March Fourth Montage LIVE at Martyrs Chicago 6-2012. ChiIL Live Shows went back in the archives to bring you nearly a half hour of never before seen footage from March Fourth LIVE in a small club in Chicago. Check out their hula hooping, circus pole act held by a stilt walker, and much more. This circus, punk, gypsy, brass, funky, freaky band defies easy description and they are too much fun to see live. Footage by Bonnie Kenaz-Mara for ChiIL Live Shows.
March Fourth LIVE at Martyrs Circus Pole & Stilts Act Nov 3 2012. Shot by Bonnie Kenaz-Mara for ChiIL Live Shows. Check out this wild duo on stilts and circus pole HELD by the stilt walker! We adore Portland's March Fourth and catch them every chance we get. We'll be shooting their show this Tuesday at Lincoln Hallwith another favorite of ours, Liquid Soul! Click here for the full show details. Here's the basics:
Friday night was a highlight of CIMMfest 2014, among many. Chicago's Black Bear Combo (Balkan, gypsy, street jazz hybrid) was the perfect way to cap off a phenomenal day of film, music and networking. It was our pleasure to capture the fun for ChiIL Mama & ChiIL Live Shows.
Balkan Night
@Moe's Tavern (BTW-we just love that Moe is a woman-Maureen--and she's a hoot!)
2937 N. Milwaukee Ave.
10pm - 2am
Check out our full set of stills in the slide show here, and favorites embedded below. We even caught some of the multicultural fancy footwork from the crowd in the video below.
Friday, the screening of Brasslands sold out, but the fun continued with a Balkan night at Moe's Tavern.Black Bear Combo, Balkan food, and raffle of Parni Valjak tickets!
BRASSLANDS won Best Documentary Feature at CIMMfest 2014 and a second Sunday screening was added! If you missed it, keep an eye out for this one!
Bonnie Kenaz-Mara for ChiILMama.com & ChiILLiveShows.com
The Blackhawks playoffs game coincided with the after party, so my husband bailed. I went on to shoot the show without him, but I was jazzed to find the game on multiple screens at Moe's, so I could do both. It was great to see the CIMMfest film fanatics and the hockey fans peacefully coexisting and rockin' out to Balkan gypsy jams together, while cheering the Hawks to a 5-2 victory!
Mo' about Moe's
Chicago -Avondale Neighborhood Tavern
Voted Top 5 Dive Bars in Chicago
Rapidly becoming the "go to" spot for all local musicians.
Our Music & Craft Beer make us unique for a neighborhood tavern.
Live Music -- Shows on Friday and Saturday
Open Mic Sunday and Wednesday
Full Sound System for all electric hook-ups
House Drum Set (full) House Guitar House Organ (B3)
Friendly neighborhood Tavern - Free Foosball, Free Darts, pool table
$8 pitchers of Blatz-$3 mixed drinks -$12 buckets of 5 domestic bottles for all Chicago Pro Team Games.
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!
ChiIL Mama's original footage of 2013 Grammy award winning Okee Dokee Brothers-Bluegrass for Breakfast LIVE, February 2012 at Chicago's Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids. Last Sunday, Minnesota'sOkee Dokee Brothers had to cancel their gig at our Beat Kitchen Kids' Series in Chicago. Ya see...they had this little conflict called The Grammys, which they went on to win in the category of "Best Musical Album for Children". I think that's a great excuse if I ever heard one!! Check back with Chi, IL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often. We'll be giving away two of their rockin' albums in the very near future, posting our original video interview with the guys, show shots and lots more live show footage! Check 'em out. They're Okee Dokee in our book!
Congratulations to this year's Children's Album
GRAMMY Award winner:
Justin Lansing and Joe Mailander (plus their guest artists and producer Dean Jones), won a GRAMMY award for Best Musical Album for Children 2013:
Our readers get 30% off advanced adult tickets with the code MOM.
Check your Monster Truck Trivia Levelwith these Fun Facts...then try to stump your family & friends:
Body
– Made of_____________, a monster truck body is custom designed to
create a character or theme for the truck.
Fiberglass
Steel
Iron
Driver
Seat – Most monster trucks have the driver seated
______________the vehicle so he or she can best see the track for
weight distribution.
in
the center of
on
top of
on
the left side of
As
a safety measure, all seat belts employ ________________ to restrain
the driver’s body.
an
auto-lock feature
a
5 point harness
an
escape pod
Paint
– Most Monster Jam® monster trucks require _______________ of
paint time.
more
than 25 days
more
than 40 hours
less
than 10 hours
Engines
– Custom-built, supercharged and methanol-injected, a monster
truck engine burns up to _________________ of methanol per run
(approximately 80 meters) and delivers about __________________.
