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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Cultivate and Masticate.
By: John Matthew Simon
What do The Cave Singers, White Rabbits, Calexico, Chef Amanda Freitag, and Chef Richard Blais all have in common? The Chipotle Cultivate Festival that’s what… Summer be damned, Chicago has willingly been swept up in the newfound craze of fall festivals. Whether it was the 1st Annual Rock N’ Roll Pig Roast [...]
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Here is this week’s dose from Chicago’s Tastemakers! Each week we check in with our 50+ Chicago movers and shakers to see what’s going on. Stay tuned each week to get each week’s wrap, and next week’s view!
Our weekly Tastemaker Spotlight is going to help you lovely people get to know our Tastemakers a [...]
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Chicago’s 1st Annual Rock N’ Roll Pig Roast
By: John Matthew Simon
Chicago was once the proud and esteemed Hog Butcher of the federalist guild known as America. Though, over the years the slaughterhouses have closed shop, the blood dried up, and the industrial means dwindle to a trickle. Nonetheless, the persistent attitude, assuaging assertion, and golden machine-gun-swagger have grinded along. Through these recent [...]
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Here is this week’s dose from Chicago’s Tastemakers! Each week we check in with our 50+ Chicago movers and shakers to see what’s going on. Stay tuned each week to get each week’s wrap, and next week’s view!
Our weekly Tastemaker Spotlight is going to help you lovely people get to know our Tastemakers a [...]
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Art is on Track
By: John Matthew Simon
Speculation is the craft of those too consumed with self-preservation. Daubing the entropic tight rope of life with whims of hope, when to do is to achieve. At this point clichés should be rolling from my tongue-to-type with the whimsical elation of the humbled. And humbled I am to know that luck [...]
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A Melodious Journey: Machinedrum
By: John Matthew Simon
For a many with many faces Machinedrum leaves his distinctive stamp on all of his releases no matter the moniker. The Brooklyn producer has been stripping the often-flooded tones of electronic dance music to reveal the scrumptious center that makes the universe go round. With his love of vocal tracks and spruced [...]
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A Melodious Journey: Chrissy Murderbot Interview
By: John Matthew Simon
BANGER!!! That’s the word that comes to mind when I am listening to Chrissy Murderbot and his ferocious beat dropping skills. His eclectic ear, persistent nature, and knack for tying in supposedly contrasting genres to ramp up the rhythm make him a formidable DJ… A tour de force that dares to create [...]
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Chicago Semi-Finalists Chosen for popchips and SPIN’s Pop Up Live
Popchips Live Semi Finalists are In and Do312 is ready to Judge!
Our partners at Spin Magazine and popchips have announced the semi-finalists for their on-line battle of the bands, pop-up LIVE.
Do312 is pleased to see Chicago bands Goodbye Coastline, Counterpunch, Crawpuppies, and Jason & the Haymakers in the running for the big prize and to [...]
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A Melodious Journey: An Interview with The Mekons’ Jon Langford.