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I feel like a trivia failure because I bought a Gong record over the weekend and was all excited about listening to it but it was the wrong Gong, the fusiony jazz one :(

I feel like a trivia failure because I have never heard of either of those Gongs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_%28band%29

Got it. Anyway, see, you know stuff!

It does sound like fun...what would it take to sign up?

$2 and a willingess to succeed, iirc.

what if i picked you guys up and dropped you off at home in my automobile

I appreciate the offer, but it's early enough in the evening that I would probably go straight there from work. I'd take a ride home, though!

if we still feel like doing this tomorrow, consider it done.

Around what time do you think you'd be picking up?

Whenever you think is best -- what time should we get there?
I have room for three people -- anyone else interested and on the way?

Cool - really appreciate the ride offer but I am still a maybe for now. But I'll decide early enough that it won't be a PITA for everyone.

Ok, no prob.
I am happy with whatever happens. Just thought I would try because it sounds like fun!!

so music trivia: doors at 7 and quiz starts at 7:30. amanda, would you be able to pick me up at 6:45ish? does that sound good? if so, i am down for trivia 2nite.

Yes!

What should I study up on today?

Music.

since this is being run by CHIRP i'm assuming it's going to be indie-centric ... not necessarily all about indie rock but focused on the kind of music knowledge that indie rock types have. but that could be an unfair assumption.

also because it's at a hip bar in logan square that has indie rock shows

ok
so i'm not entirely sure what that means -- i figured it would cover a lot of genre bases because people who like chirp like lots of difft kinds of music?
should i try to know what i know, which is basically nothing "indie rock" of the last 10 years, give or take a few here and there. are they going to have us identify gaslight anthem lyrics? no way on earth i can do that, if that is the case.

I'm excited. Since we can have teams of up to 5 people, should we invite anyone else? I would give first dibs to anyone here, but if not, then maybe J0dy + Dav1d?

I think "music quiz" is sufficiently broad that I'm not going to bother studying anything.

are they going to have us identify gaslight anthem lyrics?

OK lol. For my sake, I hope there isn't much lyric identification at all.

be sure to study up on this

the emo canon

invite who you want! i have room for three ppl in my car.

Oh man, I got really annoyed with CHRIP when I was trying to volunteer with them. I got in touch with them about doing some volunteer work and they sent back this really snotty email about how they were so overwhelmed with volunteers that they couldn't possibly use me for anything.

Anyway, that quiz sounds like fun! Good luck!

lol i opened that thread once and immediately closed it because i was like "i neither know nor want to know anything about this"

I thought of J + D mostly b/c they like trivia and live relatively close to the venue ... I'll ask if no one else registers interest in this thread.

lol i opened that thread once and immediately closed it because i was like "i neither know nor want to know anything about this"

I'm personally not much of an emo dude, but I went to college in the Midwest in the late '90s so.

sounds good

you're just younger enough than me to know about those bands, so that's good
i'm just older enough than you guys to remember a lot about the late 80s

i don't think it's going to be all about indie rock. that's not what i meant.

really i don't know what it's going to be. i was just stereotyping based on what i know about CHIRP and the venue.

ok. i hope it's got a diverse range of eras and styles/genres covered. i feel confident if so. just know that i do not have indie of the last 10 years hiding somewhere under my hat.

also i know nothing about reggae

ok maybe not NOTHING but not much

if jody and david can't come, let me know - my friend owen lives near there too and knows a lot about music

looking forward to this! it's not 100 degrees out today too!

i feel so so so unmotivated to work today

Me, too. I'm super motivated to hassle my alderman about repainting the crosswalk lines (also I want one of those "stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk" signs in the middle of the street, too!) at the intersection by my house. I just called them again and referenced this - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-city-council-hit-and-run-20120724,0,582985.story - and bitched that this is my third attempt to get some attention on this matter. Now I have the chief of staff's email and I'm going to take photos of how jacked up the crosswalk is and write him a nice long letter.

Next stop, ward meeting.

Actually, next stop will be putting "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" fliers in the mailboxes of the million dollar luxury condos across the street. Maybe at the park to all the parents, too.

All of this because having to dodge traffic to get to the bus stop makes me IA. And because I'm a little bit afraid I'm going to get killed by a car.

Oh but my hope is to get a bunch of rich parents at a ward meeting after I scare them into believing their children are going to die crossing Diversey to go to the park, since I think getting the richies on board is the only way this will get done.

think about the children works!

to be honest, when I see parents pushing strollers trying to cross the street there I get very anxious. So I'm exploiting that angle, but I also think it's a real concern.

There are two crosswalks across Diversey in front of my building, about 40 feet apart, but only one of them has the special Stop for Pedestrians signs. It's strange that there are two crosswalks so close together.

Those signs are fantastic, by the way. They are game changers.

That's what I keep telling Sc0tt W@ugesp@ck. He's really obsessed with food trucks right now, per his Twitter feed.

oh i should follow my alderman on twitter.

you guys i was just looking at the stuff chirp posted to facebook and i am going to sink this ship

i still want to go!!

whenever we don't know the real answer we will come up with a properly amusing fake answer and walk out of there with our heads held high

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

Have any of you ever taken a class at Lillstreet Arts Center? I'm going to take some sort of a class and theirs are only four weeks long, which is very appealing.

my k8e has and she loved it!

Oh awesome. Do you know what she took? I'm leaning toward jewelry making or painting. I have so much interesting but half broken costume jewelry and sometimes I just look at it all and think, "If only I could solder..."

pottery