'Morning Shift' #6: And the beat goes on

September 17, 2012

By: Kate Dries

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View the story "'Morning Shift' #6: And the beat goes on" on Storify'Morning Shift' #6: And the beat goes onMonday's Morning Shift is strike-centric, as we discuss the ramifications of this weekend's events. Local H's Scott Lucas is also live in studio.Storified by · Mon, Sep 17 2012 06:43:57Teacher March**PhotoSchmoto**First, The Morning Shift talks with WBEZ education reporter Becky Vevea about negotiations and court injunctions.Mayor seeks legal action as Chicago teachers union votes to continue strikeMayor Rahm Emanuel is planning to take legal action to force teachers back into the classroom immediately. The decision comes a couple of...really, Rahm? “@WBEZeducation: Mayor seeking injunction because CTU is out over issues that are not ”strikeable””Biracial Grl PrblmsLove that Rahm filed an injunction against the #CTUStrike teachers. Take control of your city!! Hope he wins. #ChicagoSavvy BrunetteWhat's the real harm, Rahm, in allowing teachers a couple more days to consider the proposal? Injunction enflames situation, no one benefitsWayfarer '99Then, we check in with Jesse Ruiz from the Chicago Board of Education and CTU delegate Matt Baron, to illuminate both sides of the negotiation.20120913CTURallyDay4-56sierraromeo [sarah-ji]Next, we talk to WBEZ Education reporter Linda Lutton, Northwestern University Law professor Zev Eigen, and Chicago Students First co-founder Christina Shaver about what happens next.My friend Zev Eigen has your go-to piece on the #CTUstrike http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120913/OPINION/120919855?template=mobile&X-IgnoreUserAgent=1Aaron JosephundefinedCHICAGO (AP) - The teachers' strike in the nation's third-largest district has led to the creation of at least one parents' group. Two pa...Scott Lucas, frontman of Chicago's Local H, will also be in studio. Local H is a product of the 90s alternative movement. Fronted by Lucas, the band has served as the more raucous side of Lucas’ music persona.

Local H - All The Kids Are RightlocalhvevoTomorrow, the band releases its first album release in four years, Hallelujah! I’m a Bum. Lyrically and musically, the release is an evolving body that, over the course of its 60-plus minutes, unravels and tightens again and again its metaphorical and sonic layers. Indeed, the makeup of the physical vinyl release -- a double-album: one blue disc, the other red -- speaks to the political and cultural climate of America that Lucas addresses both through satire, and more straightforwardly.Local H releasing 'Hallelujah! I'm A Bum' (song premiere), beginning tour at the Bottom Lounge (dates)Chicago mainstays Local H are back with a double album, titled Hallelujah! I'm A Bum, due out on September 18 via Slimstyle Records. The ...#nowplaying @WBEZ aahh, news, news, I WANT LOCAL H!Armands Cerbulis