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Q101′s first Local 101 show of the year was a great notch on our belts (and yours!)-a sold-out show! Thanks to all who turned out! For those who were turned away at the door (and there were quite a few unfortunately), we look forward to seeing you at the show there with Local H March 9! Don’t wait to get tickets at the door-Click HERE!
The Montrose Room is one of the best-kept secrets in town, though it won’t be for long: It’s wonderfully intimate and has a very exclusive feel. It’s a classy place enscounced in the Hotel Intercontinental in Rosemont. How ritzy is this place? Well, let’s put it this way: it was a strange scene to witness the intermingling of the Q101 crowd and the stone-faced security minions of the Minister Louis Farrakhan who was staying the night there before his group’s annual convention at the United Center Sunday. So striking was the contrast between the two factions dominating the premises Saturday night-Q101 and Farrakhan rockin’ the same scene? Really?- that the steely demeanor and red bow ties favored by the Nation of Islam devotees may be the new required wear for the Q101 staff at future shows!
The openers of the show, Chicago’s Hear You Me did a great job onstage with their own songs, and others like The Who’s “Baba O’Riley”. Thanks to the guys in Hear You Me (Tim, Mike, Stefan, Dave) for performing, and showing what they’ve got!
Next up was the evening’s main event, Lucky Boys Confusion!
These west suburban boys have been around for 15 years, and have left their mark on the landscape with a well-versed discography, and not to mention the “Songs From A Scene” concert series. They brought the crowd into a fervor with some of their hits like “Atari”, “Hey Driver”, and “Fred Astaire”. It was a great performance, with a set that lasted approximately 80 minutes, going through 15 songs from their library. Their show even featured a small, but surprisingly fierce pit.
We’re great fans of Lucky Boys Confusion, and we have a very long history with them. It’s always good to see them, hear them, and the way they can get a crowd worked up! Thanks to The Montrose Room, Hear You Me, and Lucky Boys Confusion for helping us bring YOU, the fans, Local 101 as it should be. Fun, exciting, and packed full of people having a great time!
At least one of these guys will be selling their free shirt on Ebay. Can you guess? (Bonus points if you guessed “the guy not wearing socks!” Nice work!)
It’s a red, and blue, and black, and yellow, and green letter day for DC Comics, with the announcement from Diamond Comic Distributors that the “New 52” has sold the F out. There are some that have sold above, and beyond, to the excessive, and unexpected, and some that are getting there. This was a historic re-launch for the company, parented by Warner Bros., and for all intensive purposes, it can be considered beyond simply successful. Let’s look at the numbers that we know so far:
Justice League #1, by Jim Lee and Geoff Johns, has by far blown anything out on the market so far this year, with an unbelievable 200,000 plus copies sold. A 4th print has already been filled for Justice #1. There haven’t been sales like this since for DC since Death of Superman.
And Justice League isn’t the only series that blew expectations out of the water; also, Action Comics #1, and Batgirl #1 are already on their 3rd prints, while a few more join Justice #1 in the 200,000 plus copies sold class, not surprising some:
Batman #1, and Action Comics #1 have hit 200,000 copies sold in the U.S., and there’s no sign yet of slowing down, as subscriptions for further issues into the series are still high. That’s not all, there’s more news. The following issues that are part of the “New 52” launch have hit the 100,000 copies sold, according to Diamond:
- Aquaman #1 by Geoff Johns, and Ivan Reis
- Action Comics #1 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales
- Batgirl #1 by Gail Simone and Ardian Siaf
- Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
- Batman and Robin #1 by Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason
- Batman: The Dark Knight by Paul Jenkins and David Finch
- Detective Comics #1 by Tony Daniel
- The Flash #1 by Francis Manapul
- Green Lantern #1 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke
- Justice League #1 by Jim Lee and Geoff Johns
- Superman #1 by George Perez and Jesus Merino
This had been huge for DC. The creators themselves didn’t even expect this kind of reaction, so now the next step is to see if they can keep an audience that large engrossed, and entertained with their endeavor.
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