Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

I don't know anything about recording or gear! But I know when they way things are recorded sound good to me. And so do you (meaning everyone).

the way obv.

Nick, get on gmail or call me.

They have all of them at that record store on Roscoe.

hardboiled?

yah

Go buy them, just to put a smile on Mark's face.

I'm not sure I do know what sounds I like re: recording, really. I don't know that I could isolate something like that. Maybe. I dunno. I thought it was my lack of expertise but it turns out I just don't like that band's music. Oh well.

It smells like mad tuna fish in here and I don't know if I can take 2+ more hours of it.

Stank.

is that like mad cow?

i <3 hard boiled

also, yes, nick, there will be harmonies.

BJs = new band?

i met mark at a party at hstencil's place about 7 years ago. fuck, MORE than 7 years ago. i've been here a long time.

Matt P. says that whenever he goes in there to give Mark a poster to put up, he always gets guilted into buying like two or three CDs. Mark even put on the new Iron & Wine while Matt was in the store to try to pique his interest.

xpost Yeah, remind me what BJs stands for?

Waht is BJs? And don't say blow jobs because DUH.

xp - Ha! Me and Amander = same page. And John.

I think the Solo Demos version of Okkervil River's The Stage Names may be one of my favorite things I've heard this year.

Gasp! Okkervil River! I forgot about that band. Boy I sure did like that one album from like... jesus, five years ago?

I haven't listened to the OR album, something about the description made me think I wouldn't like it. Is it country-ish?

I suppose there are a couple of country-sounding songs if you aren't really paying attention to it, but I wouldn't use that word to describe any of it.

BJs = secret?

bojangles

Beaver Jam

BONER JAMZ

mr. que is closest

xpost nevermind

top secret

xp well okay then

JA RULE
The Mirror
November 13
The Queens rapper spices up his latest tranche of thug-love jams with some attention-getting samples: ''Father Forgive Me'' finds Ja growling along to a prominent snippet of the Beatles' ''Eleanor Rigby,'' while ''300'' features macho dialogue from the flick of the same name.

As if he wasn't annoying enough already.

his latest tranche of thug-love jams
his what?

I was wondering that myself. What happened with the Beatles catalog recently that led to all the rappers sampling them legally now? The new Wu-Tang has a "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" sample.

"The word tranche is French for slice; in the financial sense of the word, each bond is a slice of the deal's risk."

Sounds like a promotions dude somewhere got a thesaurus for his birthday.

i give that reviewer a B for BOO.

ATTN RIVER WOLF: I think that Medical Journal editor job has been posted again. I can find out if you like.

omg yes plz. i have been dragging ass on the other ones; i just got a heap of secondary apps after my AMCAS app was validated.

Yup, definitely back up. Posted this very day!

just saw it! BAM!

will apply tonight!

thanks again, Dan!

I am quail and quasar.

I pick you up on radar.

chicago, a woman just came over and give me liquor, drugs, and money. what a fucking country we live in!

[image of yakov smirnoff here]

my cuticles are a mess. and i've been biting my nails. yech. and i burned my left ring finger on a pan of paella so it looks gross.

Bummer, Jesse, that's going to look like hell in the wedding photos.

Kevin: liquor bitch pay-back??

Mornin', Laurel.

Congrats, Kevin.

Jesse, Was that paella at work or at home?

Guys, I suck at cooking with tofu. I think I cut it the wrong direction AND too thin, because I ended up breaking up the pieces so bad trying to flip them in the pan that it ended up looking like scrambled eggs. :-(

was there enough oil in the pan? it sounds like you cut them the wrong way too -- did you cut it horizontally or vertically? (horizontally is the way to go imo)

no biggie-- try again. i've screwed up many times. surely everyone has.

The paella was at the HORRIBLE Cafe Iberico.

BTW - I talked to the people at Catch about that place, most hated it, but a couple defended it as "authentic," but in the same way that Golden Nugget is authentic American diner food. There was one girl who lived in Spain who lived in Spain who said that's what tapas are like there--loud, wide open space where you get slop slopped at you by sloppy slobs.

But that's not why I go out.

Wow. I lost steam in putting ideas down somewhere there. Whatever. It's hard to concentrate cuz I've been up since ass AM, I had a bad CTA experience and one of the partners is walking around the office carrying wind chimes that are fucking LOUD.

The wind chimes are our new security system around here, since we've had a shady character trying doors on the suites and hanging out in reception areas.

OH MY GOD THE BEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLS

I cut them in long, thin slices, like big rectangles. I'm thinking I should have cut them the shorter direction, if that makes any sense. I probably had enough oil in the pan, but could have used a larger one so that all the pieces could lay flat. (I was using our larger one to cook the rest of the meal) At the very least, I could have cooked the tofu in stages instead of trying to fit it all in there at once. Again, they were too thin anyway.

Despite that goofup, the meal was very flavorful.

Those bells would turn me into a crazy train.

How long does it take to drive to Skokie?

Oy. This morning gets better every second.

The assoc. atty. tried to make coffee. He almost electrocuted himself and now we have no coffee maker.