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Why would I Rod Stewart know how to get free drinks?

Did anyone take Soundbar pics?

― Jordan, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Pleasesayyespleasesayyespleasesayyes

― Laurel, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse had his cameraphone out, and I think one of EZ's crew did too.

― dan m, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Jesse took a picture of my crotch.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link

that'll do, i guess.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

I only left the apartment once - to walk two blocks to the video store and back.

This time of year, that's a full, satisfying Saturday for me.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

...until dark.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

my weekend in a nutshell:

friday - went to milwaukee in the snow, saw a fun set from a good band and had an amazing night all the way around. at least until the miller brewing company partnered with gravity to have me meet an icy sidewalk. i slept the sleep of angels friday night.

saturday/sunday- saw busy signals at sub-t, n/a was there as well. i thought they played really well then i paid progressively less and less attention to the bands which was inversely proportional the amount of alcohol i imbibed. i did rally to pay attention to some of the river city tanlines set and i should have paid more attention because they really are fucking good. then i went to an afterparty then i went to breakfast. then i went home and listened to records. then i went to brunch (because of my egg addiction) and had a screwdriver. this continued on for what turned out to be 5 hours in a bar on a sunday afternoon. then i went back to my house so billlisamike could grab their gear that they'd stowed there on friday for their show that night. then i went to the bottle to see that show. c0c0c0ma were really really good, i can't wait for their full length because the songs that are on there are fucking fantastic. then the reigning sound was played and i could only stay for half their set because i started to crash, hard, and was unsure if i'd make it home if i stayed around. reigning sound are touring with keyboards again so there were thick, gluely slabs of hammond organ in all the right places. then i slept for four hours and came to work. and one thing about spending 5 hours drinking skrewdrivers in a bar is that occasionally things will sound like a good idea that really aren't. like knuckle tattoos with sharpies. no matter how much i scrubbed and scrubbed it didn't change the fact that i just came out of a staff meeting with "blow me" across my knuckles. faded, but it's there.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Ha ha. I thought the sub-t show was pretty fun but not amazing. Bands like G1to G1to Hustler get on my nerves. Way to play up to the stereotypes, ladies. R1ver C1ty Tanlines were my faves, though I had to leave about five songs into their set because I was too tired. Busy S1gnals were fun but honestly a little monotonous after a while. M0T0 was reasonably entertaining.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link

The sound was not great either, the vocals were way too quiet for all the bands.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link

I was surprisingly productive on Saturday, making it to the downtown library, the art supply store to buy calligraphy pens, the jewelry store to pick up Sarah's wedding ring, and CVS, as well as working with Sarah to address and assemble the wedding invites before making it out to the show. Yesterday was also ridiculously productive, with trips to the gym, Staples and the grocery store all before noon, in addition to doing my Sunday work work and having band practice. I felt really virtuous yesterday afternoon. Then I sat around and read my semi-trashy book most of the evening.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Bands like G1to G1to Hustler get on my nerves. Way to play up to the stereotypes, ladies

yeah, we were talking about this and came to pretty much the same conclusion. my friend todd put forth that they were actually from the detroit suburbs and it was all an act. some inside-joke to see how gullible whitey can be.

also, i can't believe i'm seeing the "monotonous" applied to any band other than moto from that bill.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link

HELLO I WILL BE SEEING THE BIZ SIGS IN LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS

― Laurel, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I think the MOTO gang singing helped them rise above the "vocals way too quiet" problem, whereas Busy Signals were buried by the shitty sound a little. The sound probably didn't interfere with your enjoyment as much since I'm guessing you already know the songs.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

The worst thing about GGH was the five old, sleazy-looking guys in the front row taking 8,000 flash pictures with expensive digital cameras.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

you crazy kids with your rock and roll music.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

lol @ "blow me"

― Jordan, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I feel like that one guitarist from BS (the one on the left) was at Hidden Cove one of the times a bunch of us were there.

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

hey me too.

one thing from friday: milwaukee has their own versions of friends and acquaintences. there was milwaukee eric from the busy signals, there was milwaukee tom dash (who looked JUST F'ING LIKE HIM), and milwaukee paully rocco. but they were slightly off, a little bit shabbier, all of the dirt but none of the verve.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Bands like G1to G1to Hustler get on my nerves. Way to play up to the stereotypes, ladies

What was their deal?

The pizza place gig on Friday was fine, we played pretty well but it was very much an opening slot. They didn't even turn down the lights when we played. Then I was rude and didn't stay to see any of the other bands, I split to go drink with a couple of friends and eat some ill-advised tacos before going to bed.

