i went outside at lunch and a (drunk/crazy/homeless/all of the above?) guy veered towards me and poked me in the shoulder while mumbling something incoherent. so i yelled at him.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
what did you yell at him?
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
"hey - don't touch me. don't touch me!" first time was startled, second time louder and more emphatici feel a little bad about it now since there was something obviously wrong with the guy, be it mental or chemical or whatever. but not too bad. i was also talking on the phone with sarah while it all went down. pretty exciting.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyUnSuYYs18
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
sorry, first thing I thought of
me too
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
Its gorgeous out, glad I had to walk around the UIC campus this afternoon.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
Onion headline from a couple weeks ago:"The Cartoon Network Celebrates Brak History Month"
― "Weird" Al Jazeera (jaymc), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
this is awesome, especially the last owl pic
http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/01/the_snowy_owl_is_a_badass_against_a.php#photo-1
<3 snowy owls
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Thursday, 1 March 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
Cool. The last one is great ;)
I'm partial to the first one, where he seems disturbed and indignant.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Friday, 2 March 2012 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
Good owl.
― carl agatha, Friday, 2 March 2012 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
I posted this elsewhere a little while ago but it's pretty important so I'm posting it here too.
Just saw a guy and girl walking down Clark St. near Diversey. Guy had one arm over the girl's shoulder and the other in his jacket pocket, pulling it over his belly. As he went by I saw what he thought he was hiding. Proud bobbling tent led the way, plainly visible to everyone on his right side.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Friday, 2 March 2012 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
?
Boner?
― Clancy Fans and Fancy Clans (Eazy), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, boner. At literally a 90° angle.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
I don't even know her! xp damn it
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
good thing you carry a protractor for such emergencies
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
That guy had clearly already bought his compass, so together they were ready for geometry class.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 2 March 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
lol protractor
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
also totally unrelated I am 1. glad the anti-eavesdropping law that was used to make recording cops in public spaces illegal has been ruled unconstitutional and 2. amazed that the comments on the trib article on the subject are pretty much wholly in favor of the ruling -- fully expected some major insanity there
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like i need some kind of new, focused creative project but i don't know what it should be.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Sandwich artist.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
make a record using only 1 - 3 instruments/sounds
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
make a sandwich using only 1 ingredient
i've been trying to do music stuff but i do think i need some kind of focus/constraint because i have trouble figuring out exactly what i want to do. also i don't really have much time at home to do music stuff, and really only after evie goes to sleep so i can't be too loud.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
but maybe i need to do something totally new and different, challenge myself.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
focus all of my energy and creativity on my tweets
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
you should do a record where each track only uses one sample for everything, like pitched around/stretched/cut. like a minimal thing with voice + that, and each track is based around a different single sample. i always wanted to do something like that.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
I encourage the tweet thing because I find your twittering amusing.
Alternatively, take up a life of crime: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-cta-red-line-delays-police-activity-near-chicago-avenue-20120302,0,288532.story
― carl agatha, Friday, 2 March 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
that's an idea. i don't really know much about samples/sampling though. here are other restriction ideas i had:1. no recording for a year, only writing - i feel like i tend to start working on recording stuff before songs are totally done because i enjoy the recording part, so maybe i should focus just on writing for a while2. do a bunch of instrumentals, because i'm really lazy about lyrics and not a great singer - problem is i'm personally usually bored by instrumental music, especially rock/pop instrumentals - but maybe that would be the challenge
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
instrumentals are not boring!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
i like the instrumentals on the new lambchop album a lot, but they have a big string section going. generally i just have trouble latching onto songs with no vocals at all.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOpRGGcHW5whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQvObik_cHI
those are the two instrumental tracks on the lambchop album. so good.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
Should I listen to that album? IIRC I have never heard Lambchop.
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
(Obv. I have no issue w/instrumentals.)
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's really good. it's very very mellow but also very warm. if you like those two i posted, you'd probably like the rest of it, the vocals are very low-key
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
i love stuff that doesn't have lyrics but still involves the voice in some way
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
guys, i used the word "very" four times in my last post
i'm having my third cup of coffee for the day
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
nick I'm always up for playing if you wanna
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
cool, thanks. i like playing music with friends. i need stuff i can work on at home though too.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
Scoobie doovie be ba ba ba bum
― Clancy Fans and Fancy Clans (Eazy), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
btw that reminds me -- my parents visited recently and brought a load of my "crap from the attic" with them, including a full set of drum shells and some random hardware. it's not high-end stuff (Tama Rockstar) but it's in good shape. if anyone knows anyone interested I'd be into making a deal on it...
― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Take an upholstery class. And blog about it.
― carl agatha, Friday, 2 March 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
i wanna make music that sounds like thishttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6799445772_34daa8447f.jpg
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
amanda do you have a way to record stuff? if you record keyboard drones/noises i'll play trash guitar and bleep bloops over it. we can discuss via email if you prefer.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
ok!!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
that's skin with sun damage btw
Some shit is freshly fucked up on the Red Line. Purple Line conductor is telling everyone not to transfer to the Red because of a "1072." Whatever that is.
― carl agatha, Friday, 2 March 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
Ugh somebody said a 1072 is someone got hit by a train.
― carl agatha, Friday, 2 March 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
Why would a conductor use code when talking to passengers FFS.
This is great. I don't know how I missed the news. Great news for Occupy this May.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Saturday, 3 March 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
To reiterate: Great great great.