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What’s Your Top 5 Chicago Songs Of All Time, Here’s Ed’s Top 5

My buddy Eddie and I were talking recently about Chicago coming to the DECC and what songs were our favorites. Every week we meet at my son's dance class, with his daughter, then we go to dinner. He and I discuss music a lot and so I told him I wanted to post this up.

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(Photo by Jerry T. Lai/Getty Images)
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Chicago’s Walt Parazaider Interview From The All Request KOOL Cafe

Legendary group Chicago is coming to the DECC Auditorium on Sunday, June 16th!  Walt Parazaider - one of the founding members - joined me on the All Request KOOL Cafe for an interview.

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Get Your Exclusive Ticket Presale Code for Chicago Live at the DECC Auditorium in Duluth

Chicago will be live at the DECC Auditorium on Sunday June 16th and tickets go onsale to the general public on Friday, but since you're a KOOL listener you can order your tickets starting at 10a.m. Thursday May 2nd in a special KOOL 101.7 presale. 

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(Photo by Ian Showell/Keystone/Getty Images)
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What Has Chicago Done In 2012? The Band Posts It’s Best Ticket Sales In Years

Don't let the picture fool you;  The black and white image might be from 1970, but the band Chicago is definitely a contemporary act.

If the horns don't give them away, the tight harmonies will.  Since the late 1960's rock fans have enjoyed the music of the band Chicago;  Now it appears that 2012 might be one of their biggest years ever with ticket sales that don't give the slightest nod to the fact that they haven't had a single on the radio in almost 25 years (not that that matters).

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(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Chicago Public Schools Resort to Bribing Parents With Gift Cards to Show Up at Conferences for Their Children; Idea is the Brainchild of Former Obama Administrator Rahm Emanuel

How sad is this?  Public schools in Chicago were having a tough time getting parents to show up at conferences for their children.  So, they've started bribing them with gift cards in an effort to increase attendance

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Chicago Considers ‘Violence Tax’ on Guns and Ammo

City officials in Chicago are considering a proposed “violence tax” on guns and ammunition in hopes that it will help shade in the gray areas of a $115 million black hole in the city’s budget and police the number of guns in circulation on the streets. This has Second Amendment supporters ticked off because sources say the proposed tax will increase the prices of these items exponentially, even though no one yet knows what the tax would be.

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Source: Risycle via flickr
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Chicago’s O’Hare Airport To Use Goats To Keep Grass Trimmed

In a move that some suggest is taking "going green" to an extreme level, Chicago's O'Hare Airport is looking to utilize goats to keep their lawn and green space trimmed.

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Source:  ricardodiaz11 via flickr
Source: ricardodiaz11 via flickr
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Food Trucks Okayed In Windy City

The other day I left the office for lunch to run errands and was surprised to see a food truck in downtown Duluth.  Wondering if the lunch-on-the-run fad was making it's was to the Northland, I finally put two and two together to realize it was there for the farmers market

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Chung Sung-Jun Alberto E. Rodriguez
Chung Sung-Jun Alberto E. Rodriguez
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Chicago and Doobie Brothers Announce 2012 Tour

For the fifth time in their careers, Chicago and the Doobie Brothers will tour together. The two classic rock bands will be on the road playing mostly sheds and amphitheaters for 25 dates across the country between July 11 and August 26. Chicago are the headliners, but the show promises to have both bands on stage for the finale playing some of their biggest hits.

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Alberto E. Rodriguez/ Ethan Miller, Getty Images
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The Doobie Brothers and Chicago Announce Summer 2012 Tour

The Doobie Brothers will celebrate their 40th anniversary as a group by teaming up with Chicago for a summer concert tour that will feature an evening full of hits from both bands and their legendary catalogs.

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(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Oprah Winfrey New CEO Of OWN Network; Company Struggles Financially

It was just announced that Oprah Winfrey has been named CEO of the OWN network.  Am I missing something?  ...Hasn't it always been her "OWN"?
The Queen of Talk had pledged to dedicate herself more fully to OWN with the end of her syndicated talk show in May, and with Wednesday's move she did it with a vengeance -- signaling that she'll try to personally put the network in order. OWN has struggl

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Chuck Berry Collapses On Stage

He was an hour or so into his first set when he slumped face first into his keyboard. He was rushed off stage, only to return a few minutes later to tune up and resume the show. An unidentified man approached him, lifted his guitar off him and escorted Chuck off stage

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