Looks like there'll be no further extension of Iceman Cometh into July (they have a musical about church hats to replace it). So I'll have to settle for Neofuturists, White Sox etc. (unless this Three Sisters coming @ S'wolf gets great reviews)
As if there are only a few theaters in Chicago doing work worth seeing!
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Friday, 8 June 2012 05:46 (eleven years ago) link
I saw One for the Money. It was as bad as I expected.
― courtnoodle, Friday, 8 June 2012 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
We've had summer hours for three weeks now, but I'll finally be able to take advantage of them and leave early today!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I didn't mean to imply such, just eliminating the 'big' stuff. Feel free to recommend.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
are you guys ready for RIBFEST?
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if the ribs are actually any good at RIBFEST? My one visit to Taste of Chicago made me skeptical of food-based festivals.
― Je55e, Friday, 8 June 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
Jeff brought home ribs from ribfest last year and they were really good.
― carl agatha, Friday, 8 June 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
all i know is that it fucks up parking by our house
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
the street is overflowing with greasy rib bones i bet
― game of crones (La Lechera), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
Ribfest makes my vegan FB friend who lives nearby very vocally self-righteous. He has suggested that the dummies at Ribfest should try a saladfest instead. Looking forward to this year's rants.
― Je55e, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, our ribfest ribs were good.
― Jeff, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
Every day is saladfest.
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Friday, 8 June 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
last year (?) the vegetarian cafe down the street from us had a booth at ribfest with vegan ribs. don't think they're doing it this year though.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 8 June 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
testing out a tweet with you guys: "when you've had a rib surgically removed so you can give yourself a blowjob, EVERY day is ribfest!"
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 8 June 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
(i'm not actually going to tweet that)
(i probably shouldn't have posted it here either. sorry.)
Tweet it!
― Je55e, Friday, 8 June 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
Somehow I've never been to ribfest, but I'm determined to make this year the year where I attend
― i invented steampunk (askance johnson), Friday, 8 June 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
Nick if you tweet it you have to use #ribfest
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Friday, 8 June 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
FINE
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 8 June 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
i typically try not to go too blue on twitter but whatever
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 8 June 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
@ribfestchicago
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Friday, 8 June 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
I did actually got to ribfest yesterday and, guess what, it sucked. I don't know why I ever held out any hope that it wouldn't, really.
― i invented steampunk (askance johnson), Monday, 11 June 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
We bought a meatstravaganza when we got back into town in Friday. Brought it back home though. Would never actually hang out at ribfest.
― Jeff, Monday, 11 June 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
The meatstravaganza was delicious, but I credit a good part of that with Jeff going to get the food while I stayed home in the AC and unpacked.
― carl agatha, Monday, 11 June 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
Here's a depressing article about Chicago if you are in the mood: http://www.city-journal.org/2012/22_2_chicago.html
― Jeff, Monday, 11 June 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
That's an excellent -- but, yes, depressing -- article. Logan Square Kitchen is now defunct, in fact.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Monday, 11 June 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
as with everything nowadays, do yourselves a favor and don't read the comments
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 11 June 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
Yikes at that article. It's depressing because so much of it is true.
― carl agatha, Monday, 11 June 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
City Journal does have conservative/libertarian leanings, so perhaps some of that article should be taken with a grain of salt. But, yeah, i think chicago is fuct.
― i invented steampunk (askance johnson), Monday, 11 June 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
Holy shit I read the comments. :( forever
― carl agatha, Monday, 11 June 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
xp I've never read anything on the site before but yeah, it became very obvious right about when the first mention of unions came up
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 11 June 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
I am unfamiliar with the publication but I guessed it had some conservative leanings, particularly since the first thing the author mentioned as ruining Chicago was unions*. And since so much of the solution revolved around business-friendly policies.
But the bit about byzantine government, corruption, being broke as hell, and a decade of quick fixes that just make problems worse is OTM.
*I have some specific issues with some specific unions vis a vis city and state government that I do think make some of these problems more difficult to solve, but I don't think SCAAAAARRRY UNIONS BOOOOOO are the main problem here.
― carl agatha, Monday, 11 June 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
Ha! xp to Dan, who is OTM
hi 5
― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Monday, 11 June 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
You all are approaching the comments section wrong. Just embrace them as a hilarious epilogue.
― Jeff, Monday, 11 June 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
There are too many talking about how great it is for the city that black Chicagoans moved to the suburbs (or how terrible it is for the suburbs). It's just straight up hateful.
― carl agatha, Monday, 11 June 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
a friendly reminder that this is on wednesday!
http://www.justforlaughschicago.com/justforlaughschicago/stories/story/0,,262043,00.html
― brony ver (s1ocki), Monday, 11 June 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
Chicagoans, I have a favor to ask of you.
You may remember last year many of you attended and very generously donated to a fundraiser I held for The Organization On Whose Board I Serve. I'm not going to hold a fundraiser this year, but you can still help us out in a very easy and delicious way!
On July 18, Homemade Pizza Company on Southport is donating money to us based on their sales. We get $5 for every large pizza and lesser amounts on salads and breadsticks. Each member of the org has been asked to "sell" five pizzas, and if we all do as instructed, we'll raise $1,000! Whoa man! So if any of you people who occasionally enjoy a delicious Homemade Pizza Company pizza, or have always wanted to try one, would make such a purchase from the Southport location on July 18, I would be very grateful.
*Fine print bad news: it's only at the Southport location and it's only takeout, no delivery. But HPC is very easy to transport and this store is right next to the Southport Brown Line.
Also if any of youse want to post this info on Facebook when the time draws near, email me and I'll give you more specifics.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
Oh and you have to make your purchase between 1 pm and 8 pm.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
And you have to pay with a Discover card.
Just kidding about that last one.
ok i will do that
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
I'll do it too, though a reminder closer to to july 18 would probably be a good thing
― i invented steampunk (askance johnson), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
Definitely. I have a calendar reminder set to remind you all the week before. I just wanted to give you lots of advanced notice so you can apply for your Discover card.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
For Jesse, because we just discussed it at lunch, but also for Amanda, who IIRC likes this kind of thing (also: Ohio connection) - http://gawker.com/5914621/the-long-fake-life-of-js-dirr-a-decade+long-internet-cancer-hoax-unravels
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
Thats a fantastic read, but OMG at the horrible editing. Come on Gawker. Sorry, this shit just makes me IA.
J.S. had embedded himself firmly in online the online lives of hundreds of people.
"Everybody was devastated when she was died,"
I guess since that second one was a quote, it may be verbatim, but I doubt it.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
Yikes, that is bad.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
I usually pick up on that stuff but I didn't notice, which either speaks to me being very engrossed in the story or reading it clandestinely on my phone at work.
Who can tell me about Fitzgerald's and whether I should go see the Waco Bros there on July 3?
http://fitzgeraldsnightclub.com/AmericanMusicFestival.html
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link