Clever.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/08/prince-announces-welcome-2-chicago-residency/
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Friday, 31 August 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
omgwould go
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 31 August 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
prince show parking lot?
i've got the day off work today if anyone wants to get lunch or a beer. only thing i have to do is buy sarah birthday presents.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 31 August 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
i am going to work and then going to a thing where i get to be dressed up and on a boat!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 31 August 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Fancy!
I would like to go see Prince at the United Center.
The Chicago Humanities Festival booklet came yesterday. Anybody going to anything?
― carl agatha, Friday, 31 August 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
I have the day off and would get lunch but I have to go downtown for a doc appointment.
― Jeff, Friday, 31 August 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
So I guess I dropped the ball on getting tickets for Hall & Oates at Ravinia tomorrow. :/
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 31 August 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
You're out of touch. You're out of time.
― carl agatha, Friday, 31 August 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
CHF things possibly of interest to ppl here:
http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Philosophy/2012f-Michael-Silverstein-Americas-Tongues.aspx - about regional US accents!http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Arts-And-Architecture/2012f-Victor-Goines-New-Orleans.aspx http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Public-Affairs/2012f-Nate-Silver-Baseball-and-Politics.aspx
Jesse and I are going to this one - http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/History/2012f-George-Chauncey-Gay-History.aspx.
― carl agatha, Friday, 31 August 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
I'm torn between the one about accents and this one - http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Arts-And-Architecture/2012f-Lawrence-Weschler-Harrowing-Masterpiece.aspx.
Ooh, just checked out the site, and lots looks good -- G. Achatz, N. Silver, J. Hodgman, 19th-C. celeb culture, mid-20th C. gay history, living alone as a demographic shift, serial TV dramas, the "other" '60s, American dialects, etc.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 31 August 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
When I was a college freshman, I really wanted to take a gay/lesbian history class offered by visiting prof Esther Newton, but it was so popular that basically only upperclassmen were able to enroll.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 31 August 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
I did, however, perform in a theatre piece directed by Newton's partner, Holly Hughes.
I've got to be careful because I always want to go to EVERYTHING and overextend myself. I picked two on Nov. 3 (railroads and crossing color lines) and the mid-20th C. gay history one on Nov. 4. I think that's doable.
― carl agatha, Friday, 31 August 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
You're probably not missing anything with the dialect thing. To me any general interest talk about dialects winds up being the linguistic equivalent of buying an issue of Glamour and trying to actually read it.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 31 August 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
What about for us dilettantes, though?
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 31 August 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
Eh, I think you may be disappointed.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 31 August 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
Well -- it's not high on my list, and there's a good chance that, as in past years, I'll be lazy and go to none. But whatevs.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 31 August 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
I just think talks like that are likely to confirm what you already know rather than tell you something ~new~ about dialects in the USA.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 31 August 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
I'm kind of disgusting today. I put forth the absolute minimum effort with my appearance this morning, I ate stinky things for breakfast and lunch (bagel w/ lox, onion, and cream cheese and an Italian sub, respectively), I'm wearing dumpy jeans, and my zipper keeps falling down.
― carl agatha, Friday, 31 August 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
in case anyone is interested, a friend of mine is launching a quarterly journal w/ smart north american soccer writing, and the release party is thursday at Cleo's in ukranian village
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/xi-issue-one-launch/Event?oid=7327789
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
I'm only interested in super stupid soccer writing, no go 4 me
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
well then: http://www.bigsoccer.com/community/
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
haha
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
So we had a really nice time in the Yoop this weekend. It's so pretty up there! Granted I'm not much of an outdoorswoman, but I wish I had a week to hang out at a lake cabin and do lake things and hike some and smell trees and listen to quiet forest sounds. And everything is so cheap! God.
We ended up stopping in Lena, WI for lunch on the way back to Chicago and I can enthusiastically encourage people making the trip to eat lunch at Verna's whenever possible. They are only open until one, but they will cheerfully make you a tasty lunch even if you stumble in at 12:45 and not make you feel bad about it at all.
