You invited you to “RICHMASS” on Wednesday, December 23 at 9:15pm.
Event: RICHMASS comes to Chicago’s Cobra Lounge
“Truly the most magical time of the season.”
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104.3 JACK FM www.bejacksfriend.com presents Jack’s Cheap Christmas, a unique live event with a mixture of jokes and jams including music from rockers Cheap Trick, impersonation comedy from Frank Caliendo, and the musical comedy of The Dan Band on Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at the Allstate Arena. The show starts at 7:30PM.
Tickets start at only $10.43 and are on sale now at the Allstate Arena Box Office in Rosemont, all Ticketmaster outlets, charge by phone (800) 745-3000, or at Ticketmaster.com.
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Sammy Hagar has opened his hard-rockin’ dining and nightlife experience, Cabo Wabo Cantina, on the Las Vegas Strip. The two-level, 15,000-square-foot Cantina brings the best of Cabo San Lucas to Vegas, with its prime location at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Cabo Wabo combines Hagar’s signature blend of killer margaritas, flavorful Mexican food and rock ‘n’ roll style, where it is never uncommon to catch the Red Rocker grabbing a bite to eat or jammin’ out a live set on stage.
To celebrate Sammy Hagar-style, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will host the official Cabo Wabo Cantina grand opening bash on Friday, December 4. The event kicks off with a red carpet at 6:30 p.m. and a live performance by SAMMY HAGAR AND THE WABORITAS at 9 p.m. A limited number of complimentary tickets will be given out at Cabo Wabo Cantina in Las Vegas on December 4, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The concert will also be broadcast live on Miracle Mile Shops’ 5,000-square-foot LED screen that faces the Strip.
“I’m ecstatic to introduce Las Vegas to the Cabo Wabo lifestyle,” said Cabo Wabo founder Sammy Hagar. “The cantina’s fun-loving, fiesta atmosphere brings rock ‘n’ roll right to the heart of Las Vegas. We are going to rock the Strip!”
Cabo Wabo’s vibrant outdoor patio offers prime views of the Las Vegas Strip, combining Cabo San Lucas’ laid-back, beach-town vibe with the excitement of Vegas. The savory menu blends Tex Mex cuisine with coastal Mexican fare, specializing in fajita selections. The cocktail menu highlights Hagar’s favorite spirit, tequila, featuring specialty margaritas and cocktails.
Guests will find the Cabo Wabo retail store packed with world-famous logo merchandise and a Daiquiri Bar serving frozen cocktails in a variety of Cabo Wabo souvenir cups, including Sammy’s signature 100-ounce guitar cup that also plays five different Hagar tunes.
Cabo Wabo Cantina at Miracle Mile Shops is the flagship U.S. location for the legendary restaurant. The original opened in Cabo San Lucas in 1990, transforming the sleepy Mexican town into a major tourism destination, becoming the inspiration for one of the most recognizable tequila brands, Cabo Wabo Tequila.
For more information about Cabo Wabo Cantina, visit www.cabowabocantina.com.
Paul Charles Caravello (July 12, 1950 – November 24, 1991), better known as Eric Carr, was an American musician, best known as drummer for the rock band KISS. Caravello was selected as the new Kiss drummer after Peter Criss left the band in 1980. He remained a band member until he became ill with heart cancer and died in 1991.
Following the tour for the album Hot in the Shade, Carr began coughing up blood. Medical tests revealed what at first appeared to be manageable problems with his health. Before long, however, he was diagnosed with an unexpectedly serious and extremely rare type of cancer - heart cancer. Carr underwent surgeries to remove tumors in his right atrium and lungs in an effort to restore heart function and prevent the cancer’s growth. Carr recovered enough to fly to Los Angeles to be with the band to play drums, but they told him to go home and get well. He then cut off all communication with Stanley and Simmons. With aggressive treatment the cancer went into remission and Carr’s health began to improve. However, not long afterwards he suffered from an aneurysm and was rushed to hospital. He survived this episode, but it was only a matter of days before he suffered a brain hemorrhage caused by cancer cells transported in his bloodstream to the head. Carr died on November 24, 1991, at the age of 41 (coincidentally the same date as Queen singer Freddie Mercury’s death). In keeping with Carr’s accessibility to his fans, his family decided to open his funeral service to the public, and reserved the interment as a private event.
