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Dero Says Goodbye With A List Of His Best Concerts Ever

May 21, 2010May 21, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

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, […]

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How Did Taylor Swift Win Entertainer of the Year?

November 12, 2009 Chris CataniaUncategorized

  I couldn’t stop laughing during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speeches last night  after she won Female Vocalist and then Entertainer of the Year at the CMA‘s. “…I want to thank everybody for not running up on stage during this moment…,” she said […]

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Live Music Fans Need a CARS Program

September 16, 2009 Chris CataniaUncategorized

  Have you ever had an idea that you knew was crazy, but you still wanted to share it? And did you ever try to communicate your crazy idea with an image or photo-shopped picture, but were afraid to share your “idea art” because […]

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Crowd Surfing Through the Mind of Dave Grohl

July 18, 2009 ChrisInterviews

     Welcome to Part Two as we continue to revisit my original conversation with No Air Guitar Allowed  author Steve Weinberger. In Part One, we began to explore the sweaty crunch and release of mosh pits.  And in Part Two we’re going to […]

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Kanye West, Bun B, Wu-Tang Clan: Hip Hop Tears It Up Live

September 3, 2008November 4, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

It’s really beautiful when it happens. It makes the music better. It makes the live show that much more compelling. It’s good to see hip hop’s softer side. Even if it’s still hard to really get the full story behind […]

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Concert Review: Lollapalooza Music Festival 2008

August 9, 2008November 23, 2010 ChrisUncategorized

This review originally appeared in Popmatters. They say that being in a band is like being married. Well, in the case of Lollapalooza and the City of Chicago, I would say the same goes for the relationship between a city […]

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Lollapalooza: Day Three

August 5, 2008 ChrisUncategorized

Well, Live Exhausters, it’s over and I’m a bit exhausted…in a good way, though. Lolla ‘08 was by far the most crowded Lollapalooza since the festival came to Chicago and the increase in attendance numbers from around 65,000 in 2006 […]

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The Culture of The Wait: Ryan Adams Vs. Kanye West

June 22, 2008 ChrisUncategorized

Warning: the language that Ryan Adams uses in this 2004 recorded voicemail he left to Chicago Sun Times rock critic Jim Derogatis is nasty and abusive, it is nonetheless highly entertaining, and a great introduction to this post. I love […]

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The Culture of the Wait: Kanye West vs. Ryan Adams

June 22, 2008 ChrisUncategorized

Warning: the language that Ryan Adams uses in this 2004 recorded voicemail he left to Chicago Sun Times rock critic Jim Derogatis is nasty and abusive, it is nonetheless highly entertaining, and a great introduction to this post. I love […]

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