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Here is this week’s dose from Chicago’s Tastemakers! Each week we check in with our 60+ Chicago movers and shakers to see what’s going on around town. Stay tuned each week to get each week’s wrap and next week’s view!
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A Melodious Journey: Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno
By: John Matthew Simon
1st Ward Alderman, Proco “Joe” Moreno is an exuberant Chicagoan. Whether he’s jogging in Wicker Park, or out enjoying the festivities of his musically and artistically oriented ward; he is always approachable. Engrossed with getting to know his constituents, their small businesses, and the community as a whole, his open door [...]
Here is this week’s dose from Chicago’s Tastemakers! Each week we check in with our 60+ Chicago movers and shakers to see what’s going on around town. Stay tuned each week to get each week’s wrap and next week’s view!
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Curtain Lifter: The Luck of Eden Hall at Abbey Pub
By: John Matthew Simon
There are very few things that bands look for… Besides the cliche list of sex, drugs, money, and the flushing symptoms of the “American Dream”, there truly is one intangible that all bands lust for. That one thing is recognition. To be loved and supported by your peers in your local scene. Especially by those who [...]
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A Melodious Journey: Gemini Club
By: John Matthew Simon
In an era of instant gratification via streaming information it is always enlivening to come across an assortment such as Gemini Club. This electronic trio is enamored with the infinite potential of the electronic dance music genre they call home. They are not seeking an esthetically popular buzzed and fuzzed out shell [...]
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A Melodious Journey: Santah
By: John Matthew Simon
For most young artists it can be difficult to define one’s self through the sonic imagery or mellifluous poetics of a debut LP. Santah has done so… White Noise Bed is a torrent blitz of awesomeness. And the warmth that this record exudes is perfect for a winter of cold woes and [...]
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Curtain Lifter: Last Banjo Standing Winners
By: John Matthew Simon
Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival is almost here… And man are we psyched. The 4th year of this outstanding event is going to be a doozy, a knee-slapping, front-porch-ah-rocking, moonshine-ah-swigging good time! Over the past 6+ weeks we have curated a wonderful contest, the Last Banjo Standing Contest, which was a viewer-initiated/democratic [...]
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JBTV is Going National!
By: John Matthew Simon
Chicago’s very own JBTV is going National!!! We want to congratulate founder & namesake Jerry Bryant, GM & Executive Producer Christian Picciolini, Host Ryan Manno, Co-Hosts Brendan Kelly, Jenna Martinelli, Tobias Jeg, and all the rest of the JBTV family for this honor that has been bestowed on them. After 28 years of incredible interviews, [...]
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Here is this week’s dose from Chicago’s Tastemakers! Each week we check in with our 60+ Chicago movers and shakers to see what’s going on around town. 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 [...]
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Curtain Lifter: Caveman @ Tomorrow Never Knows
By: John Matthew Simon
There are seldom moments in life when one can exuberantly say, “I was there” and this my friends is one of them. Last April in New York City I was fortunate enough to have such an experience when I got to see the final LCD Soundsystem shows at Terminal 5 and Madison [...]
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