Johnny Loftus

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• Posted It's Time for Metronome to Chicagoist
  Image of the Del Mo Gals courtesy of http://www.myspace.com/thedelmoroccos. This weekend, the Western Ave. blue line stop isn't just for shuttle buses. Taking over the intersection at Milwaukee and Armitage is the Metronome Celebration, a new...
• Posted Franks 'N' Steins In Lincoln Square to Chicagoist
  Image courtesy of http://www.drinkingstuff.com Street festivals are in full effect this weekend, but May Fest is always on our mind. The Lincoln Square event celebrates ten years in 2009, featuring the same lively mix of local...
• Posted Adiós, NUA. to Chicagoist
  Image courtesy www.411mania.com/. More like gato country. While the word on the street had Clear Channel flipping 95.5 WNUA, its veteran smooth jazz outlet, to a contemporary cowboy hat hits format known as Cat Country, the...
• Posted Alchemic Ex-Wilco'er Turns Cash Into Vinyl to Chicagoist
  Image courtesy http://austintownhall.com. When he isn't suing former bandmates, Jay Bennett puts out records. Last November, the erstwhile Wilco guitarist issued Whatever Happened I Apologize, his fifth solo effort, through the online-only distributor Rock Proper, which...
• Posted Is Chicago About To Be Annexed To Cat Country? to Chicagoist
  Image courtesy www.myspace.com/wakk Clear Channel, the media behemoth that owns six local radio stations, could be prepping a format flip at its longtime smooth jazz outlet, 95.5 WNUA. The company has already made deep staff cuts...