Here’s my list of places I’d recommend to go shopping in Chicago, and I’m a 29-year-old electronic musician / DJ / nerd / biz-geek with no kids who visits clubs and bars on a regular basis. I’ve left off a few places that I occasionally stop into but wouldn’t recommend wholeheartedly (Urban Outfitters & Crossroads on Milwaukee, and The Alley at Belmont & Halsted, for instance. While I can sometimes find an interesting pair of shoes at The Alley, for the most part it caters to suburban teens [ala Hot Topic] and Fetish-ists / Goths / Punks and Rockabillies. *yawn*) Here are some photos of me in clothes I’ve bought from the following places: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Wicker Park: Milwaukee Ave.

G-Star Raw (Women / Men)
1525 N. Milwaukee Ave.
“The New Diesel” and my new favorite store (when I can afford it), it has crazy streetwear that will definitely get you noticed. The jeans are pretty expensive but just OK–they don’t have the distinctiveness of their other pieces.
BRANDS: G-Star Raw only

Una Mae’s Freak Boutique (Women / Men)
1422 N. Milwaukee Ave.
“Eccentric” is a good word for this place. There’s quite a bit of vintage and / or “reconstituted” vintage, there are a great deal of local designers represented, but there are also new pieces in the mix. There were a lot knitted goods when I was there, and many of their pieces seem to have ta handmade quality about them.
BRANDS: Gentle Fawn, Syrup, Dollhouse, Epoch, Steady, Dragonfly, Autoura, Dying Orchid, Mary Larkin

Another Level (Women / Men)
1420 N Milwaukee
Back in the early-to-mid 90s this was a place on the South side where you would get tickets for raves, and while you were there, pick up phat pants, t-shirts and vinyl. They’ve since expanded to a number of locations out in the suburbs, but the music culture overlap is still there–albeit at this point it’s of the shiny-shirted mainstream, likely-lame variety. Still, the clothes are pretty trendy and most of them are definitely for wearing out to clubs.
BRANDS: Ben Sherman, Skinny Minnie, Headline, Glamhead, Monarchy, 1921, Affliction, Edward Dada, Pathway, Bleeding Star, Chii, Nexo, Aqua VI, Sinful, Drifter, One Life

I’m never shopping at Another Level again. Check out the review I wrote on Yelp.

Belmont Army (Women / Men)
1318 N Milwaukee Ave.
Downstairs you’ll find real army surplus, but upstairs is where it’s at. Everything is trendy, unique, and pricey, but it has one of the most unique clothing collections in the city
BRANDS: Kitchen Orange, Spiewalk, Ben Sherman, Triple 5 Soul, Onitsuka Tiger, Fornaria, Tsubo, Saucony, Diesel, Converse, Paul Frank, Miss Sixty

Futurgarb (Women / Men)
1359 N. Milwaukee Ave.
This tiny boutique has some funky excellently urban-trendy clothes, and their clearance rack has some real finds. Sunglasses at around 15-20 bucks are of-the moment.
BRANDS: Groggy, Caffeine, 7 Diamonds, e-division, Industry, Groggy, Ezekiel, Split, Stussy, Gentle Fawn, Billabong, Tank Farm, Zinc, Love Nico, Chrome Industries, Dollhouse, Drifter, Buffalo, RZST

Wicker Park: North Ave

City Soles (Women / Men)
1566 N Damen Ave
City Soles sells trendier, more casual and affordable styles while it’s roommate, Niche sells seriously upscale yet funky footware
BRANDS: Fornarina, Puma, Tsubo, Cydwoq, Yin, Jeffery Campbell, Ted Baker, Kenneth Cole

Untitled (Women / Men)
1941 W North Ave
Another former rave-era outfitter, this one has gone the way of trendy and pricey, but there are still cool pieces about. These days it reminds me of walking around in East Village in New York. The men’s section is definitely bigger, but there are more women’s shoes. Saturdays they bring in a DJ to spin while you shop..
BRANDS: Triple 5 Soul, Diesel, Fornarina, Gravis, Nooka, 555 DSL, Fresh Jive, J. Lindeberg, Adidas, Paul Frank, Penguin, Puma, Ben Sherman, Modern Amusement, Fred Perry, True Religion, Gsus