Carr is interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery in the Town of Newburgh, New York.
The link below will take you to an amazing drum solo from Eric’s last tour with KISS.
Hollywood, Calif. – In what has been one of the biggest years for any woman who has made their profession in the adult industry and successfully “crossed-over” into the mainstream, Sasha Grey has accomplished more than anyone in her time.
As 2009 draws to a close, Grey was chosen among a select group of people chosen by Newsweek to provide analysis for the magazine’s “20/10: The Decade in Rewind,” a project undertaken in conjunction with online social networking titan Facebook.com.
“I want to thank Newsweek for giving me the opportunity to participate in the magazine’s look at the past decade, and hopefully readers will appreciate my serious undertones in a lighthearted fashion.” Grey said.
Grey goes into detail, putting her thoughts to print on the recent scandal involving South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, as part of the decade’s 10 biggest sex scandals, posted Friday, November 20. The sex scandal list, along with several previous lists covering a variety of topics, is available online at http://2010.newsweek.com/
Read Sasha’s work here: http://2010.newsweek.com/top-10/sex-scandal-details/mark-sanford-appalachian-adventure.html
For more information about “20/10: The Decade in Rewind,” and to read the top ten lists and essays posted thus far, visit http://2010.newsweek.com/
Governor Sanford’s Appalachian Adventure By Sasha Grey
Instead of making a 21st-century apology, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford decided to take it “old school,” comparing his extramarital affairs to that of King David. Why not just say you find Pinocchio’s story interesting? Or, let’s see—Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, John Ensign would have also worked! That would have been a surprising admission in an age where extramarital affairs no longer seem to grab our attention. Americans act so shocked when they hear about politicians, celebrities, and athletes having affairs, but I have to believe that many women who are married to men with power are aware of affairs, and accept it. Don’t ask, don’t tell; as long as they receive something in exchange from their husband—whether that exchange be children, money, material items, or sex. We create our own morals. It’s once the affair goes public that morals change. The wife feels shame and humiliation because of public awareness, yet felt no desire to speak out prior. She allowed this affair to go on, or allowed herself to stay in the relationship. She probably was more ashamed that her husband was such a moron, and thought he could get away with flying to Argentina on a commercial flight and claim he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. We live in one of the most liberated countries in the world, yet we are still conflicted with Bible Belt-infused guilt. Consensual sexual preferences shouldn’t govern our politics, media, or way of life. Ideally, we should all openly have something extra on the side.
”Buried Alive”, is the forthcoming DVD from legendary Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS! The disc was filmed at the band’s final show on April 12, 2009 at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland. Vocalist Michael Monroe previously stated about the effort, “It’s sounding pretty good. Surely it’s got some rough spots, but what the hell, it’s live — no overdubs! Considering that it was the eighth show in six days, my voice was holding up quite well…”
Due on November 18, “Buried Alive” features the following track listing:
01. Tragedy
02. Motorvatin
03. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
04. Street Poetry
05. Cafe Avenué
06. Obscured
07. Hypermobile
08. Fashion
09. Loves An Injection
10. Whatcha Want
11. Problem Child
12. Mental Beat
13. Underwater World
14. Power Of Persuasion
15. A Day Late, A Dollar Short
16. I Can’t Get It
17. Back To Mystery City
18. Until I Get You
19. Beer And Cigarette
20. Worldshaker
21. Dont You Ever Leave Me
22. 11th Street Kids
23. Malibu Beach
24. High School
25. Travelin Band
26. Taxi Driver
27. Lost In The City
28. People Like Me
29. Delirious
30. Oriental Beat
31. Million Miles Away
32. Up Around The Bend
(Running time: 138 minutes)
Extras:
* The last week with HANOI ROCKS: Exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary of the last week with HANOI ROCKS! Co-filmed by HANOI ROCKS members (Running time: 12 minutes)
* Photo gallery of the last week
To buy the DVD, go to www.backstagerockshop.com.
