Chicago MMXII

I knew you'd like it! Pretty things.

I like to look at pretty things, it's true.

You guys, have I already talked your ears off about The Runnies?

Listen to "Ghost" for a weeper or "Easy" for a rocker

http://www.candydinner.com/album/the-runnies-you-cant-win/

(seriously though, every song is good. v v recommended! and free!)

I'm glad you found music you love and I may listen to them sometime but I can't listen to music at work, so all I can really say at this time is "The Runnies"????

yeah i love that stained glass museum, so much cool stuff. one of the only things that makes a trip to navy pier tolerable.

I am really loving the Chicago Past Tumblr. Who ever thought having two right angles on an expressway was a good idea? As seen here: http://chicagopast.tumblr.com/post/20235555363/more-information (pic to hueg to post here)

Jesse, it's not just that I like it -- I think people itt would like it in particular. I spare you guys most of the time!
I have no idea about the name, but they are organ trio that plays baaaaadass rock music self-described as freaky deaky.

that chicago past tumblr is terrifice, i like that the layout is really simple, but they often do provide links to more information without cluttering up the tumblr itself.

Chicago History website: ...the Link Bridge...officially opened on October 5, 1937...While the bridge eased congestion on Michigan Avenue, the roadway's sharp angles immediately proved to be a problem. A little before 3 a.m. on October 8, two different northbound drivers were the first of many who failed to negotiate the turns and suffered an accident. This hazard was not finally corrected until the completion of the current S-curve in 1986.

in other news, big day for juicy gossip!
http://www.wbez.org/news/criminal-justice/city-lawyers-daley-give-deposition-torture-case-98084

i like the runnies album so far

yaaaay
i thought sarah might like it too

i love it when i find out about cool local bands. remember a couple of months ago when there was that blog post going around by the doorman at danny's, about how people should not be dicks when trying to get into danny's? turns out he's the singer of fake limbs, the local band i was praising on facebook last week - he also manages electrical audio.

another day, another drunk driver going the wrong way on the expressway

new thread title?

not that we're really burning through the posts here these days but

for future reference

I am not proud to admit that in the past I have gotten behind the wheel in no condition to drive but I have never misjudged which side of the road I am supposed to be on, it just blows my mind how people do this

xp hahaha

I've turned the wrong way down one way streets stone cold sober.

iiinteresting

http://www.beerpulse.com/2012/04/lagunitas-brewing-to-open-new-brewery-in-chicago/

I've turned onto up the wrong side of a divided 4-lane highway due to inadequate signage + fog. That was scary but funny. No alcohol involved since that was before I drank. It was late and there was no traffic, so I kept driving the wrong way until I came to a break in the median.

I am not proud to admit that in the past I have gotten behind the wheel in no condition to drive but I have never misjudged which side of the road I am supposed to be on, it just blows my mind how people do this

Me, too, although I tend to take a "there but for the grace of Gob go I" view of my survival. In retrospect, I could have once or twice been this person. I just got lucky. :(

Should say I haven't driven under the influence since the 90s.

So I was starting to get a little disappointed in the first issue of The Chicagoan, but the super huge oral history of Siskel & Ebert is making up for all the shortcomings.* Its a real joy to read and I'm learning quite a bit about them, more than I'd ever really cared about before.

* - The shortcomings are pretty big, imho, although I have high hopes for the future. It looks great and there are some great photos (partic the ones from those insane building climbers), but a lot of the interviews and pieces in the first half are super fluffy and lightweight (the Jeanne Gang one being a decent exception). I guess I hoped for a few more in-depth pieces. The biggest disappointment of all, though, was the Martin Prieb piece. I really enjoyed his book and had high hopes for something new from him, but it was really weird. First it started off with a weirdly racist tone that I never detected in his book, then it got weirder. He mentioned being so drawn to this case from forty years ago and how it paralled his own life, but he never really explained how or why. Instead he just spent a couple pages theorizing on what happened based on the reports and articles he read. Which is a fair approach, but the paragraphs he spent agonizing over what order the perp raped his victims was really uncomfortable and pretty wtf.

i just did something i have never done -- i commented on wbez's facebook posting. i couldn't help myself! they posted a list of "space jams" that is...pretty feeble in terms of space jams, so i suggested some more appropriately spaced out space jams. i figure if i can't keep my mouth shut, the least i can do is recommend something better instead of being pissy and negative (which i sort of was when i saw rhcp on their list of SPACE JAMS)

i mean, i realize that they're on the radio and all, and that real spaced out space jams are super long, but honestly. this is the internet, you can post a link to a 17 min song just as easily as you can one that is 3 minutes.

here is the list, decide for yourselves
http://www.wbez.org/blogs/bez/2012-04/music-thursdays-tony-sarabia-and-richard-steele-space-jams-98152

Is this your pseudonym?

Alicia 28 minutes ago
Galileo by Indigo Girls

How did you know!?

I've seen your vinyl copy of Swamp Ophelia hidden in the sleeve of a Brontzmann LP.

Brötzmann, king of night vision/king of insight

I still can't believe this list.

haha, that is pretty awesome LL,
though really
can we expect tony sarabian
to have excellent taste in music?

i do! he hosts the world music show, doesn't he?

i thought he would have better taste in space jams, i guess

BY THE WAY -- dr aj -- have you heard alexander tucker? if not, i can almost guarantee you would like him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxvDPBrABjs

No, the name is not even familiar! But as per I trust your aesthetic judgments I will listen to that as soon as I am able i.e. when I am not sitting at the reference desk

He's Wyatty in combining melody and weird out-there shit, has a new album out, which I haven't heard because I impulse ordered it after listening to the album that starts with that song ^^. Not to overhype, but you'll like it.

hey, do you dig colin stetson? He is coming to chicago and I am excited.

I completely hate the new direction of 848. S@r@bi@ is a shitty host and it seems like all the more in depth news stuff they used to do has been replaced with shitty music.

ooh when!? would go!

also yes, dan m i TOTALLY agree with you -- it's suddenly like the red eye. they had an in-depth story the other day about standing in line to get into a restaurant. they used to talk about juveniles trapped in the criminal justice system and actual local issues. blech.

i guess actual reporting costs money. that's sad if that's the reason why it got all floofy without much warning.

nm - i googled it
also, had no idea he was a total bohunk?!

stetson is playing june 23rd at schubas, tix on sale tomorrow

and it's on a Saturday so I feel like I have no old-man reasons not to go

well i will go too
i like frank rosaly too

too

also i will say that as far as local media goes, love this cover!

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/525573_10151517142745473_75994265472_23789853_57313419_n.jpg

Jenny, I have your marmite in my bag but I'm not checking any luggage so I really hope it doesn't count as a liquid and get confiscated!!

also, had no idea he was a total bohunk?!

S@r@bi@? He's attractive, but his teeth are pretty fucked up.

As to the space jams, maybe this is super-duper obvious (and if so, I apologize), but I think the songs they posted were pop songs that were about outer space, rather than like trancey spaced-out mood music.

I thought about going to see that Colin Stetson show, too -- if you guys are going, then I definitely will.