a first hand account of the action with Bruce "Bruiser" Rummenie, …
Though they may never have found the same level of out-of-town success as their peers (The Living Blue, The Beauty Shop and Headlights), Shipwreck had a devoted local following and left behind an impressive, if brief, discography. Their music danced the line between dozens of genres—referencing the sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties, often within the same song. They were a hard rock band with elements of Gram Parsons. They were a pop band that could suddenly lay down an Alice …
As most of you reading this are probably aware, Urbana resident Ashley Ames passed away on July 6th from injuries sustained in a May 29th house fire. While her passing was undoubtedly a tragic event, it has rallied the community to a great degree, and a series of vigils, benefit shows and other events have either happened or are planned, the largest of which is this weekend's Ashleyfest. I sat down with coordinators Brent Faklis and Alice Cronenberg via video …
Since you already know whether or not you'll be attending Central Illinois Metal Fest, you probably won't be swayed by the special "Festival Rate" offered at the Comfort Suites on North Lincoln Avenue. This weekend only, the Comfort Suites offer Metal-Fest-Goers a special $85 nightly rate. The fest's myspace isn't clear about how they'll know to offer you the discount; the front desk might just infer it from your black tee shirt. However they know, you'll still be entitled to …
If you're making the trek up to Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend (and I have it on good authority that many of you are), you've probably already picked apart the schedule for your favorite artists, but for a point of comparison, here's a look at my list.
As you're probably aware, the Champaign Music Festival is this weekend. While there are still the requisite amount of weird streetfest attractions, some of which are just flat-out bizzare — the instrument petting zoo appears to not feature any guitars, and please comment if you're able to figure out what in the world a Hip-Hop Express is — but overall the city of Champaign did a pretty commendable job with this on the whole. I don't see any cover bands …
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Nice article, love the Dead quote in the beginning. If they can get down here to Central FL I’ll definitely be heading out to the show. Some of my friends have finally stopped wincing when I say “jam band.“ I’ve now tried my best at more descriptive…
good call on that Herring recording, Josh. Love that version of Exit Music….here’s a clip of the Cinco de Mayo show (from about six months prior). As I recall, this Shakedown went on for roughly a half hour, while getting into the Trampled Underfoot jam in the…
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Here is a link to download the aformentioned 2007 show at Red Herring, a true gem from the early Zmick archive, again recorded by Ben Valocchi: http://www.archive.org/details/zmick2007-11-02.logitech
My biggest concern is that the free Caribou show at the Krannert is now not at the Krannert and no longer free. But then, I guess if that’s my biggest concern, then I’m doing pretty well—at least I still have potable water! Still, I would prefer it…
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Any band that makes the effort to pay homage to ! = Metallica @ = Beatles # = 2pac $ = Moldy Peaches % = Grateful Dead ^ = Dave Clark 5 All in one show! (with Herb Alpert interpolations to boot) That’s what tasty jams is all about
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Illinois has simply had no luck at all in these Mizzou games. None. I think maybe we’re do for a couple of bounces to go our way. If we get one or two (or sever or eight) breaks, I think it’s a win.
Jason, Savoy could easily join the CPL tax district, which is probably closer to most Savoy residents than the Tolono library is. But my impression is that Savoy residents as a whole don’t want to pay the cost of the CPL (Tolono’s library taxes are cheaper), even…
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I’ve never gotten the privilege of all the services CPL cardholders get. I just want to be able to go out of my way to drive to the CPL to check out books, pay fines, maybe buy some coffee, and enjoy the library. None of those activities…
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(speaking as a Savoy resident) By paying taxes to support a member of the LTLS, we are paying our “fair share” to use any LTLS library—Tolono, Champaign, Urbana, etc. This is how library systems work. The 6% of CPL’s circulation represented by Tolono users is NOT significant…
I read Timbo’s argument. I think the key word is “speculating.“
I would be interested to hear more about the “word on the street”—how are individual hauling companies fulfilling their promise to recycle?
Timbo makes a smart, sound argument. Reread it.
I joined on 09-09-09 after living here over a year, and having to listen to my dad tell me how his best friend is, like, #27 or something crazy like that, and how said friend never lived further than 50 feet from the Illini Inn while going…
And, I might add, no one is being prevented from using the Champaign library. They are just being asked to pay their fair share if they are going to use it as their primary library.
The equation is pretty simple here. If you want social services, then pay the taxes required to run those social services. These things only work if everyone puts in their fair share. As a heavy user of the Champaign Library, I say bravo to this new policy.
Curtis Orchard is always good for an hour or three, especially if you have rugrats.
What is the increased marginal cost of serving a resident of Savoy or Mahomet? I suspect negligible. What is the increased revenue to be realized by this new policy? I suspect very little. Aside from these financial aspects, what are the most probable results from this new…
Looks like you are also all members of the killer sideburns club.
Thanks for the article, Ben. I was not familiar with this band until now and even though I won’t be able to attend the show on Friday they are now on my radar. A *good* jam band is hard to find, and these folks appear to fill…
Nice article, love the Dead quote in the beginning. If they can get down here to Central FL I’ll definitely be heading out to the show. Some of my friends have finally stopped wincing when I say “jam band.“ I’ve now tried my best at more descriptive…
@Annie: Yeah, my bad. That was the best part! Drinking + memory exercises = fun @Rob: According to Ask the English Teacher, “My dictionary says ‘drunk’ is an archaic past tense of ‘drink.‘“ We’re all about the new grammar around here.
Katie, have the residents of Savoy and Tolono thought about having their taxes raised a little to help their public library expand? That’s a possibility for them. And then everybody wins.
good call on that Herring recording, Josh. Love that version of Exit Music….here’s a clip of the Cinco de Mayo show (from about six months prior). As I recall, this Shakedown went on for roughly a half hour, while getting into the Trampled Underfoot jam in the…
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Thanks for the article, Ben. I was not familiar with this band until now and even though I won’t be able to attend the show on Friday they are now on my radar. A *good* jam band is hard to find, and these folks appear to fill…