Saturday Slumgullion

Photo from the Official Ronnie Wood Facebook page.

With a logo that prominently features the best-known tongue in rock and roll, it was only natural The Rolling Stones would be honoured by the Royal Mail with an exclusive line of postage stamps. There are several options that feature the band available, from a £7.00 sheet to a £99.99 Silver Stamp Ingot. Fans can also order a £5.85 set of postcards or a £0.30 envelope with the band’s logo.

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The XRT Listeners Poll 2021 Gala is going virtual again this year. It will air at 6:00 pm on January 31, with the station’s air personalities announcing the winners in various music and entertainment categories. The Chicago-based tribute band Tributosaurus will be performing 2021 songs throughout the Gala. I’ve been to a few of WXRT’s in-person Listener Poll Galas (last time at City Winery Chicago) and it was a treat to have a chance to talk to DJs such as Lin Brehmer, Marty Lennartz, and Frank E. Lee in person. Hopefully, next year’s Gala will be a live event again.

A new exhibition titled Subscribe: Artists And Alternative Magazines, 1970 – 1995 just opened at the Art Institute Of Chicago and will run through May 2. A profile in the Chicago Tribune describes it as a collection of rare, alternative publications, including Out/Look, i-D, The Face, and Thing.

 

Joni Mitchell will be honored as Person Of The Year at the Recording Academy MusiCares benefit gala being held next Saturday, January 29. The event will feature performances by Graham Nash, Black Pumas, Brandi Carlile, Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, John Batiste, Leon Bridges, Maggie Rogers; Mickey Guyton, and Pentatonic. MusiCares supports the health and well being of the music community.

The eclectic and frequently funny copy band EXPO ’76 will make a triumphant return to the Hey Nonny venue in Arlington Heights next Saturday, January 29. It’s great to see Hey Nonny continue its string of ambitious bookings. On February 25, Sunshine Boys, which like EXPO ’76, features vocalist-guitarist Dag Juhlin, will perform songs from their two stellar albums.

A rebellious lawn gnome will be part of the fun when a brand new Wallace and Gromit full-length movie hits the screens in 2024. Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham are the creative and comic force behind the flick, which once again finds Gromit trying to rescue the well-meaning but hapless Wallace. Sounds cracking good.

The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival has opened and will stage 100 shows at various venues around Chicago through January 30. 

The full Get Back documentary series that recently ran on Disney+ will become available on Blu-Ray and DVD on February 8. And in other final days of The Beatles news, the iconic Rooftop Concert will shown on IMAX on January 30. The hour-long concert will also have a February 11 – 13 theatrical release.

The Neverly Brothers are usually easier to find in south suburban venues, but the always-fun and informative trio will be performing their repertoire of 1950s and 1960s hits coming up on March 18 at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights.

Reason number 7,267 I wish I could hop on a jet to England whenever I want to: There is a Paul McCartney - The Lyrics exhibition going on now at The British Museum in London.

February 6 will be Soul Rebels 2022 (Bob Marley Day) at Martyrs on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago. Billy Tuggle will be the host for the all-ages show, which will feature live performances by Adam Gottlieb and One Love; Ugochi; and Tukkiman with Vision In The Rhythm. Admission is $10; the music starts at 8:00 pm.

There will be a double bill of long-time psychedelic masters The Hushdrops and guitar-driven garage/surf instrumentalists Outronaut at SPACE in Evanston on January 30. The mind-bending music starts at 7:00 pm.

British Invasion fans will find something good at the Des Plaines Theatre this spring when Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone perform there on May 14.