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The buck stopped here!

2009-11-29T19:11:04Z

Ever notice when you wish to express some of your experiences learned over a lifetime to some people - they become ever irate? They pick apart what you are attempting to convey, and then attempt to berate you. Some groups and sites exhibit this aberration of good sense. Some members, who are often close knit from the beginning instead of visualizing your view as presented, work hard to demoralize you!

The shame of these attitudes often sends good people away, who could have brought much to the attainment of the group. We as a couple strongly feel that all views should be carefully analyzed while remembering that individual views may be geographically pertinent to that person.

We on the other hand enjoy a good challenge and debate, being a Bull headed American male. Oh we can, have, and will freely admit to being wrong at times, but you must prove it to us first. Just the idea of name calling, belittlement, or accusations hold little iron from those few.

We remain steadfast in our overall view that: most people on these sites enjoy the camaraderie and friendship associated herein. We hope that the few bad apples amongst us who believe these sites are theirs and theirs alone will eventually be banished or jut rot away under their own foul smell

We hope that the good people in the D/S community share our thoughts and wish to dispose of the trash which places itself above all others. We personally know many friends who share our thoughts, and hope that they too will take a stand to better our tribes, and other sites by shunning these few.

It has been our great pleasure to meet with and enjoy the many people in the D/S community for over 35 years. We do our finest to attempt to bring honest, precise and reliable information to the forefront. We practice safety and safe play, and have never engaged in unsafe practices! Our future and the future of D/S lies in the honest portrayal of information to the newbie’s who wish to ask and learn. Without these new people of all races, creeds, religions and age - we as a community will fade away as the sands of time or WORSE be then regulated by our own governments.

As you yourself finish reading our post - ask yourself these questions: How many times have you read comments on this or other sites which actually do little to better our community? How many times have you yourself been lambasted by the few who call a group/tribe their own and berate anyone who brings new life to that entity? Most people on these sites are bringing with them a formal education, these are the facts. However, some educated people can become liars, cheats and schemers, who hide behind the net for no other purpose than to criticize, demoralize or berate you.

Do not be one of them!

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International Solidarity Picket! Say NO to Kraft

2009-09-16T19:59:46Z

Friends and supporters of Kraft workers in Chicago are holding a solidarity picket this Thursday Sept 17th.

Kraft-Terrabusi workers in Argentina are fighting a heroic battle against this Giant Corporation. They need out help to win; we can make a difference.

Let's picket outside the Kraft Plant in Chicago and help them WIN!
International Solidarity FOREVER!

Event: International Solidarity Picket in Chicago!
"Say NO to Kraft!"
What: Protest
Start Time: 17 September at 15:30
End Time: 17 September at 17:00
Where: Kraft Plant

To see more details :
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=133416247794&mid=11a45dbG23399569G2b76708G7
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*ALSO: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo show their support for the Kraft Workers in Argentina
*Buenos Aires, September 12th, 2009
MOTHERS OF PLAZA DE MAYO ASSOCIATION
1977-April 30th -2009. 32 years of STRUGGLE & RESISTANCE
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo show their support for the Kraft Workers in Argentina

The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association is expressing its solidarity for the Kraft-Terrabusi workers and condemns the company and police’s use of repression last Monday, which led to several injuries.
We support the workers in struggle, who remain at their jobs in the Kraft plant in Argentina. We condemn the company’s lockout of the workers. We demand the immediate reincorporation of the 160 fired workers.

The Only Struggle that is lost is one that is abandoned!
Hebe de Bonafini
President of the Mothers de Plaza de Mayo Association

If you think you can organise any action to show our support to Kraft-Terrabusi workers in Argentina, visit: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=133416247794&mid=11a45dbG23399569G2b76708G7.

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2009-09-13T06:32:57Z

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2009-07-01T19:11:04Z

check us out we play on the 8th and the 11th
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2 Lakes of Fire Tickets

2009-06-25T15:37:53Z

looking for them.

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LIVE MUSIC THIS SAT

2009-05-07T19:54:02Z

CHICAGO AISSAWA AT MARS GALLERY 2 AND 4 PM FREE MOROCCAN TRANCE MUSIC

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"Meet My Clitoris" and more!

2009-04-17T12:31:13Z

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Free Show 4/25

2009-04-15T03:01:50Z

I'm sure you've all seen more than your fair share of Drag Queen shows. Haven't we all? Why not try out something new, hot, and cheer-worthy.... April 25 at Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago is going to feature Cincinnati's BEST Drag King troupe, The Black Mondays. Not only do you get watch the group dance out some fun songs, but there's DJ's, performances, dancing, and more.

Best of all...it's FREE!!!!

Don't forget to come out and show the love!

4/25/09
U of Chicago GenderFuk
Featuring The Black Mondays, plus more
performances, DJ, Dancing and more!
Show at 9pm
18+, FREE SHOW!

IDA NOYES Hall
On the corner of 59th St and S. Woodlawn Ave
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

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Budget-strapped Chicago public schools to implement staggered class schedules

2009-04-08T04:02:29Z

Budget-strapped Chicago public schools to implement staggered class schedules
By Clement Daly and Naomi Spencer
7 April 2009

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/apr2009/educ-a07.shtml

A consequence of dozens of public school closings in the past few years, suburban Chicago’s Lockport Township High School has introduced a two-shift school day. In an effort to alleviate chronic overcrowding, school officials have moved to implement a staggered schedule for the nearly 4,000 students on the township’s two campuses.

Nearly 800 junior and senior students now begin the school day at 6:50 a.m. The currently voluntary schedule will become mandatory next year, when all juniors and seniors will be required to start school at 6:44 a.m.

Under the plan, juniors and seniors can start at 6:50 a.m. and be eligible to finish the day as early as 11:45 a.m. for seniors and 1:44 p.m. for juniors. Freshmen and sophomores will not be able to complete classes until 3:44 p.m.

Notwithstanding the personal strain borne by the students, teachers, coaches, administrators, as well as their families, the new scheduling has disrupted life at the high school in general. Extracurricular activities and sports have been limited as a result, while school assemblies have been scrapped outright.

The challenges facing Lockport are by no means unique to the township; neither is their early-bird and staggered schedule scheme. In nearby Frankfort, the 4,100-student Lincoln-Way East High School introduced a 7 a.m. start time prior to the completion of the school district’s third school earlier this year. Similarly, in neighboring Plainfield, the school day began at 7:20 a.m. at Plainfield Central High School until the opening of a fourth school in the district this year.

The transformation of the school day points to a deepening crisis in the public education system. Urban—and, increasingly, suburban—school districts throughout the US have been subjected to cuts in funding and pressure to replace crumbling public schools with small, privately administered schools. As a result, remaining public school districts like Lockport Township have seen a swelling of their student populations even as their budgets and staffing levels are attacked.

Recent estimates from the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) put the school district’s budget deficit at $475 million for 2010. Having drawn down its reserves by $100 million to cover this year’s shortfall, no further funds from the reserve will be available without affecting the district’s bond rating. Outside of a rise in Chicago property taxes, the burden of the shortfall will be passed on to the district’s teachers, officials, retirees, and students.

Newly appointed CPS chief Ron Huberman made this clear when he recently pointed to the $145 million for contractual pay increases for teachers, the $130 million for higher pension contributions, the $30 million to cover rising healthcare costs, and the $35 million for miscellaneous expenses such as utilities, transportation, and fuel as reasons for the deficit. School district officials have also announced that they will be looking at costs associated with workers’ compensation, substitute teachers, and Central Office operations to help balance the budget for the next fiscal year that begins on July 1.

“Let me be clear. We do not believe that we can balance next year’s budget through efficiencies and management improvements alone. We need to find new revenues,” Huberman said in a public statement last month.

On April 6, the Chicago Tribune reported that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn was advocating “sweeping changes” to cut the education shortfall, including “reducing pension benefits for incoming teachers and requiring existing ones to pay 2 percent more of their paychecks toward retirement.” Illinois teachers already contribute 9.4 percent of their salaries toward the Teachers Retirement System fund. Quinn estimated the change would allow the state to reduce its payments to the pension fund by $443 million next year.

Governor Quinn has also proposed cutting more than 30 grant programs, including after-school tutoring programs and those aimed at reducing class sizes, in order to cut state education costs by $200 million.

This new round of attacks on the living standards of teachers, students, and school officials will be bound up with the continuation of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Renaissance 2010 initiative. The plan has resulted in the closure and consolidation of dozens of schools since 2004, with 16 more to be affected this coming fall.

What at first appears to be a glaring contradiction between suburban school districts that are overcrowded and under-resourced, and the continued drive by the CPS to close and consolidate dozens of city schools for low enrollment and under-performance, is in fact the logical outcome of the same process: the increasing subjugation of social institutions such as education to the profit motive. The irrational and anarchic means by which the market allocates social resources thus produces such contradictions.

However, the crisis confronting Chicago-area schools is only a piece of the rapidly worsening national economic crisis that is impacting the education system at large.

A survey of 850 administrators across 48 states, issued March 24 by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), suggests that the vast majority of schools are facing swelling class sizes, staff layoffs and program cuts. Some 75 percent of respondents characterized their school districts as “inadequately funded”; 21 percent said they had undertaken “short-term borrowing to meet payroll and accounts payable.”

Administrators reported that in the 2009-2010 school year, 44 percent of schools were increasing class size, 28 percent were cutting extracurricular activities, 22 percent were cutting academic programs, and one-third were putting off needed maintenance.

The percentage of schools laying off staff quadrupled from an already high 11 percent in the 2008-2009 school year, to 44 percent in 2009-2010. Administrators also identified nearly 17,600 jobs that have been “slated for elimination in the 2009-10 school year.” The AASA report notes, “This represents a small portion of the 574,000 jobs that researchers have predicted for elimination in FY09, FY10, and FY11.”

The Obama administration has seized upon this crisis as a pretext for an all-out assault on public education. The Obama stimulus package will provide about $100 billion for public schools, universities, and early childhood education over the next two years. The figure falls far short of what is needed. Indeed, statements by Education Secretary Arne Duncan make clear that the political establishment sees the desperate state of affairs as an opportunity to enact a vast restructuring of the nation’s public education.

Last week Duncan—the former head of the Chicago school system—widely touted the government’s $44 billion in “stimulus” funds earmarked for the education system, plus a plan to put aside $5 billion as an incentive for financially desperate school districts.

Duncan has made clear that the funds are contingent on the pursuit of various right-wing reforms, including drastically extending the school day and/or year for disadvantaged children, so-called merit pay programs for teachers, and enforcement of testing standards introduced under the Bush administration. Duncan has also aggressively pushed for increased public funding for privately administered charter schools.

The nature of such reforms indicates who is to be held accountable for the nation’s deteriorating public educational institutions: the teachers, administrators, and students. Duncan warned that the Obama administration will “come down like a ton of bricks” on districts that do not comply with these policy aims.

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2009-04-07T16:28:46Z

check it out here
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Leather Lovers

2009-03-22T14:43:37Z

Just a reminder to all of our kinky Chicago area friends, Paul C. Leather is at 6410 North Clark Street. We all regret the passing of his loving wife Kitty last year.
For all you clubbers - Paul is Chicago's premiere designer and manufacturer of CUSTOM leather gear, from corsets, to D/S toys!

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Hundreds of students forced out of area school for unpaid fees

2009-03-17T02:57:47Z

Hundreds of students forced out of Chicago area school for unpaid fees
By Clement Daly
16 March 2009

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/mar2009/chic-m16.shtml

Reflecting the worsening impact of the economic crisis on working class families in the Chicago area, on March 9 hundreds of students were pulled out of classes at a single high school on the city's Southside due to outstanding tuition bills. Of the 300 students sent home, at least 100 were being kept out of school until their tuition was paid up or an agreement was reached between parents and Marian Catholic High School, the Chicago Tribune reported March 11.

