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CUBaNS (Champaign-Urbana-Bloomington-and-Normal Shows) List
Serving the downstate Illinois area between Chicago and St. Louis
Shows of note as of: Thu 3.6.03
Maintained by WESN 88.1 FM (Radio to the Far Left in
Bloomington)
Current subscriber count: 469
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Contact Information
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Mail to wesn@sun.iwu.edu with "CUBaNS" included in the subject
for
any updates, new listings, or subscription requests.
OR
Fax your show listings to 309-556-2949 -- make sure to put ATTN: Local
Music Director on them
OR
Call 309-556-2638 and leave a message for me.
MAKE SURE TO
Visit the CUBaNS List at http://sun.iwu.edu/~wesn/cubans/cubans.htm
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LOCAL SCENE STUFF
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Message boards
http://cenilbbs.cjb.net
http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb998794
http://members.boardhost.com/peoriapunk
http://members.boardhost.com/central_il
http://members.boardhost.com/midwestmusic/?2442
Peoria Shows Page - http://www.angelfire.com/il2/PeoriaShows
Web Sites
www.openingbands.com (free local band listings)
www.hipsmart.com (local band listings)
www.localsaint.com
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THE LOCAL SHOW ON WESN 88.1 FM
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The Local Show is WESN's live rock show. On specified Thursday nights,
wefeature a different band performing live from 6-8pm. If you are
interested in playing live on WESN this semester, please email Ryan
Foster at rfoster@sun.iwu.edu.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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-ATTENTION LOCAL BANDS: Want your stuff played on the local show at
WESN?
Send your demos, albums, EPs or anything else to:
WESN
attn: Local Music Director
PO Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61701
-BATTLE OF THE BANDS being planned for bands between ages of 13 and
23.
Contest will take place at the Madison Theatre in Peoria. The winner
will recieve a prize of $500! For more info visit
www.jaytv.com/scene_zine/battleofthebands/switch.html
or e-mail waitenc1@hotmail.com
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Updated Shows
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7 Fri American Minor / Emotional Rec Club // $5 @ Mike n Mollys has
been
CANCELLED
Steven w/ The Red Hot Valentines / Amazing Transparent Man /
Spitalfield
@ Bowling & Billiards Center
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6 Taylor St. / Champaign, IL
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March
7 Fri Bear vs Shark // 8:00
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Assembly Hall / University of Illinois / Urbana, IL
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April
23 Wed Pearl Jam
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Blue Moon Coffee House / Illinois Wesleyan University / Main Lounge
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Bloomington, IL / 309-556-3815 / bluemoon@titan.iwu.edu / All Shows
8:00 (7:30 doors) / Free
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March
8 Sat Pamela Means / Anne Heaton
29 Sat Sons of the Never Wrong
April
5 Sat Greg Greenway / Kim & Reggie Harris
12 Sat Kristina Olsen / Dave Moore
May
10 Sat Cheryl Wheeler
17 Sat Ellis Paul / Vance Gilbert (This show only: Westbrook
Auditorium / Presser Hall / IWU)
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Borders Books / 802 W. Town Center Boulevard / Champaign, IL
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March
9 Sun G.Lee / Hillary Scott // 2:00 / FREE
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Brass Rail / 15 E. Univerity Ave. / Champaign, IL / (217)352-7512
/
All shows 10:00 / $3
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March
13 Thu Brandon T. Washington / Ned Navillus / LEfthand Blue
14 Fri G.Lee & Jet Blonde / Brandy Johnson & Band / Kate Hathaway
Band
20 Thu Tractor Kings / Ol Yeller / Hoss
* 21 Fri AD/HD / Scurvine // #3
23 Sun The Drapes / The Violents / Terminus Victor // $4
27 Thu Solips / LoFreq / Triple Whip
April
3 Thu Deconstrucing Jim / TBA
10 Thu FeeD / Snaklab All-Tsara / Jaded Kayne
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Canopy Club / 708 S. Goodwin Champaign, IL / www.canopyclub.com /
18+
(TM) / All show times 10 pm unless noted
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March
7 Fri Seeking Syd (Pink Floyd tribute) //$5
13 Thu Finga Lickin' / Green Mountain Grass
14 Fri Aswah Greggori & the Enforcers // $5
15 Sat The Big Wu // $8 advance
