Thanks to @emilyhilleren for bringing something to the table by posting the following tweet last Wednesday! Which pointed to a wonderful “birds-eye view” map of “Chicago, Central Business District (1916) that was mentioned on @windycitizen … Zooming in on that map shows The Hideout 95 years ago! Check it out, looking much as it does [...]
Author Archives: Jerome Hughes
Thanks for #hideout15 pre-tweetin’
September 23, 2011 – 12:51 pm
Thanks to all the Hideout tweeters for their help promoting the #hideout15 Block Party! We look forward to seeing you tonight at Scrapbook (come on out and celebrate, it’s free!) and of course tomorrow at the 15th Hideout Block Party. For those of you who can’t make it, please watch for coverage from everyone who’s [...]
Thanks to @ h/o tweeters!
September 7, 2011 – 5:32 pm
Last night’s “Epic F***ing @MayorEmanuel Book Event” was great fun, and @soupandbread has already posted a nice summary review… The F***ing Epic @MayorEmanuel book release party Check out what @dansinker has posted at… quaxelrod.com There’s much more content covering the event all over the Internet, and you can find plenty of pointers to such items on [...]
Thanks for tweetin’ 15th H/O Block Party!
July 19, 2011 – 1:14 pm
This morning, Terri Hemmert announced the 15th Hideout Block Party starring Andrew Bird & Mavis Staples on @93XRT ! Find plenty of information on the Block Party page and get your tickets starting this Friday 7/22 at 10:00am. Soon after Terri announced the show, the twittersphere cranked into action to help celebrate the announcement of the [...]
Back from SXSW… in 1999 & 2000
March 21, 2011 – 4:24 pm
Back from SXSW… it’s real work to drag yourself back to your normal life, so after parties held by The Hideout in Austin at SXSW in 1999 and 2000, celebrations of making it through (and back from) SXSW were held at The Hideout, and our good friend Liz Strause took photographs (from a ladder) to [...]
The Interview Show videos
January 28, 2011 – 10:07 am
Mark Bazer hosts “The Interview Show” here at the Hideout (almost) every first Friday evening of the month, and he’s always got great guests. Be here for the next episode of The Interview Show on Friday, February 4th, with musician Archer Prewitt, fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson, local foods entrepreneur Cleetus Friedman, gospel/jazz group Come Sunday, and author Bethany [...]
Tiny Cover Band on Giant System
January 21, 2011 – 10:08 am
One Sunday (12/19) a bit before Christmas, Tiny Cover Band played great front room sets full of new-wave faves as part of One Degree Off’s shadow puppet double feature of “Jabberwocky” and “Revontulet.” The next day, they released a video covering Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You on Kyle Obriot’s Giant System. While [...]
Welcome to the Void: Chicago Psych Fest 2
January 18, 2011 – 12:37 pm
Welcome to the Void: The Chicago Psych Fest 2 happens at the Hideout this Friday, January 21st, and Saturday, January 22nd, and CHIRPRadio DJ Alli Klein sat down with Andrew Kettering, the local musician who curates the Psych Fest to talk about what the two-year-old CHIRP-sponsored festival is all about, the growing psychedelic scene in [...]
The Dirty Diamonds in The best shows The A.V. Club saw in 2010
January 17, 2011 – 9:26 am
In The A.V. Club’s year-end wrapup of 2010 in Chicago music, contributor Michael Depland singled out last summer’s Dirty Diamonds show at the Hideout! Here’s what he had to say… The Dirty Diamonds at The Hideout. Playing a pre-party for Lollapalooza, this show was better than most things on the main stage. This soulful garage girl group, if [...]
H/O history: Honky Tonk Living Room & Country Calendar ’99
January 14, 2011 – 3:51 pm
Deep in the archives of No Depression’s website is an interesting article from 1999 (don’t ya wanna go?) by Linda Ray titled… Honky Tonk Living Room – The Hideout (Tucson, AZ), December 17, 1998 and January 21, 1999 If you were at either or both of these shows, or any Honky Tonk Living Room show, [...]
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