more at: savechicagoculture. org SAVE CHICAGOS MUSIC !! The city tries again to legislate Clubland — without any input from the music community
With nary a word of public notice — and with no public hearings seeking input from the Chicago music community — the City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection was set to meet again today in its rush to push through a new “promoters’ ordinance” initially proposed last year and only delayed at the last minute when music activists caught wind.
Like most laws, this one has a noble goal: to regulate concerts and dance events in Chicago, rooting out illegitimate “underground” promoters operating without proper licensing and therefore possibly endangering music lovers. Like many laws drafted from only one perspective, however, this one could cause serious, perhaps unintended consequences for people who try to promote live music here.
Of course, the city already has myriad laws on the books dictating proper licensing and safety codes for concerts and clubs — not the least of which is the controversial “anti-rave ordinance” passed in the ’90s, which came on top of police, fire, city building and health department oversight and the always acute watch of aldermen and neighborhood groups.
But suddenly, city officials — chief among them committee chair Ald. Eugene Schulter and acting director of the Department of Business Affairs and Licensing Mary Lou Eisenhauer — have an urgent need to create an entirely separate part of the city code tightening the reigns on promoters even more. And this need is so urgent that little effort was made to seek any input from the promoters or the people who work with them.
If approved by the committee and the City Council, the law would require anyone promoting any event drawing more than 100 people to obtain a license — even if they are working with a well-established and already licensed promoter.
Licensees would also have to carry at least $300,000 in com
So I've caught wind of the rumor that this past Saturday was your last Chicago show and you're movin on out to Richmond!?
This would most def. leave a noticeable absences in awesome thrashy-ness that you so greatly provided!
Shucks, and here I haven't even picked up a copy of your new 7" yet!
Well, if this is true, good luck in your relocation; I know you'll tear it up there, and hopefully I'll see you all again, and eventually get my hands on Feculent Emesis!
Im gonna try to pull some strings and get you guys a going away present, lets just hope I can win this signed copy of juggalos 4 life and ebay. Then we'll go faygo bombing after the show saturday. love, Infinite "supporters of rap metal worldwide" Missiles.
