2008


Monday 6-30 Punk Rock Monday - Punk Rock DJ Vinyl Richie
  • $1 American Beer & $2 Jim Beam Free pool
  • Sunday 6-29 Back Seat Bordello DJ Aaron spins Rock & Roll Americana
  • $2 Chang Beer, $2 Ancient Age Bourbon
  • 6pm Film - Blazing Magnum (1976) - Directed by Alberto de Martino. More »
  • In this violent grindhouse action thriller, a misanthropic Ottawa police captain searches for the person who poisoned his sister – little did he know that she wasn’t so “innocent” as she was involved in a jewel heist – but he will find the killers no matter how the rules have to change. Starring: Martin Landau & Tisa Farrow.

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    Saturday 6-28 The Juke Box That Rocks
  • $3 Rio Grande Organic Lager, $3 Jack Daniels
  • 6pm Film - Killer Crocodile 2 (1990) - Directed by Giannetto de Rossi.
    Starring: Anthony Crenna, Debra Karr, Ennio Girolami, Tony de Nioa. More »

  • Those evil industrialist are at it again! The same folks who dumped toxic waste into the river of a beautiful Caribbean island now want to built a giant resort on the same toxic spot. Soon the giant spawn of the previous mutant crocodile shows up chomping on anyone who happens by. It is up to Kevin and Joe, with the aid of plucky news reporter Liza (Karr) to take out the deadly beast and stop the evil-doers for good! (82 mins)

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    Friday 6-27 The Ultimate Rock & Roll Jukebox
  • $3 Goose Island 312, $3 Maker’s Mark
  • Thursday 6-26 Jump Up Records - Reggae & Ska DJ Chuck Wren
  • $3 Red Tail Ale, $3 Templeton Rye
  • Wednesday 6-25 Psychobilly Wednesday - DJ Machetti
  • $2 PBR, $2 Old Crow Bourbon
  • Upstairs DJ Jimmy Hollywood
  • Tuesday 6-24 Rockin The Party DJ Michelle spins Rock & Pop
  • $2 Point Pale Ale Pints, $2 Canadian Club
  • 7pm free movie - Bloodied But Unbowed : Bloodshot Records’ Life In The Trenches (2006) More »
  • 31 videos and live performances from the vast Bloodshot Records line-up, including Jon Langford and The Waco Brothers, Bobby Bare Jr., Wayne Hancock, Split Lip Rayfield +++. (120 mins)

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    Monday 6-23 Punk Rock Monday - Punk Rock DJ Rob
  • $1 American Beer & $2 Jim Beam Free pool
  • Sunday 6-22 Bottom Lounge DJ Dan spins Brian Wilson’s B-day
  • $2 Chang Beer, $2 Ancient Age Bourborn
  • 6pm Film - Atlantis Interceptors (1983) - Directed by Ruggero Deodato. More »
  • This crazy Italian grindhouse masterpiece will have you pinned to your seat and laughing on the floor in equal intervals. It’s 1994 and the lost city of Atlantis resurfaces off the coast of Miami – Is it the end of the world? Mind blowing action sequences and great gore effects. Starring: Christopher Connelly & Tony King.

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    Saturday 6-21 The Juke Box That Rocks
  • $3 Rio Grande Organic Lager, $3 Jack Daniels
  • 6pm Film - Venom (1982) - Directed by Piers Haggard.
    Starring: Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Sterling Hayden, Sarah Miles. More »

  • A scaly terror is loose in an upscale London town home! A young boy, and reptile enthusiast, is inadvertently supplied with a deadly black mamba snake instead of the harmless garter snake he ordered from the local pet store. The snake gets loose and begins attacking the home’s residents. To add to the terror, a group of kidnappers steal into the home to swipe the kid for a big reward from the child’s wealthy grandfather. The police arrive in time to stop the kidnaping, but a stand off ensues with the cops outside, and the kidnappers and family inside the home – with the killer snake! (92 mins)

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    Friday 6-20 Morrissey & The Smiths DJ Tony Celebrates 10 years of Spinning
  • $3 Goose Island 312, $3 Maker’s Mark
  • Thursday 6-19 International Rock & Roll - DJs Sara & Brian Costello
  • $3 Red Tail, $3 Templeton Rye
  • Wednesday 6-18 Greazy & Sleazy C&W DJ Jason Larsen
  • $2 PBR, $2 Old Crow Bourbon
  • Tuesday 6-17 Rockin Delilah’s DJ Cookie
  • $2 Point Pale Ale, $2 Canadian Club
  • 7pm free movie - Charles Mingus In Greenwich Village (2004) More »
  • This curious documentary shot mostly in 1966, has this brillant musician waiting in his apartment for the police to come with an eviction order and is interspersed with cut-aways to live perfomances and rehersal takes. (58 mins)

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    Monday 6-16 Punk Rock Monday - Punk Rock DJ Moroder
  • $1 American Beer & $2 Jim Beam Free pool
  • Sunday 6-15 Daddy-O Day DJ Chris features Norton Records for Father’s Day
  • $2 Chang, $2 Ancient Age Bourbon
  • 6pm Film - Sinai Commandos (1968) - Directed by Raphael Nussbaum. More »
  • Captain Uri Liman must lead a small group of soldiers in a vital mission to destroy a radra station during the Six-Day War, without being captured behind enemy lines – actual war footage is cut in to the film footage giving this odd grindhouse classic a true documentary feel. Starring: Robert Fuller & Esther Ullman.