TK Men (Men)
1909 W. North Ave
They have free beer on tap in the back of this super trendy men’s boutique. It’s all incredibly pricey, but outstandingly original. You’ll see lots of trendy suits and blazers in the front and as you move back you’ll see more of the casual collection.
BRANDS: 9 Lives, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bacco Bucci, Cadillac Hammer, Buddhist Punk, Cashlords, Edward Dada, J. Lindeberg, King Baby, Loser, Love Nico, Mezlan, Super Real, Uppercut

Akira Shoes (Women)
1849 W North Avenue
Fabulously trendy yet affordable, when you find a shoe you love in your size, buy it right away or you’ll be out of luck when the next person in your size snags the same pair. Akira also has its own line, which is quite cheap although not very sturdy.
BRANDS: BCBG, Diesel, Oh-Deer, Jessica Simpson, Chinese Laundry, Nicole, Puma

Akira Men (Men)
1922 W North Ave.
Many excellent t-shirts can be found here, the men’s version of Akira for Women.
BRANDS: Heavy Rotation, Puma, English Laundry, Le Tigre, Hummel, Ben Sherman,
Black Hearts Brigade, Blend, Blue Law, Brooklyn Industries, Brown Sound, Buffalo, Caffeine,
Capital Mercury Apparel, Dekker, Division E, Dragonfly, Drifter, Hard 8, Hendrix, Joseph Alexander, Junkfood, Live Mechanics, Modextil, Hendrix, Monarchy, New Leaf, Parasuco, Pathway, Paul Frank, Polo, Print House Inc., Roar, RVCA, Spray Graphics

Akira (Women)
1837 W North Ave
Incredibly trendy with pieces at all price levels, although the super cheap ones will probably only last as long as they are in style. They also have a loyalty card program to encourage you to feed your addiction.
BRANDS: Kitchen Orange, Gentle Fawn, Paul Frank, Akira, 213 Industry, 949, B-B-Dakota, BCBG Girls, Ben Sherman, Burn N Violet, Dolce Vita, Free People, Gentle Fawn, Hazel, Jedidah Clothing, Junkfood, Kenzie, Le Tigre, Made U Look, Monarchy, Spray Graphics,

Bucktown: Damen Ave

p.45 (Women)
1643 North Damen Avenue
Stocking up and coming local designers, this small boutique has clothes you likely won’t find any where else in the city.
BRANDS: Development, Phillip Lim, Beaumenay Joannet, Bing Bang, Chip&Pepper

HIM / HER (Women / Men) [CLOSING as of 5/29/2007]
1653 N Damen Ave
A teeny litle boutique that’s stylish and has free beer and Playboys for perusal.
BRANDS: J. Lindeberg, Diesel, Raw-7, Rock & Republic, Ed Hardy, 7 Diamonds, Serfontaine, English Laundry

Ukrainian Village / West Division St

Casa de Soul (Women | Men)
This teeny shop has modern soul as its inspiration, along with funky accessories, purses, jewelry, and clothing. There’s often a mildly rasta theme that’s often seen on accessories or in colors choices.
BRANDS: DDP, Shmack, Rockers Worldwide, Caffeine, Petro Jeans, LTB jeans, Klozhorse, Hussy Jr, Vintage red, Blu Law, Rzst, Dubwise, Ubiquity, Soul Rebel, Sudaca, English Laundry, The People Have Spoken, Drifter, Sworn Virgins, Soca, Sweet and Toxic, Anna Fong, Ori by Cyndi Chan, Heroine chic, Hussy Jr, BB Dakota, Double Zero, Miss Me, Catch A Fire (By Cedalla Marley), Petro Jeans, LTb Jeans (By Little Big), Bartak Denim, Split

Steelo (Women) [CLOSED]
1850 West Division Street
BRANDS: Pink Studio, Pajar, Baci, Detny, Poetic License, Mizmooz, On Your Feet

Penelope’s
BRANDS: APC, April/May, Anzevino & Florence, Built by Wendy, Charlotte Ronson, Spiewalk, We Clothing, Wrangler 47, Xgla

Espace
1205 N Milwaukee Ave
I have yet to browse the racks here but it looks cool.

Thr3ee
1632 W Division St
Pick a t-shirt or a hoodie, then flip through one of the design books to apply your decoration of choice.

Koi8 [CLOSED] 1927 W. Chicago Ave
Lots of graphic-designer tshirts–very funky and trendy and not too spendy.

