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I bridge the gap between EZ and Dan M. I am a former Minnesotan (Deer River, in Itasca County, headwaters of the Mississippi River, near Grand Rapids, MN, birthplace of Judy Garland) and Michigander (Near Charlevoix, MI, summer residence of the (Jon Benet) Ramsey family), as well as Montanan.

Other famous Montanans:
Dana Carvey, Missoula
Gary Cooper, Helena
Evel Knievel daredevil motorcyclist, Butte
David Lynch, Missoula
Martha Raye, Butte

I lived 90 miles north of Missoula and 65 miles south of Kalispell, the town where Michelle Williams and L. Ron Hubbard grew up.

― Jesse, Friday, 2 March 2007 06:35 (seventeen years ago) link

This American Life at the Chicago Theatre was awesome for a number of reasons. Foremost is the production itself: it was fully a stage show, offshoot of the radio show, and of course advertisement for the TV series, making me want to subscribe to Showtime to watch this show (it's on Showtime, right?).

The other reason I liked it was the fact that Jenny, Jeff, Courtney and had fun seats. While they weren't close enough for me to catch every facial nuance of Ira Glass and Dan Savage, we got our own box seat (impossible--completely impossible to find!) with four chairs for the top price of balcony seats. Plus, we got cocktail service and easy, unobtrusive-to-others access to the restrooms.

Plus we did the civilized thing that makes us behave savagely: Cocktails. Before and after. Good fun.

― Jesse, Friday, 2 March 2007 06:51 (seventeen years ago) link

fracking hell. That sucker got me drunk.

― Jeff, Friday, 2 March 2007 13:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Was David Rakoff there, too?

― jaymc, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link

me and a friend were the first two people in the bar last night and the last two to leave. unsurprisingly i have a headache this morning.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Reuters should maybe fix this typo:

Bush crashes in Atlanta, 6 dead, 29 injured - Reuters AlertNet

http://www.alrdesign.com/blog/uploaded_images/robot1-705603.jpg

― jaymc, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:26 (seventeen years ago) link

You people. I'm so emotionally available, sometimes I think my heart lives OUTSIDE my body. Circulation is a bitch.

― Laurel, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:30 (seventeen years ago) link

David Rakoff was there and he made me LOL a lot. He talked about TV. I also decided that Ira Glass is a cross between John, Kenan, and Eric.

― Jenny, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse, I have spent several hours on the Things my gf and I have argued about site in the past. I keep forgetting to look for that book at the library!

Amanda, I received a Daily Candy email about Dan's friend's book last week and thought it looked up my alley!

― KitCat, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey, have any of you fancy pantses ever eaten at Everest? I have been instructed to find an "extravagant" restaurant for an after-graduation dinner and that looks preeeeeety extravagant without being all irritating in that "molecular gastronomy but not actually, you know, food" way.

― Jenny, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:50 (seventeen years ago) link

I got a fucking flat tire on the way to work. This is one of the tires I just paid for LAST MONTH. Fuck.

― Jordan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:06 (seventeen years ago) link

There was a giant ~~pit of despair~~ pothole and I hit it at no more than 25 mph, pop.

― Jordan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:07 (seventeen years ago) link

NOOO! I'm sorry, Jordan. That's horrible.

― KitCat, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link

http://pictures.spacebar.org/images/ira-glass-feb2006/ira-glass-smile-thumb.jpg

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I guess the manly thing would be to change the tire, but if I even have a spare it's buried beneath lots of drum gear and it's snowing out. I think I'm going to call AAA and get towed to a tire place.

― Jordan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Bummer, Jordan!

― Jenny, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, shitsville.

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link

my dog used to have a fleece-y bed type of thing that he would never use, i totally want on that would accomodate someone slightly over 6 feet tall to put under my desk for days like this.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link

I guess I would have felt ripped off if I had paid for AAA and never used it this winter.

― Jordan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:28 (seventeen years ago) link

yay! my ping pong shoes are in the mail!!

― chicago kevin, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Special sports shoes for playing ping pong?

― KitCat, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link

that's the story i'm making up, yes.

― chicago kevin, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi guys. I am at home on my futon again.

― n/a, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

i hate you.

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Say hi to Toons and Luce.

I'm going to do a teeny tiny bit of work and get something hot to drink.

― KitCat, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Mmm, I just got a second cup of coffee. Pepper keeps coming in here and going to sleep on my chest while I work.

― n/a, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Oddly, that was an xpost, though it addresses both points made in Sarah's post.

― n/a, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link

you guys should totally get married.

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Could Ira Glass look more like a milquetoast?

― Jesse, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Or maybe, look like more of a milquetoast.

― Jesse, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link

MMMMM...milquetoast.

― Jesse, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh look, I was anonymously dissed on craigslist too. This is the best morning ever.

― Jordan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Are you sure it was about you, J?

― KitCat, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey Jordan, here's an ego boost, maybe: Courtney's sister is an immediate HUGE fan of Digdown. As soon as she got back to NY she ordered a CD and listens to is a lot, and plans to order more.

― Jesse, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Pretty sure. I'm sure I wouldn't mind if I wasn't already hyped up from my car troubles.

― Jordan, Friday, 2 March 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

You wouldn't mind?

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:11 (seventeen years ago) link

That's pretty cool, Jesse, thx.

Have any of you guys heard The Dr4stics? Apparently they're a Chicago band who does a live dub thing, and they're playing up here soon. Looks good on paper, but bad "dub/afro-beat/hip-hop" bands are REALLY bad.

― Jordan, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Are you sure it was about you, J?

Based on the evidence, it's pretty damning.

― jaymc, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I also decided that Ira Glass is a cross between John, Kenan, and Eric.

I want Kelsey to show up and respond to this.

― jaymc, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

What kind of lame-ass disses people on the internet?

Oh, wait...

― dan m, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I think we all know who the real loser is in this scenario.

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey, so the club is near Ontario/Franklin - is walking from Chicago/Clark OK, or should we pick somewhere closer to the club to eat? Any ideas? Anyone eaten at Singha?

The two touchstones for the post-sensitive man are Ira Glass and Lyle Lovett, and Jordan, John, and I combine them in different ways.

― Eazy, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link

and Kenan, of course.

― Eazy, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link

(and all the homiez)

― Eazy, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:43 (seventeen years ago) link

TS: post-sensitive v. sensitive post

― dan m, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Those aren't the only two, surely?

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link

hey, nobody tried to call me at midnight last night, did they?

― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

<i>cool layout. I'm done after that. If you're ready for sensory overload, this is your place. I'm not just talking about the music and lights. I'm talking about clientele. How many patterns can one guy possibly wear? I recomend the folks at the Guiness Book of World Records to check the guys out here. I dont think you're allowed in unless you have a wife beater peeping out of your shirt. The women are attractive though. But I still prefer a girl who's a little more classic looking</i>

― Eazy, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Anyone eaten at Singha?

Yeah, I work a block away from there. It's OK, but I'm not sure it's any closer to Sound Bar. I'm fine with Panang, but if you wanted super-close, there's Kan Zaman (Middle Eastern) at Ontario and Wells.

― jaymc, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I love that all these reviews just repeatedly reference how disturbing the clientle is. I'm looking more and more forward to this.

― dan m, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

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