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Archive for March, 2006

Two years at the Third Floor

Monday, March 27th, 2006
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The building is still there, on the south side of Chicago Street just a couple doors west of Center Street. Every time I drive past I remember…
In the early 90’s, Brian Peterson was the drummer for International Hoodwink. He started setting up shows around the area mainly to set up gigs for his […]

North Street garage

Sunday, March 26th, 2006
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I have a backlog of a lot of pictures, but I can’t upload to Flickr until next month. Free membership has its limits. I’m thinking of putting out the alms bowl in April, and making that a fundraising month. With millions of readers (haha), it shouldn’t be hard to raise the $25 […]

Elgin’s thriving music scene

Friday, March 24th, 2006
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“Elgin’s developed a strong and thriving independent music scene anchored by numerous live-music venues and recording studios. There are more than a dozen bars and nightclubs booking live music, and several of these venues are actively presenting a balance of both local and national acts. With urban centers to its north and south, its easy […]

New - live events!

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
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I’ve finally gotten around to adding a feed of Elgin events from Upcoming.org. Steve Munson beat me to it. His DNA blog has had an events feed up since last year, I think. Speaking of Steve and the DNA blog, he recently celebrated a year of blogging. Congratulations to Steve. […]