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Friday, February 24th there was a concert at The Congress Theater in Chicago featuring Devil, Kill The Noise, and Korn. The crowd was an amalgam of parents, adults, and children, “new” Korn fans and “old” Korn fans. Different people from different walks of life. Something a lot of the people who were at that show have in common is something great: Q101 fans.
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Q101 was at the Congress in force, spreading the word, talking about music and meeting fans new and old. Q101 hasn’t gone anywhere. Some concert goers said “You don’t exist anymore”. We do exist. it’s 2012, and technology changes, and matures. Q101.com, your iPhone, Android, and Blackberry. We aren’t just a “Chicago” radio station anymore. You can listen to us anywhere in the world. That’s what we came to tell our fans, and that’s what we did, with tons of people excited to see us.
And that’s not all folks, we’ve got fans in Korn as well, by the names of Ray and Wes:
Q101 had a great time at the Congress, and so did all the fans. We thank everyone that came out and enjoyed themselves, and we look forward to seeing you at the next one! And to the rest of you:
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Q101.com fans spoke, and we listened. Cort, have a good time at the Primus show at the Congress Theater (wow, tough choice there…Smashing Pumpkins and Primus head-to-head in Chicago on the same night!) If you voted for this character Cort to get into this show, thanks! We appreciate knowing that 72 of you are warm-hearted. We’re stunned…not one single “No” vote was placed when we asked if this hard luck Primus fan should get a helping hand into the show. Nice to see!
Here’s the backstory: Q101.com gets hundreds of emails a day, many from people in need. This one caught our eye, and, truth be told, brought a tear to it (we caught it before it hit the ground, so it doesn’t technically count as actually crying, so don’t get all ballsy and start calling us names. As a general rule, Q101.com does NOT cry, not that there’s anything wrong with dudes who do. Ahem.)
Q101.com VIP member Cort writes:
Last year when Primus came to Chicago at the Congress Theatre [sic] I had purchased two tickets to the show. But unfortunately I was running late to the event and on my way to Chicago I was rear-ended. It took so long to get a policeman to the scene and the damage wasn’t all that bad. The guy ended up getting arrested and a K-9 Unit searched his car in which it found something. By the time I left I felt it was just to [sic] late for the show, I would love to try and go again this year and hope Q101 can assist me. Signed, Cort, a devoted Q101 fan
Last year when Primus came to Chicago at the Congress Theatre [sic] I had purchased two tickets to the show. But unfortunately I was running late to the event and on my way to Chicago I was rear-ended. It took so long to get a policeman to the scene and the damage wasn’t all that bad. The guy ended up getting arrested and a K-9 Unit searched his car in which it found something. By the time I left I felt it was just to [sic] late for the show, I would love to try and go again this year and hope Q101 can assist me.
Signed,
Cort, a devoted Q101 fan
Allegedly Cort's real car, damaged last year on his way to see Primus.
Wow. That sucks. You are on your way to see Les Claypool and company and some stoner hits you and makes you miss the show. That’s horrible. Cort went on to intimate that also within the last year, he won a contest with another website in town which we won’t be jerks and mention, BUT…when he got to the show, he in fact was NOT on the list and he left with an apology and not much else. Man oh man…
Look, we know there are people out there with really bigtime problems, so we’re not going to act like this is THAT big a deal. Still, we exist to give people entertainment, like getting them into Primus shows…and when someone is a Q101.com VIP, we feel the need to really go above and beyond for them. Besides, we do what we can. We can’t solve every problem, so we’ll lend a hand where and when we can.
Wanna hear something on Q101.com? Call 708-680-Q101 and we’ll do our best. Kitten in a tree? We’ll try. Depends on where and how high. Need a job? We’ll see what we can do. Need a night out? We’ll work on it. Liver transplant? Get in line…we’re first, bro.
A call to the promoter of this show, Riot Fest, resulted in…two free tickets to see Primus for Cort. (No sandwich board necessary, for now Cort; though if you feel like donning one, have it bro!)
Thanks to Luba and Mike and the gang at Riot Fest, and, hell, thanks to Les Claypool in advance for dedicating “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver” to Q101.com!
Upon Weezer’s announcement as headliner of Riot Fest, there was much scoffing and dismissive hand gesturing in the world of music nerds. I should know; I was one of the naysayers. Part of that has to do with Riot Fest being an ostensibly “punk” festival, featuring myriad bands who many of us thought lost to time, the rest of us still wearing their t-shirts on a weekly basis. Weezer, especially with regard to the band’s later catalogue, does not fit that mold. To many, promoters might as well have booked Gucci Mane (pending imprisonment) to headline at Congress this past Sunday.
But from everything I’ve seen this weekend at Congress, the merits of each night’s headliner has had nothing to do with staying punk, or embodying any particular genre. If that were the case, no one would have been at Danzig on Friday. The real excitement of Riot Fest lies in the multigenerational, resiliently relevant fanbase that each of these bands seems to have accrued. To use Danzig’s term, it’s about “legacy.” While the Descendents and Danzig crowds may have been more monochromatic, at least in wardrobe, Weezer seemed to play to a chunk of fans from each year of their almost two-decade career. And no one was rolling their eyes.
Despite the sudden passing of former bassist Mikey Welsh on Saturday night, Weezer brought a now-typical surplus of goofy fun to the Congress on Sunday. With powerhouse touring drummer Josh Freese on the kit, the band plowed through a career-spanning set of hits. Pat Wilson joined Rivers and Brian Bell on guitar, occasionally shredding through solos with commendable proficiency—the weirdly impeccable “Paranoid Android” cover best exhibited this.
Welsh’s lone contribution to the Weezer discography, the Green album, got its fair share of representation. “Hash Pipe” set the Congress ablaze, and “Island in the Sun” received a somber treatment, with Rivers kicking off the song solo and his bandmates joining him piece-by-piece.
Every member of Weezer has figured out how to sing exactly like Rivers Cuomo. As the bespectacled, soccer-shirt-and-khakis wearing frontman made his way around the stage, introducing the band, each did a dead-on impression of the rock star. If you looked away, you would’ve thought Rivers to be the only man onstage.
To condemn Rivers of egomania, as he guitarlessly jumped up and down during songs off Raditude, minutes after playing the stellar Pinkerton b-side “I Just Kicked Out the Love of My Dreams,” was certainly the operative gut reaction. But when he returned to the stage after a brief intermission, dressed head-to-toe in the same outfit from the Blue album cover (sans glasses, mind you), we remembered why we loved this band in the first place.
Like a lot of people—and certainly a lot of people sitting with me in the mezzanine for both sets—I’ve followed Weezer’s career “arc” with an ever-evolving grimace on my face. Unfortunately, and a bit ironically, my distaste for the new material has driven me further and further away from the early records I’ve always loved. Blue, in particular, has fallen victim both to time and my increasing hatred of the “Sweater Song.”
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Source: http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/music/14979921/riot-fest-2011-weezer-at-the-congress-theater-live-review-photo-galle
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