Chicago MMXII

Kind of weird company to be in, when you think about it: Three U.S. presidents have won the category, and both the year before and after Rollins won, it was awarded to Maya Angelou.

wow that is weird

Rollins 4 Prez

uhhh
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s320x320/429707_10151273335565542_751730541_22867059_1456949149_n.jpg

was that from when henry rollins was in red hot chili peppers?

i have no idea but apparently it is his birthday today and one of my fb friends who always posts hot pictures of famous people on their birthdays posted it

My dad called me this morning and said that "the guy from the Foo Fighters" looked like "the guy from the Chili Peppers" "except with a shirt on."

Then he hung up.

ha ha

didn't he call you once to talk about beyonce?

jen kirkman did a good job of trolling people on twitter by pretending like she didn't think the dave grohl of nirvana and the dave grohl of the foo fighters were the same person.

didn't he call you once to talk about beyonce?

Maybe! I don't remember.

I was just kidding, though -- he called this morning about something else, but he often likes to engage in some warm-up patter.

I have never knowingly heard Adele.

I have never knowingly heard Skrillex. I'm waiting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puZJA2qKBsw

I looked up skrillex on youtube once, just to hear what the kids are into. I don't know if I'm just lol old or what, but it seemed like garbage to me.

http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2012/02/4f39416bc9edd.png

I've liked the skrillilxx I've heard.

I do try hard not to dislike him just because Kids These Days*, but mostly I find dubstep in general too noisy and annoying. LOLOLD. I see the appeal of Skrillex specifically more than I do of most dubstep.

*I like deadmau5 despite my best efforts to the contrary.

I also don't think it's that OMG! that people of a certain age wouldn't know who Paul McCartney is. He hasn't done anything noteworthy in years and years that anybody other than Dad Rockers or the same people who still buy Roger Waters solo albums care about. Yes, there was the Beatles but if your parents didn't listen to the Beatles, and you didn't take it upon yourself to listen to oldies or classic rock stations, how would you care enough about them to find out who the band members are?

I mean, holy shit, if you were to say to me right now, "carl agatha, would you rather go see Paul McCartney or Lil B The Based God in concert right now?" I would pick THE BASED GOD without thinking twice and I did grow up liking and revering The Beatles.

Actually, wait. Lil B probably wouldn't go on until after 11. I would probably just chose to stay home.

http://www.suntimes.com/10626363-417/flaming-hot-chips-gum-other-infractions-costly-at-some-schools.html

I'm going to take the controversial stance that charging students monetary fines for disciplinary infractions is straight bullshit.

idk the paul mac thing does bespeak a pretty high level of cultural ignorance

I agree, but I'm also not surprised.

I would see Paul McCartney instead of Lil B because I only know about the latter as an ILX punchline. I'm sure his music is lovely.

I am still confused as to how Skrillex and Burial are both dubstep.

idk the paul mac thing does bespeak a pretty high level of cultural ignorance

Sure, but of whose culture?

I just don't think Paul McCartney is culturally relevant anymore. I'm not sure the Beatles are either.

point, I've never knowingly heard Lil B so there you go

I just really hate young people tbh

there are...two dubsteps

I just really hate young people tbh

Haha me too but I bet lots of my students wouldn't know who Paul McCartney is and they are a bright and lovely lot so I feel defensive of young ppl who aren't familiar with elderly rock stars.

super reductive dubstep primer for jaymc:

it started off with uk stuff basically like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMR5K2QWfJk

and then branched off into strains that either prized the atmosphere (like burial, zomby, etc) or the crazy lfo modulation (rusko and then everyone in the u.s.). and now it's all a post-everything bass music stew (or it's brostep).

Ah, that makes sense. Thx! I obv. like the atmospheric stuff better.

me too, of course. although tonight i have to go program some brostep basslines for a friend who runs a competitive high school drumline. apparently they can use synthesizers now.

Lol I read all posts since Dan's pic thinking this was the secretly fascist thread. Makes more sense to me now.

the little bits of skrillex i've heard sounded alright. pretty simplistic but i get the appeal, it's basically like a boilerplate loud-quiet-loud alternative rock song but played on synths

there are some really nice pop hooks in there too, which are really what set him apart from everyone else doing big aggro drops.

Based God's real last name is... McCartney

IS YOUR MIND BLOWN

It… it is blown.

not knowing who paul mccartney is just seems sad to me
for old time's sake, why not enjoy this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYstxLoOnYA

Kr and I were gonna go to Jay-Z- and Beyonce-approved Great Lake Pizza tonight, but apparently it is closed on Tues. :/

we stayed right across the street from there on friday

Great Lake's the bomb. Just follow the Hot Doug's/Schwa/Alinea protocols and play by their rules.

Yeah, we've had it before, so we were looking forward to it. I think we're just going to go to Hopleaf instead and hope it's not too crowded.

In Fine Spirits!

Not a bad idea, but I think they're doing a special Valentine's Day prix-fixe tonight.

hey where is the massive new loop cvs you guys were talking about?

no plans for tonight but we have a reservation for Yusho tomorrow

for all of my yakking about romance, i don't really celebrate valentine's day

we're not doing anything special today tomorrow or yesterday

yeah I should say our plans for tomorrow are not really vday related, just the best opportunity for our dinner companions to get a sitter and escape their 11 month old for a while