18 Tue OAR / Pseudopod / Marc Broussard // $20 SOLD OUT
20 Thu Particle // 7:00 / $12, $10 in advance
28 Fri Pariah / TBA
29 Sat Nightrain (Guns n Roses tribute) / My Sacrafice (Creed
Tribute) // $5
30 Sun Kilborn Alley // 10:00
April
11 Fri Joshua Redman Elastic Band / The Derek Trucks Band
May
7 Wed The Used / Thrice / Recover // $12 / Tickets on Sale 3/8
8 Thu Ween // $20 advance, $22 door Tickets on sale 3/1
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CJs Cafe / 404 Court St. / Pekin, IL
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March
* 8 Sat LiveCoal / 7:00 / FREE
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Clybourne / 706 Sixth St. / Champaign, IL
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* 10 Mon Women's Fund Beneft: The Violents / TBA // 7:00 / $5
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Courtyard Cafe / Illini Union / Champaign, IL / 244-8938
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March
7 Sat The Amazing Killowatts / Equinox / Green Mountain Grass //
8:00 /
$4
* 15 Sat Punk for Peace 2: The River City Rebels / Humpty Dumpster
/
Infidelity // 7:30 / $7
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The HighDive / 51 Main Street/ Champaign, IL **19+**
info@thehighdive.com / www.thehighdive.com
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March
7 Fri Ear Doctor
+ 10 Mon ASB Benefit: Monk / The Idle Hours / Syneshesia / Ace Organic
//
9:00 / $5
+ 12 Wed Everybody Uh-Oh / The Plus / Rectangle // 10:00 / $4
* 14 Fri Pocket Big Band // 5:30 / $3
15 Sat Hayseed Dixie / Tim Krekle // 7:30 / $10
19 Wed Pinback (ex-Three Mile Pilot) / Minus the Bear // 10:00 / $7
20 Thu Idlewild / The French Kicks // 10:00 / $10
21 Fri In Your Ear Big Band // 5:30 / $3
* 27 Thu DJ Zeek / Greg2Hype / TBA // 9:00 / $3
28 Fri Parkland Big Band // 5:30 / $3
April
3 Thu Dirty Three / Janet Bean & the Concertina Wire // 10:00
/ $12
4 Fri Weasel Dreams Quintet // 5:30 / $3
5 Sat Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys // 8:00 / $10
6 Sun Gideon Foli Alorwoyie (Ghanan drummers and dancers) //
8:00 / $10
7 Mon Trachtenburg Family / Slideshow Players / Langhorne Slim //
9am / $10
9 Wed Bob Log III / Bebe & Serge / TBA // 10:00 / $7
11 Fri Pocket Big Band // 5:30 / $3
* 14 Mon Mr. Lif / TBA // 10:00 / $12
* 16 Wed Disengage / Party of Helicopters / Solo Flyer // 10:00 /
$5
* 17 Thu DJ Zeek / Greg2Hype / TBA // 9:00
* 18 Fri In Your Ear Big Band // 5:30 / $3
* 19 Sat 90 Day Men / Dianogah // 8:00 / $5
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The House / 263 E. Lincoln Highway / DeKalb, IL
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March
9 Sun Love Letter Band / Project Cabrini / Player Piano // 8:00 /
$4
April
12 Sun Bobby Birdman / The Badger King / Version // 8:00 / $4
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Illinois State University / Bowling & Billiards Center / Normal,
IL
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March
9 Sun The Sidewalk's End (formerly The Wishing Well) / Ananis Khan
/
The Wind Up Bird / The One AM Radio // 6:00 / $5
+ 21 Fri The Red Hot Valentines / Amazing Transparent Man / Spitalfield
/
Steven // 6:00 / $5
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The Independent Media Center / 218 W Main St / Urbana/ (217)344-8820
http://shows.ucimc.org/ All Ages/ BYOB if 21+ All Shows 8:00
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March
7 Fri Level Blessing / Los Fodidos / Infestation of Ass / Hollowed
Out
// 8:00
8 Sat The Buzzards / The Lesser Birds of Paradise / The Geese
9 Sun The Waxwings / The Bigger Lovers
* 11 Tue Cadavers / Hollowed Out / Creatures from the Black Lagoon
//
7:00
* 14 Fri Lying in States
15 Sat Bicycle Day / Your Black Star / Roy G Biv / The New
Constitution
//
$5
18 Tue Trailer Bride / Rex Hobart & His Misery Boys / Tractor
Kings
* 23 Sun Charlie King / Karen Brandow
26 Wed Boyracer / Kanda // $5
30 Sun David Dondero / Jason Anderson (of Wolf Colonel on K Records)
/
Joe Knapp (of Son, Ambulance; Bright Eyes)
April
* 4 Fri Pamela Means / Allette Brooks
11 Fri Brandtson / Red Animal War / Desert City Soundtrack /
Settlefish
/
David Singer / Solo Mono // $10 (advance)
14 Mon Q and Not U / El Guapo / The Dynamo Theorem
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The Iron Post / 120 S Race St. / Urbana, IL / 217-337-7678 /
http://www.iron-post.com
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March
7 Fri The Prarie Dogs // 5:00
7 Fri Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp (CD Release Party) // 9:00
* 8 Sat Dynamo Theorem / Everybody Uh-Oh / Lorenzo Goetz
* 10 Mon Monster Honkey / Terminus Vector / Solips // 10:00