Saturday I played in Portage, WI for a bunch of kids and old people. I played drum kit w/Digd0wn, so that was kinda new. Then I went out with a couple of friends and ate an ill-advised (but incredible) bacon bleu cheeseburger before going to bed.

― Jordan, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link

bizarro jerry?

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link

What was their deal?

All-girl Japanese rock group, matching costumes with leopard-print shirts, big fake smiles on their faces as they bopped around. Is it wrong of me to be annoyed by bands like this?

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Hell no it is not.

― Jordan, Monday, 5 March 2007 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

the one of the left is kevin and he lives up north so he might have been there. he's also in the krunch13s. he's really fun and funny and probably younger than any of the chilxors.

― chicago kevin, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, I did watch a little bit of Scream1n Cyn & the P0n P0ns on Friday, who've been getting a lot of buzz around here. They didn't sound very good to me, but they did have a lot of woodblocks and a half-naked fat dude in leather pants playing a keytar. People go nuts for that shit.

Didn't stay for the Rept0ids.

― Jordan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Wait, Kevin, did GGH finish up the night last time you were at Trash Bar?? That descrip sounds like them, but I have to admit I dug it.

― Laurel, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link

JORDAN: DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT GET FREE PIZZA!?!?!?!?!?!

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link

You know what's awesome? Pumpkin seeds.

But you know I wish? I wish there was a toaster oven here, so I could put soy sauce and salt on them and toast them.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link

There should be a board called I Love To Tell People What I Am Eating.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link

It's called Ian's blog.

― Laurel, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I feel like there was a thread like that at one point, some sort of What you're eating now thread.

― KitCat, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm bored. Entertain me. < /jesse >

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Someone near me is very flatulent. It smells so bad. :(

― n/a, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link

(I posted to it alot, ha ha)

― KitCat, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I totally DID NOT get free pizza!

Except I kinda did, because I stopped by Ev4n's place before the gig and he and his wife had just ordered a pizza from the same place. And then I got to the gig and the guitarist's wife had paid for a sandwich and fries but only ate half the sandwich, giving me the rest. SCORE.

― Jordan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link

¿Dónde está Ian's blog?

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link

How was Zodiac?

I liked it a lot, especially with the big screen and big sound up in Evanston. Recommended if you liked that photo of the El near Washington & Lake from 1981 that was posted here a few months ago - lots of period detail.

― Eazy, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link

MOTO is a gang? I thought it was just one dude.

Also, I have been confused whenever Kevin or anyone else has mentioned the Busy Signals, because this is the only Busy Signals I know, and I have been finding it hard to believe that they're the same Busy Signals you know.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

The Century in Evanston is my favorite theater (not) in Chicago. I especially like the way they have a piano bar off to one side.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link

ha! a smooth, minimal orchestration of sensible pop is not our kevin.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Yesterday was good: Kr and I watched Inside Man (kind of silly but mostly entertaining), did laundry, went grocery shopping, made pizza and soup for dinner, played Scrabble, and then went to Simon's to watch Brighton, MA play a set of mostly covers.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link

btw, john -- i haven't forgotten about ysi-ing the whole caetano veloso to you. Maybe I'll put it on the blog tonight for all to sample.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

I liked Inside Man! Because Clive Owen can do no wrong, imo.

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh thanks, Kenan. And yeah Clive Owen is always fantastic.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link

My downloading spree on Saturday resulted in the new albums by Bloc Party, Arcade Fire, Sea and Cake, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, and Modest Mouse, and I found the rest of the Field Music album (I acquired every song on that album exclusively through mp3 blogs).

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I went to Trader Joe's for the first time yesterday, it was okay. I was kind of shocked at how the employees were these hardcore TJ party-liner's. I was waiting in line for one cashier and another dude came by and was all "hey buddy, I can get you over here" and took my basket (!). Then he was going on about what good bread I had chosen and how he and his bros would stop by the bakery every time they road tripped out to San Diego. The place only opened a few months ago, where do they find these people???

― Jordan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link

ooh... I should get new Sea and Cake. How is it?

(This is where john and i talk about smooth, careful gaywad pop for a moment. Pardon.)

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link

That's one thing that I love about TJ's -- the employees are so friendly and talkative.

New Sea and Cake is good -- it's less glossy/synth-y than the last album, and a couple songs actually kind of rock. But I kind of have low expectations for them these days -- it's still not in the same league as their 90s output.

― jaymc, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, they get more wallpaper-y all the time

― kenan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

I kind of hate it. I get weird when I'm shopping, it's strictly business. Unless you're that cute girl at the furniture store.

― Jordan, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

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