Chicago MMXII

spotted in lakeview, a poor dog just trying to make it as a great dane in this world & being forced to wear this ridiculous get-up

lol

I didn't know who WJ was, but I was interested b/c I stand w/ LL and ca in fascination w/ the grotesque and bizarre.

a, have you heard this dariush dolat-shahi recording that got reissued last month? it's persian classical music w/ buzzy-bleepy-bloopy analogue synths from the '60s w/ added cricket and bird sounds:

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

Since I broke out of my multi-year depressness, I no longer hate music, but I still have a knee-jerk reaction of hating it, but then I remember that that's fixed.

Xp I haven't but I will! That sounds great!!

Anyway, John, hurry up.

If you don't give a fuck about sequencing, it's on Spotify already. Might still add or sub out some tracks, of course.

idgaf about sequencing. Are you jaymc on there? Assuming I can figure out how to add people?

No, seriously, how do you add people? I've managed to add five people throughout my Spotify career, but now I can't find a "find people you know" or "add friends" button or anything.

Connect to Facebook

...

Do it. U r my FB muse.

Honestly no pressure, but if you get a FB account I will tell you a secret.

You might be surprised at how unpersuasive that is.

Plus you'll tell me whatever it is anyway.

the lady on the right is named lind@ w@rmb33r
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_melci23LvC1rcq6xho1_500.jpg

young lady, i should say

That's pretty awesome.

I had a friend in college whose last name was L0ngye@r. I would like to introduce them.

hahaha
look at these people in the "ice room"

http://www.kingspa.com/data/file/e_g_chicago/1077252262_DwR7kemJ_e3.jpg

L0ngye@r is the surname of a p rich/powerful mining company family in the UP.

what about warmb33r

BLAINE
WHAT ABOUT WARMB33R?!?!?

sorry
i am losing my mind

Never heard'a no Warmb33rs, we like our beers cold up north eh.

Anybody here have anything anecdotal to share about the Wr1ght F0undation? I was supposed to go to an event there tonight with a friend who's been involved with them for a little while, and I thought to actually research them today aaaaaaaand it looks like they're some weird amalgam of Sc13ntology and EST. So I won't be attending that particular event. But now I'm wondering if I need to hire a vanful of deprogrammers to help out my friend.

We don't have any NY lurkers here any more, I don't think, but I saw this on fb and thought it was weird.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/65142_10151562480485744_952813274_n.jpg

Never heard of that foundation.
What is the origin of that map? Who made it?

This guy, apparently.

https://www.facebook.com/vourteque

I produce and direct a majority of the events for Steampunk Chicago as well as act as one of the primary contributors to the blog www. SteampunkChicago.com
So, not a sociologist or other person trained in the social sciences, then?

Nope just some dork like the rest of us. Well, with steampunk.

Then DISREGARD/IGNORE

double ignore for steampunk

Kind of funny, though, inasmuch as it feels right.

If you like scientific breakdowns of Chicago's neighborhoods, here's an interesting one that compares the types of waste disposed: http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/December-2012-1/A-Look-at-Chicago-Through-Its-Trash/

Tho I don't know enough about either Edison Park or Staten Island to say whether that one makes sense.

(Re the steampunkers' map.)

I feel cheated, Lechera promised me she lived in the equivalent of the Bronx.

I just mean what are his criteria? Population? Ethnic composition? Poverty/wealth? Geography? Access to transportation? General ~vibe~ according to him? Stuff like this drives me nuts.

I'm sure a lot of it is ~vibe~. Like, "Brooklyn" is the hipster enclaves of Logan Square, Wicker Park, Pilsen. "Queens" is working-class white, "Bronx" is working-class Latino.

Ok then I officially don't care about that map.

BTW I only said the Bronx because when I went there (once) the train ride was roughly the same length from the place I was staying in Brooklyn as my train ride from home to a similarly located place. My comparison was unscientific and poorly informed at best. I just wanted to illustrate time, distance, and effort required to get from one place to another.

it should be like a middle ages-style map with a massive compass and "WARNING: HERE THERE BE HYPSTERS" in calligraphy and ornate illustrations of cheap tacos and frat boys and strawmen

i bet if i made prints of that, people would buy it. too bad i'm lazy!!!!! ;)

haha

I'm just gonna ask this here because I know one of you will know the answer -- who is responsible for that current top pop hit song that sounds exactly like the Police?

Bruno Mars, "Locked Out of Heaven". I've not liked him before, but that one is really growing on me.

Not sure I've heard that one? I was going to guess Gotye.

Garfield Park?
No thonx.

I know that I have a disgusting mind, but the second column made me pause, re-read, pause, then chuckle.

http://www.chicagomag.com/whet/Screen%20shot%202012-12-11%20at%205_32_49%20PM.png

It totally is Bruno Mars! I swear, within the first 10 seconds you can hear The Police. Not a bad song, at least I don't hate it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-fA-gBCkj0

Hmmm, trying again:

http://i.imgur.com/ZOV8M.png

Yep, I was 100% confident that that was the song you were thinking of, as I thought the exact same thing within 10 seconds of the first time I heard it.

So far today I've listened to Big Black, The Jesus Lizard, and Monster Magnet so I am clearly in some kind of a mood.