Boogers & Giant Slayer Swag at Beat Kitchen #photorecap #originalvideo

We had a rockin' good time chiILin' out with The Boogers (Ramones style punk for your punk kin) and passing out loads of sweet Jack the Giant Slayer movie swag at Beat Kitchen on 2/23


Check out ChiIL Mama's LIVE show footage below, of The Boogers tune, I Just Wanna Play.  We pick The Boogers as our favorite local punks for the punk kin.   Check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.   We'll have more live show clips and FREE Boogers CDs to give away to our lucky readers soon!

CHI, IL Live Shows on Our Radar Today & Down for the Count

ACT OUT OPENING:   

We'll be there this afternoon and have a full review for you up shortly.  For more info click here for Black Ensemble Theater's Main Site.

The Other Cinderella

Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center,
4450 N. Clark Street, Chicago
  
November 29 – January 13, 2012 

Schedule:                     Wed & Thurs:               7:30 p.m.
                                    Friday:                         8:00 p.m.
                                    Saturday:                     3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday:                       3:00 p.m.
Location:                     Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street.
                                    Valet parking is available.
 

Ticket prices:  $55 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturday matinees; and $65 on Fridays, Saturday evenings, and Sunday matinees. A 10% discount is available for students, seniors, and groups.  Preview tickets are $45.00

Box Office:                   
Buy online at www.ticketmaster.com or call (773) 769-4451



CHI, IL Live Shows on Our Radar Today:   Boogers at Beat Kitchen--noon

Boogers CD release show at Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids (**Starting tomorrow-check in with ChiIL Mama/ChiIL Live Shows for our ChiILPicks Holidaze 12 Days of Giveaways--where you can fill your gift list with hundreds of dollars worth of great gift picks for FREE.   We'll be including the brand new Boogers CD and a bunch of kindie favs, video games, books, toys, classes and more!) 


Down for the Count:

It's cold & flu season, ya know.   Apologies to our readers, but sometimes the Mama hat has to come before the ChiIL hat.   Click the links below for our past coverage.   We still gave you the heads up, but had to cancel our in person coverage of the following:

• Moniquilla-Luna Negra--Children's Theatre/ Dance/ Multicultural--Ruth Page
• *Hannukatz The Musical--National Pastime Theater (You can still catch this one--ongoing through Dec 30th!)
• Sones de México Ensemble, 13 B'ak'tun--Mayan Music--Mayne Stage--Multicultural, all ages music
• Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band/Roscoe Bandana--Bottom Lounge--17+ (**past photo feature here**)
• World Inferno Friendship Society (**past photo feature here**)
• We're postponing our video interview with The Boogers, but I'll be out solo to shoot their CD release show at Beat Kitchen at noon today (Sunday) and we will still be reviewing the opening of The Other Cinderella this afternoon at Black Ensemble Theatre.

Winning Wednesdays--Loads of Give Aways & Winner Announcements

KINDIE LAND   
Enter through midnight Thursday 11/8 for your chance to win 4 free tickets to: 


*Baby Loves Disco Nov. and/or December at Beauty Bar


*any/all Beat Kitchen's November Concerts for Kids

*and Little Miss Ann/Mr. Dave at Martyrs!!!!

Click the links above to enter any or all of our giveaways.   Entry is easy.   Winning rocks!   We never spam or share your info.

****Big congrats to Sherry C., our 4 ticket winner for Adventure Stage Theatre's brand new show, Six Stories Tall, opening THIS Saturday (ages 8+).  

Come explore what it means to be a hero.  Do you dig mermaids, monsters, music and spray paint?!  You've gotta see this show.   Adventure Stage is one of our favs here at ChiIL Mama!

Check out our past photo & video filled Adventure Stage coverage here.

 

****Big congrats to Meg M, our 4 ticket winner for ChiTAG (Chicago Toy and Game Fair) this week.   We're still giving away one more set of tickets the 14th.   So enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often!

Check out our past photo & video filled ChiTAG coverage here.

We'll be featuring original hot toy reviews, inventor features, and more all season as we count down to the holidays.   Get a great start with ChiTAG on November 17th & 18th.   Enter here for your chance to win.   Entries from prior weeks do carry over.

