where have you been, dude?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 October 2010 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
How was Japan I.D.? We need an architecture, food, drink and music rundown...
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 October 2010 03:43 (thirteen years ago) link
oh japan that is dope
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 30 October 2010 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
hey y'all
how's yr rally going, we were driving around 17th & Constitution and saw nothing
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Saturday, 30 October 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
You're in DC again? Hey dere! IDK just got back into town and decided the people on the metro were annoying enough so I didn't walk there.
― powerpoint coordination specialist, chicago bears (daria-g), Saturday, 30 October 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i decided to sleep.
― tehresa, Saturday, 30 October 2010 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I went to the gym. Heading home I heard the last few minutes on C-span.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 October 2010 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I just got back. It took two hours to get from the mall to Glover park.
― Charlie Chaliapin (j.lu), Saturday, 30 October 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
ha, I have no idea why we missed the whole thing, we must have been driving by right in the middle of it but we saw nothing
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Saturday, 30 October 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
rally was mildly diverting, though i was kinda puzzled at jon introducing kid rock as though he was elvis or something
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 31 October 2010 05:35 (thirteen years ago) link
favorite sign was "LIVE FREE AND DON'T BE A DICK" and i want it to be inscribed in the ilx faq
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 31 October 2010 05:36 (thirteen years ago) link
On CNN coverage I saw a number of anti- Fox News signs including "Fox is my comedy channel; the comedy channel is my news channel." Tuesday's votes and media coverage will likely show that Stewart's goals of sanity and civility will not be met.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 31 October 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Is a Thursday night thing happening?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 05:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I am still down! We wanna meet somewheres central I imagine? idk
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Hi all! I am back from Mexico (not as exciting as Japan, but hey TACOS).
I am up for FAP and in fact have rejiggered my schedule today so that I could actually make it into the city during actual happy hour hours.
Big Hunt? Has a HOOS been to a Big Hunt yet? It is the scene of many a night of olddcilxdc good times. Someone pick a time, yo.
― quincie, Thursday, 4 November 2010 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I can go to big hunt. Does 6:30 sound reasonable? earlier?
― powerpoint coordination specialist, chicago bears (daria-g), Thursday, 4 November 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds good imo
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 4 November 2010 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I've just found out about the AFI theatre in Silver Spring. And there's a European film festival on!
― Gukbe, Thursday, 4 November 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
6:30 works for me--see ya there! I do not have to go to the suburbs today, so I will not get stuck there again!
― quincie, Thursday, 4 November 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
6:30 at the Big Hunt works for me. See you all there!
― Charlie Chaliapin (j.lu), Thursday, 4 November 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
― Gukbe, Thursday, November 4, 2010 12:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
AFI is awesome. You just missed their "Noir City" series.
― Moreno, Thursday, 4 November 2010 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
love the AFI. Have to check some of those out.. been watching too much football, time to get some culture.
― powerpoint coordination specialist, chicago bears (daria-g), Thursday, 4 November 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm gunning for Certified Copy. I was also given a coupon for two tickets for the price of one if anyone wants me to forward it on.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 4 November 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's the list of movies for the European showcase. "Certified Copy" is the only one I've heard. Anyone hear anything about any of the other films playing?
― Moreno, Thursday, 4 November 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
You just missed their "Noir City" series.
― Moreno, Thursday, November 4, 2010 7:04 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 4 November 2010 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Will be late to the Hunt but will see you there...
― ljubljana, Thursday, 4 November 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Tuesday, After Dark is meant to be good. Romanian New Wave, so ymmv.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 4 November 2010 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i do love new wave iirc
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
cool. gonna check that one out. there's great burmese food nearby there too btw.
― Moreno, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
MANDALAYYYYYY
― 69, Thursday, 4 November 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Awwwww Mandalay misses you, 69! BTW have not yet booked tix yet, but will be in SF/Oakland second week of December. Wanna see youuuuuuuuuu!
― quincie, Thursday, 4 November 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Hoos is stuck outside the Big Hunt b/c his ID has expired. Change of plan: meet him in the Mad Hatter a few doors down.
― ljubljana, Thursday, 4 November 2010 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
haha poor hoos lol
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 November 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Dang where are you all?
― powerpoint coordination specialist, chicago bears (daria-g), Thursday, 4 November 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry to miss you all! Unfortunately weekdays I have to get up at 4:30, so I had to bail.
Question: has anyone reading this ever had to serve on a DC grand jury? I just got a summons, and the prospect of serving three days a week for eight weeks does NOT appeal.
― Charlie Chaliapin (j.lu), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Ouch. Sorry I missed you folks. I was seeing Brazilian bossa-pop singer Luisa Maita with a friend at Bohemian Caverns at 8 (the early show) and just did that.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 November 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
woah, HOOS is in D.C.? that's crazy, man. i should probably post in this thread now and then anyway, since i'm not far from D.C.
― lil bow bow (some dude), Friday, 5 November 2010 03:27 (thirteen years ago) link
yes post in this thread
also lol + <3 @ fap
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 5 November 2010 05:56 (thirteen years ago) link
so you found a bar that would serve you?
Virginia licenses have a transparent oval with an imprint of your face in them. Something to look forward to!
― Gukbe, Friday, 5 November 2010 06:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
and comma
borrifying
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 5 November 2010 06:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/11/04/zanzibar-on-the-waterfront-closes-down/
I was busy getting this written the other night. The DC government at work--they don't think local nightclubs and tourist destinations can co-exist
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 November 2010 12:13 (thirteen years ago) link
wow, that is infuriating.
― fauxmarc, Friday, 5 November 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
But this wasn't a case of eminent domain, right? Zanzibar took a lucrative buyout offer from PN Hoffman that they could have refused.
― I DIED, Friday, 5 November 2010 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah this seems like the owners making a call that's :/ culturally but not definitely not screwing them over or anything.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 5 November 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
hah, just realized my high school reunion was there (didn't go)
― fauxmarc, Friday, 5 November 2010 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
No one is rejecting the buyout offers because I think the city may have made sweet deals with the developers.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 6 November 2010 06:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I think help from the city is therefore making it easier for the developers to throw large amounts of money at the clubs. In August, Fenty was at Hogates/H20 for a ceremonial demolition ceremony. So yes, its not eminent domain, and yes the Zanzibar owners will do fine financially, and yes they theoretically could have turned the offer down, but I think the city could have made life difficult for them (especially since the city wants to shut down Water Street where Zanzibar is located, as part of their plans to change the traffic flow and build offices, condos and park space in that area).
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 6 November 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
so uh wow, not been ilxing for quite a while but stopped by b/c i've been on/off reading this http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FAVwSQ9JL._SL500_AA300_.jpg and came across curmudgeon quoted irl which was very cool.
anyway, rad to see dc blowing up with ilxors! who knew!
― W i l l, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't know he's in that. i was def reading this at the columbia heights subway years back and someone walked up showing me their photograph in it.
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 11 November 2010 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, I'm in there. And lots of things I said to Marc Anderson when he interviewed me never made it in the book as they didn't fit the meme or theme he was going for.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 November 2010 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link