Chicago: More Bars in More Places

sill work

i am looking forward to iron man. can't wait to hear sabbath blasting through those insanely loud theatre speakers.

Uh-oh. I just realized I'm having salt for lunch so far. I'm eating Kalamata olives and (Bulgarian!?) feta. I love working in Greektown sometimes!

I went to Artopolis a while back, liked it a lot.

http://www.artopolischicago.com/

The greek grocery store is pretty great. Like at all ethnic grocery stores you get yumminess for MUCH cheaper than at Jewel or Whole Foods.

artopolis was good too, but my chicken dish was not very special. i chose poorly.

Dan: sometimes my balls feel like tits

I was listening to Sweep the Leg Johnny!

And it made your balls feel like tits?

I'll repeat what I said before:

jesse k3hr: que??
Dan M@rt|n: it's the name of the song I was listening to

I saw that band once.

It was okay.

Me too. I saw them here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=wN3PLKDQZQI

The sound sucks ass but the end of the video is great.

I like Sweep the Leg Johnny. Saxaphone dude was in Zzzz, who were pretty great too, afterwords, then I think he moved to South America?

I bet I used to play the song from that YouTube video on my college radio show.

More bands should have saxophones.

I saw them in Milwaukee, on their break-up tour. I think I really disliked the drummer for some reason?

I remember thinking "that dude is going to fall right through that drop ceiling" and then he fell right through the drop ceiling.

You didn't like the drummer? I thought he was pretty awesome.

I listened to a lot of StLJ in college. They played a few times at Grinnell. Pretty awesome, but when I've gone back to listen to them recently, I can't get into it.

Zzzz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmmVSWBrcw

Yay! Silkworm movie!

Apropos of nothing except that we're posting youtube clips of '90's bands, but the video for Break Up Your Band by Chavez is still my favorite video of all time (I may have made you watch this before if you have been to my house).

The dude in the beginning of that video looks the hell out of Mark McKinney.

I wish I was better at playing left-hand lead like that dude does (b/c I am actually left-handed). I can do it alright for rock but not more syncopated stuff.

JESSE I can't believe I forgot to tell you this:

My co-clerk who isn't Leslie was walking around the beach area of the LP golf course with his girlfriend and was hassled by a gang of five raccoons!

!
What time of day was it???

They're everywhere!

Which dude are you talking about, Jordan?

It was at night. He said that there weren't any people around, and the wind was blowing, and he heard noises and started to get scared and then suddenly... RACCOON ATTACK.

I had not shared your story with him at this point.

did he get hurt?

THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN TALKING ON IM!!

scared of raccoons lol

Which dude are you talking about, Jordan?

The MC at the very beginning/end.

He did not get hurt, nor did the raccoons try to take his cell phone. He did say that he no longer goes to Lincoln Park at night, however.

I think we're seeing the beginning of the Great Raccoon Wars.

No Dan, he was scared of the noises. Well, but then he was scared of the raccoons, too. But you'd be scared, too, especially if there were enough of them to pile up on each other and form a giant humanoid shape made from writhing masses of raccoons and then karate chop your ass.

No Jordan, which dude are you talking about here:

I wish I was better at playing left-hand lead like that dude does (b/c I am actually left-handed). I can do it alright for rock but not more syncopated stuff.

attn n/a: i play saxophone. it is, in fact, the only instrument for which i have displayed any aptitude.

too bad mine's broek

Oh, I mean the drummer from Chavez, he plays lefty lead on a righty kit.

LOOK THE SQUIRRELS ARE IN IT, TOO.

want my sax? i have an alto I need to get rid of!

FFs are about to become INXS for realz

http://members.lycos.nl/inxs/hpbimg/the%20swing.jpg

Jeezus. I submitted an online request to People's Gas on Saturday to have gas turned on at our new place, and they said it wouldn't be turned on until Wednesday, and I was like, well, that's kind of annoying but OK, I probably shouldn't have waited so long to get my act together, etc. Now we still don't have gas, so I called them up and the woman said she had no record of my account and since they would need to have access to the basement in order to get shit activated, the earliest that could happen would be NEXT WEDNESDAY. And it would have to be in the afternoon, so either I'm staying home or I'm calling my landlords to see what they can do about it. Fuck this. I don't even cook that much, but Kr does and she's been chomping at the bit for a stove/oven to use. Grrrr.

Saxaphone dude was in Zzzz, who were pretty great too, afterwords, then I think he moved to South America?

Did he join up with Chicago-based cornetist Rob Mazurek (of Chicago Underground Duo/Orchestra/etc.), who moved to Brazil a few years ago?

So who's got an oven we can use?

How about some sterno? If you get tired of cooking, you can drink it.

I don't know what that is.

That sounds like bullshit to me. In both of our apartments, the gas has already been on, but in the landlord's name. I called up, got it switched, no hassle. Unless the whole building has been vacant for years I can't imagine the gas is not already on in some form, otherwise the pipes would be freezing and shit and no-one wants that.

ok, i found a job i'm qualified for and actually want. it's nearby (about a mile, maybe 10 minute bike ride in morning traffic)and i wrote a kick ass cover letter noting how my past experience dovetails with the duties they have listed. send me good vibes, i need this.

xpost- i think my oven is broken, pilot light is on, oven never heats, 3 of 4 stove burners work so i don't know.