Chicago: They paved a fetid swamp/and put up a parking lot

http://www.suntimes.com/news/5807665-417/flash-mob-victim-it-just-happened-too-quick.html

It kind of feels like the 50s. Teens! On a rampage!

86º at night? I want to fucking die.

I hate it, too, but ... aren't you from Florida?

xp Or this awesome movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ereen__ld8g

I feel like "flash mob" is being misused in that story.

Hahaha "Take these home to your parents to let them know about a special emergency meetings to discuss the problems with you people."

I imagine the town meeting being like the comments of that news article, if Grenada wasn't entirely white and half of the meeting attendees were virulent racists.

xp we were talking about that last night! Our friends heard a news story while driving into town about "flash mobs" attacking people, and they had the same conception of flash mob that it seems we have - a bunch of madcap folks who agree to meet at a certain place at a certain time and get up to silly hijinks, like doing the Thriller dance in the Daley Center plaza - and we were all very confused about why, like, Improv Everywhere would want to hit somebody in the head with a bottle and steal his iPad.

"We're going to dress up like Best Buy employees, go down to Michigan Avenue, and ROB THE SHIT OUT OF PEOPLE!!!!"

this fucking fetid swamp... I'm worried about leaving the dog home today even though we ran the air all night and the place is sealed up like it's wintertime.

Tues: 94°F | 73°F
Weds: 94°F | 71°F
Thurs: 73°F | 52°F <-- nom nom nom

Fri: 61 and rain

Have you guys seen this? I know it's from 2006, but it's still relevant today. I've been in a languagey mood this morning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiTV3RWxekQ

Wow. Amanda, have you seen Over The Edge?

xp

Yes.

Does it live up to the amazing promise of the trailer?

I get nostalgic for old style movie trailer voice overs.

It's so fucking good! You haven't seen it?!

Tim_Hunter's 1987 The River's Edge arrived a few years after the disaffected teen pictures of the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as Foxes, The_Outsiders, and the Hunter-scripted Over the Edge. These films were cautionary tales inspired by the proliferation of drugs, sex, and parental negligence, and their tone was reminiscent of the restless-youth pictures of the 1950s. River's Edge, on the other hand, captured the dead-end world and incidental amorality of its teen characters with a distant, cerebral eye. Quietly artsy, the movie's unsensational commentary is guided along by ironic, scene-stealing performances from Dennis_Hopper and Crispin_Glover. Seldom has Hopper's crazed rebellion been exploited to better effect. Even his reclusive drug dealer can't fathom the amorality of the kids who surround him. As the leader of the teens, Glover isn't conventionally menacing. He's more of a personification of the "This Is Your Brain on Drugs" commercial, with an oddly sweet side to him. His warped, eerie performance is miles away from anything seen in typical estranged-youth movies.

It's really like River's Edge, and I know you guys have seen that.

Foxes -- also GREAT

Out of the Blue is excellent too, if you are in a gross Dennis Hopper mood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgR_LUmf4vs

"It's my life! I can do what I want with it!"

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE RIVERS EDGE!

OMG these movies are so so so good. You've seen The Outsiders? You are going to die from eye candy.

I'm not sure if I've seen The Outsiders. I know for sure I read the book (7th grade, 2 room schoolhouse in Montana, fueled my fantasies of living on the tough streets of NYC, made me think "J.D." (Juvenile Delinquent) was a thing that cool people actually said) and I've seen hell of tons of clips of the movie. I just logged onto Netflix at work to correct these missing parts of my life!

I've never seen any of these movies.

Do I need to give you homework?

Over the Edge was a pretty powerful film to see at age 8. The images from that movie will be forever burned in my brain. Its been about 10 years since I last screened it, time for another go I think.

Jesse: Outsiders
Jaymc: Out of the Blue
Jenny: Over the Edge
Everyone: River's Edge

we read the Outsiders in 8th grade I think, then we watched the movie version after the test on the book. my 8th grade english teacher was a real POS.

Everyone: Foxes

(Foxes = Jodie Foster and Cherie Currie go wild)

The Outsiders is pretty ridiculous -- teenfic gang soap opera shot like Gone with the Wind -- but all the baby beef will make you feel like a sleazeball. (Or maybe it's just me.) Matt Dillon is esp dreadful but Emilio Estevez is a doll.

River's Edge is kind of amazing, even tho Crispin Glover is acting in a different film than the rest of the cast.

River's Edge is kind of amazing, even tho Crispin Glover is acting in a different film than the rest of the cast.

totally OTM

I agree that Outsiders is easily the cheesiest of all.

Oh man, River's Edge. Very formative movie for me (kind of unfortunately). Also one of Keaneu Reeves's best roles, I think.

MOTHERFUCKER! FOOD EATER!

xp Crispin Glover is kind of always like that. Part of his charm.

I feel like River's Edge needs to be watched at various points in one's life to be able to see it different ways, like Twin Peaks.

xp so THAT's where that quote comes from! this metal band I saw a couple of times had the whole scene sampled on one of their albums, never knew what it was.

oh man, The River's Edge and Over the Edge were both very important to me when I was a teen. Haven't seen either in forever though, which I should rectify. Never seen The Outsiders.

You would really like Out of the Blue! I guarantee it.

I just ordered The River's Edge through the library. I look forward to reliving my youth.

Out of the Blue looks to be more difficult to get, but I have faith in my reference skills.

You can do it! And you'll be so glad you did. It's so good!

Dang. Netflix doesn't have Out of the Blue or The River's Edge right now! I saved them, though.

Okay, I'll check it out! There are five libraries in Illinois that have the DVD, hopefully one of them will be nice.

xp

Out of the Blue is being revived in a new print here in NY, which often presages a new DVD release. (I was not that impressed the one time I saw it.)

You know what's an awesome fucking movie?

The Warriors. That's an awesome fucking movie.

Lots of potential for Warriors and Death Wish reboots, with some gun-wielding cop saying "Put down the iPad. Put down the iPad."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/07/greensboro.race/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

i FEEL LIKE i SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SAy (oops, caps lock) about that story, but I just feel like, yup, that's how it is there.

I hate it, too, but ... aren't you from Florida?

― jaymc, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 7:09 AM (14 hours ago)

Yes, but most buildings in Florida have air conditioners.

we bought a new, bigger air conditioner about a week ago and THANK FUCKING LORD WE DID

Amen. This was a good evening for a refreshing lake dip though! Water was freeeezing.

Went swimming in the Lake this time of year last year, was waaay too cold.

also, gyuh — I realize all my posts here are about roommates/apartments but my roomie J3ss put up an ad for his room and is moving out next month. If anyone knows anyone looking for a cheap place, send them my way.

apparently the person who came and checked it out today works for H4rpo(!)