Water Tower, 835 N. Michigan: The wave of the future: the city’s newest theater features four tiny auditoriums, arranged smorgasbord style with a common lobby. “Multiplexes,” as these things are known in the neologism-crazed trade, allow the owner the luxury of running four different attractions without increasing his overhead. But small theaters aren’t the same–it’s like watching an oversized TV set in a slightly formal living room with a few surly friends. For this, you have to go out?
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“Who’s Who in Chicago’s Alternative Culture”
When it comes to new bands, there’s not much noise being made at all. The dependable local groups, Redwood Landing, Huge Hart, Baraboo, Little Wing, and the like, remain pretty much the same. The punk pretenders, notably Cheap Trick, but also Skafish, Screams, and the laughable Sundog Summit (they were a country band until just recently, and they wear safety pins in their cowboy hats, are obviously on the make for some kind of stardom, but none handle the quest with the style of, say, the Ramones.
