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

A+

lol

btw the roach clips line I quoted was lftr pllr, which is like the hold steady but way better

blech

this is like a catalogue of things i don't like (aside from bowie and the city of minneapolis, and i guess roach clips about which i feel totally neutral)

I've never been to ToC, so I can't say if I would like it or not.

Nice, Jenny!

I'd like a smooth-jazz coke mirror. Spyro Gyra, or the cover of Aja.

I went to Taste once to see some friends who were playing with Robbie Fulks. Was near one of the entrances, so didn't have to go into the middle of it. Had some good soul food from somewhere nearby.

OMG STEELY DAN COKE MIRRORS WHERE DO I GET THEM

Did you know the c terminal in laguardia doesn't have a bar? What a travesty.

Shoulda flown into Newark. Just sayin'.

I have heard from multiple people that the Newark airport bar is very good

It's a lovely airport, about 5 stops from lower Manhattan on the PATH. LaGuardia's ok if you're going to Brooklyn and don't mind paying $40 in cab fare. JFK is fantastic if you're going to Jamaica Beach.

I don't have much choice in matter since it is for work.

I tried to find a Steely Dan coke mirror, but all that came up was:
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kWkno_x03Lo/0.jpg

If I ever by happenstance come into a big mess of cocaine, I will have a party and you are all invited, and we will listen to Aja and Gaucho and Tusk and as the evening wears on and we all get drunk and tweaky, On the Corner.

I love you all but that sounds like a horrible party.

You can't really say that until you've snorted some cocaine. These will be the best albums you've ever heard, and we will all be best friends for ever and ever, until the next day.

We'll be wearing animal heads and dancing to "Tusk."

i preemptively disinvite myself from this horrible party

We could keep it legal and just do dozens of shots of espresso off of a mirror.

No. You need both the fine Columbian AND the Cuervo Gold. Otherwise it's all pish.

Columbian

Colombian

sorry, that drives me nuts

All I want to do is party.

Is this really what they're called?! I seriously never knew this. Like, I had NO IDEA. I feel kinda disillusioned tbh.

I've never heard of coke mirrors either.

I'm still not even sure what they are.

Are they like handheld mirrors with band logos on them?

I don't need any of that stuff to know that Aja, Gaucho, and Tusk are awesome albums.

As a tourist in your city, I would go to ToC.

and rightly so!

j, you've basically got it right, they're about 6 inches on a side, usually have some kind of cardboard "frame" around them. band logos are not a must but are some of the most common.

John they are usually about six-inch square, framed mirrors with band logos printed on them.

xp!!

WmC, I hope when you come as a tourist to our city you let us take you somewhere more awesome. At the very least to thank you for your stellar handling of the Jay Batman incident.

http://imgcaf.com/ca/cacheimgdetail/20110301/be4f9d5ee3c1817ef6f3fdbae42a38b6/655308/toronto/bizcaf.jpg

Yes! I tried to find a picture but couldn't. That's it.

I did learn there is a band called Bowie Coke Mirror, which is a p good band name IMO.

Jenny you and I are like the coke mirror sages, let's go blast some lines

jk I have never done coke and have no interest in it

Last time I did was at a party somewhat like what Kenan described, which is how I know it would be horrible. Let's go pet puppies instead.

Jenny, I would love to be guided to the best eats/happenings/meetups in the city. If I'd known banning Jay Batman was going to be so popular, I would have banned 20-30 other ilxors already by now! (er, wait...)

I'm still working on travel plans for late summer. I think Chicago will happen!

Ooo! Fun!

still think Jay Batman'll be back

I'd be disappointed in him if he doesn't try.

Man, FUCK Newark airport. I was staying at 103rd, right at a subway stop and it still took me 2.5 hours to get there. That was the only time I've ever missed a flight.

Similar sentiment to lftr pllr and the HS, but you knew that already.

I've only ever flown into LGA. They could really use a train to that airport. Come on.

WmC, I just added you, or a total stranger, on Facebook. Also I've reached some awesome Facebook/ILX tipping point and now the friend suggestion with whom I have the most friends in common is no longer my high school drama teacher, but rather Ned Ragget.

It was me! Howdy, friend.

Jay Batman is permabanned, right? Does that ban his IP address?

yep

can someone sum that up for me in a few sentences? i can't figure out what happened.

astonishingly egomanaical middle-schooler/blogger in the body of a law student follows a trackback to ilx, shows his ass for 2 days, gets 35 SBs in 48 hours, HAMMERTIME'd this morning

I know what happened, but I don't quite understand. A self-proclaimed "anarcho-misogynist" checked his referrer log and found that he was getting traffic from the ILX right-wing crazies thread. He came here and started posting lots of of entertaining (and confusing, to me) stuff happened.

xp yeh

He name-dropped "the Lubbock, TX legal community," IIRC.

The saddest part is that he'd gotten addicted to the attention, even though it was negative, and showed up this morning basically being like, "Talk to me! Ask me questions! Tell me how wrong/stupid I am!"

In the "right wingers are crazy" thread, somebody linked to some blog posts by a, more or less, men's rights type a-hole named Jay Batman. He followed his referrals to the thread and attempted to 1) win an imaginary dick swinging contest re: his personal philosophies and then 2) fit in and when much of ILX put its collective snark to the task of making his stay unpleasant, he started losing it and WmC mercybanned him (merciful for everyone). He also racked up 48 sbs in a day or something. I she'd him when he was shitty to horseshoe because no.

xp but posting anyway to justify the labor of my thumbs

The saddest part is that he'd gotten addicted to the attention, even though it was negative, and showed up this morning basically being like, "Talk to me! Ask me questions! Tell me how wrong/stupid I am!"

That was actively painful and largely while I'm glad WmC pulled the trigger.

Also okay 35 not 48. But apparently it was he most single day sbs ever.