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It is true that metal fans are often crazier than the band? Are metal fans more prone to behaving badly than other concert fans? Let’s start the weekend off right and see if this is true by looking at how […]
For the fifth straight year since it became a destination festival in 2005, Lollapalooza gets ready to rock and rumble the masses along Chicago’s lakefront in Grant Park. And over the last five years the festival has only grown larger, […]
On June 25th pop music reporter Jim Derogatis of Vocalo.org broke a story about Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan investigating the radius clause imposed on bands who play Lollapalooza and the festival’s possible anti-trust violating relationship with the City of […]
In his swan song Chicago Sun-Times post earlier this month, pop music critic Jim Derogatis choose to end his time at the daily newspaper by listing his favorite concerts. It’s a question I’ve always wanted to know the answer to, […]
Recently, my brother Ken and I were hanging out playing Wii and I had Peaches’s Impeach My Bush playing on my laptop as we swung virtual golf clubs and knocked down digital bowling pins. Then something unexpected happened. Spread the […]
Books play a huge role in Live Fix. And I’m always curious to see which books are on the shelves of my favorite music writers. So during the final moments of the Open Books Blogathon 2009 I’d like to give […]
I’ve been thinking about the results of the Billboard poll to the right a lot lately. Especially after reading how Live Nation is trying to “help” concert fans. But is their recent removal of service fees (announced on June 1st) a move […]
Dear Live Music Citizens, It goes without saying that I love live music. So it’s only natural that I’ve been feeding you a regular stream of updates on the Live Nation Ticketmaster merger. And though I’ve used that above image […]
The Chicago music community can rest easy for the time being as City officials, on Thursday, said the Proposed Ordinance—that would force many independent promoters and venues to close shop—is still not ready to vote on. Chicago Tribune’s Greg Kot […]
It was a busy week for live music and our nation’s political process. From live blogging Senate hearings, to RollingStone.com getting called out, music writers and fans were treated to a week full of potential merger C-SPAN craziness. I don’t […]
They say that year-end lists tell more about the list maker’s emotional journey in the last 12 months than they do about the year in music. Knowing the truth in that thought, I took a more sociological approach when […]
The pending Chicago Music Promoters Ordinance—that could threaten Chicago independent music scene—was challenged again buy the therecordindustry.com who released a documentary film filled with interviews and information against the proposed ordinance. As Sun-Times music critic Jim Derogatis reported on Dec […]
I’ll admit it. When it comes to live music I’m an optimist through and through, even if it comes back to bite me in the, or my own, end. I don’t go to a show expecting to see something terrible […]
I’ve been waiting for the right time to merge Live Exhaust with a radio show that I’ve enjoyed for several years and has for the last two weeks discussed two excellent topics that are perfect litmus for Live Exhaust. Sound […]