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Update [05.10.08]
THE SMALL MUSIC VENUES IN CHICAGO NEED YOU!
[taken directly from Facebook group]
Imagine a Chicago with no Metro or Double Door or Schuba’s. Imagine a Chicago with no Royal George or Bailiwick or Athenaeum. Imagine a Chicago where local music is only heard in the suburbs and theater is limited to Wicked and Jersey Boys.
Scary thoughts. But if the City of Chicago’s City Council doesn’t hear your voice by Wednesday, May 14, they can become reality.
On that date the council will vote to approve an ordinance that has the power to stifle creativity in Chicago’s musical, theatrical, and general cultural scenes. With no public discourse or commentary, this proposal has been approved by the City Council Committee and is on the fast track to be pushed into law. It is up to us to let our elected officials know that Chicago’s creative scene is too rich, too varied, and too vital to be regulated in such a blanket fashion.
This proposed law would:
- Require independent promoters to acquire a promoter’s license costing up to $2,000 every two years, obtain liability insurance for every event thrown (even if the presenting venue already has liability insurance), be fingerprinted and background checked, and maintain extensive records of each event.
- Unfairly single out small venues and venues without seating, with no justification for during so.
- Negatively affect the Chicago music community: First, it would affect the bottom line of small businesses that make a significant portion of revenue from partnerships with reputable, incident-free independent promoters.
Second, losing independent promoters means Chicago music fans would lose out on many small niche events important for minority groups and the overall growth of the independent music scene.
Third, restricting independent promoters would drastically cut into the ability to do charitable and political benefit concerts, as it would no longer be financially feasible for non-profit organizations to organize these events.
TAKE ACTION TODAY - This Ordinance affects the bands, clubs, bars, cafes and venues YOU LOVE. It affects the entire independent music community. Please email or call your alderman or alderwoman and voice your opposition to the Ordinance today!
Email or Call your alderman and ask him or her to oppose the Promoter Ordinance. Be polite. Tell him or her you support live music in Chicago, and feel this ordinance would kill many great events. Say you want venues to be safe, but this ordinance goes too far. Place a call to your alderman’s office today.
46th Ward Alderman: Helen Shiller
• E-Mail: [email protected]
• Ward Phone: 773-878-4646
• City Hall Phone: 312-744-6831
These pages will help you find your alderman and give you his or her email address and phone number — quick and easy and only takes a couple of minutes.
www. chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/alderman/find.html
www.civicfootprint.org
Please repost this bulletin and encourage your fans, friends and neighbors to call and email their aldermen in opposition the Promoters Ordinance!
And, I miss her so freaking much:
Music:
VIVA FREAKING VARIETY.But to place a finger on somethin', I'll give it a go:vintage Motown heavy metaphorical rap (Wu-Tang's definitely on top, hands down) third wave ska (The Slackers, Sublime, No Doubt..) soulful r&b cheesy heart-wrenching slow jams pop-infused country (Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts..) indie rock alternative funk rock (Incubus, 311..) showtunes (quite obsessed with 'Baby' at the moment) dreamy new wave (Depeche Mode!) gals with big voices (Christina Aguilera, old-school Mariah..) pop punk bad 80s/90s music house (deep house like Basement Jaxx, but gotta rep that Chicago house, too) aggressive and profound spoken word jazz/alternative/funk loops (DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, De La Soul, Nujabes..) vocal jazz (particularly in love with classic Duke & Ella duets) violin concertos acappella shiznitz political and social hip-hop poetry (The Roots, Immortal Technique, Common—more so back in the day, y'know pre-Kanye produced, 'One Day It'll All Make Sense' is particularly my fave album of his) most of anything 9th Wonder produced any version of 'My Cherie Amour' (although the Jackson 5 version is my all-time fave) and anything Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, Lauryn Hill, Lenny Kravitz, TLC (Dallas Austin used to be my fave producer for some reason), Mary J. Blige, Hanson (yes, you read that correctly), Debbie Gibson, and Michael Jackson.
Movies:
A Land Before Time, Crazy Beautiful, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Love & Basketball, West Side Story, Pulp Fiction, Sister Act 2, The Sandlot, Chicago, Carlito's Way, Fight Club, A Beautiful Mind, Hancock, V for Vendetta, 27 Dresses, The Usual Suspects, Lucky Number Slevin, Shrek 1 & 2, Hoodwinked, Dreamgirls, The Wood, Domino, The Shawshank Redemption, The Wedding Planner, Kate & Leopold, A Walk to Remember, The Motorcycle Diaries, Phantom of the Opera, Sixteen Candles, The Incredibles, Oceans 11-13, all the Bourne movies, Love Actually, Cool Runnings, A Lot Like Love, Dot the I, Moulin Rouge, Pirates of the Caribbean, Home Alone, Waist Deep.
Television:
Grey's Anatomy is my ultimate guilty pleasure. It pulls the strings of every emotion within me.
Books:
The Five People You Meet In Heaven Catch-22 The Importance of Being Earnest A Clockwork Orange The Virgin Suicides Me Talk Pretty One Day The Da Vinci Code Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Middlesex Freakonomics The Bitch Posse Walk Two Moons the entire Harry Potter series anything by Stephen King and Nicholas SparksCurrently reading: A Certain Chemistry by Mil Millington The History of Love by Nicole Krauss...yeah, it's taking me a while. Not as much down time nowadays.Overall though, I'm more of a 'zine person. The typical fashion trendy (yep, there's a gazillion of those), Rolling Stone, VIBE, SPIN, The Reader's Digest, Business Week, People, and Chicago.Books feed my imagination. Magazines stimulate my creativity.So I like to read. And what?
Heroes:
Kent Steel. He saved my life. Truly is superman, I tell ya.And anybody who has EVER inspired, motivated, or coached me.