Also I bought a grip of spray paint at the Walmart up there so take that stupid spray paint ban in Chicago.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
Chicago Humanities Festival has a podcast now of talks from previous years. Mostly just the big keynotes, but good stuff.
Would love to see the UP.
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
Flights up there twice/day if you don't feel like driving, but the drive was surprisingly easy (note: Jesse drove the crazy urban expressway part of the trip, and I drove the mostly two-lane, slow down to 25 mph through small town part of the trip).
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
In other words, you should go.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
This is what the sunset looked like from K8's reception:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/539215_780993116437_1281406344_n.jpg
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Also I love that carl is now stanning for the Yoop. Soon we will assimilate you all.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
haha I would be a bigger stan if I could transport up there a la Star Trek since a seven hour drive, however easy and scenic, isn't something that I want to do very often. BUT I definitely feel like I have a better understanding of the Yooper diaspora and why you love your homeland so much.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
I Get Yoopers. Ask me how!
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, the drive sucks. We were about 3 hours behind you guys yesterday, as far as I could tell from your twitter posts. There was a big accident just north of Green Bay that had the whole road at a standstill for miles, probably at least a 45 min delay. I felt bad for being annoyed b/c I'm sure the people involved didn't have a very good day.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
Jesse will have to confirm or deny, but somewhere around that area (I think) we ran into traffic that was related to an accident. From what I could tell from my back seat rubber necking, somebody had put at least one car in the ditch. I saw two firefighters casually strolling down the slope with a crowbar and the jaws of life.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
Really nice neighborhood by neighborhood visualization of crime data in Chicago: http://crime.chicagotribune.com/chicago/
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
A coworker drove up to the U.P. last week as well -- kinda made me want to do a big road trip sometime soon. Not with the A/C-less car I have, though. Kr and I have occasionally talked about flying to Boston and then renting a car and driving up to Maine.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, yeah, no road trips in that car. Driving to Bridgeport was bad enough. ;)
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
Have we discussed Lillie's BBQ? Went there tonight and was blown away.
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 04:32 (eleven years ago) link
I was just reading about BBQ places looking for a new one. That was a consideration. It's so easy to be disappointed though. I really don't care for the places that bring out the BBQ mostly dry and then have the regional sauces at the table.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 11:23 (eleven years ago) link
Lillie Q? In Wicker Park? Pretty solid. Tri-tip sandwich is awesome. Best BBQ remain Uncle John's on the south side, though. Take out only, though. Smoque is great but is the most overrated. Most underrated: Whole Foods smokehouse BBQ. Big Lincoln Park WF and WF in the south loop both have smokehouses, and their brisket is ace.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
Coworker brought in guava pasteles this morning. I <3 u coworker!
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
mmmm my favorite
i love bocadillo, those little cubes of guava paste. Good snack!
http://www.bocadillo.net/ImagenM/boc10.jpg
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
does anyone have any interest in going to quenchers on saturday to see bellini, bottomless pit (ex-silkworm), and coffin pricks (ex-monorchid, skull control, red-eyed legends, circus lupus, etc.)? bottomless pit are very good live.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
I would totally be into seeing Bottomless Pit, but that day is also my son's first birthday party and I think my wife may kill me if I make other plans that night since her parents will be in town.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not sure any of that means anything to mewould i like it?
i was wondering if anyone wanted to see swans with me in october, but that's p far away and i'm not 100% on it myself
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
i'm working on a rolling best of 2012 spotify playlist if anyone else wants to subscribe to it: http://open.spotify.com/user/naamme/playlist/3K5QFXimWUlhrtqZWfIies
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
you might like bottomless pit, they have transcendental guitar solos (but are not psychedelic). don't think you'd like coffin pricks, and i don't really know much about bellini other than they used to be on touch & go and had an album with damon che (from don caballero) on drums
i would love to see swans but am not sure about that show, it's on a weeknight and kind of $$$ iirc, but i am definitely thinking about it
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
hmm. i'll think about it! transcendental guitar solos yes pls, always. will check them out today and let you know. i could drive if you want. swans is $$ and on a very unfortunate day, but holy shit would i love to hear some of the new album live (again, since I think they played the apostate at our show last year? iirc?) will be huge
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link