Chicago MMXII

"You can drive to work" has a whiff of Romney's "You can borrow money from your parents."

Yeah. Very "Let them eat cake!"

Ugh.

I mean, he's saying "if you think this is bad, consider the worse alternative," but he's still a shit.

I hate to even bother with the distinction between what he said and how it was spun, but the straight reality is bad enough.

Chicago's 16 most iconic dive bars:
http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2012/11/27/chicago-dive-bars.php

(I've been to 12.)

Good old Rossi's.

10/16 for me, though I'm betting there are some really great bars that didn't make the list. Which is probably for the best, actually.

hey y'all
bill orcutt playing at MCA 6pm tonight, free

I question their definition of dive bar.

Really. How is Matchbox even remotely like a dive?

The mutiny, ha. World's largest urinal.

Just saw bill orcutt majorly upstaged by the crowd waiting to see the fashion blogger :-/

He was v good too -- my brain feels cleansed by that performance. Did not stay to see the blogger because it's suppatime and I've had a long day.

In other news wow does this train reek.

So fucking exasperated by my record buying woes this year, I'm seriously considering giving up the hobby completely. Third time this year now I've ordered music directly from a band or label and it's never shown up. First time was from Matador, second was from the band Krallice, third an most recent from Thrill Jockey. And it's not like a delivery address problem because after the first couple issues I switched to having stuff mailed to work. I'm just pissed to be out over $70 so far with nothing to show for it and out a limited edition CDR that I can never get again. Fuck it all, tbh.

Btw, SUPER helpful that the phone number for the Loop post office that is listed everywhere, including the USPS site, has been disconnected.

Also helpful that no one answers the other number I found. Argh. Just, y'know, not news to anyone here I'm sure, but the US Postal Service has got to be one of the most worthless things on the planet.

Lets drink to that.

Taking the 90s "You don't want to look like you're trying" ethos to a new level.

Heavily. I just find it oddly fascinating that this "service" that feels so threatened by other, better delivery methods responds by just getting worse and worse with their customer service. I mean, yeah, THAT'S going to help keep customers.

The USPS really REALLY does not want you talking to local post offices or even talking to live representatives.

Unterstandably so, if you've dealt with 90% of them.

I am upset w/ the PO right now b/c the building I work in had the most awesome delivery person ever - not just good at her job, but willing to go the extra mile in a lot of ways - and national-level management reassigned her and gave us a POS who is not used to commercial routes, so she is fucking up absolutely everything. And she literally flings our mail down the hall toward our suite's door. She's afraid of dogs, so she won't come inside, which is FINE, but she doesn't even bother setting the mail down by the door.

Our former carrier's supervisor pushed hard to keep her on her route, but national management thought they knew better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Yn7kCx2zY

hi

i wonder what band this is and if it's someone i've heard of

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/muc/3441555461.html

Are you planning on applying for that sweet guitarist gig? I'd love to know who that is, though probably nobody I've ever heard of. "acclaimed noise rock trio"!

i browse through craigslist musician ads occasionally just in case i find the perfect band to play with but i never do, also craigslist musician ads are pretty depressing.

I'd like to think that it's Shellac replacing Steve Albini, and that all of the facts that don't fit with this scenario are merely red herrings to throw us off the trail.

Nick: you and Sarah and Rachel and I should form a boring couples band together. I'm only sort of joking. It doesn't really have to be boring.

I was going to guess U.S. Maple for the Craigslist band, but I don't think it totally fits.

i don't think sarah has much interest in playing music these days but i'll mention it to her. i need to find a new music situation (not going to be doing any @dvance b@se stuff in the near future because he's started doing solo shows instead of full band shows)

u.s. maple was a four-piece. i would love to be in us maple though it would be very intimidating

the problem is i have no songwriting motivation these days. i want someone else to write good songs and i come up with cool guitar parts.

Too bad you can't pull some Dennis Quaid in Dreamscape move because I'm constantly writing songs in my sleep that I can't remember when I wake up. I would let you have all of them.

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-lying-disease/Content?oid=15337239

Long but interesting article about people who fake cancer on the internet for attention.

There was a student in my degree program in college who kind of famously did that. She's at Harvard now.

man that article is fucked-up

def worth reading but fucked up

hey if anyone wants to enjoy a triple feature of horror movies, this is happening tonight (i'll not be staying for the midnight movie because the day will not come when i can sit still that long)

TERROR IN THE AISLES 13 - Nov. 30, 2012
Doors Open At 7pm

Ultimate Horror Triple Feature

Special Guest: BRIAN YUZNA, director of SOCIETY & Legendary Producer of RE-ANIMATOR, DAGON, FROM BEYOND, DOLLS & many other classics in Person!

7:30pm - AIR CONDITIONS (Short film by Ryan Oliver)
8pm - SOCIETY (Dir. Brian Yuzna in Person!)
10pm - THE BIRD WITH CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (Rare Early Dario Argento!)
Midnight - PHANTASM (The Cult Classic!)

Trailers & Short Films Include:
TREEVENGE (by Jason Eisener dir. of Hobo with a Shotgun!)
THE DEVIL'S ORCHARD (Opeth Music video by Phil Mucci)

I tweeted this but it is amazing so I'm posting it here, too:

http://www.postbourgie.com/2012/11/29/here-is-a-picture-of-jesse-jackson-playing-basketball-with-marvin-gaye/

i am simply going to state: marvin gaye in short shorts

Hey, just popping in here, as well, to say that I'm prolly going to that free Tortoise/Sea & Cake show @ Empty Bottle on the 20th and will readily and happily identify myself to any ILXors who are present despite my previous IRL anonymity. I'm back in Chicago now and wanna extend muchas gracias to jaymc and Je55e and carl agatha and whoever else expressed appreciation for my previous DW Haircare persona before I exploded it. Hope you find Old Lunch to be an acceptable replacement. I don't post on ILX as much as I used to but I'll try to make a point of checking in on this thread more when I do. Because y'all are alright in my book.

See you there dingdong!!

I hope you know I mean that in the friendliest possible way. Do any of you other ppl want to join me? Free w/ RSVP!!

But of course. 'Dingaling', however, might've sparked a rumble. Even as leader of the pack, my metaphorical grip on the satin sleeves of the Lincoln Square Squabblers is tenuous at best.

Ha, I wondered what happened to good ol' DW Haircare. I liked him.

Oh shit, hi! I'm glad you're still around, and while I will miss your previous name, this one works, too. It's made me think.

I didn't know anything about that show, but if it's free and it comes w/ Lunch, then I'm in. Was that enough RSVP, or do I need to do anything else?

Also, areas close to the lakefront were eerily beautiful tonight with the thick, creepy blankets of fog slinking around. Turns out windy fog is pretty great.

hey OL, welcome back

Thanks, dudes. It's good to be back (Chicago)/here (Chicago ILX thread).

Je55e, here's the Thrill Jockey RSVP link: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3201524

I'm not going to meet any more people unless I know their real names first.