Lakeview: Belmont and Halsted

Ragstock (Women / Men)
812 W Belmont Ave
This small midwestern chain has piles and piles of affordable clothes, hand-picked vintage & thrift, and all kinds of costumes and accessories. There is a smaller store over on Milwaukee i Wicker Park but this one is far superior.
BRANDS: various

Pink Frog (Women)
905 W Belmont Ave
This is a great little spot for cheap sexy heels & boots as well as funky casual shoes. Right now since flats are in they have two racks devoted to all sorts of variations on the theme, from skull-n-bones printed modified Chuck Taylor-esque snearker/flats to more traditional choices you could wear to work.
BRANDS: Rocket Dog, Soda, Chinese Laundry

DSW (Women / Men)
3131 N Clark Street
If you didn’t find anything at Pink Frog, head around the corner to this chain featuring last season’s shoes (thousands of them!) at a steep discount.

If Ramp Chicago needed a poster boy it would be Scott Hansen—equal parts audio and visual, he executes both with finesse. As Tycho he’s a master of swirling, sun-drenched melodies and as the much-lauded graphic designer, ISO50, he’s equally stunning and mines a similar aesthetic. Having just shared a bill with Matmos, Tycho is at work on new material for Ghostly International, having recently released Past is Prologue on Merck records. Hansen will be performing and displaying artwork from his ISO50 guise, as well as his live set as Tycho.

You’ll regret it if you miss Chicago DJ, Mr. Automatic, a long-time veteran of collectives like Metropop Media, Retropop!, Boutique Sound and Iconoclast. He’ll be spinning an eclectic mix of downtempo, 60’s pop and disco. Also look out for our new resident DJ Liz Revision (a.k.a. Quantazelle), who recently appeared with a live set in January, as well as live video artist Spiderback, returning to Ramp Chicago with his distinct blend of synthesized visuals.

* Tuesday, March 13, 2007 @ Sonotheque [MAP]
* 1444 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago IL
* 9pm – 2am, 21+, $5

* BassUpTrebleDown presents Ramp Chicago featuring:
* Tycho (Live)
* Mr. Automatic
* Liz Revision [aka Quantazelle] (Resident)
* Emulsion (Resident)
* Live Visuals: Spiderback

Yesterday I celebrated my birthday by dancing at the Matthew Dear show (so much fun!) and got to hang out with friends and see quite a few people who have been MIA for too long. Here’s a photo of some of my loot (click on it for the full size awesomeness). It includes some lovely toys from Rotofugi (Splitter Critters by Kid Robot), a Domo Kun bank (and I found this awesome cut-out toy where you can make your own), a flier for a panel discussion at the Art Institute on Detroit techno, another flier for a Detalles CD release party, some excellent cards, a check from Mom, a matchbox car, a novel by Ayn Rand (Anthem), and a packet of cauliflower. Not too shabby a haul (thanks guys!).

Not only is Feb. 15 my birthday, is is the night that Matthew Dear will perform at Sonotheque in Chicago. Love his work–I’ll be there! -LizWake Up! and Sonotheque present:
MATTHEW DEAR � (Spectral Sound, M_nus, Perlon � Detroit/Berlin)
Kate Simko (Traum, Kupei Musika)
Sassmouth (Volatl, NBFC)
Real-time Visuals: Jeffrey Weeter

�Matthew Dear not only knows what people want to hear on the floor, but also how they want to feel. I can’t say that I have heard anything he has released that is not magnificent, be it minimal, glitchy, funky, or just dark and nasty.� � Discogs.com

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Holding down the top hit in Germany, �Mouth to Mouth,� this summer, Matthew Dear (aka Audion) continues to stake his claim as the top U.S. minimal techno producer. His slowly shifting rhythms and keen sense of texture create a hypnotic formula on the dance floor and home stereo alike.

This night is part of a new U.S. Ghostly International Residency, which Wake Up! and Sonotheque will continue to host in Chicago in upcoming months.

Residents Kate Simko and DJ Sassmouth – two of the hardest working figures in the Chicago electronic music scene � round off the night with DJ sets to get the floor moving.

Video artist Jeffrey Weeter creates real-time visuals.

9pm – 2am | 21+ | $10 cover
1444 w chicago, Chicago IL

MATTHEW DEAR:
You could throw around generous descriptors and any number of genre-locking terms � minimal house, acid techno, electronic pop � but you�d still fail to get to the center of Matthew Dear. With releases under no fewer than three aliases, including False (M_NUS), Jabberjaw (Perlon), and Audion (Spectral Sound), the Texas native has earned his international status over the course of a decade, from getting his bearings on the DJ decks as a teenager to flooring sold-out crowds at venues like Fabric and releasing universally-praised original recordings.

