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oh, god that Jessica Simpson picture. what was she thinking?

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

Update: Apparently there was a stabbing at the Note sometime last week, and for one reason or another, no turntables. So the DJs are out, but stabbing is in, everyone bring mom's cutlery, I'll have my grindstone, blade-tango starts sometime around midnight and rages onward and upward until the bands start playing at 1fuckinAM.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

blade tango!

― kenan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah the stabbing = no turntable thing. What the hell?

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

another update, apparently the Emergenza thing that goes on there earlier in the evening doesn't get over until midnight so i'm guessing the bands won't start until 1:30 or so.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

THAT MEANS IT WILL BE A LONG F'ING NIGHT FOR SOMEONE STAYING UP WITHOUT HELP.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

Is that Emergenza thing another one of those Gojangle-esque pay to play scams?

― n/a, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

i have no idea what it is but this will be the last busy signals show for a while as kevin is going to europe with the feelers and won't be back until july or august. also on the bill is the really fantastic screaming yellow zonkers and the tuff bananas.

dan, i don't understand the correlation between the stabbing and the banning of turntables either. unless the guy got stabbed with a tone arm or something.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

STAB THE MOTHERFUCKER IN THE BACK

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

I am frustrated by this work situation: There is a woman who was hired a few months ago to handle specific duties. Last week she said she was handing off this one aspect of her work to me, based on a request from someone else. It's not a lot of extra work, but I was hoping that this "someone else" would talk to me directly about it so I put her off for a few days. They never said anything, so I just caved and took over this assignment. Here are the things that are frustrating: 1) essentially being given an assignment by someone who has been working here a lot less longer than me, 2) the fact that this basically makes the assignment impossible to refuse, because if I say I'm too busy than she doesn't have the responsibility to send it elsewhere, 3) this woman's tone, which is really condescending and annoying for someone who has only been here a few months.

― n/a, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

xpost those Technics needles are f'n sharp, man

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

mr. que, are you familiar with the flakes? russell quan from the mummies band?

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

Can't you talk to the someone else, Nick, just to "verify" or whatever?

― Jordan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

nick, yes, apparently emergenza is a pay to play thing. also, i just checked the emgenza website and it says there is a band that is STARTING at midnight so the busy signals show may not start until.... ? 1:45 at the EARLIEST? 2?

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

That's totally insane. On a SUNDAY??

― Laurel, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

Yay, a bunch of US population tables just showed up in my inbox. The Most Populous U.S. Cities table was always the first page I turned to in the almanacs I had as a kid, so it's awesome to actually work on them as an adult.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

At a lot of those pay to play things, the bands only play 15-20 minutes. So maybe earlier, kevin.

― n/a, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

Nick, I'm sorry that lady is being such a jerkface. If this new project requires more hours, perhaps your boss would give you permission to work overtime? Also, in asking he'd know about you working on it...

― KitCat, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

It's not really a significant amount of work. That's not why I'm frustrated. It's mostly just about being given assignments by people who have only worked here a few months, whose actual position I don't really understand. It's not really worth making a fuss about with anyone higher up, I'll just sound petty.

― n/a, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

Just pee on her keyboard.

― Jordan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

they have the set lists listed and bands start at the top and bottom of every hour. then there is ONE MORE band listed AFTER the midnight band but i'm discounting them. so if the last band is off at 12:20 it will take at least a half hour to clear the club. re-open doors at 12:50, get people in, have the bands load in, the first band set up (no sound check, obv), start playing i'm guessing another 40 minutes so yeah, at the earliest 1:30. originally there was supposed to be an hour between doors and the first band so if that's the case then it's 1:50 a.m.

laurel, it's saturday night/sunday morning.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

Ice Factory is closing, you guys.

― n/a, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

on June 1

― n/a, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

Hard Times Sunday Morning, dudes.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

:( :(

I was hoping to get a gig there this summer for the Kid Jordan Second Line.

― Jordan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

xp No! Well, it was a good run.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

[cue trumpet mute 'wah waaaahhhhh']

what happen? are they not renewing their lease or is a lease not being offered? will they try to open up a new place or are they packing it in?

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

laurel, i know, sunday it's supposed to be 75 and sunny and i'm gonna sleep through ALL of it.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know any details at this point.

― n/a, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

OK, Google is getting too good. I accidentally typed "m" (and nothing else) into my address bar, and it immediately took me to the IMDB page for the Fritz Lang movie.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

Would any of you bro'dogs and wo'dogs be interested in meeting up for brunch on Sunday?

― KitCat, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

john... is that what you were looking for?

― kenan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

Time and place t.b.d... though it would be great if we could find somewhere we wouldn't have to wait for a really long time.

― KitCat, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

i fully expect to be getting home between the hours of 7 am and 9 am so i may or may not be awake for brunch. i'd say it's about 60-40 no for me though.

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

If you can get to Lula before about 10 it's a breeze.

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

No, Kenan, it was an accident. I meant to type out a whole URL.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

I'm still full from that haystack @ Arnold's.

― Jordan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

I totally could. I love Lula.

― KitCat, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

M is one of my favorite movies ever.

― Jeff, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

long xpost to Kevin, no I haven't heard of them, are they good?

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

xpost It's damn fine, for sure.

― kenan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

Do you think you could come, Kenan? Let's GET A POSSE GOING!

― KitCat, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

I am interested, but I'm not sure what's happening with me the night before so I am gonna say "maybe" for now.

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

If you can get to Lula before about 10 it's a breeze.

I don't think that counts as brunch!

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

I would LUV to have brunch with all this chicago, I haven't seen you people in forever

― kenan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

Can we do Flo?

― kenan, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

mr que, yes. fun and loose a la the mummies but at a faster pace and they can play a little better. but it's still russell on drums so...

― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

Aw shit, I want to play at the Ice Fac again before it's gone. That stinks.

I think I'm seeing a kids' show at 1 p.m. out in the 'burbs on Sunday, so it would have to be a mid-morn brunch and that would make it more breakfast than brunch. (xpost w jmc)

― Eazy, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think that counts as brunch!

Yeah but it does count as not waiting in line, so whichever is more important... Plus, you'll be in MN right? So who cares? Go to Bryant/Lake Bowl while you can.

― dan m, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

I'm just arguing semantics. I don't think I could force myself to wake up that early, anyway.

― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

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