By Steve Rhodes
Another stroll through the day’s news.
1. Fritchey sees dead people. Preckwinkle does not.
2. Please, Billy, no.
3. “Beloved influential Southern California rock ‘n’ roll band Social Distortion have just announced a series of North American live dates in further support of their latest album Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,” Glide reports.
“Beginning in Chicago on October 11th, the band will be performing shows with alt-country Canadian recording artist Lindi Ortega and Atlanta rockers The Biters. Tickets go on sale for these shows starting Thursday, June 7 at 10 a.m. local time. All on sale times and locations can be found by visiting: SocialDistortion.com.”
4. “Chicago chef Rick Bayless has been named to the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest distinction awarded to foreigners by the Mexican government.”
5. Dot Chicago.
6. NATO Notebook V.
7. The Tribune once had a marching song and we’ve got it in our Local Music Notebook.
8. I have 527 e-mails in my inbox and 120 of them are unread. The rest are action items.
9. The gut rehab of the building next to mine continues to be up close and very loud.
10. TV Notebook: Our Heroes.
11. Catching up with the Chicago Fire’s Art of Futbol.
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Heroic.
Posted on June 7, 2012