The Chicago Heights school reported a total of $450,000 in outstanding student tuition. Delinquent payments were reportedly between $750 (one month's tuition) and $5,000.

Despite the Internet and phone outages over the weekend, which prevented parents from making last-minute payments before the March 9 deadline, the students were callously pulled from classes in front of their peers. The humiliated students then had to form a line at the offices until their parents could be contacted. In some cases, students were only behind on a single $750 installment of the $8,000 yearly tuition at Marian.

While it is not uncommon for families with students at parochial schools to fall on hard times, the situation was noteworthy for its scale and the school's drastic response. "Never before had we ever had so many parents struggle with so much difficulty in paying," Marian Catholic President Judine Hilbing told the Chicago Tribune. "It was very uncomfortable," she told the paper. "Not having access to the technology almost made it impossible. We are very apologetic to the parents. We tried to treat them with respect and dignity, but it was difficult."

The scene at Marian this week offers insight into the impoverishment of what was once a better-off layer of the working class in the Chicago area.

Amid the deteriorating Chicago Public Schools, and the increased violence which has come to characterize their social environment, a significant layer of Chicago's working class families sacrifice and spend what little disposable income they have on a private education for their children. This tradition is proving untenable amid the current economic crisis.

In an effort to mitigate a rapid decline projected in Catholic school enrollment this year, the Chicago Archdiocese announced last month the availability of $1 million emergency aid fund for families that lost jobs this school year. Significantly, within days, requests for financial help overwhelmed the Archdiocese. The initial $1,000 payments had to subsequently be reduced to a $500 tuition subsidy.

In addition, the Archdiocese of Chicago has issued a pay freeze, scheduled to begin at the start of next fiscal year on July 1, for most of its 16,000 employees. The freeze is expected to affect almost 90 percent of the Archdiocese's 3,800 elementary school teachers and administrators. Less affected will be the area's 39 Catholic high schools associated with the Archdiocese. Because these high schools are typically run by individual religious orders, only six are mandated to follow the pay freeze.

According to Brian Gray, a spokesman for the National Catholic Educational Association, enrollment in Catholic institutions has been steadily declining on its own about 3 percent per year. While the full force of the deepening economic crisis is yet to be seen, enrollment will undoubtedly surpass these rates.

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16 more public schools slated for closures, cuts

2009-02-28T08:37:07Z

Chicago: 16 more public schools slated for closures, cuts
By Clement Daly
28 February 2009

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/chic-f28.shtml

Chicago school officials voted on Wednesday to close, consolidate, or vastly restructure 16 public schools beginning in the fall. The decision reflects not only the devastating impact of the economic crisis on the public school system, but also the efforts of the Democrat-dominated political establishment to replace publicly funded education with private, for-profit schools.

The Chicago Public School (CPS) district is the third largest school system in the US, serving some 408,000 students in 650 schools. In the past few years, over 60 of the city's public schools have been shuttered, forcing thousands of families to transport their children to schools outside of their communities or turn to newly opened charter schools. With the latest round of cuts, more than 10 percent of the city's public schools will have been closed in the past eight years.

The closures are part of the CPS's "Renaissance 2010" initiative, through which city officials have aggressively pursued the development of charter schools, along with attacks on teachers' wages and job security. Some of the most impoverished areas of the city have borne the brunt of the closings, while they have received little in the way of improved facilities.

Since 2005, 76 new schools have been created or transformed according to the Renaissance 2010 plan—43 charter schools, 25 performance schools, and 8 contract schools. More than a third of these Renaissance schools are in 18 communities not considered to be top priority. Ten communities have seen no new Renaissance schools.

The Bush administration's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation in 2001 set the stage for the development of Renaissance 2010 plan, introduced in June 2004. The plan calls for the creation of 100 new schools by 2010 through closures and "transformations" of schools with low enrollment or deemed as underperforming. The closed schools are replaced with smaller, charter schools, the majority of which are not only exempt from some of the state's regulations, but refuse to hire union members as well.

The principles of the plan follow closely those laid out in a report entitled, Left Behind: Student Achievement in Chicago's Public Schools. The report was produced in July 2003 by the Commercial Club of Chicago, an historic group of Chicago's most wealthy and powerful capitalists founded in 1877. Less than a year latter, Chicago's Democratic Mayor Richard M. Daley heeded the advice through the Renaissance 2010 initiative.

What the NCLB legislation, Left Behind, and the Renaissance 2010 initiative all share is a contempt for everything not subordinated to the principles of the free market and subjugated to the profit motive, an ignorance of the social reality faced by millions of working Americans, and a cynical attempt to hold teachers, administrators, students and parents accountable for the collapse of public education.

The closure of underperforming schools, many of which are located in the most impoverished sections of the city, has been bound up with Daley's overall drive at the gentrification of these areas. Coupled with the destruction of public housing projects and spiraling rent rates in these areas, the school closings are forcing low-income residents out of the city.

The displacement resulting from the school closures has had a devastating effect on students and teachers alike. One study conducted by Catalyst, an independent publication that follows school reform issues, found that only 2 percent of the students who were displaced by school closings were enrolled the next fall in new Renaissance schools.

Furthermore, nearly half of the displaced students landed at schools that were on academic probation. To address this crisis, the CPS has implemented a so-called turnaround strategy, which merely allows students to stay while the district carries out wholesale firings of staff and shuffles in new teachers and principals.

In an attempt to delay Wednesday's scheduled vote, the Grassroots Education Movement has released the results of two recent studies, one of which has found that Latino and African-American students have been most affected by the school closures. In addition, the newly founded charter high schools were found to enroll fewer low-income students, nearly half as many limited English speakers, and "significantly fewer" students with special needs than the neighborhood high schools. Other reports indicate a lack of representative diversity in the magnet schools, the district's most-established schools of choice.

According to the CPS, in the 2007-2008 school year a staggering 83.6 percent of Chicago public school students come from low-income families. The intensification of the economic crisis since then has no doubt exacerbated the financial distress felt by the city's working class families, pushing more into poverty, foreclosure, and unemployment. One indication of the increasing social misery facing these students is expressed in the recent revelation that at least 10,642 public school kids in Chicago are homeless (See "Over ten thousand public school students homeless in Chicago")

According to the Consortium on Chicago School Research, which tracks individual students, just over half—55 percent—of CPS high school students graduated in 2008. In 2007, less than one third of those who graduated enrolled in college.

Recent years have also seen the city's students engulfed in an explosion of violence. Last school year saw 26 city students killed, 23 of which died from gunshot wounds. The lives of an additional 12 CPS students were taken in violence over the summer. Following the recent string of fights and shootings at sporting events, the CPS now requires all varsity games to be played no later than 4 p.m. as well as the pre-approval of all visiting fans by the host school.

It is within this context of deterioration and chaos that Daley recently appointed Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) President Ron Huberman to replace outgoing Chicago Public School's chief Arne Duncan as the new CEO of the CPS. Duncan left to become President Obama's US Education Secretary.

Daley's appointment of Huberman has been criticized by residents and educational leaders as being politically motivated. Like Duncan, the politically connected Huberman will take over one of the biggest public school systems in the country without having any previous professional experience in education. Before his appointment to the CTA, Huberman was a police officer in the Chicago Police Department, rising to the rank of assistant deputy superintendent.

Duncan's departure raised the hope among many Chicagoans that a new executive officer would break with corporate-style administration policies in general, and the controversial Renaissance 2010 initiative in particular. However, it is clear that Daley appointed Huberman as a reliable successor to Duncan, one who will oversee the completion of the plan.

Faced with widespread opposition from parents, students, and teachers to the latest round of school closures, Huberman announced on Tuesday that the CPS was removing six schools from the list of those targeted. Officials explained that the schools had been evaluated incorrectly in terms of enrollment and space utilization.

In light of the decision, questions naturally arise as to the evaluations of the dozens of other schools that have been closed since 2001. How many other schools have been ‘misevaluated'?

According to CPS data, since 2002, 32 schools have been forced to close after being characterized as underutilized by the district, which calculates potential classroom capacity by an absurdly high 30:1 student-to-teacher ratio.

Philo Carpenter Elementary, one of the schools that remains slated for closure by September, was evaluated by the CPS as having a space utilization rate of only 23 percent. However, a study released earlier this month from the University of Illinois-Chicago found that the district's assessment did not take into account the government-mandated class-size limits for the nearly 100 students with disabilities at the school who receive special services. Nor did the CPS consider the space required to teach the high proportion of students learning English as a second language as being adequately utilized. The school has a high percentage of hearing-impaired students and an integrated arts program that the UIC study described as a "model of inclusion."

The UIC study points out that the schools into which disabled students will be shuffled have not been equipped to accommodate them: "The proposed receiving schools are not equipped in the same ways to serve Carpenter's students with disabilities and are likely to impinge on students' lawful rights to a quality education in the least restrictive environment... the utilization report makes no mention of the financial expenditures that will be necessary to accommodate these students in any proposed receiving schools."

"Research shows that small school size and a caring community are elements that contribute positively to student success," the study notes. "It seems that CPS is proposing to close the very type of school that it claims communities should strive for."

The full UIC report, "Data and Democracy Project: Investing in Neighborhoods—Examining CPS' plan to close, phase out, consolidate, turn-around 22 schools" is available here in PDF: http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/voorheesctr/DataAndDemocracyRelease.pdf

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Green Party for Illinois 5th District!

2009-02-05T07:42:30Z

Refuse Corporate Donations: A Plea To The Other Candidates in Illinois's 5th District

by Matt Reichel

Something must be done to cleanse the American political system and instill some degree of integrity in the nation’s democratic institutions.

As fraudsters and hustlers from Bernard Madoff to Rod Blagojevich fall like dominoes, in the footsteps of Bernie Ebbers, Kenneth Lay and Dan Rostenkowski, one can say that confidence in the good old American way is beginning to wane. While apathy towards politics has been a mainstay of the American consciousness for decades, the overall sense of despair in the air is probably at record highs.

Those who believed in the American political system framed this a fall of hope, but unfortunately winter arrived early and relentlessly. In Chicago, multiple snow and ice storms coupled with vicious winds brought the mid-western metropolis its most unbearable December in recent memory. When winter officially began on Sunday, wind chills dipped as low as –30 F: that brand of cold that is determined to slice through all defenses you throw at it. Meanwhile, the Blago circus came to town: the over-charismatic executive, teetering through the worst approval rating in Illinois gubernatorial history, failed to heed warnings of when enough was enough.

Reports indicate that he thought $1.5 million was a just price for Obama’s senate seat: a relative bargain in these days of neo-liberal hegemony. One could hardly get elected to the U.S. House with that kind of cash. In fact, the seat that used to be Blago’s, currently occupied by incoming Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, could very well cost around $1.5 million for the Chicago machinist most intent on calling it theirs. Emanuel himself spent $1.88 million getting re-elected this last time around, despite the lack of any viable opposition in either round.

In the coming special election, still yet to be officially announced because Emanuel hasn’t resigned, the total number of announced candidates is 18 and climbing. Every interested state rep, senator and alderman in the Chicago area has begun flexing their muscle, organizing their political apparatus, and using corporate press clout to promote their candidacies. The talk around town is not where the candidates stand on the issues, or where they lie along the political spectrum, but rather who’s got the goods to win the race.

And last I checked it isn’t only in Chicago where political livelihood is entirely dependent on support from corporate crooks. Despite all of the euphoria of early November, Obama is a prime representation of the fact that one can never win the White House by challenging the reprehensible actions of the nation’s largest banks, investors and lenders. Instead you have to allow them to donate generously to your campaign and then to dictate your economic policies.

While Obama was giving his spiel about hope and change repeatedly for two years, he was concurrently amassing an unprecedented war chest, thrust along by at least $2 million from entities directly involved in the sub-prime swindle: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, UBS and Lehman Brothers. Despite Obama framing his candidacy as the one closer to the interests of the people, his rake from all of the above was considerably greater than McCain’s.

