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BLS, Rob Zombie) started nicknaming it
the Zakk Sabbath set because we’d always
do Sabbath tunes. That’s how it came to
where it’s at now. So just as a goof type
thing, now we have a great time playing it.
It’s just nothing but us doing Allman
Brothers versions of Sabbath, we extend
the jams on them. It’s just an excuse to
have a good time to play music by your
favorite band!”
Zakk will be performing his solo music
consisting of Book of Shadows I and II at
Concord Hall on July 24, and he has many
fond memories of Chicago, as he enthusiastically reflected. “Back in the drinking
days, we’d start off at the Sears Tower
[now Willis Tower], have some cocktails
there, then go out to Gibsons Steakhouse,
or any amazing steak house we could
find,” Zakk reminisces. “If we had a night
off, we’d just bar hop for the rest of the
night until the sun came up. It was amazing every time we went out there. We were
just out in Chi-Town when the river was
green. We were just out there for St.
Paddy’s Day, that was on the Experience
Hendrix tour. I always have a great time
when I’m in Chicago, it’s always awesome. Everybody’s awesome, the Chicago
(BLS) Chapter is awesome. Nothing but
great times.”
After the Zakk Sabbath tour, Zakk
promised that he will be working on a
new Black Label Society album. In the
meantime, there’s plenty of Zakk to go
around! I’m still jamming and writing,”
Zakk concluded. “Between the Wylde
Audio stuff, the band, the records and
tours, I couldn’t ask for anything else.
Everyday on the Black Label list of things
to do, there’s always something going on.”
Appearing 7/24 at
Concord Music Hall, Chicago
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Directed by Paul Feig
This reimagining (or franchise restarter, if
you will) has received a lot of flack in the
press for some pretty abstract reasons (mainly because of a theory called the Mandela
Effect). Google it if you care, or just enjoy this
version of the classic 80’s sci-fi comedy starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate
McKinnon and Leslie Jones. It’s being produced by Ivan Reitman and executive-produced by Dan Aykroyd, so if that’s not
enough of an official ordination I don’t know
what is.
July 22
Star Trek Beyond (Rated PG-13)
Directed by Justin Lin
The release of the latest installment in the
series is bittersweet thanks to the recent tragic death of the young actor, Anton Yelchin,
who portrayed the iconic character Chekov
in the last 3 films. This time we’ll find Kirk
(Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the
crew stranded on a hostile planet facing a
new, unknown alien threat. Zoe Saldana
(Uhura), Simon Pegg (Scotty - who also cowrote the script), John Cho (Sulu) and Karl
Urban (McCoy) are all back, with Idris Elba
joining the cast as the villain, Krall.
Ice Age: Collision Course (Rated PG)
Directed by Mike Thurmeier/Galen T. Chu
Adam Devine, Jennifer Lopez, Melissa
Rauch, Simon Pegg and John Leguizamo are
among the stars lending their voices to the
latest edition of this animated series. When
Scrat’s epic pursuit of an acorn accidentally
throws him off planet Earth and sets off a
series of cosmic events that transforms and
threatens the planet, Manny, Sid, Diego and
the rest of the herd set off on an epic adventure in an exotic new land.
Lights Out (Rated PG-13)
Directed by David F. Sandburg
Theresa Palmer stars as Rebecca, a
woman who experienced frightening things
as a child when the lights went out, but was
never sure if they were real or not. When she
left home she thought she was also leaving
the nightmare behind. Now her young
brother (Gabriel Bateman) is experiencing the
same unexplained and terrifying events. The
supernatural entity has a mysterious attachment to their mother (Maria Bello) and has
come back with a vengeance to torment the
entire family.
July 27
Nerve (Rated PG-13)
Directed by Ariel Schulman/Henry Joost
Based on the novel by Jeanne Ryan,
Emma Roberts plays high school senior Vee,
who begins playing (and paying for) an
online reality game called “Nerve” along
with another player (Dave Franco). The game
escalates into a series of more dangerous and
expensi