30
liters; 2,000 horsepower
10
liters; 1,500 horsepower
5
liters; 1,000 horsepower
Suspension
System – In order to allow the drivers to withstand the punishing
impacts of jumping and crashing a monster truck during a
performance, each Monster Jam monster truck is equipped with
specially-engineered extra long 76cm shock absorbers filled with oil
and ________________________ that are installed with each tire.
vinegar
water
nitrogen
gas
Each
monster truck tire is custom made but must be ______________ inches
high and _____________ inches wide.
120;
99
33;
33
66;
43
The
average monster truck team will go through _____________ tires in
one year.
80
8
20
________________
was the 25year
anniversary for the Grave Digger Team
2005
2010
2007
More
than ____________________ Monster Jam fans attend events each year
worldwide
1
million
2
million
4
million
The
World Finals in ____________________ brings 24 of the top trucks in
the world to compete for the World Freestyle and Racing
Championships. Competitors are by invitation only.
Houston,
TX
Las
Vegas, NV
Atlanta,
GA
A
monster truck race team will travel _______________ Miles a year by
land to attend events.
45,000
1
million
27,000
Typical
monster trucks cost ___________________ yearly to build, staff,
compete, transport and maintain on the Monster Jam tour.
$1
million
$350,000
$600,000
Average
number of cars crushed per year: _____________________.
ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama's footage of Andy Roo performing his song, Platypus--LIVE at Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids September 2011. He'll be back to rock Beat Kitchen's Winter Fest THIS SUNDAY with 3 other sweet kindie bands from 11am-3pm. Stop by upstairs for loads of fun, free activities. ChiIL Mama will be there with an Instrument Petting Zoo, free stickers and a rockin' raffle.
Check out ChiIL Mama's Interview with rockin' musician, Andy Roo, from Houston, Texas right here!
We've sponsored Beat Kitchen's Concerts for kids for years and we first met Andy Roo when he played back in September of 2011 as part of our weekly kids' shows series. Andy Roo will be back again this weekend, with both adult shows in the evening and another kids show this Sunday, as part of our Winter Fest at Beat Kitchen from 11-3pm. Come by and see FOUR sweet kindie bands, and loads of fun activities. ChiIL Mama will be there....will YOU?!
Here's what Andy's got goin' on this month:
Andrew Karnavas Newsletter #11 January 2013
It’s a new year, and I feel ready for it. Expect new songs from Runaway Sun, AndyRoo & the AndyRooniverse, and my solo project this year, and a whole lot of traveling. I am having the time of my life. BIG NEWS! I’m happy to announce that I’ll be on Daytrotter this Saturday at 2pm (EST), recording a handful of alternate versions/new songs at their studio in Rock Island, IL, and you can tune in live! Some of my favorite artists have done sessions here. I’m really excited about this one. Watch the Welcome to Daytrotter movie trailer. All of their sessions are recorded to analog tape the old school way, and that's something I haven't done before. Join me!
CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND I’m headed up to Chicago this month for a trio show at Honky Tonk BBQ featuring my good friend Justus Brake on bass and Chicago drummer Grant “The Rhythmest” Niebergall on Jan 26th at 7:30-10:30pm.
I will also be performing at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago for a kid’s music festival called Winter Fest as AndyRoo and the AndyRooniverse on Jan 27th at 1pm.
ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama's footage of Andy Roo performing his song, Hopscotch--LIVE at Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids September 2011. He'll be back to rock Beat Kitchen's Winter Fest THIS SUNDAY with 3 other sweet kindie bands from 11am-3pm.
Stop by upstairs for loads of fun, free activities. ChiIL Mama will be there with an Instrument Petting Zoo, free stickers and a rockin' raffle.
Check out ChiIL Mama's live show footage from Ice Cream Vendors. They played Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids last Sunday 1-20-13 and will be back for a return engagement April 28th. If you dig Devo, horns, and wacky word play, don't miss Ice Cream Vendors
We're stoked to be back again this year as press sponsor for the series. ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama for weekly free Chicago area ticket giveaways to ALL Beat Kitchen kids' shows, and many more. We also have loads of original content including fun LIVE show footage and video band interviews. And we have nationwide giveaways including American Girl Dolls, CDs, DVDs, books, classes, toys and more. Always check our sidebar to the right for direct links to our giveaway entry forms. We never spam or share your info. So enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often!
This weekend 1/27 is Beat Kitchen's big Winter Fest from 11am-3pm including fun family activities and FOUR rockin' kindie bands all for just $8 per person (under 1 year olds free)!! Enter here through Thurs midnight for your shot at 4 free tickets. Then swing by and see us upstairs at the fest. We'll have free stickers, a rockin' raffle, and an instrument petting zoo.
Check out ChiIL Mama's video interview with jug band, The Deep Fried Pickle Project. These guys are a hoot live, and have kids' material and more "spicy" fare for their mature audiences in the evenings. Check out our interview to hear them explain their utterly unique, homemade instruments, history, parenting philosophy, and why one of their piggies thinks he's a duck!
