Music
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The Glide: Dangerous on the dance floorOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Rock and dance music can make uncomfortable bedfellows. However, in recent years, we've seen more artists attempting to mate the disparate disciplines than perhaps ever ...
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Challenging 'Lulu' remains a great storyOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - In two weeks, Lulu will be back in town, in this case Austrian composer Alban Berg's mid-20th century opera "Lulu," coming to Lyric Opera of Chicago for just the second ...
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Parts & Labor make noise beautifulOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Parts & Labor, "Receivers" (Jagjaguwar), To enjoy Parts & Labor, one must first be comfortable with noise. In the Brooklyn outfit's unique vision, evocative noise perva...
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Guns N' Roses to finally release 'Democracy' album
Oct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- After years of delay, Guns N' Roses is finally releasing "Chinese Democracy." Geffen Records has announced that the band's eagerly awaited album will be rele...
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Soul singer Dee Dee Warwick dies in NJ at age 63
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Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs dead at 72
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A Hollywood Halloween: CSO movies series opens Oct. 31Oct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's most popular innovations this decade has been its "Friday Night at the Movies" series, now in its fifth season. This fall, whethe...
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Plain White T's latest calculated, toothlessOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Plain White T's, "Big Bad World" (Hollywood/Fearless), The Plain White T's, Villa Park's most famous export, move further from the DIY scrappiness of the local VFW ...
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Crystal Lake's Old Ironsides hard to pin downOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - On Old Ironsides' MySpace profile, the group describes itself in drolly mythical terms. Reading more like a superhero team's origin story than a band bio, the saga inclu...
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Janet Jackson to resume tour after bout of vertigo