*Wait for Rafflecopter to load up right here (if you've gone through RSS feed or are scrolling down the blog and don't see it, click on the actual page title or "a Rafflecopter giveaway link" and it should pop right up).   Enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.

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Thanks to ChiTAG for once again providing us with 6 sets of 4 tickets for our give aways.
**Click here for a $2 off coupon per ticket and more ChiTAG info.**

Free Ticket Tuesdays-Schubas Winner Announced

We have two family 4 pack ticket give aways this week.   Congrats to Jane Z. and her son, Xander.    You have won tickets to see The Boogers LIVE at Schubas this Saturday!    Click HERE for more show details.


We're happy to announce another great Schubas Family Series Show.   This year, chiIL Mama will continue to give away a free family 4 pack of tickets to all of their offerings.   

Our friends The Boogers are back with some mosh pit madness for your punk kin.    Their catchy, Ramones style tunes, revved up kids covers, and hard rockin' originals make for a memorable show.   Think about bringing earplugs for your littles and get ready to pogo with your progeny!    Highly recommended.    We have an original interview with The Boogers and a zillion live show clips from a prior Schubas show of theirs up on ChiIL Mama's YouTube Channel.    You can also input Boogers in ChiIL Mama's search bar for loads of our archived coverage.   Check 'em out.   Highly recommended!

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  SATURDAY 09/10/2011 3:00 PM | ALL AGES |$7.00 (FREE FOR UNDER 2)
  
  
• Paul spent the late 80's-90's playing, writing and touring the U.S. as a bassist with a number of Chicago-based punk and post-punk bands. During this time, Paul was lucky enough to share the stage with two of his rock n' roll idols: -- Dee Dee Ramone (& the Chinese Dragons), and Marky Ramone (& the Intruders). His musical talents are not constrained to one genre...Paul also played for five years with the Loyola University Jazz Band.  The Boogers are the brainchild of musician and developmental psychologist Paul Crowe aka Crusty Booger.

Somehow, across 6 albums and hundreds of shows, Paul completed a Ph.D in Developmental Psychology at Loyola University, found the love of his life and became the proud father of three sons.

What came next was a natural evolution -- he married his passion for classic punk to his knowledge of child and language development through music to create, play and record his hyped-up, irreverent music for his sons and friends' kids. Children's music that brings the chord-driven rock -- and isn't lame!

4 Free Tickets To See The Boogers At Schubas-Enter Through Midnight TONIGHT!

Check out our 7 Boogers Videos on ChiIL Mama's YouTube Channel


We have a late breaking contest, which means more of a chance for YOU to win.   This one's short and fast, like most great punk rock.   Enter below through midnight TONIGHT 5/19 and you'll be skankin' your way in to Schubas absolutely free with your very own 4 pack of tix.   Show is this Saturday at 3pm, all ages $7 (under 2 are free).

Free Ticket Tuesday Winners For The Boogers at Beat Kitchen

The Boogers play straight up punk for the punk kin.   These Chicago dads rock harder than the rest.   If you like to pogo and rock out old school, Ramones style, then check out The Boogers live this Sunday at noon at Beat Kitchen.   Kiddie mosh pit encouraged.


Here are two of our Boogers videos to whet your appetite.  Check out ChiIL Mama's YouTube Channel (direct link is in the bar at the bottom of this post) for loads more Boogers concert footage (8 songs) and our video interview with the band.


Our family 4 pack ticket winner is Marla E.    Congrats!   Your name will be on the guest list.   Please let us know ASAP if you can no longer make it and we'll choose an alternate winner.  


****Remember to check out ChiIL Mama's great weekly give aways.   Everything for April is listed HERE.   We have Kanani, The American Girl doll of the year from Hawaii, 3 DVDs for the grownups, 6 kindie CDs, NeverWorld-A Peter Pan sequel chapter book for the whole family, Chicago show tickets and more! 

The Boogers TODAY at 3PM at SUBTERRANEAN in Wicker Park

Psychobaby will be giving away T-shirts to the 1st 50 kids at the show!!   Tickets are only $7.   Come on out.