Corporate America realized early that Obama was the likely victor and that they had to move to ensure that he was thoroughly corrupted, and wouldn’t use the economic malaise as an excuse to begin regulating the financial sector. In following Obama’s purse strings, it is clear that he will likely do nothing to protect Americans from crony Capitalism. Citibank, currently under investigation for its involvement in derivative fraud and managing to make $1.2 trillion disappear from its balance sheets, was one of Obama’s biggest donors: with nearly $400,000 being given from its employees to the Senator in the first half of 2008 alone.

At just the time when the country needs to forcibly remove these crooked corporations from the political arena, they are as deeply ingrained as ever. Just when the congress must absolutely restore monetary sanity by re-instituting the Glass-Steagall act and reversing decades of rampant deregulation and privatization, the president will be doing the bidding of the same investment banks that gave us the housing bubble. And just as the American public begins to digest the enormity of said bubble, “our president” will assuredly be another loyal servant of Wall Street.

The foundations will only tremble when Americans pledge to support no candidate who accepts donations of any kind from corporations. When we can be sure that our public servants are clean of the crud of monied interests, we can then begin to have a grand discourse about hope and change.

The place to begin is right in Blago’s backyard, where the governor’s godchildren are busily positioning themselves to be the chosen successor to the seat once held by the man himself. This post won’t be sold, surely enough, but it probably will be bought. Given the district’s history of electing illicit political criminals, there’s no reason to think that the hounds won’t be let loose on the candidates.

Will any of them pledge to refuse corporate donations this time around? Will they rise above the easy route of accepting large sums of money from those interests intent on preying on the poor, de-unionizing workers, and instituting a perpetual culture of indebtedness?

I hereby demand it of them. I demand that each of the candidates sign onto this pledge to refuse all corporate donations. I ask that they run on the issues, and win by talking to constituents about their concerns, desires and wishes. In so doing, I dream that the victor will be “our congressperson” and not another soul-less pawn of big business.

I have thrown my hat into the ring of candidates because I would like to see my dream of a clean political system become reality. I have grown frustrated over years of dwindling social movements and increased state coercion of civil society. The dictatorship of corporate America, which is currently in shambles, must be swept away and replaced by a respectful liberal democracy. The first step is getting the fraudsters and hustlers out of politics, and replacing them with public servants who pledge to represent the interest of the working majority.

Will any of the other candidates in this special election rise to the occasion and work with me towards creating a more just nation?
For the health of our democracy, it is what must be done.

Paid for by the Committee to Elect Matt Reichel to Congress
© Copyright 2008 Matt Reichel

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Removal of Illinois governor leaves unanswered questions

2009-02-05T01:46:59Z

Removal of Illinois governor leaves unanswered questions
By Patrick Martin
31 January 2009

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/blag-j31.shtml

The swift removal of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich from office, only 51 days after his arrest in Chicago on corruption charges, raises many questions, both political and legal. He is the second governor of a major state—following fellow Democrat Elliot Spitzer of New York 10 months ago—to be forced out of office after a media fusillade sparked by electronic surveillance conducted by federal authorities.

There is no doubt that Blagojevich is a corrupt and venal politician, like the vast majority of the governors, senators, congressmen and state and big-city politicians in the United States, including the Illinois state senators, Democratic and Republican, who voted by 59-0 to remove him from office Thursday.

The case against Blagojevich, however, both as presented to the Illinois legislature and as outlined by prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald in a lengthy criminal complaint filed last December 9, is neither coherent nor convincing, and lacks key supporting evidence.

What, for example, was the crime for which Blagojevich was removed from office? The alleged sale of Barack Obama's seat in the US Senate, the focus of most media attention, was never consummated. No exchange of favors or money for the appointment ever took place, in large part because Fitzgerald staged the highly publicized arrest in what was apparently an effort to preempt the alleged action.

Blagojevich's discussions with various aides and political cronies, however embarrassing to his fellow politicians—given that it reveals the money-grubbing mindset that dominates capitalist politics—were not in themselves criminal acts. More than mere appetite is required: There has to be specific intent and overt actions in support of that intent, which Fitzgerald's intervention forestalled.

Several of the charges brought by the Illinois state senate were not criminal at all, but overtly political, and of a reactionary character. For instance, Blagojevich is charged with exceeding his authority as governor by expanding state-subsidized medical care for the poor, buying flu vaccines from Canada for statewide distribution, and taking other actions of a similar character not specifically approved and financed by the legislature.

The most serious charges involve Blagojevich's "pay-to-play" schemes, in which the governor exchanged administrative appointments and state contracts for campaign contributions. The only evidence presented to back up these counts, however, consisted of four excerpts of recorded conversations, totaling six minutes, culled from tens of thousands of hours of surveillance tapes.

There is no question that Blagojevich, like every Illinois governor of the past century, used his control over state government to generate campaign contributions. He admitted as much in his lengthy closing argument at Thursday's final session of the state Senate trial, seeming to taunt the senators, saying: "You heard those four tapes. I don't have to tell you what they say. You guys are in politics. You know what we have to do to go out and run elections."

The legal proceedings against Blagojevich are highly dubious. Fitzgerald ordered the arrest and made inflammatory public statements against the governor, denouncing what he called "a corruption crime spree," but failed to bring an indictment within the required time, an indication that the evidentiary basis of the charges was weak. The prosecutor was compelled to request an unusual three-month extension from the federal court, which was duly granted.

At the same time, Fitzgerald told the legislature that it should not summon witnesses for the impeachment and trial of Blagojevich who might be required for a criminal prosecution. The state House and Senate, while not legally bound to do so, bent over backwards to honor Fitzgerald's request, in the name of avoiding any action that might "spoil" the subsequent criminal case.

The result was a legal Catch 22. Without an indictment on specific charges, it could not be determined which witnesses would be required, so nearly all witnesses were excluded from the Senate trial. The governor was effectively denied the right to present witnesses who might give exculpatory testimony, such as Obama's chief of staff and former Illinois congressman, Rahm Emanuel. In his closing argument, Blagojevich complained that he had been denied the presumption of innocence and the right to cross-examine witnesses.

The timing of the arrest raises the most important political questions. Fitzgerald accomplished two things on December 9. First, he prevented any actual sale of the Obama seat, which would have implicated not only Blagojevich, but the purchaser of the appointment as well. (The normal practice in such a white-collar crime would be to allow the transaction to take place and then arrest both parties, having been caught in the act).

Secondly, Fitzgerald made a highly publicized exoneration of Obama himself, releasing transcripts of Blagojevich cursing the president-elect and his aides for not offering him anything in return for the Senate appointment, which he had apparently dangled in front of Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett.

It thus appears that the principal concern of Fitzgerald, as well as of the corporate-controlled media, may have been to insure that Obama himself and his circle of top aides were cleared of any association with the mushrooming Blagojevich scandal.

One commentator, Bill Briscoe at Congressional Quarterly, characterized the impeachment trial of Blagojevich as "an unconstitutional exercise conducted by a political leadership that decided on an outcome and then went in search of an argument to justify it."

He noted that from the time of Fitzgerald's press conference on December 9, leading Democrats in Illinois had decided that the governor had to go and embarked on a series of legal and political maneuvers to accomplish that goal: first pressuring Blagojevich to resign, then asking the state Supreme Court to declare him "unfit" for office, then awaiting Fitzgerald's expected indictment, and when that did not materialize, moving to impeachment.

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Chicago Hoop Dance Workshops!

2009-01-29T00:42:02Z

Hello Chicago,
Have you seen those crazy Hula hoopers with all their crazy tricks?
Come check it out give it a go....

Thanks & Hope to see you there!
Kelly

Here's the info:

Only $10 each class! (What a steal!)
Sunday 2/8/09 6:30-8pm
Sunday 2/22/09 6:30-8pm
NEW DATES!!
Sunday 3/15/09 6-7:30 pm
Sunday 3/22/09 6-7:30 pm

Rumble Arts Center
www. rumblearts. com
3413 W North Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.
4441 Call to register

*Also*

Chicago Hoop Dance@ Yoga Now Gold Coast $20
Friday 2/27/2009
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Yoga Now www. yoganowchicago. com (online registration!)
GOLD COAST - 742 N.
LaSalle
Suite 201Chicago, IL
312. 280.
9642

Questions? Contact mercedesagni@gmail.com No experience necessary.

Hoops provided & for sale. Limited class size, sign up early, and often!

www. chicagohoopdance. com
www. blazechicago. com

Energized by the modern sounds of Chicago Style House music, Combined
with a little disco, funk, world beat and hip-hop and you’ve got the
sound track to our workshop! We use imagery and positive attitude to
help you express yourself using the hoop even if you never thought you
could! Build community and have fun!

Rediscover the hula hoop in a new fun workout!
We use imagery and positive attitude to help you express yourself
using the hoop even if you never thought you could! Build community
& have fun! Our classes are packed with Funk, Soul, Hip Hop &
House Music creating a high energy positive environment.

Here are some of the ways your body will benefit from hoop dance:
Build a strong healthy Core (without doing crunches!)
You receive a great cardiovascular workout
Build Stamina and Motor skills
Helps digestion by massaging your abdomen
Strengthens your back, abs, hips and arms

Benefits for your mind though hoop dance:
Get reacquainted with "playing" and having fun
The mind begins to quiet as you enter a blissful meditative state
You become fully present in the moment
Discover your body's rhythm and flow
Help you become aware and claim the space around you
Hooping allows you to be expressive & creative
Promotes development of a healthy outlook on life

Support Rumble!
At Rumble Arts Center we are building a community where arts and
culture are brought together to form a harmonious relationship. Our
goal is to explore Chicago’s diversity of cultures, ages, and
interests through interactive arts.

Rumble arts is the largest community arts center in Humboldt Park.
Through a wide range of classes and events we aim to engage people in
the community and surrounding areas to come and be inspired. With an
emphasis on providing a diverse variety of classes and scholarships
for those in need, Rumble Arts Center offers opportunities to create
bridges between differences and space to get involved in a positive
way.

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sweat lodge community

2009-01-15T00:48:41Z

hello chi town, i just moved in about 5 days ago and came from colorado. i was working with the native american medicine people and am looking for a sweat lodge or the alikes. thanks and many blessings.

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Reiki Classes in Chicago

2008-12-02T03:13:57Z

Reiki Classes in Chicago

We will be presenting Reiki classes in Chicago on Saturday, December 27. The classes will be in the Franklin Park area near the O'Hare Airport. Directions will be sent with registration confirmation.

The total cost for level 1 is $75.00 and includes attunement, handout, and certification. Class size is limited so please register early. This is an all inclusive 1 day class. At the end of the day you will leave with your certificate.

The class will be taught by Richard C. Fiallo, Reiki Master. Richard has been teaching and sharing Reiki with others since 1999 and has personally attuned over 600 different students. The classes are always fun, informing and include lots of hands-on experience.

Please visit website for more info.
http://healingtoday.com/classes.usa.htm

Home study course are also available.
http://healingtoday.com/homestudy.htm

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MeetinChicago Happy Hour September 4th

2008-08-29T14:40:37Z

MeetinChicago, Chicago’s premier free social networking group, is hosting a happy hour at Big City Tap (1010 W. Belmont, just west of the Red Line Station) next Thursday beginning at 7 pm. Feel free to check out the site and join us if you like—the more, the merrier!

Meetin is a unique group—it’s not a dating site, but a place to make new friends. It works like this; you sign up for free. People post events on the website (i.e., “I’m not doing anything tomorrow, who want’s to go see a movie with me?”) and other members can show up at the event to meet, hang out and have fun.

