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1984: ‘Thriller’ year for music
Meet the ‘Sound candidates in Wilmette Opinions’ duo School D-39 to present on BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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arly voting is underway for the April 4 local election, but many voters are undecided. Here’s a Q&A with the five candidates who are running for four open positions in the District 39 school board election: Jon Cesaretti, Lisa Schneider Fabes, incumbent Mark Steen, Ellen Sternweiler and Gail Szulc. Who are they and why do they want to serve the D-39 School District? DailyNorthShore asked these questions and more. Here are their answers, in alphabetical order: DNS: Explain your background and relevant experience. Jon Cesaretti: Father of three District 39 students and both of my parents were career public school teachers; I am a tax principal in a top 10 public accounting firm where I lead the firm’s Chicago state and local tax practice. Continued on PG 12
‘Pop Music’s Greatest Year’ BY DONALD LIEBENSON DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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hey’re going to party like it’s 1984 on April 7. That’s when Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, hosts of WBEZ’s “Sound Opinions,” will take on “Pop Music’s Greatest Year – 1984,” a multi-media program presented by the Lake ForestLake Bluff Historical Society. Whether you were “Born in the USA” or hail from “Panama,” the evening promises to be a “Thriller.” DeRogatis is on the phone and admits to being “brain dead” after just returning from the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, and also still trying to process the death the day before of legendary rocker Chuck Berry, who coincidentally received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984. (“I don’t think any serious rock musician
wouldn’t say they owe him a debt,” DeRogatis praises). But he is jazzed—or should that be rocked—to engage in a discussion with his longtime radio partner about the musical merits of 1984. The event will take place at 7 p.m. in Lake Forest High School’s Raymond Moore Auditorium. “We’ll show some videos to illustrate some of the music we value from 1984,” he anticipates. “We’ll jabber a lot and take questions. The whole secret of ‘Sound Opinions’ is we’re two guys who don’t think there is anything more important in life than music, and we always want to create the feeling that you’re sitting in the basement (with us) and we’re tying to turn each other on to the records we love. It’s just a conversation about the music. As critics we never claim to be the last word on anything. We just want to get the conversation started.” There is a lot to talk about when talking about 1984’s music, when the hits just kept on coming; so many enduring and impactful songs that when Rolling Stone magazine in 2014 counted down 1984’s top 100 singles from that year, Bruce Continued on PG 12
CLOCKWISE: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run,” Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” Madonna’s debut album, “Madonna,” and Prince’s “Purple Rain.”
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