2008


Sunday 7-6 Maximum R&B - Sol Reys DJ Pete
  • $2 Chang Beer, $2 Ancient Age Bourbon
  • 6pm free Mothra movie - Mothra (1961) More »
  • After an atomic blast on Infant Island, an expedition discovers two tiny twin girls and the giant egg they guard. Soon the mysterious egg reveals a giant caterpillar and eventually Mothra, the gigantic moth that wreaks havoc on downtown Tokyo - a true sci-fi classic. Dir. Ishiro Honda. Starring : Mothra.

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    Saturday 7-5 The Juke Box That Rocks
  • $3 Rio Grande Organic Lager, $3 Jack Daniels
  • 6pm free film - The Velvet Underground: Velvet Redux MCMXCIII (1993) (95Ms) Starring: John Cale, Moe Tucker, Sterling Morris, Lou Reed More »
  • Filmed live at the L’Olympia Theater in Paris, France over three nights in June (the 15th, 16th & 17th). The reunion show that was to spark a tour that quickly fell apart into egos, recrimination, and decades old feuds- I mean “artistic differences”. Check out Lou and the gang in top form rip through old classics like ‘Venus in Furs’, ‘Hey Mr. Rain’, Femme Fatale’, and ‘Heroin’, dreaming all the while of what could have been…

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    Friday 7-4 The Ultimate Rock & Roll Jukebox
  • $3 Goose Island 312, $3 Maker’s Mark
  • Thursday 7-3 Mod Chicago DJs Eric & Ben spin Mod, Soul, Garage & Psyche
  • $3 Red Tail Ale, $3 Templeton Rye
  • Wednesday 7-2 Hard Country Wednesday - Bloodshot Records DJ Nan
  • $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon, $2 Ten High Bourbon
  • Tuesday 7-1 American Metal Shop with Roadrunner Records’ DJ Scot Stiglich
  • Featuring Cheap Trick + Scars On Broadway CD Release Party
  • $2 Point Pale Ale Pints, $2 Canadian Club
  • 7pm free music movie - Cheap Trick Live at The Metro (1998) More »
  • I want you to want me… Great show recorded live right here at Metro in Chicago. (1998). 65 mins.

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    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