Current musical obsessions of poster artist and Wet Wallet guitarist Keith Herzik, Wet Wallet bassist and singer Gina Herzik, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
Tag: Good Times
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How Cooley High and Good Times shone a spotlight on Chicago Public Schools
Nearly 41 years after the premier of Cooley High, we take a look back at CPS during the 60s and 70s, and the longstanding fight for educational equality.
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Pavement Tour Diary: Millennium Park
Pavement’s Chicago show, from behind the scenes. And Team Lemos takes a turn on the cowbells!
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Pavement Tour Diary: Four Days, Three Bands, and Two Countries (Part Two)
In an insane four days, Jeremy works for Iron & Wine, Pavement, and Sonic Youth. Can he pull it off?
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Pavement Tour Diary: Pitchfork
Jeremy comes to the Pitchfork Music Festival with Pavement and reminisces about Pitchforks past. There’s some food and coffee in there too.
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Pavement Tour Diary: Memories of Europe (a Prelude to Pitchfork)
Before diving into the massive weekend that we all know as the Pitchfork Festival, I wanted to look back on the last four Pavement shows. Also: I will never miss a Grace Jones show again.
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Tour Diary: White/Light in Ann Arbor
White/Light booked a show in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as an excuse to hit Zingerman’s Deli and Comet Coffee. Sounds like a great weekend to me!
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Pavement Tour Diary: Brixton Academy (and London Coffee Quest)
Pavement plays four nights at the Brixton Academy, and Jeremy tries to complete his disloyalty card.
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Pavement Tour Diary: Week One in Europe
The first week of Pavement’s European tour: Dublin, Glasgow, Paris, and Amsterdam.
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Pavement Tour Diary: Coachella
Pavement at Coachella! How will it go the second time around?
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Pavement Tour Diary: Nagoya, Japan
Sayonara, Japan! Pavement’s monitors engineer describes the last days of the band’s Japanese tour and finds the best soba noodles he’s ever had. Plus, robocop.
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Pavement Tour Diary: Osaka, Japan
What does Pavement do when they’re in Osaka? Hanshin Tigers!
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Pavement Tour Diary: Tokyo, Japan
Monitors engineer Jeremy Lemos, the Reader’s man on the Pavement tour, reports from Tokyo and explains Syphon Coffee.
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Walter Payton Prep publishes Cabrini-Green issue
The Walter Payton College Prep student newspaper devotes an issue to the community it borders, Cabrini-Green.