The only thing to judge was that a Daily Show guy was doing stand-up beforehand and decided to try out an extra half-hour of new material. This meant that the club was at capacity, so there was a long wait to get in, until the comedy show let out. Other than that, some club-sapphic pairs of gals, just a few dudes being bros, a few pairs of dancers who took over big swaths of the dance floor, and other than that everyone was who there were and the music was all great.
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
phillip and i watched episodes of archer and venture bros until we went to bed
― tanuki, Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
Also guess what -- not tired, only had 1 beer, feeling good. Staying up til 4 isn't as taxing as it may appear! I've done it several times recently, in fact!
― La Lechera, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
I was kidding about judging. And I was thinking about Jeff's advice to someone on ILX, "Dance like everybody's judging you." (who was that?)
Corey, there will be new Archer episodes soon!
― Je55e, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
So guess what? I started a thread on ILM last night and it was not a disaster. Worst Pixies song
xp it was my first time watching it. i think i like it more than sealab, but i'd need to see more eps to tell
― tanuki, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
Archer v. Sealab is very much apples an oranges IMO.
― Je55e, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
they share some writers don't they?
― tanuki, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Marduk commands you to reconsider your opinion.
― Jeff, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
Oh I don't know.
I just meant that the styles are very different, though thinking about it now I can see some intersections. The characters are all kind of jerky and the jokes are often somewhat blue. But Sealab is more about absurdism and non-sequitirs. Archer eps stick w/ their story and characters rather than veer off into stuff like the 5:00 long "UH OH!" bit.
― Je55e, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjkdMQzNbt4
― Je55e, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
ha! i'd always wondered where "we have uh-oh" came from
― tanuki, Sunday, 15 January 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
The only thing to judge was that a Daily Show guy was doing stand-up beforehand and decided to try out an extra half-hour of new material.
Wyatt Cenac? I know he was in town this week.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Sunday, 15 January 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, we even saw him walk around the building when they wouldn't let us in. He stayed for the dance party too, but was not dancing.
― La Lechera, Sunday, 15 January 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
Btw he was cute, smaller than I expected, and had a beard. Lotsa dull jokes though, including lol buying condoms is embarrassing.
― La Lechera, Sunday, 15 January 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
Wow. That's really bad.
― Je55e, Sunday, 15 January 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
tres leches, i used some of that dried mango powder. my stir-fry is now deliciously tangy.
― tanuki, Sunday, 15 January 2012 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
awesome!!! i hope you sang "lemme tang it" while you were cooking :)
― La Lechera, Sunday, 15 January 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
Hey sorry I didn't check in. Hope the coffee table transportation went OK <3
― Je55e, Monday, 16 January 2012 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I think Wyatt Cenac was on a live episode of WTF not too long ago and I was kinda ~shrug~ about him. Not that that's the best venue to judge someone as a performer, but it seemed like he was mostly coasting on charm.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Monday, 16 January 2012 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
Be careful, karaokers!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-cops-man-hits-bar-owner-with-bmw-then-tosses-150-cash-at-him-20120116,0,3630305.story
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
Weekly check-in to see who might be up for pub quiz tonight.
1) Odd Mint Saucepans 14 pts2) A Witch Liver 10 pts3) Finish the Lyrics 12 pts4) Chemical States Round 16 pts5) Dead Or Canadian 11 pts6) Pictures 15 pts7) General Knowledge 22 pts
1 = Stand-Up Comedians2 = The Civil War (or possibly "Welch Trivia": questions about Jack and/or Raquel Welch)
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
can't do tonight as per empty bottle show as previously discussed. seems like it's going to be pretty poorly attended (tuesday night plus snow in the forecast). i'm now playing bass on three songs and keyboards on two songs, instead of just autoharp all the time, plus singing backups on a couple of songs, which is fun.too bad, "stand-up comedians" is a good category.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
Oh riiiight. Sorry.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
it is cold
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
how was your show?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
Gaahahdsafwh Nick, I wanted to go to your stupid show and I only remembered it last night at about 9:30. I need a social secretary.
― Je55e, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
i've been playing in my friend's band for about a year, most of the time i play autoharp. last night we're playing a show, we're a fairly quiet band, and a drunk guy decides that the middle of a song is a good time to wander up and ask what the instrument i'm playing is called. i try to just stare him down, he says "you don't know what it's called? ok" and wanders away. kinda put me in an odd funk for the rest of the set.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:28 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
the club also arbitrarily pushed back the start of the music by an hour, literally minutes after we were talking about how we liked playing there because they're so professional
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:04 AM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
i think it was fine but i was in a weird mood after having to wait around with nothing to do for the four hours between sound check and our set, plus the drunk guy, plus an annoying opening band. there were a surprising number of people there though, i guess because free show.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
should've kicked drunk guy in the forehead imo
― long duk dan (dan m), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
four hours is a long time, geezi'd be antsyat least there were people there, even though one of them was drunk guy?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Empty Bottle is only good for rock. The rest gets drowned out by yayhoos.
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
i've seen some great loud jazz shows there, and folk stuff too but there were as many times that the singer had to yell STFU.
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
one of my favorites was seeing alasdair roberts with like 20 other people including the bartenderi remember there being a LOT of problems when we went to see lavender diamond though. that was a long time ago, eh?
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, and I tried seeing Azita there a time or two, to no avail.
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
bert jansch was great though, and no one bothered him because everyone was there to see him
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
i've definitely seen quiet bands get overwhelmed by crowd noise there (whoever opened for bill callahan/smog that time i went with jeff), or sometimes they try to make quiet bands LOUD to compensate and lose the dynamics, which i think was more what happened with us - they had the bass pumped, which isn't really appropriate for our songs.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
sorry for the bitching. it wasn't that bad.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
anyone know anyone looking for editorial work?
― long duk dan (dan m), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
New CTA Stations
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
I was hoping this was about the proposed new stop on the Yellow Line that would be blocks from my house. That would be great.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 19 January 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
if I lived on the far south side I'd be pretty pissed about some of this happening instead of extending the red line
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 19 January 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not sure that fancy new platforms should be first on the list. I think extending services would be a priority, but lets not expect CTA to exhibit logic.
But then I'm furious with the CTA because the goddamn 97 bus I mentioned earlier has driven past me at the stop three times in the last week and a half now and my complaints seem to be doing no good.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 19 January 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
i don't even want to know what the cta has planned for my stop
― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 January 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
Bus tracker has developed an annoying glitch for the westbound Diversey stop in front of my apartment. It will say Approaching when it absolutely is NOT but it will say that for several minutes. Then it will either switch to an accurate estimate or get stuck on 6 or 7 minutes.
At eastbound Belmont bus stop by Courtney's house (Belmont Blue Line) Bus Tracker consistently predicts 5 minutes when it is 2 stops away. That's pretty fucking exasperating. Those 2 stops = 2 minutes MAX. >:[
― Je55e, Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
I've been enjoying the electronic trackers on select bus stops.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
I'd be happy of they just put new metal caps on the stairs at Wilson. The ones there now are worn smooth and slick and one of these wet and ice days, I know I'm going ass over elbow down those stairs.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
the steps are all really scaryi often get this terrible OH GOD I'M GOING TO FALL sensation and it's awful
― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
The steps on the stations they are remodeling are bad, too. Hate those steps. Hate that gonna fall feeling.
― gonna give her the old fuquay-varina (Jenny), Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
every time it's like having a heart attack!
― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link