blog Things You Don't Know About Libertyville, Part 2
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Tom Morello of the bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave grew up in Libertyville
Adam Jones of the band Tool was raised in Libertyville
Maureen Herman of the band Babes in Toyland was raised in Libertyville
Jimmy Broustis of the band X-tal is from Libertyville
mc chris, rap artist, is from Libertyville
Ike Reilly, indie rocker, is from Libertyville
William Beckett of the band The Academy Is... was born and raised in Libertyville
David Babbit, Art Director at Touch and Go Records was raised in Libertyville
Marlon Brando, Oscar-winner, attended Libertyville High School
Mark Suppelsa a Fox News Anchor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Suppelsa), was raised in Libertyville (and played Little League with Maureen's brother)
Adlai Stevenson, presidential candidate, lived in Libertyville
King Peter II of Yugoslavia is buried in Libertyville, the only European monarch buried in U.S. soil
Mike Marshall, 1984 National League All-Star, was born in Libertyville
Brett Butler, 1991 National League All-Star, grew up in Libertyville
Samuel Insull, founder of Commonwealth Edison, lived in Libertyville
David Adler, architect, lived for 33 years in Libertyville
Megan McGlynn, Producer, played a nymph in the Libertyville High School production of "Midsummer Night's Dream". She was also the daughter of Sue Ellen McGlynn who was one of the two best English teachers at St. Joseph's School, the other being Mary Pat Herman, mother of that braggy Babes in Toyland bassist...
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posted on Mar 24 at 7:42 am
What is with Libertyville? Some talented people have come out of that town!

Great blog by the way.
posted on Mar 24 at 7:56 am
It's in the water...
posted on Mar 24 at 9:12 am
No shit, what is with Libertyville? Perhaps we should all desend upon Libertyville and have a big Spring Break like bash and see who turns up. Or who goes down is more likely.
posted on Mar 24 at 9:22 am
I love mc chris! also brett butler, cos he played for the dodgers for like a million years.

also, check out what jeff said on my profile. hey, he's the boss, gotta do it.
posted on Mar 24 at 11:17 am
Isn't Jeff Yasuda from Libertyville? Oh that's right, he saw it on a map once.
posted on Mar 24 at 5:53 pm
Does it have an IHOP?
posted on Mar 24 at 11:26 pm
No, but there's a Denny's on the outskirts of town. I'll take you on a tour sometime. You can check out the Dairy Queen I used to hang out at.
posted on Mar 26 at 8:46 am
ive never heard of this place before, but im a tad jealous.. i wish i could say the same about pittsburgh, all i can think of right now is christina aguilera, andy dick & jeff goldblum :(
posted on Mar 26 at 7:59 pm
Can we go on a Fuzz field trip to Libertyville?

How fun... :)

I haven't had Dairy Queen in ages. I like the one with the bananas and vanilla wafers mixed in... Yummy!
posted on Mar 27 at 12:11 pm
When you go to Libertyville please bring me back some of that magical tap water.
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