HANOI ROCKS’ last album, “Street Poetry”, was released in September 2007 in Finland by WolfGang Records and in Europe by U.K.-based Demolition Records. The Japanese pressing via Victor Entertainment/JVC Music contain bonused tracks. The special edition included a bonus skull bandana and three-fold box design.
Dec. 5, 2009 - $12 For A Night of Total Terror!
Pre-sale tickets @ brownpapertickets.com now!
TERROR IN THE AISLES 3
Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60641
1.773.736.4050
Doors open at 7pm.
Show starts at 8pm.
REC 2
(Midwest Premiere of the sequel to the
modern classic REC!)
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (director’s cut)
with director FRED DEKKER in Person!
BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (10 year anniversary!)
with director EDUARDO SANCHEZ in Person!
WENDY ROBIE
(star of People Under The Stairs & Twin Peaks)
Reads Edgar Allan Poe for Poe’s Bicentennial
Birthday Celebration!
Short films include:
TREEVENGE (A Chilling Tale of Christmas Gone Wrong!)
Also - Music by My Damn Butterfly & Modern Day Rippers,
vendor tables, vintage movie, trailers, prizes, auction for Vital Bridges
(www.vitalbridges.org) surprises and more!!!
Co-Sponsored by www.thegrind-house.com
For more info go to:
myspace.com/moviesidefilmfestival
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54060464995
Adult Superstar and mainstream movie actress SASHA GREY takes a photographic star turn in the December issue of Playboy. The sizzling 6-page pictorial spotlights Grey nude as “Lolita,” the nubile and seductive title character of Vladimir Nabokov’s most famous work, and Stanley Kubrick’s scandalous 1962 feature film. Cinema laureate Roger Ebert contributes an accompanying commentary on the enduring fascination with this tale of forbidden sexual attraction.
December’s Playboy will be on newsstands and online at www.playboydigital.com beginning this Friday, November 13th.
Sasha Grey (born March 14, 1988) is an American pornographic actress, who is also active outside pornography through modeling, acting, and music.
Growing up in Sacramento, California, Grey moved to Los Angeles and began appearing in pornographic films shortly after turning 18. Grey was featured in a 2006 issue of Los Angeles, which interested the director Steven Soderbergh. She won several AVN Awards in 2007 and 2008. During the same period, Grey began modeling and was cast in Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience. Grey also recorded an industrial music project, ATelecine, www.myspace.com/atelecine
The name “Sasha” was taken from Sascha Konietzko of the band KMFDM, and “Grey” represents Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Kinsey scale of sexuality.
SOURCE: Rollingstone.com
During their late-’70s and early ’80s heyday, Devo managed to be both extreme and mainstream: The Akron, Ohio quintet’s 1978 debut LP Q: Are We Not Men? We Are Devo remains one of the most lyrically and musically radical records to ever crack the Top 100, while their 1980 release Freedom of Choice helped pioneer and popularize both synth pop and dance rock with the breakthrough hit “Whip It.” But as trailblazing as these New Wave sociologists were in the studio, they were more severe onstage. So it’s no small feat that 30 years later they’re now presenting both albums in full during a seven-city tour, not only with their live intensity intact but their theatrical savvy as well.
While performing Friday and Saturday at San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom, Devo’s original members resembled senior chemistry professors with strange double lives. Singer Mark Mothersbaugh, guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh, and guitarist Bob Casale are now in their late 50s; bassist Gerald Casale is 61, yet all four had the stamina of their considerably younger drummer, Josh Freese of A Perfect Circle, and managed to replicate their original choreography. After a pair of vintage videos, the musicians took the stage Friday night in their iconic yellow plastic suits for Are We Not Men’s opening track, “Uncontrollable Urge,” pivoting rigidly to the beat and peaking the song with the same robotic bunny hop they did in 1978. Their maturity made their movements even more surreal, and the demographically diverse crowd went nuts.