Past events have included: movies, plays, bike rides, running, biking and exercise groups, happy hours and pub crawls, theme and costume parties, dining events, camping and outdoor trips, street festivals, art exhibits, concerts, you name it. There are over 1200 members on the site, so join today and you can start to meet new friends and enjoy fun events.

Any member can post events, (with the administratrative team’s approval for brand new members). Since MeetinChicago is intended to be a social group, the only rules are:
1) no business-oriented events
2) no dating events
So even if you can't join us at the Happy Hour, take a look at the site and see if any of the events look interesting—then come out and MeetinChicago!

http://www.meetin.org/city/MEETinCHICAGO/

NOTE: MeetinChicago.com is actually a restaurant-sponsored tourist site. Cut and paste the link above into your browser window, or go to Meetin.org and type in Chicago as your city to get to MeetinChicago.

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Visiting Chicago

2008-08-25T21:46:46Z

Hi, I am visiting Chicago this weekend strictly for fun. Unlike most of my vacations, I have made exactly zero plans. Any quick recommendations for restaurants, bars, clubs, or particularly cool neighborhoods I should visit?

thanks,
-troy

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making a difference

2008-08-11T10:15:51Z

making a difference
ive been such a powerhouse today, i came back to chicago on july 29. i spent 2 days at my parents house helping my mom heal her leg and then i went back home to the city to pack, clean, organize, etc. and i found myself lost for what to do first. crazy shit. scattered. i also found myself realizing that i wasnt willing to spend the money i had saved through working at the house of blues for three and a half years on living, but only on traveling which became the source of my commitment to make money while im in chicago. but how? so this is august 1. so, i was taking a load to my parents house a few days later and i found so much artwork at their house in their basement that i freaked. i took it all home and photographed it. i want to tell you that since ive been in chicago, i have made (and not spent, i think i spent about $100 of the cash ive made, but i cant say with confidence the exact number) $1035 without having what we call a job! how cool is that?! by selling art on the street, selling art out of my backpack in buildings, getting bad debts paid back, selling furniture, collecting a paycheck from the house of blues, etc. and i feel awesome! also, i made a huge difference today in someones life. a deaf man came to me and asked me for $8.75 to get on the metra. i know this man from my old waitressing job at the house of blues cuz he used to come in and eat and sometimes one of us would get him free food and sometimes hed pay and sometimes id just talk to him, and so, i thought about giving him money. and then i doubted his truths and instead i pulled out $5 and asked him to get the rest from someone else. and he (he says that he talks to me cuz i understand him and no one else seems to. i kind of get sign language, but more importantly i get humans when they speak, no matter the language, right?!) so, he then told me he didnt want trouble with the law or trouble with people or to look like he was asking someone for money, cuz hes not that guy. so i got enrolled with him and went to a someone i know who works at the house of blues and she said no. then we went to the security guard and asked her if she had $3.75, she said no. so i asked if shed mind if we asked other people in the hob area, she said no. so we went to the first next person who introduced us to his friend whos name is Chris, who then said, $375???? and we laughed, and said, no, $3.75 and he said, "hell, ill do that for god" and pulled out a $20 and said "now you have extra money, use it to help someone else and know that i didnt do this, she didnt do this, jesus or god or whatever god you believe in did this!!!" and hell, that was an act of something powerful, whatever we call it....it was awesome! im left moved, touched, and inspired.

this is just what happened today! tomorrow is gonna be even bigger! i love big! shit! i love abundance! i love love! how did this day occur and the ones before it you ask. well, im inviting everyone to take a course at landmark education because it is what this day was given by. and furthermore, those of you who live in chicago, im inviting you to an introduction to landmark education. im taking the advanced course right now and it is changing my life. i wanna introduce you to the curriculum because i love you all and i know you will LOVE it and it will make a difference in your life! so. in introducing you to the stuff that is making a huge difference in my life, there are two intro sessions this week. one on tuesday, august 12, and one on wednesday, august 13. both are 7pm-10pm and tuesday is at their building and wednesday is at my house. ill be at both. so, im gonna give you the address for landmark and my address and all that, googlemaps does the most accurate directions out of all the mappers, or at least from the last time i checked. so, yeah...the food that will be at my place will prolly be pizza, unless anyone objects (do you object?). is there anything you dont eat on pizza or in general? since there will be food at my house and a specific number of chairs at landmark, it is imperative that i get confirmations by monday late night for tuesday and by tuesday late night for wednesday so that everything can be set up accordingly.

landmark education
820 north orleans (at orleans and institute in the left corner up the stairs)
chicago, il

my house
824 west superior street 307 (ring the buzzer and ill let you in)
chicago, il 60622

it will rock the house
parking is easy around that time, but in the case that its not and in the case that you wanna have some fun, get there early (like 630)

any questions, concerns, considerations, celebrations, or anything, call me or email me!

love
@

PS if you for some ungodly reason cant be there, tell your friends to be there. just confirm with me who will or will not be there.

and also, if you havent bought a painting from me yet, i am leaving town for good on wednesday night. (ill be in the burbs thurs and fri) and i encourage you to buy some art before i leave. prices are negotiable. ill make it work for you and youll make it work for me! there is lots of work to choose from, the general art file is http://www.flickr.com/photos/annakipervaser/collections/72157600010952708/ and the least expensive is body of work is http://www.flickr.com/photos/annakipervaser/sets/72157606592839241/with/2740585693/

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affordable art

2008-08-07T12:35:57Z

hello all! i am moving to colorado in a few days. i have a ton of art available at reasonable prices. $5-$500 and a variety of sizes (palmsized to 4ft squared) and mediums (pencil to oil paint). get a taste here http://www.flickr.com/photos/annakipervaser/sets/72157606592839241/

also, i just went through my work from previous years that i dont have pictured on the flickr site and got really excited. a lot of the work isnt at all like anything that is up on the flickr site, so you never know what to expect! so, i am inviting everyone over to my place today to check it out and buy some.

im located one block in from chicago and halsted at green and superior, right across the street from thalia, a great thai restaurant. message me with questions, concerns, etc. or call 847-571-6943 call after noon.

love
@

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Matthew Santos

2008-07-03T18:53:36Z

Matt is a friend of mine and is a local musician that is beginning to get national attention. He sang on Superstar with Lupe Fiasco. He is going to be playing at The Lincoln Park Festival on July 26th. He's a true artist.

Below is a link to his Myspace page. You can hear a couple of his songs there.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=11600615

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June 20-22, 2008 Learn bellydance music on ANY instrument!

2008-06-10T18:13:18Z

Learn to play Bellydance music on *any* instrument at Tribal Revolution!

Holiday Inn in Elk Grove Village, IL
1000 Busse Rd
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

http://www.tribalrevolution.com/

June 20-22 at Tribal Revolution, Melissa Murphey of the band Ishtar will be teaching two workshops on Middle Eastern music. This style of music is fun and exciting to play! Any questions contact melissa@clarinetchick.com.

June 21- 1:30-3:00: Beginner Middle Eastern music for ALL instruments

Drummers and musicians, learn common bellydance songs and rhythms together! Melissa will teach the basic structure of several popular easy to play Middle Eastern bellydance songs in an ensemble format. Percussionists can learn how specific rhythms fit particular songs and how to change seamlessly between rhythms. Melody musicians can learn popular Middle Eastern melodies and will be given instruction on beginner makam (modal) theory. This beginner workshop is paced for musicians who are new to their instrument, musicians who haven’t played their instrument in a while, musicians who learn by ear, drummers who are new to the ensemble experience and drummers who are new to Middle Eastern rhythms. The goal for this workshop is to enable all percussionists and melody musicians to play common songs together. All instruments are welcome, as this music can be played on ANY instrument. Bring your darbuka, riqq, zills, violin, saxophone, guitar, clarinet, flute, cello, etc to this class! Songs to be covered (time permitting) are: Bir Demet Yasemen, Efem, Hadouni Hadouni, A Nadda, Ayazein, Rumeli Karsilamasi and Yeshilem. Sheet music, rhythm notation, and sound files can be downloaded in advance at www.dorku.com. At the class, sheet music will be available to purchase at $2 a song. Borrowing sheet music is free.

June 22 - 3:30--5:00: Intermediate Middle Eastern music for ALL instruments

Experienced drummers and musicians, learn common bellydance songs and rhythms together!Melissa will teach the basic structure of several popular Middle Eastern bellydance songs in an ensemble format. Percussionists can learn how specific rhythms fit particular songs and how to change seamlessly between rhythms. Melody musicians can learn intricate Middle Eastern melodies and will be given instruction on makam (modal) theory, some ornamentation and taksim (improvisation). This Intermediate workshop is paced for musicians who are experienced with their instrument, musicians who learn quickly by ear, musicians who sight read sheet music and drummers who are familiar with Middle Eastern rhythms. Beginners are welcome to attend, but this class will be faster paced. The goal for this workshop is to enable all percussionists and melody musicians to play common songs together. All instruments are welcome, as this music can be played on ANY instrument. Bring your darbuka, riqq, zills, violin, saxophone, guitar, clarinet, flute, cello, etc to this class! Songs to be covered (time permitting) are: Aziza, Fire Dance, Nihavent Oriental, Nihavent Oyun Havasi, Sulukule and Zeina. Sheet music, rhythm notation, and sound files can be downloaded in advance at www.dorku.com. At the class, sheet music will be available to purchase at $2 a song. Borrowing sheet music is free.

To pre-register visit: http://www.tribalrevolution.com/
For more info about Melissa: www.clarinetchick.com

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13th Annual O'Banions Reunion

2008-04-24T23:07:16Z

Anyone going?

June 14th at Holiday.

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Chicago May 14-20 - Visiting from SF

2008-04-24T22:58:11Z

Hello, I will be in Chicago to set-up the Green Festival at the Navy Pier from May 14-20.

I was hoping to get some suggestions of where to go, what to do, where to eat in that area...

I especially would like to be able to go out Swing Dancing or to check out Rock-a-Billy music if there is any scene...Goth is good too.

Cheers,

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Atomic: New Wave Dance Party!

2008-03-17T05:55:49Z

Atomic: New Wave Dance Party with dj's Qbot + Kamar
Thursdays 10pm - 4am
Neo
2350 N. Clark
21 and older
$5 cover (free with reader ad before 11pm)

March 20: kick-off party with guest dj derek berry of Rehab

March 27: Spring Break Night: NO COVER with college ID

www.chicagosuicideclub.com/atomic
www.going.com/atomic_neo

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Doorman invites you to Cleo's Bucktown One Year Anniversary party!!!

2008-02-27T21:26:46Z

Doorman Rich says:
Come to Cleo's Bucktown One Year Anniversary party!!!
Free buffet from 11pm-1am
Reduced drink prices
Lots of great tunes!!!

Come celebrate with us!
2048 w. Armitage Ave.
1/2 block west of Damen in Bucktown
Chicago, IL 60647
www.cleoschicago.com

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VAN GHOST DEBUT SHOW!!!! JANUARY 25TH

2008-01-21T00:52:23Z

JANUARY 25, 2008 @ METRO IN CHICAGO

18+ DEBUT SHOW!!!!

W/ JENFIER HARTWICK BAND
THE HUE
ALGERNON
VERTIKAL

$8 IN ADVANCE
$11 DAY OF SHOW

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT
www.myspace.com/vanghostchicago

MUCH LOVE TO ALL!
VAN GHOST

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**January 31st. 10pm Cobera Lounge. FREE !!!

2008-01-16T18:09:12Z

COBRA LOUNGE- 235 N. Ashland Ave.
Jan 31st 10pm. free show. $2 beers
<a href=http://www.myspace.com/imperialbattlesnake>Imperial Battlesnake</a>
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I just joined !

2008-01-10T21:50:01Z

Hi everyone, my names Niccolina (Nic to my friends) and I'm new on the site. Seems like this is an active group, which is good. Look forward to getting to know each of you....and feel free to introduce yourself to me.