Matthew Dear’s most recent excursions have found him at the doorsteps of the minimal-butfunky regime of techno
music. Inspired by pioneers like, Mike Inc., Thomas Brinkmann, and Ricardo Villalobos, Dear has ingested, manipulated and re-introduced his version of this always changing and innovative realm of sound creation. Recent acceptance into the legendary Plus 8 roster and ever-popular Berlin based, Perlon label has solidified Dear as a viable source for pushing the boundaries of modern dance music while at the same time remaining focused on
the simple goal of making people dance.

After meeting Ghostly founder Sam Valenti at a house party in the late 90s, Dear eventually produced the A-Side for the label�s first 12� release Hands Up for Detroit. Since becoming the flagship artist for the dancefloor-oriented Spectral Sound offshoot, Dear has created the albums Leave Luck to Heaven and Backstroke under his birth name, as well as a series of singles and the Suckfish LP as Audion, all the while building a reputation for some of the most
evolved live electronic sets ever crafted. Between his stunning live performances and evolved DJ sets, Matthew has perked the ears of the industry�s best.

Discography: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Matthew+Dear
Site: matthewdear.com

KATE SIMKO:
Kate Simko is a Chicago-based music-maker. A classically trained pianist at the University level, Kate switched gears in her 20�s to make the music she loves most: house and techno. Reflecting her diverse musical background, Kate’s productions possess a unique harmonic, structural and spatial depth.

Kate�s first release was a relaxed listening record produced in Chile with Andres Bucci. This album Detalles �Shapes of Summer,� was released on Traum in 2003, which led to various performances in South America, including the 2004 Mutek Chile festival. Kate�s subsequent projects include a remix for Philip Glass, solo material on Kupei Musika and a new Detalles 12� and full-length on Kupei as well. Kate is excited about her musical future, which will include solo projects on Chocolate Industries, Kupei and others as well as more work
scoring music for commercials and films.

Kate has received props in The Wire, Art Papers, Grooves Magazine, URB, de:Bug, the L.A. Times and XLR8R and has performed beside artists such as Monolake, Richie Hawtin, Four Tet, Michael Mayer, Reinhardt Voight, Ellen Allien, RRR, Steve Barnes, Magda, John Tejada, Broker/Dealer, Swayzak and Ulrich Schnauss.

Site: www.katesimko.com

SASSMOUTH:
Sassmouth, a classically trained party girl, sought refuge through electronic dance music in an effort to escape the bullshit of capitalism. Always on the lookout for the next serious party, Sassmouth’s training brought her to all corners of the globe including regular holidays in the world’s techno capital, Detroit; annual pilgrimages to the Winter Music Conference, and regular visits to Ibiza’s closing parties and the Mutek festival.

After perfecting the art of dancing ’till sunset, Sassmouth was inspired to DJ in 2002. Her youth, filled with classical training on the viola and live performances as a member of string quartets and punk bands in her home region of the Eastern Washington wasteland, Spokane, prepared her musically for her new role as DJ. She began fueling bars, lounges, house parties, and morning gatherings in Chicago with her mix of techno, house and electro.

Sam’s love for the more minimal side of techno influenced her decision to study in Santiago, Chile in 2004, where she further developed her minimal melodic sound amongst the Chilean techno community. She eventually snagged a set at one of the top techno nights in the city at the infamous Dominica 54′– once again rocking that friendly late
morning crowd.

Upon returning to Chicago in 2005, Sassmouth, along with her close friend Antiphase and others, began organizing the biweekly techno night, Ettiket, and she continued her late night hijacks behind the decks at other Naughty Bad Fun Collective events such as those at the west-side underground spot Deadtech.

In late ‘05 under the direction of Chicago techno visionary; Frankie Vega’s brainchild of ‘Sassmouth Meets Punisher’ was born at the special In Your System’ anniversary party. Sam’s collaborations with Detroit�s Punisher, has brought an added depth to her sound. Their DJ act traverses the spectrum of techno and electro music, from glitchy minimal to a driving harder techno. The duo, ‘Punisher vs. Sassmouth’ performed in many U.S. cities often with Vega throughout ‘06 including the ‘Live Wrong’ parties in Chicago, Miami, and Detroit, Venus Envy in Indianapolis, and at the now infamous ‘Seismic Presents’ parties where the shows’ phenomenal sound systems truly emphasized Sassmouth’s love of all wicked bass lines.

