By Steve Rhodes
1. “A two-day New Year’s Eve party at a South Side motorcycle club came to a bloody and tragic end early Sunday when two men were shot dead and five others wounded,” the Sun-Times reports.
“The Hawks – a black motorcycle club that also has chapters in Tennessee, Wisconsin and Mississippi – was hosting members of several other motorcycle clubs at its New Year’s Eve bash, a club member who gave his name as ‘Redman’ said.
“An advertisement for the party on the club’s Facebook page said the party was scheduled to run until 9 p.m. Sunday. It joked that all partygoers needed to bring were ‘alibis.'”
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Here’s that Facebook page.
2. Stout Bears No Milli Vanilli.
3. “I’m incredibly defiant against neo-Nazis and skinheads,” David Draiman of Disturbed tells the Jerusalem Post.
“In fact, here’s a true story that occurred in the band’s infancy when we were playing Southside Chicago clubs.
“One of the guys who would come to see us was a skinhead, he had a swastika tattoo, the whole nine yards.
“After he became a die-hard fan, the band was sitting down having drinks after a show and he comes in and starts going on about niggers and Jews, and I interrupted him and said, ‘Dude, I don’t know if you realize this but I’m Jewish.’
“He responded, ‘You’re Jewish! This completely changes my whole idea of what a Jew is supposed to be.’ And soon after that, he had his swastika removed, and denounced the skinhead culture.”
4. I’ll get to the latest developments in the mayoral campaign tomorrow. I’m not in the mood this morning.
5. The Weekend in Chicago Rock.
6. Of course, I spent my New Year’s Eve at the Beachwood Inn feasting on Harold’s Chicken and toasting the jukebox. I’ll be back there tonight for my regular Monday night bartending shift. I think we still have eggnog. Stop by, you never know who you’ll meet . . .
7. “What husband saw inside Muddy Paws shelter.”
8. Illinois Twins Born in Different Years.
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9. The Reality of Tim Russert.
10. Meet Chicago’s Tea Party.
11. The Chicago Way Out Of Vietnam.
12. The [New Year’s Week] Papers.
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The Beachwood Tip Line: New year, same story.
Posted on January 3, 2011