Have a great weekend!

Nic

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Arabic Percussion

2008-01-06T16:02:04Z

i am a performer maker and teacher of arabic and north african percussion based in chicago

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Entheon Village - Solstice Party SAT DEC 22 - Burning Man / Electronica Left Field IDM

2007-12-13T23:08:58Z

<h2>Entheon Village Presents</h2>
<center><h1>Synthesis of a Jaguar</h1>
<h2>Rena Jones & Jamie Janover</H2>
Deep-MidTempo-Organic-Electronica(IDM).

Get set for a night of instrumental mastery! Tonight you will hear electronica through the hands of two of the most ingenious multitalented acoustic musicians on the livetronica scene.

Rena Jones is prolifically known for her talents as a cellist and violinist. Her collaborations with: Sound Tribe Sector 9, Alan White (John Lennon), Peter Buck (REM), Danny Heins, Dave Tweedy & Stephen Bradley (No Doubt), Brad Houser (Critter's Buggin' and Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians), Golden Arm Trio (A Scanner Darkly), Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers), Earl Harvin (Seal & Air), & J Viewz.

You might know Jamie from his work with Zilla, Everyone Orchestra & in the Burning Man scene, not to mention his many collaborations! There is nothing like the sound of Jamie rocking the Hammer Dulcimer while he is creating beats on site.

Rena Jones
http://www.myspace.com/rena
Jamie Janover
http://www.myspace.com/jamiejanover

If you are into music like Sigur Ros, Boards of Canada, Brian Eno, Tortoise... I think you'll love this party!
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chicagobound on dec 13

2007-12-10T23:26:14Z

I'm looking for sweet events/performances/venues/grub spots to check out while I'm visiting the Chicagoland.

I am staying with a friend in Naperville, but we'll be mobile around the entire city.

What are some entertaining/inspirational/chill things to do?

Thanks! Peace <3

niki

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Uncommon Ground Wednesday 12/12

2007-12-10T12:26:10Z

Come and have a drink by the fire and check out my show....

Wed 12/12
Uncommon Ground
3800 N. Clark
7-10pm
No Cover

www.myspace.com/johnmoony

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NYE??

2007-12-10T04:29:15Z

Going to be in Chicago for New Year's and am wondering where to go dancing.....

ideas?

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Check Out Chicago 2007-2008 Reggae, Dancehall and hip hop

2007-12-01T03:11:58Z

Massive (Everyone):

The first official Reggae Music Evite features some of our favorite artists including Bob Marley, Sizzla, Munga, Sean Paul, Beenie Man Bounty Killa, QQ, Freddie McGregor, Dada, DaVille and more. The list is Presented by Tropical Storm Sound to invite you to reggae Parties in Chicago.

The newest and hottest parties will be starting up soon, and we want to gather an email list to add you to our Evite Invitations.

Go to www.tropicalstormsound.com to submit your email for 2007-2008 reggae parties in and around Chicago, IL USA today.

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Empty Bowls at Oakton

2007-11-20T18:25:35Z

Every year Oakton Community College’s Ceramics Studio hosts an Empty Bowls event. That means everyone who works at the studio, as well as other area ceramics artists and students, makes and donates a bunch of bowls.

Then on a certain day a lot of people come to Oakton to admire the hundreds of bowls that have been donated. They pay $12, pick a bowl they really like, fill it with soup, grab a hunk of bread, and enjoy—and when they’re finished eating, they get to keep the bowl. There’s also a raffle (tickets are $3, or 4 for $10) and silent auction for some bigger art pieces donated by better known artists. All the proceeds go to local charities; last year $12,000 was raised and donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. There will be some tunes by several student bands, including a band called "Patchouli" (the name scares me a bit, but you never know).

This year’s Empty Bowls event will be on December 8th, 2007, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Rd., Des Plaines, IL 60016. The earlier you get there, the better the selection of bowls will be. So come on out and get yourself a nice bowl, and support a good cause while you’re at it!

Here's a photo from last year’s event:

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nov 24th.. rsvp. THREAT TO ETIQUETTE . runway and punk show

2007-11-15T06:31:20Z

THREAT TO ETIQUETTE

OBSCURE PRODUCTIONS IS THROWING A HUGE START-UP BASH AND EVERYONE (18 & OVER) IS INVITED TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THIS HOT NEW ENDEAVOR!

THE LADIES OF OBSCURE MODELING WILL BE SHOWING OFF LOCAL DESIGNS ON A ROCK N ROLL RUNWAY! MAKE SURE TO COME AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

21o6 south kedzi. (off the pink line kedzi stop, bulding to the right)
FREE PARKING (2 LOTS.)
$7 FOR THOSE WHO R.S.V.P,
$12 AT THE DOOR.

DJ'S - MR. BOBBY, ERIC LAB RAT, AND V8

bands
THE HOLLYWOOD NIGHTMARES
THE PHENOMS
Violent hymens
The Last Seconds
The Repulsators

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Where to stay and what do to in Chicago?

2007-09-12T03:24:44Z

Hey there...

My wife and I are going to be in Chicago the first weekend of November cuz we had some Southwest vouchers that were about to expire, and hell, I've seen enough of Las Vegas and the west coast and we figured we'd do something different. We're burners (built the Blood Vessel art car this year) and enjoy lots of different club scenes, but lean a bit toward the gothic/industral side.

Can anyone recommend clubs or venues to check out? Also, can anyone recommend a decent hotel that's near stuff someone wanting to check out Chicago would want to see?

We'll be there Thursday night through Monday morning....

Thanks!

-Creech

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Burning Man Dj's needed

2007-07-20T00:02:26Z

Hi all~

My name is Carli and this will be my first year out to Burning man. My partner, Derek and I will be celebrating our wedding and having a party Thursday night in the laser dome. Were currently looking for any Psy / Goa / trance / good music :) dj's interested in throwing down a set. I believe we'll have both cdj's as well as turn tables ( have to check on that). The party will go till sunrise, so chill dj's are welcome for morning sets too.

If you're interested, please post or email Blaize224@gmail.com. There's no time limit on sets, it's a wonderful opportunity to have your music heard by many without any restraint. Lots of lights, fire, and fun!!!

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Attn Midwest Burners Entheon Village R/T Cargo Service to the Playa

2007-07-15T04:24:48Z

Hello Villagers and Burners!

Trekking out to the Playa from Chicago is truckload when we all pack it in together. This has become a regular smart thing to do because it makes good use of the tools available and reduces waste. So if you are interested in a secure, efficient, time and money saving spot on the Entheon Semi-trailer then this is for you.

Email Kokopaulli@entheonvillage.com if you have any specific questions or want to join Entheon Village Logistics and Freight where you learn how to move things across every way.

> Guidelines for seamless transport...
> q Sturdy Sterilites are Recommended
> q All containers are sealed properly
> q All loose items are tied down
> q Please use the most durable plastic containers and avoid brittle plastics
> q Small items must be bundled or boxed
> q Front Bicycle tires are to be removed and fastened to your bike frame labeled
> q Keep track of your fasteners, go to bike camp if your bike needs repairs or parts
> q Every item is to be labeled including bikes and tires
> q Labels should be specific to you for easy identification
> q Labels include Name(s), Playa address, Date of arrival, email and/or phone
> q Labels should also reflect any special needs ex: fragile, glass, very heavy, ect

In the past rates were as follows:
$10 a cubic foot
$60 for a bicycle

By using this service you agree that Entheon Village is not responsible for loss or damage. Freight that is not marked or contained/shipped improperly may not be shipped. All items that are yours are to be picked up with in 48 to 72 hours of the Trucks return or they will be respectfully donated to a not-for-profit of our choice. It is your responsibility to maintain communication in regard to your goods.
Apply for a Freight quote!
Name/ Email / Phone / Date / Date of arrival on Playa
Your Camp name and Address
Items to be hauled by number and size
ex: 1 sterilite = 4 cu @ 20lbs
1 Bicycle = 10lbs

If any items are oversize or require special service (Fragile) please notify.
Schedule your Transport needs with Kokopaulli@entheonvillage.com

Tentative Schedule:
Dock Open 8/15-18/07 5pm to 9pm subject to change

Dock location will be near the 1600-2100 south /1000-2100 west.

We are all Leave NO Trace individuals and respect what we use by leaving things better than how we found them.

By using this service you agree that Entheon Village is not
responsible for loss or damage. Freight that is not marked or
contained/shipped improperly may not be shipped. All items that are
yours are to be picked up with in 48 to 72 hours of the Trucks return
or they will be respectfully donated to a not-for-profit of our
choice. It is your responsibility to maintain communication in regard
to your goods.

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Clothing Optional Events

2007-07-06T14:02:43Z

Last month over 600 people participated in Chicago's 4th annual World
Naked Bike Ride—way to go!

Several people were talking at, and after, the ride about other naked
events. These kind of events are relatively rare around Chicago, but
they do happen. One problem is that they are often either poorly
publicized or spontaneously thrown together at the last minute (which
is fine, but means you often only hear about them after the fact).

So I started a new Yahoo group to exchange news, ideas and info about
Chicago area clothing optional events.

You can find the new group in Yahoo groups at chicagoclothingoptionalevents

There already are at least 2 nudist organizations in Chicago (the
Chicago Bares, which is oriented for gay men, and the Chicago Sun
Club, which tends to include older people.) But there are also a
number of informal nude gatherings and happenings, such as last
January's Lady Godiva ride in Wicker Park. I'm hoping that news about
such nudist events can spread through this group.

A few other thoughts:
This is NOT meant to be a swinging or sex group—go to Craigslist for
that. I've been to two nudist colonies and a number of nudist events
and have never even SEEN, much less participated in, any sexual
activity at such gatherings. If that's what you're looking for, I
suggest you find another group.

This is also not meant for gawkers or photographers to get a line on
where and when to see a free show. It's intended to be a group for
nudists to publicize naked and clothing optional events, and meet
like-minded people.

So if you're interested, or have info about local nude or clothing
optional events, please join this group post away! If you're spamming
or looking for sex or free shows, please don't bother.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagoclothingoptionalevents/

P.S. I'm not convinced this group will really take off—I'll give it
six months, and if it seems like there aren't any "real" nudists
joining or naked events being discussed then I'll close the group.

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pillow fight!

2007-06-21T20:56:48Z

Anyone up for a pillow fight in Wicker?
Today 7:30 pm
around 1450 N Milwaukee Ave - just south of the North, Damen, Milwaukee cluster-fuck.

BRING IT!!

http://www.myspace.com/pillowfightchicago

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Who Is a Rainbow?

2007-06-01T01:21:16Z

Who Is a Rainbow? (anyone with a belly button:^)

Anyone who wants to be, we come from all walks, of life and adhere to a variety of beliefs. We aspire to be a Loving and Caring people toward one another and all the varied hues of our Mother Earth. To that end. we practise non-violence and peace activism, ecologically sound ways of living and respect for all beings, and ways of life. Some folks come to Rainbow for a chance to feel the Living Spirit, some for the fun of it, some for a chance to see those they Love. Most gather for a mixture of these reasons. We laugh, sing, play musical instru- ments, and share our experiences & dreams in our heartsongs. We strive to better ourselves and explore alternative life-styles, medicine, and ways to solve problems. We experience cooperative living. Sometimes we even seem to work a miracle. There are no leaders. Individuals (known as "Focalizers") try to facilitate the consensus of the, Rainbow Tribes on a local and/or national level. We circle for our meals, and councils because we are all equal. Decisions regarding a local family are made by consensus, wherever the need arises. Like at a regional picnic or council. Decision regarding the Rainbow Family of Living Light can only be made on the land, at the main tribunal council, from July 1-7th each year during the Gathering of the Tribes.

