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Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Sep 24, 2019
Little-known Chicago blues-rock wizard Zach Prather has found his crowd in Europe

Thanks in part to a long partnership with the late Cash McCall, Prather has played with the likes of Willie Dixon, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and Etta James.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Zach Prather, Cash McCall, funk, soul, blues, R&B, Willie Dixon, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Etta James, Cook County, Released, the Tribe, Kings of Soul, James Monroe 2, Vicious Circle, the Who, Small Faces, Curtom, Black Panthers, Minnie Riperton, The Stanley Behrens/Willie Dixon Project, Luther Allison, Never My Love, Luke Gasser Band, Mick Jagger, Aardvark Records, We, Everland Music

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2018
Chicago once waged a 40-year war on pinball

Alderman Ed Burke (yes, that Ed Burke) was among those who fought to keep the ban, fearing kids would blow their "lunch money" on pinball.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: News, Politics, History, Pinball Week, pinball, Roger Sharpe, Edward Burke, Richard Daley, Playboy Club, Super Shooter, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Tommy, The Who, Elton John, gambling, pinball ban

Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2015
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The Chicago Underground Film Festival highlights this week's new movie reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Logan Theater Chicago, James D. Cooper, Lambert & Stamp, The Who, Cousin Jules, Dominique Benicheti, The Film Critic, Hot Pursuit, Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara, I Am Big Bird, Caroll Spinney, Iris Apfel, Lost in the White City, Metalhead, The People vs. Paul Crump, William Friedkin, The Exorcist, The French Connection, She's Lost Control, Soul Boys of the Western World, Spandau Ballet, Frederick Wiseman Ballet, University of Chicago Doc Films, Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon, Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies, Gene Siskel Film Center, Orson Welles, The Immortal Story, Mario Bava Kidnapped, Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire, Errol Morris, The Thin Blue Line, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, Bert Williams Rediscovered, Logan Center for the Arts, Live to Tape Artist Television Festival, Links Hall Chicago, Urban Renewal and Its Aftermath 1953-Present, Black Cinema House, film festivals, underground film, movies, Video

Music, Music Feature May 13, 2015
Video
Who made the Who?

Reader film editor J.R. Jones talks to the director of Lambert & Stamp, a new documentary about the visionary managers who shaped the band in its early days.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Music Feature, The Who, Lambert & Stamp, Kit Lambert, Pete Townshend, The Who's Tommy, Chris Stamp, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, The Kids Are Alright, James D. Cooper, Shel Talmy, BBC, British Invasion, Brian Epstein, Video

Film, Movie Review Oct 30, 2013
An American Idiot on Broadway

Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong hits the Great White Way.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Broadway Idiot, Green Day, American Idiot, The Who's Tommy, the Who, the Clash, Michael Mayer, Billie Joe Armstrong, Wake Me Up When September Ends", Oriental Theatre, St. James Theatre, Tom Kitt, What I Did for Love, A Chorus Line

Film, Movie Sidebar Jun 26, 2013
Our guide to the Summer Music Film Festival at Music Box

The five-day blowout includes documentaries on Death, John Fahey, Nels Cline, and Levon Helm.
- Tags: Movie Sidebar, Summer Music Film Festival, Music Box, WBEZ, Sound Opinions, Charlie Ahear, Ain't in It for My Health, Jacob Hatley, Levon Helm, the Band, Greg Kot, Jim DeRogatis, Approximately Nels Cline, Nels Cline, Wilco, Carla Kihlstedt, Ben Goldberg, Yuka Honda, Downloaded, Napster, Shawn Fanning, Sean Parker, The Social Network, Metallica, Festival Express, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Downtown 81, Edo Bertoglio, Jean-Michel Basquiat, the Grateful Dead, the Band, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Beatles Anthology, In Search of Blind Joe Death, Tommy, Ken Russell, The Who, Wild Style

Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2009
Rock it, sprocket

This week brings an avalanche of worthwhile music movies around town.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Delilah'S, Sound Opinions, The Who, Murray Lerner, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Howard Alk, Brian Andreotti, Music Box Theatre, music movies, Janis Joplin, Janis Joplin Film Center, Janis Film Center, Renaldo and Clara, Eat the Document, Elvis comeback special, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash Film Center, Festival Chicago Cultural Center, Murray Lerner Chicago Cultural Center, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, Radiohead Meeting People Is Easy, Beatles A Hard Day's Night, Spice Girls Spice World, David Bowie Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll!, Dandy Warhols, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dig!, The T.A.M.I. Show, Joe Strummer The Future Is Unwritten, Don't Look Back, Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter

Blogs, Bleader Sep 12, 2007
After the Moonset

Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who makes its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Music, Crickets, The Who, Murray Lerner, Paul Crowder, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, rock music, Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who

Music, Music Review Sep 4, 1997
In Mod We Trusted
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Music Review, Rock Etc, mods, Mod Night, Craig Ziegler, Cabaret Metro, Jeff Lescher, Green, Dag Juhlin, The Slugs, Lounge Ax, The Who, Franc Roddam, Jeff Burk, No Cigar record label, compilations

Music, Music Review May 22, 1997
Into the Sunset

Material Issue/ Telecommando Americano/ (Rykodisc)
- By Jim Derogatis
- Tags: Music Review, Rock, etc., Material Issue, Jim Ellison, Rykodisc, albums, Phil Daniels, The Who, mods

Music, Music Review Aug 26, 1993
Rock of ages: talkin' bout two generations
- By Rick Reger
- Tags: Music Review, Rock, Etc., Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, rock and roll, acoustic music, MTV's "Unplugged" series, unplugged rock music, animus of youth, Chicago Stadium, Jethro Tull, The Clash, The Who, John Lennon, advertising, rock music in advertising, generations, grunge, grunge rock, radio, WNUR, WXRT, middle age, youth

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Little-known Chicago blues-rock wizard Zach Prather has found his crowd in Europe

Thanks in part to a long partnership with the late Cash McCall, Prather has played with the likes of Willie Dixon, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and Etta James.

Chicago once waged a 40-year war on pinball

Alderman Ed Burke (yes, that Ed Burke) was among those who fought to keep the ban, fearing kids would blow their "lunch money" on pinball.

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The Chicago Underground Film Festival highlights this week's new movie reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Video
Who made the Who?

Reader film editor J.R. Jones talks to the director of Lambert & Stamp, a new documentary about the visionary managers who shaped the band in its early days.

An American Idiot on Broadway

Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong hits the Great White Way.

Our guide to the Summer Music Film Festival at Music Box

The five-day blowout includes documentaries on Death, John Fahey, Nels Cline, and Levon Helm.

Rock it, sprocket

This week brings an avalanche of worthwhile music movies around town.

After the Moonset

Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who makes its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

In Mod We Trusted

Into the Sunset

Material Issue/ Telecommando Americano/ (Rykodisc)

Rock of ages: talkin' bout two generations

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Thanks in part to a long partnership with the late Cash McCall, Prather has played with the likes of Willie Dixon, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and Etta James.

Alderman Ed Burke (yes, that Ed Burke) was among those who fought to keep the ban, fearing kids would blow their "lunch money" on pinball.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Reader film editor J.R. Jones talks to the director of Lambert & Stamp, a new documentary about the visionary managers who shaped the band in its early days.

Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong hits the Great White Way.

The five-day blowout includes documentaries on Death, John Fahey, Nels Cline, and Levon Helm.

This week brings an avalanche of worthwhile music movies around town.

Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who makes its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

Material Issue/ Telecommando Americano/ (Rykodisc)

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