Countdown to The Boogers last public show of 2010.

 It's like a countdown to the new year.....   The show is 12...11...10 and Subterranean is at 2011 W. North.   So come join the mosh pit!    Two thousand one zero it's a punk party all the time.   And today we're gonna party like it's 1979!

We've done a number of reviews and live concert footage from The Boogers CD pre-release party at Schubas.   You can check it all out on The ChiIL Mama Channel on YouTube.   We have 8 live songs off Let's Go! and an exclusive interview with the 3 Boogers, Crusty, Greeny and Sticky.   For our prior feature and recap of the Schubas show, click HERE.

The Boogers-New Songs-Sneak Peek All Week-Let's Go!/Pop Goes The Weasel

You've never heard the weasel pop like this, kids.
Here's the title track off The Boogers upcoming album, due out in November.   It's our 3rd ChiIL Mama live concert video, from Schubas, in a week of new Boogers.   Let's Go and Pop Goes The Weasel will have you popping and pogoin' all over the house.



If you like what you hear, The Boogers are playing a free show this Sunday along with a motley assortment of folk, from 3-6pm.   Dress up in your costumes (cause every day is Halloween) and join us for the taping of Chic-A-Go-Go's big Halloween Show!   You and your littles can rock out on TV and hear a free concert.   How cool is that?   Check out the details HERE.

Time	Sunday, September 19 · 3:00pm - 11:00pm
Location	CAN-TV 322 S. Green St. Chicago, IL
Created By	Chicagogo Show
More Info	HALLOWEEN TAPING SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19th 3PM-6PM! 322 S. Green St. We’re are so excited to be back taping Chicago’s grooviest dance show for kids of all ages and we are thrilled about our can't miss, best taping of the year -- HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN COMES EARLY Sunday September 19th 3pm-6pm we will be taping our annual Halloween show, which is always our best show of the year! Wear costumes (or don't) and get ready for crazy guests and lots of fun! Scheduled Guests include: The robble robble rocking masked bandito band THE HAMBURGLERS! Earth's punkest kiddie music band THE BOOGERS! Milwaukees best garage act MIDWEST BEAT! The only all fish supergroup ROCKTOPUS AND THE SCALLYWAGS! Wisconsin wildrockers HUNGER STRIKE RIOT! and the best dressed band in rock n roll HI FI SUPERSTAR! The taping takes place at the Chicago Access Network Studios, located at 322 S. Green St. (one block west of Halsted, half block north of Van Buren). There is free and metered street parking and some low cost lots in the neighborhood, but we are also very accessible by public transportation, as the Halsted bus stops near us and the Blue Line’s UIC-Halsted stop is only a block and half from the studio. Dress casual or wear a costume, it's up to you! No invitations or reservations needed, everyone is welcome, bring your friends!

The Boogers-New Songs-Sneak Peek All Week

A Boogers Song a day keeps the blues away.   ChiIL Mama has live concert footage from The Boogers 9/11 Schubas show all week.   So check back for our Booger pick of the day.


This one is an old, hobo ballad, that dates back to the late 1920s.   The Boogers punk it up and rock it out on their new CD, Let's Go!, due out this November.   Check it out.


The Big Rock Candy Mountain

In The Kids' Rock World, Nobody's Rockin' It Harder Than The Boogers

There's no doubt about it, The Boogers got the punk kin all revved up and ready to go.   The house was a rockin' at Schubas last Saturday, as the band took it up a notch and introduced a lot of heavier, true punk material off their new album, as well as long time favorites.





Let's Go! is slated for release this November, and hey ho, is it gonna be good.   We have a ChiIL Mama exclusive interview for you, today, where you can meet Crusty, Greeny and Sticky Booger.


 
  
Even better...we will be featuring live concert footage of The Boogers new material all week, starting with All Right, right now!





This one reminded us of Angry Samoans, Right Side Of My Mind, a t-shirt Du-Jay happened to be sporting at the show.

Old school, Chicago Punks don't grow up, they just become somebody's parents.   

So dust off the Doc Marten's and unpack your flannel.   You and your littles have some skankin' to do.