Documents from Gilberto Gil's Private Archive

time. You startled me, I rose to let you take the seat by the window. You had a number of Polish newspapers, one with Obama on the front page. I believe your hair was red, you were wearing tinted glasses. You got off at Belmont. For the remainder of my journey I was beating myself up Readr Flickr numbers alongside the tunes from Raising Sand. Sharon Little opens. > 8 PM, Pavilion, Ravinia Festival, Green Bay and Lake Cook, Highland Park, 847-266-5100, sold out. -Peter Margasak The Web site for Robert Plant and Allison Krauss Ayabie Logan Square Auditorium, 6 PM Crystal Castles, Pretty Good Dance Moves Double Door, 9 PM Jambang, Greg Ginn & the Texas Corrugators Beat Kitchen, 10 PM Dawn Landes; Balthrop, Alabama; Mittens on Strings Hideout, 9 PM Alice Russell, Deccas Schubas, 9 PM Sleepercar, Dollar Store, Talldarkstranger Empty Bottle, 9 PM The Swell Season Chicago Theatre, 8 PM, sold out thursday 19 CO GILBERTO GIL Brazilian legend Gilberto Gil finally makes his local debut, more than 45 years into his career. He was one of the leading "cultural cannibals" of the late-60s tropicatia movement, which created a powerful postmodern fusion of everything from psychedelia to soul to musique concrete while remaining rooted in Brazilian traditions. Though in 1969 Gil and cohort Caetano Veloso were forced to flee Brazil's military dictatorship for London, both became national icons after their return in 1972, and in 2003 Gil was appointed minister of culture under Lula (though he stepped down earlier this year to concentrate on his music again). Rather than deliver his usual career-spanning greatest-hits package, for this tour Gil will focus on new music, particularly the just-released Banda Larga Cordel Music Latina). He's still obsessed with technological utopianism-the new disc's title translates loosely to "broadband pamphlet"-and he's invited the audience to record, videotape, or pe of the highlights of the 2008 concert calendar. I just wish the new album were photograph anything they like (for personal use, of course). This show is undoubtedly better-Gil's in fine voice, but it's loaded with feel-good reggae and treacly, overstuffed arrangements > 8 PM, Pavilion, Ravinia Festival, Green Bay and Lake Cook, Highland Park, 847-266-5100, $10-$50.- Peter Margasak The Web site for Gilberto Gil's current tour MIQUEL GIL Though Maria del Mar Bonet is the face of Catalan music, at this concert she's the opener-she has her own show Friday with the Grant Park Orchestra. Tonight's headliner, Valencia's Miquel Gil, is less popular, but to me he's a more gripping singer, with a less sentimental style and an appealingly gruff voice somewhere between the dyspeptic croak of Tom Waits and the rough but sophisticated croon of Paolo Conte. His latest disc, Eixos (Temps, 2007), is a vibrant tangle of Medi- terranean sounds-he tackles music from Greece, Portugal, the Maghreb, and Spain (with his sensual, aching delivery, he nails flamenco) and fortifies the album's rootsy, acoustic textures with rock vigor. Gil and his band will play two sets at his Chicago debut; for the second they'll be supported by the Arab Orchestra f Barcelona, a sturdy ensemble of Spaniards and North Africans. > 6:30 PM, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Michigan and Randolph, 312-742-1168. FA -Peter Margasak Two Last.fm pages for Miquel Gil anthem THE HOOD INTERNET The formula the Hood Internet use for their mashups-a cappella raps with indie-rock backing tracks-could easily produce nothing but cheap jokes. But while STV SLV and ABX (aka Steve Reidell and Aaron Brink of May or May Not) aren't above having a little ironic fun, it's out of love-their creations are never condescending tricks designed to make rappers look dumb. Their new mix tape, The Hood Internet vs. Chicago (downloadable free at the hoodinternet.com), pairs Chicagoans past and present: they lighten up Common's fundamentalist hip-hop "I used to Love H.E.R." by tossing it onto new-wavey garage from Bang! Bang!, match up a Crucial Conflict chant and a droning Reds and Blue tune for what might be the first crunk dirge, and make an uberjam out of Green Velvet's "Shake and Pop" and Mic Terror's "Juke Them Hoes." The Hood Internet will DJ at this release party, alongside a few artists from the mix tape: Arcadias (members of the Changes), Shala Esquire of Qualo, and Jeremy Bolen of Chin Up Chin Up (with Bobby Burg). Yea Big & Kid Static, who go toe-to-toe with Ministry on "Eatchyo Stigmata," perform live. >> 9 PM, Sonotheque, 1444 W. Chicago, 312-226-7600, $10, $5 in advance. - Miles Raymer Door County Wisconsin Made Easy! Thinking about Door County Wisconsin? Start at DoorCounty Navigator.com our professional staff travels Door County, doing independent, in-person reviews of inns, restaurants, shops & activities. Watch dozens of video tours detailing lodging, restaurants, shopping, & more. 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