* 11 Tue The Oranges Band / The Sun // 11:00 / $3
* 12 Wed Parkland Jazz Combo // 5:00
* 12 Wed Chulrua // 8:00
* 13 Thu U of I #3 Jazz Band
* 14 Fri Special Consensus // 9:00
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McLean Co. Bar / 107 W. Front Bloomington / Bloomington,IL /
(217) 827-6411
http://www.eagleyeleagues.com/mclean.htm
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Mike & Molly's / 105 N. Market St. / Champaign, IL / 355-1236
/
All shows 10:00 / $3
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March
* 9 Sun Lisa Boucher // 4:00 / FREE
14 Fri Absinthe Blind / The Blackouts / Twinstar / Lanterna / $5
* 15 Sat The Noiseboy
May
2 Fri Triple Whip / Water Between Continents / The Most
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Rockhouse USA / 110 N Lake St / Aurora, IL
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March
20 Thu Blaked / Celestial Static / Former Teenage Idols / TBA //
6:00 / $6
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Rubes / 611 E. 157th St. / Harvey,IL
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March
7 Fri Fetor / The Nix / Switchblade Romance / Stance // 7:00
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Salem Communitly Center / Salem, IL
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March
8 Sat Calico System (CD release) / Gogatta / New Empire /
Livingston Project / Failure to Thrive // 7:30 / $5 (advance)
$6 (door)
April
19 Sat Point of Violence (CD release) Lunatic / Headfix /
Annihilate the Hero / Frayl // 7:30 / $5 (advance) $6 (door)
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Tonic / 619 S. Wright St. / Champaign, IL
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March
* 11 Tue UC Hip Hop Artists: Limbs / Arkon / JLR / Lead /
Melodic Scribes / Agent Mos / Katastrophe // 10:00 / $3
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Turner Hall / 926 Hampshire / Quincy, IL
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March
22 Sat Gimcrack / Tinnitus / Floating Otis / Salems Cradle //
6:00 / $3
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Urbana High School / 1002 S. Race St. / Urbana,IL
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March
7 Fri Made / Learning to Fly / Deck 16 / Solo Mono / Missing the
Point
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TBA // 6:45 / $4
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WARP Skatepark / 2055 S. Eastwood Dr. / Woodstock, IL
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March
* 8 Sat Captain Supreme / TBA // 7:00 / $5
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Wheaton Community Center / Wheaton,IL
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March
* 8 Sat American Cancer Society Benefit Show: Rod Hot Valentines /
Saraphine / Fertility / Myllhouse // 6:00 / $5
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Normal Theatre / 209 North St. / Normal,IL / (309) 454-9722 /
www.normaltheater.com / All times 7:00 unless noted
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Movie Schedule
February
1 Wind in the Willows (1:00)
1-2 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
6-9 Heaven
13-14 Magnificent Obsession
15 Ferngully (1:00)
15-16 Written on the Wind
20-23 Home Movies
27-28 A Fistfull of Dollars
March
1 The Goonies (1:00)
1-2 The Professionals
6-9 The Emperor's New Clothes
13-16 Singin in the Rain
15 Jimmy Neutron (1:00)
20-22 8 Women
23 Some Like it Hot
27-28 Sweet Smell of Success
29-30 The Bad and the Beautiful
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The code list:
* new listing
+ listing has changed this week
XX+ XX-and-over (as in, you'll need an ID)
(TM) Tickets available from TicketMaster
Chicago: (312) 559-1212
Champaign-Urbana: (217) 351-2626
Danville: (217) 442-3434
Normal: (309) 454-5500
Peoria: (309) 676-8700
Springfield: (217) 544-9400
All information listed is subject to change.
Phone First! The CUBaNS List is updated very inconsistently.
Please mail to wesn@sun.iwu.edu:
- New shows you'd like to see added
- Any corrections to anything in the list
- Subscription requests, or drop requests
- Information about other shows list across the country
- Anything other comments, etc
Saturday's Heroes is the St. Louis equivalent of the CUBaNS List.
Email bhemmer@accessus.net for more information.
For listings for other cities, check
http://www.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU/punk-list/show/
This list is a service provided by WESN 88.1 FM in Bloomington. It
is
not possible without the cooperation of local music enthusiasts; in
other
words, you. Thank you for your help and cooperation.
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