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And When NBC Came To Town To Investigate
1. Ray Price via verycoolsounds:
Fancy girls out working honky tonk’s a place
these were a part of the good old days
When I used to swing on the South Side of Chicago
Twenty-first and Wentworth was its beating heart
the place with action first got it start
Back when jazz was king on the South Side of Chicago
Posted on January 17, 2012
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Hopsin at Reggie’s on Sunday night.
Posted on January 16, 2012
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there,
1. Rainbow Gun Show at LOKaL on Wednesday night.
Posted on January 13, 2012
By Steve Rhodes
The DuSable Museum’s exhibit Spread the Word! The Evolution Of Gospel From Chicago To The World has been up since September – and runs until May – but a Tribune story last week spurred me to take a closer look (short of attending, which I hope to but haven’t yet).
(“This exhibition at the DuSable Museum of African American History celebrates the rich history of gospel music, from its origins in Chicago to the contributions made to the genre by gospel legends such as Mahalia Jackson, Albertina Walker, Thomas Dorsey, James Cleveland, Sallie Martin and many others,” the city’s tourism website says.)
Additionally, the city recently announced that the Gospel Festival will be spun back out of Taste of Chicago and held on its own this June, albeit at multiple locations yet to be determined.
Let’s go to YouTube and take a look and listen to some relevant Chicago gospel.
Posted on January 12, 2012
As Featured By Mark’s Retro Lounge On Retro 45 RPM
Somebody said “Jump the boogie!” That’s what we’re gonna do.
Posted on January 10, 2012
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Magatha Trysty at Martyr’s on Friday night.
Posted on January 9, 2012
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Cage The Elephant & Friends at the Aragon on Saturday night.
Posted on January 6, 2012
By Steve Rhodes
“Kanye West and Jay-Z earned a nice buck [in December] when they were hired by a billionaire to perform at his daughter’s Sweet 16 birthday party,” Tale Tela – among many other blogs and news services but neither of the Chicago dailies or the Reader – reports.
“The lucky girl in question is the sister of Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan who owns Manchester City football team and the daughter of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the original founder of the United Arab Emirates.”
I dunno, I kinda think Kanye West is still a local story. To wit:
“Kanye West was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lived with his parents,” according to his Wikipedia bio. “When he was three years old, his parents divorced, and he and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois.
“His father was Ray West, a former Black Panther who was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and is now a Christian counselor.
“West’s mother, Dr. Donda West, was a Professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University before retiring to serve as West’s manager.
“He was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois after living in Chicago . . .
“West attended art classes at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and also enrolled at Chicago State University, but dropped out to focus on his music career.”
Posted on January 4, 2012
Uploaded to YouTube by hmc1410
At Fitzgerald’s on December 29, 2011.
1. The Year In Review.
Posted on January 2, 2012