For more info visit the web site:

open the URL: http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow.html

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Illinois Rainbows - new tribe created today

2007-06-01T01:20:44Z

Need members

join us...

http://tribes.tribe.net/illinoisrainbows

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World Naked Bike Ride Chicago

2007-05-07T20:36:26Z

Hey, all:

We’re planning Chicago’s version of the World Naked Bike Ride, which will happen on June 9th, 2007. Somewhere between 200 and 500 cyclists will ride through Chicago to protest oil dependency. They’ll sport costumes, body paint, decorated bikes and, if they’re daring, no clothes at all. The ride will last from about 9 pm to about midnight, rain or shine. (For more info, go to: http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/ or )
www.worldnakedbikeride.org/chicago/)

Two venues are needed:
First, we’ll need an assembly and costuming point where people can painted and decorate themselves and their bikes prior to the ride. This should be a quiet home, backyard or enclosed courtyard, preferably in the Wicker Park/Bucktown/Near North area. The way it works is that we’ll publicize an “assembly point” somewhere near the costuming place (usually a park) and those who show up with bicycles will be sent to the costuming place. Gawkers who show up with cameras but without bikes will be S.O.L.

Second, we need a place to host a post-ride party. Two years ago a friendly person opened up their loft for the 100+ naked and partially clothed people who wanted to party afterwards, but they had to bring their own drinks. Last year we had a party at a local bar, but we were told we had to put our clothing on before entering, which killed the whole spirit of the naked bike ride.

So we’re looking for venues for a post-ride party, ideally that will allow nudity (NOTE: this is a naked but NON-SEXUAL event!) and that can fit 100 to 300 people, and that allows alcohol (better yet, that serves alcohol—a bar, or gallery, would be ideal) Because this is a non-profit organization, we can’t front much, if any, money, but can get quite a crowd into a bar or gallery.

If you’ve any suggestions or can offer a place, please email me at: hippierob@gmail.com

If you’re going to respond with smart-aleck comments, or ask for details about where you can see (but not participate in) the naked bike ride, please don’t bother.

Thanks!

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Every Wednesday

2007-03-08T20:15:32Z

http://psymbolic.com/events/index.php#onomatopoeia

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2night Loft Party Chicago!! W/ TITTSWORTH - ZEBO - HESS - IPAGHOST

2007-02-17T19:56:48Z

Saturday. LOFT PARTY FEBRUARY 17TH @ 10PM
PRO MONEY STUDIO'S
160 N. HALSTED
TITTSWORTH
FRANKIE BANKS
SES
RABID VINYL MONKS ( ZERO SIGNAL + WHITE OWL)
IPAGHOST
$10

Sunday. No sleeping yet.
Chump plays that funk, soul, and rock @ Debonair Social Club. Work off your week long hangover there cause you're not done yet.
1575 N Milwaukee
12pm-6pm

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Support reggae in chicago, join chicagoland reggae tribe

2007-02-15T16:37:55Z

Help support chicago area, stay up to date with reggae shows in the area as well

http://tribes.tribe.net/chicagolandreggae

DJ Andju

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state of the nation

2007-01-22T05:29:34Z

DOWNLOAD THE NEW MIX HERE:

http://sly.podOmatic.com

"STATE OF THE NATION" MIX TRACKLISTING:

team 9 vs stereogum "swan together"
simmon iddol "flying white dots"
aggro 1 "salvador in the wall"
jay-z "moment of clarity (spinjunkies mix)"
world famous audio hacker "spooky"
pilchard "killing jk"
lenlow "war discographer"
dj homma "gangster dirty harry"
team 9 "what's goin' on yeah"
coldcut vs james brown "sex machine (payback mix)"
apollo zero "n.y. groove theory"
dj prince "what you waitin' for apache"
dj topcat "feel good 25 or 6 to 4"
ke4 "unusual wanksta"

www.sly-3.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/mcdowell_3

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Salvia divinorum extraction teks in .pdf format free

2007-01-08T12:54:10Z

Go here to download:

http://www.imageevent.com/sphere

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who is up for driving to SAN Fran for new years?

2006-12-23T19:59:53Z

Here is the deal , leaving on 28th , comming back on the 3-4th. breakfast of champions on the 1st in san fran after the ight of fun and raver olimpics with tons of true party peaple.

I pay the gas there and back you bring the car and good vibes for a long trip . email if interested.

happy hollidays!!!

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Freaky crew here in Chicago on our Veggie Bus!!

2006-09-27T01:02:14Z

Greetings sweet Chicagoans!! is that a word??
We are a fun eclectic crew from San Francisco and Costa Rica and we are here until decompression! Yea. We don;t know many people here but would love to connect!! Our website is www.kopali.com!
Get in touch!!

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Party Tonight

2006-08-18T21:20:40Z

AUGUST 18 7PM
2218 W CERMAK

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who wants to come party with me?

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check out the Yoga in Chicago tribe

2006-08-15T02:05:07Z

Even tho i am no longer there, and am now living in LA. The Chicago yoga community still feels very close. And today i felt really energized to help organize a space here we can connect and be even closer. and so i collected photos of friends and studios there - and am putting this together. If you live in Chicago - visit Chicago - do yoga - or live anywhere and just want to connect - Join us HERE!

http://tribes.tribe.net/yogachicago

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Hey there...

2006-08-04T23:40:03Z

I'm new to the Chicago area(I'm residing now in Evanston actually), having just moved down from the Kenosha/Racine area of WI(it sucks... oh yes, it sucks so much). Before moving to WI a year and a half ago, I spent all of my life on the west coast(South Bay Area, CA and Seattle, WA), so Wisconsin was a huge culture shock on SO many levels. Now I'm hoping to revive myself in the City, and this looked like a good group to find out where the happs are... so, yeah, HI!

-Andrew(aka Drewcifer the Death Hippy)

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Who's heading to to moe.down and wants to share riding expenses?

2006-07-28T18:57:59Z

Greetings dearest of the dear moe.rons!

Clara Rose here, an explorer of the mind ready for life's grand experiences... I'm on a bit of quest. My financial situation was quite iffy throuought the beginning of the summer, so I couldn't go to any festivals or shows, even those I was slated as VIP for (I'm a music journalist) due to the cost of travel and "fun". But now, everything's in place again and I'm down to make up for time lost this summer by making it to remaining festies like moe.down and Vegoose. Now on to the question.

Is anyone heading out to moe.down 7 (Sep. 1 - 3) Labor Day Weekend from either Chicago or NYC? If I can find a kind friend to drive out with from my hometown, that'd be optimal and marvelous, but if not I'm going to buy a plane ticket to NYC where hopefully I'll have found someone that's also heading out. I figure the NYC bet may be easier, since the festival is in upstate New York.

I'll pay for half of gas and food and whatever goodies the person is down with. :) I'll also provide more wacky conversation and contagious smiles than a human being can handle. Well, you can probably handle it.

Lemme know, famiily! Please drop me a line at clara@illinoisalumni.org or send a message through Tribe. NYC or Chi-town, festward-ho.

Love and light,
Clara Rose

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Free Ozzfest Ticket for tomorrow

2006-07-21T21:31:45Z

This guy at my work won these from a radio station and he didn't want them so he put them in my name. I honestly wouldn't have bought them but the fact is if I don't go these tickets will not be used. Alpine Valley Music Theatre
East Troy, WI

http://www.ozzfest.com/bands.html

Well since I don't know anyone, I can't garuntee that I will go with you, but if you don't scare me I might.

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Outdoor film fest

2006-07-19T19:41:07Z

Hey,
anyone know the sched for the outdoor film fest?
I know lost night was James Dean, awesome, and would like to catch more of those.
Thanks!

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Cirque du Soleil Angels in Chicago today?

2006-07-14T17:58:32Z

Did anyone else see the Cirque Angels in the street today? I just called the number one of them gave me and got a discount code for tickets!!! woo hoo!
Thought I would share!

Does anyone want to go with?
http://www.theatremama.com/ccount/click.php?id=169

M-

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Public Image Enemy

2006-07-14T06:11:51Z

Organization: Reversible Eye
Deadline: August 05, 2006
Location: Chicago - city
Call Type: Exhibitions
Discipline: Visual Arts, DJ/Electronic, Drawing/Works On Paper, Experimental, Experimental Music/New Music, Hip Hop/Rap, Interdisciplinary Art, Mixed-Media, Murals, Painting, Printmaking, Rock, Spoken Word/Story Telling, Music, Performance Art

Public Image Enemy -
Sep 15 to Nov 10 2006

Public Image Enemy is a multidisciplinary celebration featuring artwork, performance, and music which results from the collision and collaboration of Punk Rock and Hip Hop artists.

The art and music, performance, etc. will be a celebration of the 30th anniversaries of punk rock and hip hop cultures.
(We are using these terms in the broad sense, including the sub-genres and side-genres)

We will focus on the places where the two cultures borrow from eachother and / or collaborate with each other. We are interested in hip hop artists that are influenced by punk and punk artists that are influenced by hip hop. Regardless of how much stylistic crossover there is, we are most excited about bringing the two cultures together in one forum.
Artists from each camp who don't normally work with each other have already started collaborating in preparation for this series.

Art - the art will feature graffiti art, stencil art, silkscreen art on the walls and on paper - bringing together works from the punk/ experimental/ underground rock communities and the hip-hop/ urban art-forms communities.

Music & Performance - bringing together breaking, punk/ experimental/ underground music groups, emcees, deejays, beat-boxers, performance art, and more.

Company Info
Company Name:
Reversible Eye
Address:
1103 No. California Ave.
City:
Chicago
State:
IL
Zip:
60622
Contact Info
Name:
R.K. Shuquem
Email Address:
reversibleeye@yahoo.com
URL:
http://www.reversibleeye.com/
Phone Number:
(773)862-1232

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Casting for CBS Show

2006-06-30T19:01:20Z

We are casting people who have a hard time getting motivated for a new primetime reality show for CBS.

We are looking for people who are depending on friends or relatives to support them and are not contributing to the household. The person may be someone who sleeps till noon, spends the day in front of the tv, and the night out with friends, but doesn’t have the motivation to get off the couch, get a job, and stand on his or her own.

This show will help families get to the root of the problem, and help the person find a job and apartment.

We are interested in serious inquiries only. Please, no drugs or incarceration stories and no actors. The person should be over 21 years old.

If anyone is interested in being a part of the show, please have them contact Allison at allicasting@yahoo.com or call 323-201-2515. Share your story and please include your contact information including your e-mail address, photo, the best phone numbers to reach you on, and your city and state.

