What About Chicago?!

Your weekly show exploring live art, music, entertainment and culture with your hosts Ben Moroney and Rahim Salaam!

On this weeks episode we see the Writing on the Wall, check out the Revenge of the Nerds vol 3 at the Humboldt Park Library, see an amazing free show at Mykelle Deville || daymaker || blackerface || ze'ev, and make noise with the birds at Cirp Night at the Whistler w/ Sex No Babies and beastii.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, support the show with a donation at patreon.com/whataboutchicago, like our page at www.facebook.com/whataboutchicago and hear our podcast along with many other magnificent Chicago based podcasts at www.machineculture.com. (Machine Culture Collective)

Music played in this weeks episode:

Dan Rico - on a tear

BloodHype - waking up

Doleful Lions - Cincinnati Chapter of The Crowned and Conquering Child

Fess Grandiose - Perri Winkle

Melanin - Amerikkka

Softest - Under Glass

Sexy Fights - Black Earth

Krozer - babyboy

Ze’ev - Born

Glyders - Pure as Gold

beastii - Motion

Your weekly show exploring live art, music, entertainment and culture with hosts Ben Moroney​ and Rahim Salaam​!

On this weeks episode we take that walk with Mandatory Abortions​ and talk about their travels and latest music releases! We also get pumped for their PUNK ROCK TAKE OVER # 2 @ THE GALLERY CABARET​ as well as take that walk to IAN’S PARTY 2018​, celebrate AMFM Gallery One Year Anniversary​, Build-A-Robot at Logan Arcade​, catch the First Monday Jazz: Sam Trump​, join Story Time at Perkolator​ and so much more. Listen to the podcast, subscribe on iTunes, support the show with a donation at www.patreon.com/whataboutchicago, like our page at www.facebook.com/whataboutchicago and check out our podcast partners Machine Culture Collective​ at www.machineculture.com.

Music from this week's show:

Mandatory Abortions - Nothing to Fuck With

Manwolves - You

Mandatory Abortions - Frustrated

Big Joy - Steady

Mandatory Abortionsj - Kick You In The Nuts

Dehd - End

Mandatory Abortions - Assasinate Donald Trump

Freddie Old Soul - Who Knows

Sam Trump - Spain

Mandatory Abortions - Trust No One

Your weekly show exploring live art, music, entertainment and culture with your hosts Ben Moroney and Rahim Salaam!

On this weeks episode we attend one final open mic at NItecap Coffee Bar, exit the earth's atmosphere at Hostel Presents: Space Face, watch the ball drop at a New Years' ShinDig, and learn more about ourselves at Wretched Nobles: The Selfie & Narcissus.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, support the show with a donation at patreon.com/whataboutchicago, like our page at www.facebook.com/whataboutchicago and hear our podcast along with many other magnificent Chicago based podcasts at www.machineculture.com. (Machine Culture Collective)

Music/Audio played on this weeks episode:

Los Black Dogs - No Money No Honey

Dan Rico - Kinda Wanna

Chris Coleslaw - Untitled

Tyler and Tygercat Do Science - Plutocratavism

Daymaker - Sometimes things are best when they’re rarely doing anything

Supernova - City Glow

SpArkleteArs - Artist's Shit ( . . . or how Piero Manzoni flipped the bird to the art world before and after drinking himself to death in 1963)

Stardust Encounter - Serenade In Mono

Your weekly show exploring live art, music, entertainment and culture with your hosts Ben Moroney and Rahim Salaam!

On this weeks episode we are eager to hear Empower #HerStory, support the Annual HECKLE Multicultural Holiday Jam!, get lost at Salonathon: Island of Misfit Toys, get 100% Off Bands: Show You Suck, Oliv Blu, Ano Ba, Squeak Pivot DJ and so much more! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, support the show with a donation at patreon.com/whataboutchicago, like our page at www.facebook.com/whataboutchicago and hear our podcast along with many other magnificent Chicago based podcasts at www.machineculture.com. (Machine Culture Collective)

Music/Audio played on this weeks episode:

Candy Irene - Hard Candy

Catfish and the Dogstars - A Girl Named Daniel

Salvation - Bodies In The River

DMNOLOGY - Comin Off Dumb

Pugs Atomz & Awdazcate - FRFR

Sean Flannery Stand Up

Rahim Salaam- Christmas

Sarah Squirm Stand Up

Oliv Blu - Puzzled

*~*SpArKLeTeArS*~* - Here

Your weekly show exploring live art, music, entertainment, and culture with your hosts Rahim Salaam and Ben Moroney.

On this episode we attend dumpster tapes’ second rendition of DEMOLICION, start prepping for winter at Hostel Presents: Winter Sweater Club, develop some games at emporium at the Game Dev Holiday Mixer 2017, and improvise some experimental music at Dathon(record Release).

We also talk with Jolene and PT from Blacker Face about their passion, resistance, stories from tour and growth as musicians and humans.

Listen to the podcast, subscribe on iTunes, support the show with a donation at www.patreon.com/whataboutchicago, like our page at www.facebook.com/whataboutchicago and check out tons of great arts-based podcasts with our network partners www.machineculture.com.

Music from this week's show:

Blacker Face - Badu

Los Gold Fires - Golden Ratio

BLACKER FACE - Riot Grrlz

Cafe Racer - Pretty Trash

Blacker Face - Howl

8 Bit Creeps - Take Your Vitamins

Dathon - That of a Giant Slor

Blacker Face - Gawd Damn