When not headlining events with Punisher, or by herself at Cincinnati’s techno night, “Bang” and elsewhere, Sassmouth was honored to warm the decks or share the bill throughout ‘06 for many of her favorite techno DJ’s including, Speedy J, Adam Beyer, Mistress Barbara, Christian Smith, Marco Carola, Neil Landstrumm, Magda, Mathew Dear, Richie Hawtin, Suburban Knight and Buzz Gorree, Tony Rohr, Dietrich Schoeneman, James
Holden, Bryan Zentz, Legowelt, Ryan Elliott, Popkan, Steve Barnes, Justin Long, DJ Shiva, Colin Zyzkowski, Andy Toth, Rex Sepulveda, Butane, and Barem to name a few.

The NBFC’s ‘Etikett’ party is thrown every first and third Wednesday at Betty’s Blue Star Lounge, and beginning in ‘07 Kate Simko and Sassmouth’s party, ‘Wake Up!’, will move to a Thursday monthly event at Sonotheque! Take a disco nap, come early, and stay late.

Site: www.djsassmouth.com

JEFFREY WEETER:

Jeffrey Weeter is a composer and video artist who has worked extensively with choreographers, filmmakers, poets, playwrights and video and performance artists. Recent endeavors include the live video/music collaborations Fire and Ice, PowerPoint, Lavamatic and work with Virgil Moorefield and Mark Cartwright.

Site: www.lavamatic.com

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This is another in the string of Ramp Chicago’s 2nd Tuesdays at Sonotheque, which I’m co-promoting with Nathan Koch of Emulsion.

Featuring
Flutter [Live! & CD Release Party]
TMI
m50
Emulsion [Resident]
plus live visuals from VJ Mason Dixon

Tuesday February 13th at Sonotheque,
1444 W. Chicago, Chicago, IL
$5

[Flutter]’s live shows are a mix of dark pop, indie-rock and
underground dance peppered with irreverent vocal musings. Imagine
Junior Boys taking a few tips from Yaz in the dance-rock department–
then watch Flutter make it come to fruition on stage. Expect a
barrage of engaging visuals and a pop-tart sweetness that will make
the boys (and girls) purr. – New City (Tip of the Week)

Also, New City profiled Ramp Chicago a few weeks ago. The idea was
four new electronic nights that are “under the radar”.

Read more… or Read more right here… »

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Not only is Feb. 15 my birthday, is is the night that Matthew Dear will perform at Sonotheque in Chicago. Love his work–I’ll be there! -Liz

Wake Up! and Sonotheque present:
MATTHEW DEAR – (Spectral Sound, M_nus, Perlon – Detroit/Berlin)
Kate Simko (Traum, Kupei Musika)
Sassmouth (Volatl, NBFC)
Real-time Visuals: Jeffrey Weeter

“Matthew Dear not only knows what people want to hear on the floor, but also how they want to feel. I can’t say that I have heard anything he has released that is not magnificent, be it minimal, glitchy, funky, or just dark and nasty.” – Discogs.com

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This list was inspired by this post, which while being a noble attempt, ended up being incomplete and just… wrong (ie: Repo Man? What??)

After consulting with my geeky friends and having a bit of cred myself*, here’s my version of the Ultimate Geek Movies you need to watch, along with methodology and explanation along the way. While not being expressly numbered, they are arranged in approximate order of essentialness. I’ve also tagged them to represent their themes:

AG: About geeks
FG: For geeks (features topics of interest to geeks)
GP: Geek philosophy

“Geek” is a term that’s debated and open to interpretation (see the Wikipedia article). While “geek” has come to mean anyone with a particular passion for something, including a great deal of specific knowledge, for these purposes we’re considering “geeks” to refer to people who are passionate about technology, especially as it relates to computing. While “nerd” is often used interchangably, it usually more specifically refers to the practical application of such specific technical knowledge (refer to Revenge of the Nerds), while “geek” could refer to those with a theoretical or philosophical approach (see The Matrix, where the protagonist (although a programmer in his simulated life) does not rely on any technical skill to makes him “The One”).