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Blue Jinoon Perform

2006-06-15T17:16:39Z

We are performing some egyptian and some iraqi folkloric percussion music at wrigley square this 23rd at 1230 as part of the silk road show put on by chicago cultral center
Quentin
www.flyingcarpetpercussion.org.uk

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FESTS 2006

2006-06-13T01:53:00Z

There's a lot of cool street festivals going on this summer.... maybe reply if you've got your eye on one. So far, I've been at May Fest and Rib Fest. Neither one disappointed. Cheers~

Weber Grill BBQ Fest
May 19, 2006
515 N. State Street
2-10pm

Lakeview Mayfest
May 19-21, 2006
3100 N. Ashland Ave. at Barry
May 19/4-11pm
May 20/Noon-11pm
May 21/11am-10pm

Andersonville
June 10 & 11, 2006
5200 N. Clark St.
11am-10pm

Belmont/Sheffield
June 3-4, 2006
Sheffield from Belmont to School St.
3/12-10pm, 4/12-9pm

Old Town Art Fair
June 10 & 11, 2006
Menomonee, Lincoln Park West, Wisconsin & Orleans Streets
10am-6pm

Wells Street Art
June 10 & 11, 2006
Wells Street between North Ave. and Division
10am-10pm

Ribfest Chicago
June 10 & 11, 2006
4000-4128 N. Lincoln Ave.
10/12-10pm, 11/12-8pm

Taste of Randolph Street
June 16-18, 2006
900-1200 W. Randolph St.
16/5-10pm, 17 & 18/2-10pm

Chicago Summerfest in Lincoln Park
June 17 & 18, 2006
2020-2100 N. Lincoln Park West at Clark & Chicago
17/12-10pm, 18/12-8pm

Pridefest
June 24, 2006
Halsted and Waveland
11am-9pm

Lakeview Music Fest
July 8 & 9, 2006
Sheffield from Addison to Waveland
8/12-10pm, 9/12-9pm

Benfest
July 14-16, 2006
Irving Park Rd. & Leavitt
14/6-11pm, 15/2-11pm, 16/1-9pm

World’s Largest Block Party
July 14 & 15, 2006
Madison & DesPlaines
5-10:30pm

Rock Around the Block
July 15 & 16, 2006
3400-3600 N. Lincoln Ave.
Noon-10pm

Sheffield Garden Walk
July 22 & 23, 2006
Webster and Sheffield
Noon-10pm

Summer on Southport
July 22 & 23, 2006
3700-3900 N. Southport
22/10am-10pm, 23/10am-9pm

WickerPark Summerfest
July 22 & 23, 2006
Damen between Schiller & North
12-10pm

Taste of Lincoln Ave
July 29 & 30, 2006
Lincoln between Fullerton & Wrightwood
Noon-10pm

Wrigleyville Summerfest
July 8, 2006
3309 N. Seminary Ave.
Noon-10pm

Bucktown Arts Fest
August 26 & 27, 2006
Holstein Park
2300 N. & 2300 W. Lydale & Oakley
11am-7pm

Gold Coast River North Fair
August 4-6, 2006
Huron, Erie, Superior between Wells & Clark
4/12-6pm, 5 & 6/10am-6pm

North Halsted Days
August 5 & 6, 2006
Halsted between Belmont & Addison
11am-10pm

Retro on Roscoe
August 5 & 6, 2006
2000-2200 W. Roscoe
Noon-10pm

West Fest 2006
August 12 & 13, 2006
Chicago Ave. between Damen & Wood
12-10pm

Whole Foods Flavor Fest
August 26 & 27, 2006
Jonquil Park
Wrightwood, Lincoln, Sheffield & Chicago
11am-8pm

Around the Coyote
September 7-10, 2006
Wicker Park/Bucktown
7 & 8/6-10pm, 9/11am-10pm, 10/11am-6pm

German American Fest
September 8-10, 2006
Lincoln, Leland & Western Ave.
Sept. 8/5-11pm, Grand Opening at 7pm
Sept. 9/Noon-11pm
Sept. 10/Noon-10pm

Lakeview East Fine Art Fest
September 9 & 10, 2006
Broadway between Belmont & Roscoe
9/10am-6pm, 10/10am-5pm

Guinness Oyster Fest
September 16, 2006
Division between Damen & Wood
Noon-11pm

Lincoln Park Oktoberfest
September 22 & 23, 2006
Southport at Clybourn
22/5-11pm, 23/4-11pm

Oktoberfest
September 29-October 1, 2006
3000 N. Lincoln (at Southport)
29/6-11pm, 30/12-11pm, Oct. 1/12-8:30pm

Park West
September 9 & 10, 2006
Halsted between Fullerton & Lill
Time: TBA

The Wine Crush in Old Town
September 9, 2006
Wells St. between North & Shiller
11am-10pm

Oktoberfest
September 29-October 1, 2006
3000 N. Lincoln (at Southport)
29/6-11pm, 30/12-11pm, Oct. 1/12-8:30pm

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D.J. PIERRE........

2006-06-12T21:57:57Z

Lets break out some good vibes on all these Masters of the one's and two's.........

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Marshall Jefferson...........

2006-06-12T21:56:38Z

Oh and Marshall too.........

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hooping in chicago

2006-06-12T21:56:33Z

anyone see us hooping at blues fest in the park?

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Ron Trent...........

2006-06-12T21:51:19Z

Hey there Chitown , It's Wisker from L.A.
Anyone know where Rons residence is at ? Also any links to him ?..............

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no wonder

2006-05-13T18:39:53Z

this tribe is dying
in looking back at
the posts for this year
its turned into a forum
for commercial ventures
perhaps a mod could turn this around...

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Create Your Own Online Community!

2006-05-13T18:37:17Z

Hi Friends,

I just joined a new Social Network! I know what you are thinking
already... but I promise you, this one is a lot different. Check out
my site at:

http://www.beseencafe.com/rafaelcolorina

In fact, this is unlike any other Social Network out there today.
Why? Because it will be in video! We'll be able to have our own
TV network with live video, video broadcasting, video email,
pay-per-view videos, and so much more!

It is in pre-launch right now and we have an opportunity to
build our community at no cost... oh and by the way, there
will be several ways that we can make earn money from
this new Network!

Again, my site is:

http://www.beseencafe.com/rafaelcolorina

Thanks and SEE you soon!

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www.shaimus.com

2006-04-26T23:03:51Z

check out one of the hottest up and coming bands in the nation. You might know some of their music from the hit PS2 game Guitar Hero...

www.shaimus.com

go to the website to find out about their upcoming shows and summer tour.

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WIN FREE TICKETS TO REPUBLIC DURING JAZZ FEST!

2006-04-18T04:09:04Z

Win a free pair of tickets to one of the following shows (your choice) at Republic during Jazz Fest - first 5 people to answer correctly win!

What is the street address of Republic?

Please send all responses to booking@republicnola.com - include the website where you read this post!

Shows to choose from...

4.28 – Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes

4.29 – Umphrey’s McGee

4.30 – Bonerama + Papa Grows Funk

5.4 – Ellipsis + Benjy Davis Project

5.5 – George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic with Hot 8 Brass Band and DJ Quickie Mart

5.6 – Particle + DJ Logic

5.6 (2am) – Jurassic 5 + DJ Logic

5.7 – Jurassic 5

Good luck!

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2006-04-12T02:37:56Z

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Submit: Chicago Art and Opinion Blog-a-zine

2006-04-04T17:39:00Z

http://www.Sharkforum.org

is always interested in submissions for display. Contact Dave with artwork, writing, etc.

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Moroccan Healing Trance Music

2006-03-09T21:06:48Z

Hello I perform and teach moroccan trance music www.flyingcarpetpercussion.org.uk
i have studyed many times in morocco music and dance (focus on percussion)
i perform with Blue Djnoon (the blue Genis) and also compose moroccan music to perform with EE www.encroach.net and I am currently starting a group of Ghata and Tabl in chicago (ghaita is a double reeded horn, Tabl is a double headed cylinder drum)
talk soon Q

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Repressive Midwest?

2006-03-05T00:41:18Z

Is the midwest more repressed sexually than the east and west coasts?

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Jammy Award Nominations Announced

2006-02-25T20:57:27Z

The 2006 Jammy Award nominees have been announced and voting is underway! The Jammy Awards show will be held in Madison Square Gardens in NYC on 4-20 with performances by Blues Traveler, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, moe., Peter Frampton, DJ Logic, The Mutaytor, Dweezil Zappa and many more. Jammys will be awarded in 8 categories with nominees including The Allman Brothers Band, The Mars Volta, Matisyahu, New Monsoon, Keller Williams, Widespread Panic, Phish just to name a few.

Green Lemon has been nominated for the New Grove Jammy which is the last category on the ballot. When you cast your ballot at http://www.jammys.com/survey/index.php?sid=1, please vote for Green Lemon!

www.greenlemonband.com

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Kollektiv:Chicago w/Zakhm Feb.15

2006-02-13T17:08:00Z

Kollektiv:Chicago w/Zakhm Feb.15 ...
Join us for a night of Asian Massive breaks
Wednesday Feb 15th
Bombay Beatbox and Six Degrees Records present:

Kollektiv:Chicago
with special guest from NYC

Zakhm (Kollektiv NYC/Mutiny Founder)

with kollektiv resident DJs: Radiohiro and Warp

Mind Numbing visualz from Baseshot Scenario, Video Janitor, and 3PHASE (mf chicago)
Live Darbuka and Riqq by Jamoflage (jamoflage.com)

Sonotheque, 1444 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, USA 312-226-7600
Doors 8, Show 9, 21+. $6

ZAKHM BIO:
Zakhm hails from the legendary Mutiny NYC crew that first broke the Asian Electronic sound stateside over 8 years ago. He has collected a long list of credits as a DJ and Producer and his music appears on Six Degrees records. In addition to performing at numerous venues around the globe he has toured as a member of the 'Asian Massive' collective of artists with MDIval PunditZ, Karsh Kale, and Cheb i Sabbah.

*also next month on March 15th, Kollektiv Chicago features STATE OF BENGAL
(from the UK, Anokha, SoundsOfAsianUndeground Artist)

links with more info:
www.sonotheque.org (best sound in the country)
www.kollektivmusic.com (our international krew headed by Karsh Kale)
www.radiohiro.com (free asian massive music downloads)

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Chicago Music Tribe?

2006-02-13T16:28:09Z

It appears that this tribe as it is described what set up for people looking for live music in Chicago. Perhaps, I'm in the wrong place - anyone know of a forum/tribe that discusses world music, HotHouse events, Old Town School of Music and like venues? Thanks - Patrick

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the flower would like a deep dish pizza

2006-02-05T09:00:01Z

the flower eats chitown check out at michigan and surperior tuesday
search the flower tribe los angeles... come show us the love

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Can we kick it?

2006-01-12T18:58:03Z

Just moved out here from the bay, and wanted the skinny on where its at? great bars, hangout joints, where do the chill people congregate?

I thought it would be colder this time of the year....but I'm not complaining.

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Kollektiv-BombayBeatbox-Jan18th-Sonotheque

2006-01-08T22:07:59Z

Kollektiv-BombayBeatbox-Jan18th-Sonotheque

Wednesday, January 18th
Bombay Beatbox and Six Degrees Records present:
KOLLEKTIV CHICAGO - The Sound Of Breaking Ground with...

JANAKA SELEKTA - voted San Francisco's #1 DJ
(Dhamaal SF-Kollektiv-Burningman '05 'Opulent Temple' Throw down)

along with Kollektiv's DJ WARP and RADIOHIRO

Mindnumbing video by: VideoJanitor, 3PHASE, and Baseshot Scenario
-Opening grooves by DJ Dhakfu
-Live percussion by Jamoflage

at SONOTHEQUE, 1444 W.Chicago Ave. CHICAGO, USA 312-226-7600

too much info? here's more! ; )
www.dhamaalsf.com (janaka selekta info)
www.radiohiro.com (Chicago represents, free music downloads)
www.sonotheque.org (club info and directions)
www.kollektivmusic.com (International kult of DJ's feat.Karsh Kale)
www.sixdegreesrecords.com (our sponsor...show us the love)

CHICAGO'S ONLY ASIAN MASSIVE BREAKS NIGHT

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Save Chi-city history!! - via flowfeel

2005-11-22T04:07:25Z

http://flowfeel.blogs.com/flowfeel/2005/11/fighting_to_sav.html

Learn more!

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John Moony Acoustic 11/23

2005-11-19T16:32:22Z

Wednesday, November 23rd ~

Steven Hackman (from Philly) - 8:00

John Moony - 9:00

Uncommon Ground
3800 N Clark St
Chicago, IL
www.uncommonground.com

No cover, just good food, booze and music.

Happy Turkey ~

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Thanksgiving weekend doings?

2005-11-19T15:57:59Z

Native returning home for Thanksgiving visit to the clan and am seeking out lively doings for, oh, Thursday-Friday-and-Saturday nights in order to make the most of my stay and burn off the calories.

I am an electro/industrial/downtempo DJ/promoter in San Francisco too is any guest spots are available that weekend for out-of-towners. Otherwise, I indulge in the psytrance & breaks scenes in the Bay Area and would be particularly interested in compatible nightlife events...or whatever at large next qualifies!

