Chicago MMXII

Fela!, courtesy of a Fella!.

Btw, going to see the musical Fela! tonight as a birthday present from my dad.

let me know how it is! i really want to see that

J3nny it was lovely bumping into you in the subway, even if it was only for 5 seconds. :)

Yeah! You're looking well. I love the beard in person. Also, I'm sorry you had to see my "COMMUTING FUCK YOU OUT OF MY WAY COMMUTING" face.

Fela! was enjoyable. I will say that I'm not sure how well it worked as a piece of theatre. The conceit is that Fela is directly addressing the audience as though we were at his club in Lagos, Nigeria -- complete with expected call-and-response and dancing/singing along -- but the venue doesn't quite work for that. (Maybe this was taken into greater consideration on Broadway?) The narrative of his life also becomes a series of anecdotes without much dramatic force. But the music was obviously awesome, and there's some creative staging and set design, too.

Thanks for the update. It sounds worth seeing just to hear the music in a setting like that.

a reminder that jesse and i are available for pub quiz tomorrow if other people want to come.

i know jon/via said he was possibly interested.

Yes.

Hey, IDK who is following the comedy poll results, but Eric H is volunteering to run a horror poll which I think some of you might be interested in and I definitely am (despite really not knowing much about much).

I would join for pub quiz tomorrow.

So the owner of R's company bought everyone lottery tickets last week and someone who works there won $10k. That person is now bringing in a tattoo artist on Friday and everyone who works there can have a free tattoo. Very strange.

that is strange

$10k each? How much cash does R get? Also what tattoo is she planning to get?

JESSE and anyone else really - if there is a horror movie nomination thread and I miss it (v likely) would you post a link here? TIA

Just one person won $10k and that person is "giving" everyone free tattoos as a result.

aaaaaaaaaand apparently the whole thing is an april fools gag, trust the idiots who run the place to pull that shit a day late

unfortunately i'll have to miss pub quiz this week, my wife threw her back out last night and can barely walk, let alone pick up a nearly 20 pound 6-month old

No. Tell her to put that baby on a travois and she'll be FINE.

That is a completely stupid and not funny April Fool's joke.

Jenny, I will probably miss it too since I don't use SNA, so EVERYONE ELSE: Let Jenny and me know about the horrific movie poll!

Baby on a travois
I know, I know
It's not that serious

jvc, I hope your wife feels better soon! Thrown out backs are so annoying and painful. :(

PS do you post baby photos of the little man on the ILP photo quarantine or anything?

he posts pictures on FACEBOOK

I AM NOT ON FACEBOOK

and I'm glad because I just read an article about how there's some app that uses Facebook data to show people where women are so you can use Facebook if you want to get killed by a serial killer with an iPhone but NOT ME.

my wife is the diligent photo taker and poster, so she puts them up on facebook, i haven't posted many here

fyi i did just add one to the photo quarantine thread

Jenny, that app got shut down right away.

jvc, I'm sorry, I do hope your wife feels better.

Yay!

Originally about the photo but also about the app.

But really a travois is never a bad idea.

no worries je55e, it was all worth it for the Smiths thing

For real tho I hope you make it out to a quiz night or something else. I'll sing Smiths to you.

I'm up for p.q. tomorrow night.

i will definitely soon, up until my wife's doctor appointment today i was planning on going tomorrow.

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I will put in a firm "maybe" for pub quiz tomorrow -- I had last week off and so trying to dig myself out of all the work that went undone may mean I have to stay late tomorrow etc.

1) In The Year 2525 10 pts
2) You Transcribe Humus 11 pts
3) Match- Bang Slammer 13 pts
4) Chemical States Round 16 pts
5) Dead Or Canadian 11 pts
6) Pictures 15 pts
7) General Knowledge 24 pts

2 = ???
3 = MLB Managers

2 = Curb Your Enthusiasm

Neither of those rounds bodes well for me, I fear.

I watched all of the 1st three seasons of CYE back to back, but that was 4 years ago. Maybe a review of Wikipedia will help.

2 = Curb Your Enthusiasm

Just figured that out. I've seen every episode, including the most recent season, though I may not remember specific details. I'll study up.

I called in sick today. I'm only a little sick but Sarah is really sick and had to deal with Evie yesterday and I hadn't used any sick time at my current job yet so I just called in. And I'm glad I did because it's beautiful out and I took Evie to the playground. I'll still be at pub quiz tonight though.

http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2012/04/the-25-douchiest-bars-in-chicago#1

Perhaps not surprisingly, I have not been to a single one of those bars. Actually, there's some small chance I've been in the boundary, but I don't thinks o.

I've been to Fado, English, Sluggers, and Debonair Social Club. Of the three, I only have positive memories about Fado.

*four

Horrors, I've been to six: Nick's Uptown (possibly where I first had Malort?), Fado, English (for a work function), Casey Moran's (friend invited me b/c there were free drinks), Smart Bar, and John Barleycorn.

Didn't realize Fado was so bad, but then I've only been there early on Saturday mornings which I imagine is a slightly different crowd than what is being referenced there. Years ago I was dating a girl who's friends would always end up at Tai's at the end of the night because former Cubs pitcher Kyle Farnsworth used to hang out there, so I went there a couple times - even worse than described.

yeah English seems to be a "function" kind of place -- the two times I've gone were for a Fire thing and something organized for R's work

xp I didn't mind Fado, but the fact that it was, again, a Fire-related event, the goalkeepers and coach were bartending, and there were a lot of people I know and like there helped a whole lot.

I've only been to John Barleycorn, which seemed pretty average, but it was probably early in the evening.

Nick's Uptown and maybe Casey Moran's for lunch once long long ago. Was the Cubby Bear on the list? I've been there, too (during the day).

yeah, a lot of these places, especially the irish pubs, are probably fine before they fill up with assholes.

I would switch the rankings of Smart Bar and The Boundary.

I've had good times at the smart bar.