{"id":337,"date":"2010-09-09T09:39:43","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T13:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2010\/09\/daley_bad_for_windy_citys_musi\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:32:48","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:32:48","slug":"daley_bad_for_windy_citys_musi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/09\/daley_bad_for_windy_citys_musi.html","title":{"rendered":"Daley bad for Windy City’s music?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contrary to my paean<\/a> to Richard M. Daley’s support of Chicago’s music and arts, Chicago Tribune rock-crit Greg Kot writes<\/a> of the Mayor’s treatment of the local music scene as a “second class citizen.” It’s true the City has messed with club venues — Marguerite Horberg of  established the multi-genre Hot House years back and now runs the progressive culture initiative Portoluz<\/a> regaled me last weekend with tales of fire inspectors evacuating theaters mid-show over petty infractions and other harrassments; Kot reminds us of Chi’s failure to get behind its indigenous rock, blues, pop and jazz as New Orleans, Austin and other U.S. cities have. Jury’s out on whether Daley’s been overall good or bad for music, but the issue deserves careful analysis, and I urge Jazz Beyond Jazz readers to take a look at Kot’s piece as well as this collaborative Trib report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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