Yes Virginia, there will be a Black Friday RSD in 2020. The official Record Store Day website has announced it will be offer an additional event this year after the October 24 RSD Drop. I had assumed the three RSD Drops had replaced both the usual April and November versions, but there’s now a Black Friday version with more tempting limited-edition vinyl in virtually every genre.
The list includes The Bangles; Mick Fleetwood and Friends/Fleetwood Mac; George Harrison; Fountains Of Wayne; Aimee Mann; David Gilmour; The Rolling Stones; Elliott Smith; and U2. Black Friday RSD will also offer some holiday-related records, including ones from Chuck Berry; Juliana Hatfield; Dave Brubeck; Milton DeLugg and The Little Eskimos/The Fleshtones; and Vince Guaraldi.
Mekons founding member and critically acclaimed artist Jon Langford will be at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights for his (Solo) Art Songs show from 6:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m tomorrow (October 11). He’ll return with Bethany Thomas and John Szymanski on October 16, and with The Waco Brothers (Stripped Down And Socially Distant) on October 17. The venue will be celebrating its second anniversary on October 17.
Dag Juhlin from Sunshine Boys, Sonic 45, Poi Dog Pondering, The Slugs, and EXPO ’76, has a solo gig coming up at Hey Nonny this Tuesday, October 13.
I dropped by Martyrs on Lincoln Avenue yesterday afternoon to catch a few hours of the Phil Angotti And Friends John Lennon 80th Birthday Bash. Actually, the outdoor space where Angotti and his special guests were performing was shared by Martyrs’ and the nearby Mrs. Murphy And Sons Irish Bistro. The weather was perfect as servers from both venues made their way through the crowd with drinks and food. I’m not sure if Angotti met his goal of performing 80 Beatles or Lennon solo songs since I left early, but the music I did hear was a blast.
On the way to the John Lennon bash, I was happy to find a copy of New City magazine’s October issue. The Chicago-based monthly is offering its annual FILM 50 issue, which this year placed writer-director Kris Rey at number one. This edition also features Monica Kass Rogers’ photos and essay titled The Alley Project and Craig Bechtel’s profile on veteran punk band Pegboy.
The October edition of the Illinois Entertainer is available online with a cover story on Mastodon, a feature story on WXRT morning DJ Richard Milne; and album reviews of Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, and John Wesley Harding.
I mentioned Cheap Trick’s outstanding cover of David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” a while back, and now there’s an eye-popping live performance/animation video to go with it. It’s become one of my all-time favorite rock videos, and brings back memories of when I watched MTV a regular basis.
The final edition of Thompson’s three-part series Richard Thompson’s Live From London - A Lifestream Concert Series, takes tomorrow, October 11 and will be a Total Request Live Event. It’s being presented by the Chicago area venues The Old Town School and SPACE, and Tickets can be purchased on the website for The Old Town School of Folk Music, which is a co-presenter, along with SPACE in Evanston.
In Manchester, England the Headstock Festival, which runs this weekend, has joined forces with Akse P19 for a mural honoring Joy Division founding member Ian Curtis. It’s part of an effort to raise awareness for World Mental Health Day, which also takes place today.
Writer/director Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7 comes to Netflix on October 16 and it’s already snagged positive reviews from Richard Roeper in the Chicago Sun-Times and Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune. The cast includes Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Rylance, Michael Keaton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Frank Langella.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba, ba, I wanna carbon date it. The following headline in a recent edition of the Chicago Sun-Times caught my attention: Field Museum’s new dinosaur curator known as ‘punk rock’ paleontologist As noted by writer Adam Mahoney, 36 year-old Jingmai O’Connor once named a fossilized bird after vocalist Greg Graffin from Bad Religion. Congratulations to California native Ms. O’Connor, and a hearty welcome to Chicago.
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