Matt Arado
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Exclusive releases draw crowds to Record Store DayApr 10, 2011 11:00 pm - Dan Malapanes got into the record-store business after experiencing a personal epiphany: He didn't like being a letter carrier. The lifelong Des Plaines resident had alw...
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Music events: Dot Dot Dot at Bottom LoungeApr 10, 2011 11:00 pm - Suburban popsters The Northwest suburban band Dot Dot Dot specializes in energetic rock that comes wrapped in an '80s-style synth sheen. The band's live shows are a...
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Get out and play this springApr 08, 2011 12:00 am - Ahhhh, spring. No other season brings such a feeling of renewal, rejuvenation and a whole bunch of other “re-” words. Spring's sights and smells are enough to make one f...
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Challenger Schmidt wins in Glendale HeightsApr 05, 2011 12:00 am - H. William Schmidt, a former school board member in Marquardt District 15, has defeated incumbent Ed Pope in the race for the District 1 seat on the Glendale Heights vil...
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Incumbents McDermott, Lynch, Hundley victorious in Addison trustee raceApr 05, 2011 12:00 am - Addison voters re-elected three people to the village board on Tuesday. Incumbents Joseph McDermott, William Lynch and Tom Hundley all won new terms on the board, accord...
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Music events: Smoking Popes stop in PalatineApr 03, 2011 11:00 pm - Another chance If you missed the recent Chicago-area stops by suburban punk-pop band the Smoking Popes, don't worry. The band has yet another concert coming up toda...
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Anglers bite at opening of trout season in DuPageApr 03, 2011 12:00 am - Richard Parmeter of Hanover Park said he fishes to enjoy the outdoors after being cooped up most of the winter. “It just feels great to be out,” he said Sunday while mon...
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Music events: McHenry's Smoking Popes play Double DoorMar 31, 2011 2:00 am - The original slacker J. Mascis brought a dose of guitar pyrotechnics and laconic wit (not to mention earsplitting volume) to the indie-rock world in the late 1980s ...
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Bus tours hit sites key to city, suburban rockersMar 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Chicago offers bus tours for restaurants, architecture — even ghosts and gangsters. Why not rock 'n' roll? Local music fan Phil Rockrohr asked himself that very question...
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All style, no substantive 'Punch'Mar 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Zack Snyder's new movie “Sucker Punch” should have been called “Kitchen Sink.” Snyder throws enough at the audience during this film's 110 minutes to fill eight other mo...