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The Weekend Desk Report"The United States ought to give up trying to keep secrets. We sure are no good at it. Between the Walkers, the Pollards and the U.S. Marines, the only person in the world the government can deceive is Ronald Reagan," Aaron Freeman wrote in the Tribune in 1987. It is at least gratifying that most of the spying is done by noncommunists for nonideological reasons. These are capitalist scoundrels. They may sell out the country, but they still love the system. I think it is unfair and inaccurate to call them traitors. What they have done is wholly consistent with our national character. Nothing is more American than an assiduous commitment to money and sex - although I wish they would have held out for more substantial payments. That's the first use of "lollapalooza" in the Tribune in the 1985-to-present archival era. * Did you know that Gene Ween is the stage name of Aaron Freeman? * Of course, the Trib piece was written by this Aaron Freeman, not that one, sadly. * The first use of the word ever by the Trib was in this 1934 Old Gold cigarette ad, if the ProQuest database is to be believed. * Here's the first mention of the word by the Sun-Times in their 1986-to-current database era, from 1991: "Lollapalooza" tour, stopping at the World Music Theatre at 2 p.m. Aug. 3. The tour features Jane's Addiction, Living Colour, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Butthole Surfers, Ice-T and the Rollins Band. Tickets are $27.25 for the pavilion, $22.25 for lawn seats. Dig the rest of the World calendar from that year: Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. today for David Lee Roth, Cinderella and Extreme, playing heavy metal at 6:30 p.m. July 21 at the World. Tickets are $27.25 and $24.75 for reserved seats and $14.75 for lawn seats. * What's the difference between Lollapalooza and Pitchfork? The Pitchfork lineup, as usual, is easily superior. That's not to be a snob, it's just to tell the truth. But The Weekend in Chicago Rock will still be chock full of good stuff. Meantime, here's the pre-Lolla Week in Chicago Rock that I posted late Friday, featuring "Tiny Dancer" From Almost Famous at Millennium Park, Viet Cong, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Mutemath, Lissie, Paper Mice, Colin Stetson, Dick Dale, Snow Tha Product, Smoking Popes, Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn, Bryan Adams, 50 Cent, Shania Twain, and Delbert McClinton. * I really enjoy compiling The Week/Weekend In Chicago Rock; it also really helps me keep on-point. * The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #62: Neither A Buyer Nor A Seller Be Our man on the White Sox, Roger Wallenstein, joined me and Jim "Coach" Coffman on Saturday morning to talk post-trade deadline Cubs and Sox. Plus: The Starlin Castro Saga; Len Kasper, Company Man; Bill Veeck, TV Bartender; The Journesia Of Training Camp Narratives; The Chicago Fire Continue To Disgust Us; and Eleane Delle Donne Emerges As The Face Of The WNBA. Bonus tweet:
* A new Beachwood Radio News Hour is in the works too. - The Sad & Suspicious Return Of American Pharoah - The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: "The Grateful Dead has the most devoted following of any rock band in history, but also has its fair share of detractors. Jim and Greg re-examine the legacy of The Grateful Dead as the band celebrates its 50th anniversary." See also: * The Beachwood Radio Hour #61A: Grateful Dead Edition. * Meet Chicago's Worst Deadheads. * Confessions Of A Covert Deadhead. - BeachBook * Why Your Team Sucks: Chicago Bears 2015. * "Yes, We're Corrupt:" A List Of Politicians Admitting That Money Controls Politics. * What The BGA's Story About Fatal Chicago Police Shootings Gets Wrong.
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