Composing material based on instinct and emotion, Chicago two piece My Gold Mask craft haunting melodies on their current EP, A Million Miles. They joined Jesse Menendez in studio on The Music Vox recently.
Brought together by chance, Nick Miller & The Neighbors have put their own electronic spin on Blue eyed soul music. Eclectic and powerful, Nick Miller of Nick Miller & The Neighbors joined Jesse Menendez in studio.
A full night of festivities:
Vocalo's "Friday Night DJ Series" & "First Friday" new music show. Special guest DJ GE-OLOGY (I Love Vinyl / Great Weekend / NYC) Pumpin Pete, Jean Marc Lavoie & Michael Serafini(First Friday New Music Show / Gramaphone Records) + we will be talking about the "Quest for the Best" DJ competition. Playing some of the demos & talking to Big Once, Charlie , Trancid & finalist ShredOne
The Morning AMp hosts Molly Adams and Brian Babylon talked to their friend and move critic Reggie Ponder. As usual, we reviewed last weekend's box office, analyzing the winners and losers of the money game. We also touched Brian's beef with the cable star rating system for the Eddie Murphy classic Coming To America. And lastly, Reggie reviewed the buzzed about teen superpowers movie, Chronicle, which opens today.
Time Out Chicago's Nightlife Editor Josh Ferguson told us where to shake our groove thangs this Superbowl weekend.
Friday: Carl Craig and friends @ the MidSaturday: GlitterGuts Dance Punk Circus @ Metro
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Luis spoke with AJ Newell, author of the book "Gaga for Gridiron: The Ultimate Guide to Football for Women" about the book and what makes it a "Women's" guide.
Shantell and Luis speak with Emon Fowler and Syreeta House of The Harriet Experiment which aims to film a documentary chronicling 700 African American individuals who will return their hair to its natural state thus empowering the true image. The project is intended to embrace and empower African features.
Dazed and confused? Have a case of apathy? Try the Buzzkill Mixtape - an impassioned collection of songs critical of the current political and capitalist system, corporate greed, looming ecological destruction, rampant racism, social inequality, and all together challenging the status quo.
Brian Buzzkill, an activist and frontman of Chicago's politically and socially conscious hip hop / reggae / punk group Agents of Change joined Jesse Menendez on The MusicVox to talk about his new Mixtape and speak his mind about political and social problems that face our world.
Brian and Molly chatted with Dr. Coya Paz about why Invisible Man made Brian so angry, even though it had impeccable lighting design. Coya talked about how theater is sometimes meant to comfort the comfortable, and how stories about racial tension presented to mostly white audiences maybe aren't doing the good they're intended to do.
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Brian and Molly spoke with WBEZ reporter Allison Cuddy and director Christopher McElroen about the Court Theatre's new production of Invisible Man, based on the novel by Ralph Ellison. Items discussed include visibility, race, powerhouse performances, 1940's pulp novels, and how Invisible Man might just be the only book Brian's ever read.
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