Blade Runner (Original / Director’s Cut) FG GP
Preceding the recent version of Battlestar Galactica‘s Cylons, the world of Blade Runner had Replicants–cyborgs resembling humans and referred to derogatively as “skin jobs” (and BSG gave the movie a tip of the hat when Anders also refers to the humanoid Cylons as “skin jobs”). There’s a bit of internal debate about which version–the director’s cut or original–is the superior. Proponents of the director’s cut see the dream sequence at the end of the director’s cut as more relevant, and argue that voice-overs in the original version are “tacked on” to dumb it down for a mainstream audience, and are an afterthought and stylistically at odds with the film. These voice-overs in the original are done in a film noir style, but modern audiences have tended to see such a dramatic technique as either cheesy or dated. I’d vote for the original version, as I see the noir-esque stylings more than just authentic–they add in an interesting way to the thematic arch suggested by the end of the movie.

The Matrix GP FG AG
In this sci-fi film, the future is a world where humans have been subjugated by artificial intelligences to serve as “batteries” for the simulated reality called the Matrix, in which the humans think is objective reality. Neo, the protagonists, questions the nature of the Matrix and eventually wakes up in a pod and his cybernetic connections are severed, releasing him into actual reality.

Pi AG GP

2001: A Space Oddysey GP
A genuinely epic Sci-Fi film by Stanley Kubric based on Arthur C. Clark’s novel, and including classical scoring, the film speaks to the whole history of humanity’s relationship with technology, culminating at its eventual production of an Artificial Intelligence that becomes self-aware.

Primer AG FG GP
The high ranking of the stellar-yet-low-budget Primer comes not just from its documentary / home movie look and authentic portrayal of technological startups (the main “experiment” is literally started in a garage in California), its exploration of theoretical physics and the corresponding ethical dilemmas–you actually have to be fairly intelligent to even begin to follow this convoluted plot based around targeted time-travel to positively affect future events.

War Games

12 Monkeys

Gattaca

Soylent Green

Tron

Star Wars

Lost Children

Honorable mention:
Logan’s Run

Sneakers
While some may argue that it’s not of high enough caliber to make the list, it still is a much less lame version of Hackers, (albeit where the actual technology used is sometimes laughable in its antiquity–phone cradle modems, for instance), this movie features a rogue band of con artists, hackers, and social engineers who team up for the ultimate heist.

Revenge of the Nerds
Again, while this one is primarily a juvenile comedy directed towards teenage males, the theme of oppressed, socially-challenged yet highly intelligent young adults who are able to prevail through their intelligence and technical skills is worth noting. And there’s a great musical sketch that’s so 80s.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Again, another goofy comedy, but this one has the hilarious concept of a genius brain surgeon-rock star-physicist who saves the world from an alien invasion. Isn’t that what we all secretly wish we could be?

Real Genius

Weird Science

Brazil

Brave New World
While this Aldous Huxley novel-based vision of the future is intriguing, it seems a bit dated at this point, as this potential future hasn’t come to pass, putting it solidly under the “Honorable Mention” category.

Total Recall

The Fifth Element

THX 1138

Dishonorable Mention:
Hackers
The Manhattan Project
Johnny Mnemonic

Methodology

* Being a onetime computer science major, running a geek fashion store, and being versed in contemporary computing technologies give me a bit of cred for this, but I also relied on the opinions and suggestions of these fellow geeks: Scott Arciniegas (college-level comic book class instructor and geek culture expert), Chris Maly (comics & sci-fi bastion of knowledge), Skip Sneeringer (WoW / sci-fi enthusiast), Dan Brown (Fark.com mini-celebrity / sci-fi & internet media connoisseur), and Daniel Lackey.

This is another in the string of Ramp Chicago‘s 2nd Tuesdays at Sonotheque, which I’m co-promoting with Nathan Koch of Emulsion.

Featuring
Flutter [Live! & CD Release Party]
TMI
m50
Emulsion [Resident]
plus live visuals from VJ Mason Dixon

Tuesday February 13th at Sonotheque,
1444 W. Chicago, Chicago, IL
$5

[Flutter]‘s live shows are a mix of dark pop, indie-rock and
underground dance peppered with irreverent vocal musings. Imagine
Junior Boys taking a few tips from Yaz in the dance-rock department–
then watch Flutter make it come to fruition on stage. Expect a
barrage of engaging visuals and a pop-tart sweetness that will make
the boys (and girls) purr. – New City (Tip of the Week)

Also, New City profiled Ramp Chicago a few weeks ago. The idea was
four new electronic nights that are “under the radar”.
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