Chicago MMXII

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Mmmm labia.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, August 1, 2006 8:13 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

Lob-ee-uh

http://chicagopast.tumblr.com/

I wish there was a tumblr with pictures of Chicago in the future.

I wish my dogs would learn how to clean up after themselves/use a vacuum and earn their keep around here a little bit.

I will NEVER EVER google image CAT HEAD again. * shutter * All I wanted was a cute little cat face. CRY!
― Queen Sarah Saturday (coco), Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:58 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark

I love that Tumblr, Jeffie.

haha

I never expected my feelings to be popular among, you, my renegade biking peers.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:15 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark

Oh man, I had just been thinking about how I wanted to remember some of the crazy shit the reeeeeediculous NOLA intern said and I found a ton of them by searching for AMEDB (African-Methodist Episcopalean Dumb B.). This is a nice example.

"I thought Jesus was a carpenter"

"He was"

"But he couldn't have been a carpenter; carpet wasn't invented yet!"

-Exchange between me and the AMEDB

man I am not too into going back and reading what 2006 me had to say on this thing

I read through some of the thread and you comported yourself with dignity, intelligence, and grace.

There was a conversation about how we'd never get rid of Mayor Daley, which just goes to show you. Never say never get rid of Mayor Daley.

I enjoyed re-reading that thread. I really need to keep a journal.

But this is far better than a journal b/c it's a log of everyone's thoughts.

Spent a good hour or so in the stained glass museum in Navy Pier. Had no idea it was there! Plus, it's pretty much completely empty because no one cares about stained glass.

I've been there -- it's beauuuuuutiful!

I knew you'd like it! Pretty things.

I like to look at pretty things, it's true.

You guys, have I already talked your ears off about The Runnies?

Listen to "Ghost" for a weeper or "Easy" for a rocker

http://www.candydinner.com/album/the-runnies-you-cant-win/

(seriously though, every song is good. v v recommended! and free!)

I'm glad you found music you love and I may listen to them sometime but I can't listen to music at work, so all I can really say at this time is "The Runnies"????

yeah i love that stained glass museum, so much cool stuff. one of the only things that makes a trip to navy pier tolerable.

I am really loving the Chicago Past Tumblr. Who ever thought having two right angles on an expressway was a good idea? As seen here: http://chicagopast.tumblr.com/post/20235555363/more-information (pic to hueg to post here)

Jesse, it's not just that I like it -- I think people itt would like it in particular. I spare you guys most of the time!
I have no idea about the name, but they are organ trio that plays baaaaadass rock music self-described as freaky deaky.

that chicago past tumblr is terrifice, i like that the layout is really simple, but they often do provide links to more information without cluttering up the tumblr itself.

Chicago History website: ...the Link Bridge...officially opened on October 5, 1937...While the bridge eased congestion on Michigan Avenue, the roadway's sharp angles immediately proved to be a problem. A little before 3 a.m. on October 8, two different northbound drivers were the first of many who failed to negotiate the turns and suffered an accident. This hazard was not finally corrected until the completion of the current S-curve in 1986.

in other news, big day for juicy gossip!
http://www.wbez.org/news/criminal-justice/city-lawyers-daley-give-deposition-torture-case-98084

i like the runnies album so far

yaaaay
i thought sarah might like it too

i love it when i find out about cool local bands. remember a couple of months ago when there was that blog post going around by the doorman at danny's, about how people should not be dicks when trying to get into danny's? turns out he's the singer of fake limbs, the local band i was praising on facebook last week - he also manages electrical audio.

another day, another drunk driver going the wrong way on the expressway

new thread title?

not that we're really burning through the posts here these days but

for future reference

I am not proud to admit that in the past I have gotten behind the wheel in no condition to drive but I have never misjudged which side of the road I am supposed to be on, it just blows my mind how people do this

xp hahaha

I've turned the wrong way down one way streets stone cold sober.

iiinteresting

http://www.beerpulse.com/2012/04/lagunitas-brewing-to-open-new-brewery-in-chicago/

I've turned onto up the wrong side of a divided 4-lane highway due to inadequate signage + fog. That was scary but funny. No alcohol involved since that was before I drank. It was late and there was no traffic, so I kept driving the wrong way until I came to a break in the median.

I am not proud to admit that in the past I have gotten behind the wheel in no condition to drive but I have never misjudged which side of the road I am supposed to be on, it just blows my mind how people do this

Me, too, although I tend to take a "there but for the grace of Gob go I" view of my survival. In retrospect, I could have once or twice been this person. I just got lucky. :(

Should say I haven't driven under the influence since the 90s.

So I was starting to get a little disappointed in the first issue of The Chicagoan, but the super huge oral history of Siskel & Ebert is making up for all the shortcomings.* Its a real joy to read and I'm learning quite a bit about them, more than I'd ever really cared about before.

* - The shortcomings are pretty big, imho, although I have high hopes for the future. It looks great and there are some great photos (partic the ones from those insane building climbers), but a lot of the interviews and pieces in the first half are super fluffy and lightweight (the Jeanne Gang one being a decent exception). I guess I hoped for a few more in-depth pieces. The biggest disappointment of all, though, was the Martin Prieb piece. I really enjoyed his book and had high hopes for something new from him, but it was really weird. First it started off with a weirdly racist tone that I never detected in his book, then it got weirder. He mentioned being so drawn to this case from forty years ago and how it paralled his own life, but he never really explained how or why. Instead he just spent a couple pages theorizing on what happened based on the reports and articles he read. Which is a fair approach, but the paragraphs he spent agonizing over what order the perp raped his victims was really uncomfortable and pretty wtf.

i just did something i have never done -- i commented on wbez's facebook posting. i couldn't help myself! they posted a list of "space jams" that is...pretty feeble in terms of space jams, so i suggested some more appropriately spaced out space jams. i figure if i can't keep my mouth shut, the least i can do is recommend something better instead of being pissy and negative (which i sort of was when i saw rhcp on their list of SPACE JAMS)

i mean, i realize that they're on the radio and all, and that real spaced out space jams are super long, but honestly. this is the internet, you can post a link to a 17 min song just as easily as you can one that is 3 minutes.

here is the list, decide for yourselves
http://www.wbez.org/blogs/bez/2012-04/music-thursdays-tony-sarabia-and-richard-steele-space-jams-98152

Is this your pseudonym?

Alicia 28 minutes ago
Galileo by Indigo Girls

How did you know!?

I've seen your vinyl copy of Swamp Ophelia hidden in the sleeve of a Brontzmann LP.

Brötzmann, king of night vision/king of insight

I still can't believe this list.

haha, that is pretty awesome LL,
though really
can we expect tony sarabian
to have excellent taste in music?