~FemmeM

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For all those who enjoy strip-clubs...

2005-11-09T15:45:48Z

Any recommendations on which one I should consider coming down and working for on weekends to pay off the rest of my debt?

I'm living in Milwaukee, but that's a bit too close to home.

Do I have experience, if you must know, I worked at Dolphin I & II and Starz Cabaret in Portland, OR, I'm pretty sure they both have sites somewhere online if you really want to know.

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BARK! Chicago!

2005-11-05T20:01:54Z

BARK! Chicago!

Yo gangstas! The doggies got us a new hood!
That’s right, these bitches gonna be barkin’ all up Chicago way.
So rap your Chicago homies and rap’m good —
Tell ‘em we got a bone to pick.

Human Translation: Bark! is opening a new production in Chicago on October 21st.
If you love BARK! - please tell your friends!

THE CHICAGO CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS

Bark! Chicago! October 21st!
www.BarktheMusical.com

BARK! the rave new musical about man’s truest friend, as told and sung from a four-legged point of view.

Howlingly funny, fast-paced and invariably poignant, BARK! is THE new American musical. With compelling performances by a stellar six member cast and original music by the songwriting team of Francis & Dillard, BARK! will have you yipping and yapping for more.

Exquisitely and outrageously directed and choreographed by the legendary Kay Cole—the original Maggie in A Chorus Line—BARK! has the critics drooling.

Celebrating our unprecedented one-year anniversary at West Hollywood’s Coast Theater, our second cast opens October 21st at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts.

If you hated CATS you’ll LOVE BARK!

http://www.Bark.tribe.net

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anyone interested in a music exchange tribe...?

2005-10-31T20:52:28Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/chicagomusicandweaponsexchange

I just started this chicago tribe and would love to get others to join and trade everything from LP's to tapes to whatever. Thanks for looking and enjoy!

peace

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KollektivChicago Nov.16 Sonotheque

2005-10-20T21:03:41Z

Kollektiv Chicago's Sonotheque Debut

Wednesday, November 15th

Bombay Beatbox presents...
KOLLEKTIV CHICAGO

featuring a DJ set and live Tablatronics by
KARSH KALE
(Realize, Tabla Beat Science)
and
DJ WARP
RADIOHIRO

-Mind Numbing visualz from: Baseshot Scenario and 3PHASE
-Opening groove: DJ Dhakfu
-live darbuka by Jamoflage (jamoflage.com)

Sonotheque, 1444 W. Chicago Ave. CHICAGO USA
312-226-7600

Mo' info:
ww.kollektivmusic.com
www.radiohiro.com (free music downloads)
www.sonotheque.org
www.tribes.tribe.net/kollektiv

"In a space where cultures collide and wires cross, there is no place for definitions. When traditions are unbound and twisted up with fresh meaning. When ideas cross-pollinate to create new refrains, it is a kollektiv process. From raag infused breakbeats and global electronica, to beat laden rock and hip hop, Kollektiv ignites the dancefloors everywhere it lands"

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Bhangra Party-Sonotheque 10-19

2005-10-16T17:07:54Z

Bombay Beatbox presents...
DJ Rekha
basement bhangra/bollywood disco NYC

and selectors DJ Warp and RADIOHIRO

live visualz by Baseshot Scenario and 3PHASE
and DJ Dhakfu

Wednesday October 19th , 21 + , $8 door
Sonotheque
1444 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago USA
312.226.7600

www.sonotheque.net
www.radiohiro.com
www.basementbhangra.com

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Old Style Beer Commercials - so cool!

2005-10-12T14:01:15Z

Check out this link to great stuff on OS Beer Comm!
http://flowfeel.blogs.com/flowfeel/2005/10/_if_you_listene.html

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World Music Festival: Chicago 2005 Sept 16-22

2005-09-11T21:17:36Z

World Music Festival: Chicago 2005

Features over 70 events
Over 40 free family friendly events
11 live radio broadcasts
13 In-store appearances
Over 60 artists
From 29 countries
29 venues around town
32 Chicago debuts*
7 days!

All ticketed events $15 or less

Come get some culture.

For more info...
www.chicagoculturalcenter.org
www.cityofchicago.org/worldmusic
or call 312-742-1983

2005 Artist list
1. A Moving Sound* (Taiwan)
2. Alkinoos Ioannidis* (Greece)
3. Amadou & Mariam (Mali)
4. Ana Moura (Portugal)
5. APPEX Ensemble* (Los Angeles/U.S.)
6. Badi Assad (Brazil)
7. Baka Beyond* (UK)
8. Balkan Beat Box* (NYC/U.S.)
9. Banda Manzanera (Mexico/Chicago)
10. Bombay Beatbox (Chicago)
11. Boubacar Traore (Mali)
12. Celso Fonseca* (Brazil)
13. Celso Pina Su Ronda Bogata (Mexico)
14. Chucky Santos* (Dominican Republic)
15. Domenico +2 (Brazil)
16. El Payo (Chicago)
17. Ensemble N_JP * (Japan/U.S.)
18. Frigg* (Finland)
19. Future World Funk* (UK)
20. Golem* (NYC/U.S.)
21. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Chicago)
22. Jake Shimabukuro* (Hawaii/U.S.)
23. Jerome Derradji (DJ) (France/Chicago)
24. Joe Bryl (DJ) (Chicago)
25. Juan Carlos-Formell (Cuba/NY)
26. Kevin Dempsey & Joe Broughton (UK)
27. Kusun Ensemble* (Ghana)
28. Las Guitarraas de Espana (Chicago)
29. Lila Downs (Mexico)
30. Los Gauchos de Roldan* (Uruguay)
31. Lura* (Cape Verde)
32. Mamar Kassey (Niger)
33. Mariachi Perla de Mexico (Chicago/Mexico)
34. Martires del Compas (Spain)
35. MIDIval PunditZ* (India)
36. Nachito Herrera & Bembe Band* (Cuba)
37. Nawal* (Comoros Islands)
38. Nina Becker* (Brazil)
39. Nomo* (Detroit/U.S.)
40. Nouvelle Vague* (France)
41. On Fillmore (Chicago)
42. Orquestra Imperial* (Brazil)
43. Plena Libre (Puerto Rico)
44. Qing Mei Jing Yue Quartet* (China)
45. Rajan & Sajan Mishra, Kumar Bose (India)
46. Regina Orozco* (Mexico)
47. Riffat Sultana* (Pakistan/U.S.)
48. Ron Trent (Chicago)
49. Rubinho Jacobina* (Brazil)
50. Samarabalouf* (France)
51. Seu Jorge* (Brazil)
52. Sidi Goma (India)
53. Simon Diaz (Venezuela)
54. Son Trinadad (Chicago)
55. Thalma de Freitas* (Brazil)
56. Trio Joubran* (Palestine)
57. Victoria Hanna* (Israel)
58. Vishten (Canada)
59. Waldemar Bastos (Angola)
60. Wilson das Neves* (Brazil)
61. Yuri Lane (Chicago)

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Labor Day Weekend???????????????

2005-08-31T20:44:31Z

Any Chicago scenesters out there know where the slammin parties are this weekend. I'm comming back to Chicago from L.A. to visit and I want to hear some good house music. Where's the SPOT!!! I heard Roni Size is in town Saturday at Smart Bar that might be cool for some DnB.

Thanks!!!!!

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new to chicago :) made this website

2005-08-30T14:32:03Z

sorry, sorry, sorry for this shameless plug of my website, but it's brand new and really "people driven" so I want to tell people that it's out there.

it's called "What the Hell Is Up With That?" It's actually a completely anonymous place to write about whatever is bothering you or pissing you off.. And people can reply to your post. And I post one each day, too. It's actually a pretty interesting experiment, being completely anonymous and all.. makes for some interesting conversations :)

http://www.WhatTheHellIsUpWithThat.com/

later,
dep

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who's going to the air/water show?

2005-08-20T17:29:05Z

*raises hand*

if so, what day?

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need bike for borrow

2005-08-17T03:57:57Z

hi there,
i'll be in town friday the 19th through the 25th, would love to have a bike during my stay (i'm in for a conference for my graduate studies -- read more about my research on the photosynthesis tribe). i'm bringing my own lock. i might try to purchase a cheapie (better than renting, it seems!) but i'm looking for an extra that someone might like to loan.

also anyone that wants to take me on a bike tour of chicago once i acquire said bicycle, that would also be awesome. or meet for tea, or vegan food, or dumpster diving, etc.

I'm stepping on the train tomorrow, so no messages. call cell phone at nineoneseven, eightfourtwo, ninesevenfoureight.

cheers!
matt.

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Hot New Dj's

2005-07-25T15:02:19Z

Utopia Productions and Dark Ghost Records are proud to present Dj's Lance Phillips, South Paw and Decibel. These guys are absolutly amazing. They have been tearing up dance floors for over five years and have recently began to tour in the U.S. From house to breaks to jungle to old school booty house they will always have the crowd on their feet begging for more!
All three have new releases coming out soon and have promos available to ship immediatly. We are looking at adding some more dates to their booking schedules. Anyone interested in reciving promos please contqact us at Utopiapro@comcast.net.

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Looking for Cool Chicago Bar to Host Bartending Classes for Singles

2005-07-20T15:59:54Z

Hey there!

I'm looking for a bar in Chicago that would be interested in hosting a Singles Bartending Class.

We're looking for a bar that could provide:

-A private bar
-2 bartenders/instructors to teach the group how to make 5 different drinks
-Serves food
-Is centrally located
-Can give us the orivate soace/tutorial from 7-9pm on a Mon, Tues, Wed or Thurs. Night

The instructional portion would include:
-Basic bar etiquette - How to pour beers, which fruit goes with which drink, how to salt a margarita, accurate shot counts/pours
-Then the bartender would run through how to make 5 drinks (Cosmos, Margaritas, Martinis and the like)
-Then there would be 2 spee dstations set up so peopel could come up and try to makew their own drinks (People would try to make no more than 2 different drinks and would use the small 1oz shot cups to sample the drinks.)

My company would pay the bar per person (Usually about $15-$23 per person)

If you guys know of any bars that would like to try it out, please e-mail me at moxie@moxieinthecity.net.

See Company Info Below................

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Slow Burn

"Dumb move on his part. Glad she confessed first though." Patrick said.

"Right? He didn't plan on seeing the girl he slept with again, why tell her? Not to mention, his gut was telling him all along that she wasn't completely sure about where they stood. Why open that can of worms?"

"Exactly. No need to be that honest. He didn't care about the girl he fucked, he was just pissed that she blew him off."

"Of course. He still should have kept it to himself though. He was in the clear. He just told her about screwing around to hurt her and to prove he was right. Should have kept that to himself."

"Would you?" he asked. Wait, when did this become about us? Or me, to be exact.

READ THE FULL STORY...
http://sexandmoxie.blogspot.com/2005/06/slow-burn_12.html

"Moxie"
Stories & Events for Saucy Singles
www.MoxieintheCity.net

Read Moxie's Blog "S-x & Moxie"
http://www.sexandmoxie.blogspot.com

Read Moxie's weekly column on SavvyInsider.com

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What to do??? What to do!!!

2005-06-15T20:37:51Z

Hi,

If you're looking for the daily dish of night time activities, from theater to performance art, check out GoldStar Events. I've been using Goldstar in San Francisco for over a year and we're finally expanding to urban areas outside of California.

Goldstar Events has listings from comedy to spa packages. Something for everyone.

To sign up, it's free and you don't get spammed with a ton of crap, click here ==>http://www.goldstarevents.com?p=F54787N '

Feel free to send me an message if you want more information. Enjoy yourselves and all that Chicago has to offer.

Don't miss out on cultural events because you just dont know what's going on!

Aimee

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