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    Saturday 6-14 Vintage Motorcycle & Scooter Gathering
  • featuring Mod Chicago DJ Eric Collins & Rocker DJ Scott Cizek
  • Motorcycle Film Festival All Day - Dragstrip Riot, Motorcycle Gang, The Wild One, Billy Jack, Evel Knievel & Quadrophenia.
  • Noon - 4pm / 6pm - 2am at Bottom Lounge

    Chicago’s chapter of The Ton-Up Club (a national organization of vintage bike enthusiasts) is hosting its forth annual “Mods vs. Rockers Vintage Motorcycle & Scooter Show.” Over 300 bikes will line Lincoln Avenue, creating the largest exhibition of its kind in the Midwest.
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    Friday 6-13 The Ultimate Rock & Roll Jukebox
  • $3 Goose Island 312, $3 Maker’s Mark
  • Thursday 6-12 Rock & Roll High School - DJ Mike Hodgkiss
  • $3 Red Tail Ale Pints, $3 Templeton Rye
  • Join us as we open our 7,000th bottle of Maker’s Mark!!
  • Wednesday 6-11 Psycho Country - DJs Joe Vor-Tech & Mr. Automatic
  • $2 PBR, $2 Old Crow Bourbon
  • Tuesday 6-10 Punk En Español - DJ Kres spins Spanish vs. English Punk
  • $2 Point Pale Ale, $2 Canadian Club
  • 7pm free movie - Frozen Ghosts (1990) More »
  • The world of Garage Rock captured in these early videos by bands like The Cynics, The Fleshtones, The Brood and The Jacklords. (72 mins)

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    Monday 6-9 Punk Rock Monday - Punk Rock DJ Tim
  • $1 American Beer & $2 Jim Beam Free pool
  • Sunday 6-8 Lust For Life “This Song’s About Partying”
  • DJ Mike Miller spins Vincent Van Gogh’s B-day
  • $2 Chang Beer, $2 Ancient Age Bourborn
  • 6pm Film - Deadly Jaws (1974) - Directed by Horst Janson. Starring: Sandra Prisloo. More »
  • An underwater treasure hunt, by would be salvagers for gold coins, is threatened by the presence of Killer Sharks – great underwater action.

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    Saturday 6-7 The Juke Box That Rocks
  • Mod Chicago Record Swap with International Mod DJs (Noon-5pm)
  • New Holland Beer Tasting (Noon-5pm)
  • $3 Rio Grande Organic Lager, $3 Jack Daniels
  • Free 7pm movie - Killer Crocodile (1989) - Directed by Fabrizio de Angelis
    Starring: Anthony Crenna, Ann Douglas, Sherrie Rose, Van Johnson. More »

  • Evil industrialists dump toxic waste into the river creating a giant, killer, crocodile. To slake its growing hunger, it begins feeding on the residents of a small seaside community. A group of ecologists, lead by Kevin (Crenna), while out gathering water samples, come in contact with the killer croc. Soon they are engaged in a life and death struggle. (90 mins)

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    Friday 6-6 The Ultimate Rock & Roll Jukebox
  • $3 Goose Island 312, $3 Maker’s Mark
  • Thursday 6-5 Mod Weekender Kickoff Party
  • • SOLID! DJs Soul Marcosa & Soulful Love - Durham, NC
  • • Soul Shakers Soul Society DJ Ms. Soul - San Fran
  • • Wylde Card DJ Ty Jesso - Providence
  • • North by Midwest DJ Dave Monroe - Milwaukee
  • $3 Red Tail Ale Pints, $3 Templeton Rye
  • Wednesday 6-4 Hard Country Wednesday - Bloodshot Records DJ Nan
  • $2 PBR, $2 Old Crow Bourbon
  • Tuesday 6-3 Shout at the Devil Metal Shop DJ Scot
  • $2 Point Pale Ale Pints, $2 Canadian Club
  • 7pm free movie - Jesus Lizard - Live (2007) More »
  • Infamous Chicago rock band captured live at the Venus de Milo in Boston in 1994 and at CBGB in 1992. This is the DVD release party. (65 mins)

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    Monday 6-2 Punk Rock Monday - Punk Rock DJ Gilly
  • $1 American Beer & $2 Jim Beam Free pool
  • Sunday 6-1 Maximum R&B DJ Pete Naton
  • $2 Chang, $2 Ancient Age Bourbon
  • 6pm film - Highway Racer (1977) - Directed Stelvio Massi. Starring: Angelo Infanti. More »
  • A man who wants to become the ultimate driver of his police force fails miserably, until he’s given driving lessons by his chief. He then goes out to stop the chief’s main rival bank robber - with one of the greatest chase scenes ever shot.

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    Saturday 5-31 The Juke Box That Rocks
  • $2 Warsteiner, $2 Jim Beam Rye Whiskey
  • 6pm Film - A Demon In My View (1992) More »
  • (110Ms) Directed by Petra Haffter.
    Starring: Anthony Perkins, Sophie Ward, Stratford Johns, Uwe Bohm.
    Anthony Perkins plays a former serial killer whose homicidal tendencies are reignited when a fellow tenant in his apartment building ruins one of his collectable mannequin dolls shattering his tenuous hold on reality. A great final performance by Perkins, based on a novel by Ruth Rendell.

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