Beat Kitchen's Halloween Concert for Kids is Baaaack Congrats to Jennie R.--ChiIL Mama's family 4 pack ticket winner this week. Enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often. We're back again as one of the media sponsors for Beat Kitchen's excellent weekly kindie music series, and we have great free tickets to ALL the kids' shows. We'll have all our November concerts up for entry this week. a Rafflecopter giveaway
Wanna get in the Halloween spirit?
This week's concert is something special! Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies are back with another Halloween Show. ChiIL Mama caught the whole spooky set from their Beat Kitchen show on video last year, and it was one of our all time favs. They played not only their own well loved originals, but a host of rockin' covers that the big kids (AKA: parents) dug just as much as the littles! Check out their live versions of The Cramps' Goo Goo Muck, White Stripes' Little Ghost, Devil Town, Got a Monster in Me, Spider Man and more below. Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids are every Sunday at noon, cost just $6, and are all ages. Kids under 2 are free. Show are geared toward birth through 10 year olds with accompanying parents. You can check out loads more great, live Mr. Singer clips on ChiIL Mama's YouTube Channel right here. Save the Dates:
Monday marks the final day of The Shams Band's weekly July Schubas residency. ChiIL Live Shows will be back shooting again. Congrats to our 2 winners this week. Sherry C. and Mary Z. Each has a pair of tickets waiting at the door.
The Shams Band will be celebrating their second full length record, Cold Cityby hosting their own July residency at Schubas Tavern.
Music is supposed to be fun, exciting, thought provoking and daring. On every live performance, The Shams Band makes sure that their audience leaves each concert with a personal feeling of satisfaction. Drawing heavily from their Kinks, Rolling Stones, and Wilco influences, singer/songwriters Biggins/Gulyas create distinct, personal songs. Once completed with unique four-part harmonies, the songs come to life, tell stories, and send audiences singing all the way home.
The Shams Band features music trapezing the line between blues, country, and pop music. They have opened for national acts Drive-By Truckers, Dawes, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.
The Shams Band is the epitome of a "do-it-yourself" group. They get every audience excited and dancing from their catchy hooks and rock 'n roll atmosphere. It's whiskey-driven. It's a party. It's rock 'n roll with a banjo.
Cold City was released July 9th (the first show of the residency).
The Shams Band will be celebrating their second full length record, Cold City by hosting their own July residency at Schubas Tavern--playing 4 shows, every Monday this month.
The Shams Band & Derek Nelsonwere awesome in the second night of The Shams Band's month long residency! Schubas is 21+ unless otherwise noted, but these shows make a great parents' night out. In fact, Shams Band singer/lead guitar player, Donnie Biggins, is about to be a first time dad in September!
Here is their set list and ChiIL Live Shows' original stills from Schubas Tavern Monday night: In The Sun Breadwinner Trunk Whiskey We've Never Met Zan Wit That Lean (Soulja Boy) Cold City Love You The Most The Des Plaines River Travel By Sea Pour Me A Drink Handle With Care (The Traveling Wilburys) Virgin Mary You Will Never Know Wake Up I'm Not Sorry
Catch them every Monday in July with different openers. They're rockin' their new album, Cold City, and breakin' out old favorites as well. We've been enjoying The Shams Band for the past 3 years and have shot stills and video of their shows from Chicago Blue Grass & Blues Fest 2012, Lincoln Hall, and even intimate Logan Square Bars like Coles and The Whistler.
Blast from the past: ChiIL Live Shows video-The Whistler The Shams Band cover Maggie's Farm 3-13-11
ChiIL Live Shows will be back to shoot again at Schubas on the 30th and we're discussing vid interview possibilities. We'll also have a full review of Cold City up soon. In the past, we've given away several copies of their prior CD, Champagne, and show tickets, too, so we'll see what we can do for our readers, moving forward.
We're still editing HD video and will have clips up on YouTube soon, if the band's cool with it, so check back like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.
The Shams Band will be celebrating their second full length record, Cold City by hosting their own July residency at Schubas Tavern.
Music is supposed to be fun, exciting, thought provoking and daring. On every live performance, The Shams Band makes sure that their audience leaves each concert with a personal feeling of satisfaction. Drawing heavily from their Kinks, Rolling Stones, and Wilco influences, singer/songwriters Biggins/Gulyas create distinct, personal songs. Once completed with unique four-part harmonies, the songs come to life, tell stories, and send audiences singing all the way home.
The Shams Band features music trapezing the line between blues, country, and pop music. They have opened for national acts Drive-By Truckers, Dawes, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.
The Shams Band is the epitome of a "do-it-yourself" group. They get every audience excited and dancing from their catchy hooks and rock 'n roll atmosphere. It's whiskey-driven. It's a party. It's rock 'n roll with a banjo.
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