During the extended “baby baby baby baby” segment of their herky-jerky “Satisfaction,” Mark’s face turned bright pink as he spat every last endearment. While Gerald growled “Mongoloid,” Mark shook pompoms at the side of the stage, then pulled his still-thick hair skyward before tackling his famously noisy synth solo. After knocking out each album cut in rapid succession, Devo returned for a frenzied encore of “Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA” and “Gates of Steel.” The set was barely an hour long, but every note and movement was ridiculously tight.
Saturday night’s performance of Freedom of Choice was markedly less manic. An officious man in military garb strode on stage before each song with a sign designating the album track number. The guitarists played keyboards during many songs, and every member wore the Freedom era’s iconic red plastic “Energy Dome” hats; one abrupt movement and they’d fly off like Frisbees. This relative reserve on the band’s part conveyed ambivalence for its commercial peak. “How many people know track three?” Gerald asked with mock enthusiasm to introduce “Whip It.” The title track rocked much harder, and the audience returned the favor. For “Don’t You Know,” Mark glanced downward, seemingly reading lyrics off the floor.
Any detachment disappeared during an encore of Devo’s grinding early single “Be Stiff” and satiric Reagan-era anthem “Beautiful World.” During this last track, Mark wore his baby-faced Booji Boy mask and sang the entire song in that character’s Mickey Mouse-like squeak. “This was the first song we wrote after moving to California . . . It was really creepy,” he explained during an instrumental break. This tale turned fantastical as Booji/Mark recalled how Michael Jackson beckoned him into a limo at the corner of Hollywood and Vine for a night of Neverland fun and games. “If Michael could push his way out of his grave past all that dirt, I know he’d say it’s a beautiful world,” he declared before pulling handfuls of bouncing tiny balls out of his fanny pack. It’s oddly reassuring that Devo’s whimsy remains devious.
November 6th Set List:
“Uncontrollable Urge”
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
“Praying Hands”
“Space Junk”
“Mongoloid”
“Jocko Homo”
“Too Much Paranoias”
“Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)”
“Come Back Jonee”
“Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin’)”
“Shrivel Up”
Encore:
“Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA”
“Gates of Steel”
November 7th Set List:
“Girl U Want”
“It’s Not Right”
“Whip It”
“Snowball”
“Ton o’ Luv”
“Freedom of Choice”
“Gates of Steel”
“Cold War”
“Don’t You Know”
“That’s Pep”
“Mr. B’s Ballroom”
“Planet Earth”
Encore
“Be Stiff”
“Beautiful World”
With his raspy baritone, bleached spiked hair, and rebellious charisma, Billy Idol established himself as a unique, new face in punk rock and Rock ‘N’ Roll, and continues to shine as a one-of-a-kind artist. On November 17, Eagle Rock Entertainment will proudly release his first live concert DVD and Blu-ray In Super Overdrive Live .
Filmed at the Congress Theater in Chicago, In Super Overdrive Live was taped for the television series “Soundstage.” Originally broadcast in America in July 2009, this show finds Idol reunited with guitarist Steve Stevens, and backed by bassist Stephen McGrath, keyboardist Derek Sherinian, and drummer Brian Tichy.
A proprietor of pop-rock perfection, Billy Idol rouses the crowd through 12 blazing tracks. This 70-minute DVD features hits like “Dancing With Myself, “Flesh For Fantasy,” “Rebel Yell,” and “White Wedding,” in addition to Generation X favorites and newer material from his latest CD The Devil’s Playground. Also included are two previously unreleased tracks, “Touch My Love” and “Cry.” A killer performance, In Super Overdrive Live is a fantastic display of the raw power Billy Idol exudes.
Track Listing:
1.) Super Overdrive
2.) Dancing With Myself
3.) Flesh For Fantasy
4.) Touch My Love
5.) White Wedding
6.) Scream
7.) Eyes Without A Face
8.) Cry
9.) Blue Highway
10.) Ready Steady Go
11.) Rebel Yell
12.) Kiss Me Deadly