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end the Russo-Ukrainian War in a day , and 2 ) He ’ d do it by surrendering ? He ’ d give away land to the Russians because a lot of those people in Ukraine already speak Russian ! Now , by this token , given that he can barely speak English , I think he should give America back , and the bits that England doesn ’ t get obviously belong to the Spanish .

IE : Or maybe the Native Americans , who cared for the land before anybody ? AE : Yeah . We might have to then pass it back to the Native Americans . But it would take us a while because we ’ re still arguing with the Greeks about their statues .

IE : How do you get your books ? I imagine you ’ re all tactile , page-turning hard copy guy , not reliant on the e-reader . AE : No , I love my e-readers ! I ’ ve got a few , and I do download the books . My eyesight is getting constantly worse , and I find it hard to read the printed page because I can ’ t adjust the font size . So I read a lot in bed , and when everything is onesided paper – which it effectively is with an e- reader – you don ’ t have to keep manipulating the book in order to keep reading it . If you ’ ve ever

tried to read while lying on your side , it ’ s very difficult to hold a book up properly . And to stop the book from closing . It ’ s not as easy as just propping up an e-reader and pressing to Turn the Page . And it ’ s backlit !

IE : What are some of your favorite newer Sisters songs ? AE : I like them all for different reasons . And funnily enough , one of the most powerful ones – or powerful to me , at least – is one called “ Eyes of Caligula ,” which is like my final word on Thatcher . And I say ‘ unusually ’ because it doesn ’ t have the monster riff that one would associate with our most powerful songs . And there ’ s a bunch of stuff on our Live News Page on our website , so you can peruse that at your leisure . We put all the newer song lyrics up there , so people don ’ t get vacant on us .

IE : Just playing devil ’ s advocate here , but how do you put food on the table when you ’ re not recorded for so many years ? And do you regularly accept challenging offers like the Fashion Week gig ? AE : Well , I didn ’ t get paid for that , and I didn ’ t take payment for that because I didn ’ t want the responsibility that goes along with being paid for shit . But I ’ ve sold a lot of records , and I still sell a lot of records , so the royalties keep coming in . And my main residence has a lot of fruit trees , which are harvested on a commercial basis – mostly avocados , but all kinds of citrus , as well , including kinds you ’ ve never heard of . And we don ’ t think in acres , but I ’ m hooked up to the local farmers ; co-op , so twice a year a bunch of people come

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THURSDAY 27 APRIL

Bonzo Squad — Alive One , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Band / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Hey Cowboy — Bub City , Chicago ; Nigel Mack — Buddy Guy ' s Legends , Chicago ; Blacklist — Burlington Bar , Chicago ; 90s Country Playlist — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Little Cypress — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Kenny Reichert Quartet : Album Release Show — Constellation , Chicago ; Blank 281 — Cubby Bear , Chicago ; BoDeans — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Girls Night Musical — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Kokoko ! — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; PB & J — Evenflow , Geneva ; Rosalba Valdez — FitzGerald ' s Sidebar , Berwyn ; Chicago Book Party - Hit Girls : Women of Punk in the USA , 1985-1983 — GMan Tavern , Chicago ; Andy Brown / Alan Gresik Orchestra — Green Mill , Chicago ; Blues Open Mic & Jam — Harlem Ave Lounge , Berwyn ; John Batdorf — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; The Stand Up Show — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Karaoke — Jamo ' s Live , Chicago ; Grand Slam Comedy Jam Benefit — Joe ' s Bar , Chicago ; Gary Lexox / Temecula Road — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Open Mic & Jam — Johnny Blitz , Westmont ; Karaoke — Madcats , Palatine ; Karaoke — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Shana Cleveland — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Open Mic — Pollyana Brewing , Roselle ; Peach Jam — Reggies - Club , Chicago ; Jim Ryan ' s Classic Albums —

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Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Hiatus Kaiyote — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Ricardo Montaner — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Comedy Open Mic — Schubas , Chicago ; Sam MacPherson / Mikey Ferrari — Schubas , Chicago ; Pro Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Tanukichan / Winter — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Alice Peacock / KatieDahl — SPACE , Evanston ; July Talk / Daniel Romano ' s Outfit — Subterranean , Chicago ; Reggae Gold — Subterranean , Chicago ; Singo — Sundance Saloon , Mundelein ; J . Grant Experience — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Unbridled Burlesque — Untitled , Chicago ; Marcello Hernandez — Zanies , Chicago ; Angelo Colina — Zanies , Rosemont .

FRIDAY 28

DJ Boathouse — Alive One , Chicago ; Banda MS & Eden Muñoz — Allstate Arena , Rosemont ; Paul Wertico ' s Letter From Home / Alvin Cobb — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Brian Regan — Arcada , St . Charles ; DJ Don Carlos — Arlington Ale House , Arlington Heights ; Josh Blue — Art Theatre , Hobart , IN ; Sheyrl Youngblood Band — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; Pinion — Brauerhouse , Lombard ; Sasha McVeigh — Bub City , Chicago ; Sorry For Partying — Bub City , Rosmont ; Rome In Silver / Biicla / Gudfella — Chop Shop , Chicago ; Griffin House — City Winery , Chicago ; Memba / Oddkidout — Concord Hall , Chicago ; Alex Zurdo — Copernicus , Chicago ; Hoyle Brothers ( 5:30pm ) — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Ivan Singh — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Smells Like Nirvana — Fuel Room , Libertyville ; Chris Foreman / Ethan Iverson — Green Mill , Chicago ; R-Gang — Hard Rock Casino - Cafe , Chicago ; Luke Repass — Hard Rock Casino - Council Oak , Chicago ; Smokey Robinson — Hard Rock Casino - Live , Chicago ; DJ Blanco & Karaoke — Heroes West , Lemont ; Mr . Blotto — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Summer Set — House of Blues , Chicago ; Nick Swardson — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Hillbilly Rockstarz — Jamo ' s Live , Chicago ; Randall King & Tyler Booth / Landon Parker — Joe ' s Bar , Chicago ; Tyler Hubbard — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Jackie In Roads — Johnny Blitz , Westmont ; Delta Rae — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; The Matt Hines — Madcats , Palatine ; Sam Hudgens — Martyrs ', Chicago ; Soul Kitchen — Mickey Finn ' s , Libertyville ; Graham Nash — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Seldom Scene — Old Town School of Folk Music - Szold Hall , Chicago ; Luvvie Ajayi Jones — Park West , Chicago ; Robert Rolfe — Pollyana Brewing , Lemont ; Jack Wilson — Pollyana Brewing , Roselle ; Matt Keen — Pollyana Brewing , St . Charles ; Rock Nation / Zero2Hero — Q Bar , Darien ; Khemmis / Conjurer / Wake — Reggies

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