Chicago MMXII

oops disregard that post - I was trying to switch windows and that happened. get back to listening to that song.

this song follows it on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhL0ichtZjQ

i'd like to take a whole day off work when it's grey and sleeting and sit on the couch next to the damp windows, in my robe with a blanket on my feet, sipping weak tea with the cats dozing next to me from morning until the closes a few hours later.

All sorts of cool shit going on in Hyde Park. I guess the University (which just received its highest even US News ranking; go nerdy alma matter!) has been spending lots of that tuition money on cash incentives to get stuff down there. Not just the Promontory but finally a real hotel, too - a Hyatt? - as well as supposedly lots of other restaurants and spots down the pipeline. Though really someone should reopen Tiki.

And they're about to open a gigantic arts-and-ideas center, too.

I think I've been to Hyde park twice in the 8 years I've lived in Chicago.

hyde park is cool but i don't like being there after dark

Buncha wimps, you lot.

Actually, I had a friend who used to walk home at night with a large kitchen knife in her hand.

Love Hyde Park in fall.

R is applying for jobs at the U so we might move to HP if that happens. Not having to commute from the north side would be oh so nice.

I really like HP! But since my cousin moved away from there, I haven't had any excuse to get down there.

Though really someone should reopen Tiki.

You mean Cirals' House of Tiki? I had the pleasure of drinking there *just* before it closed. Twelve years ago! Jeez.

I'll be in HP on Oct. 21 for the Humanities Festival. Sadly, the Leopold & Loeb walking tour sold out before I could get tix.

World Music Fest has some pretty good free shows in my area -- might go Tues or Wed night next week

Was idly googling an old high-school classmate and found this item from last year in the Sun-Times:

Michael Richards, 50, bought a bag of potato chips from the store in the 1300 block of South Halsted, then illegally doused the chips in nacho cheese, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Dan Piwowarczyk said.

When the store clerk told him the nacho cheese was only for customers who paid for it to use on corn chips in a traditional plastic tray, Richards pulled the clerk’s arm behind his back, twisted it and threatened the clerk, according to a police report. Police arrested Richards a block away Saturday, the report shows.

When Judge James Brown asked, “So what was stolen was the cheese?,” Piwowarczyk kept an admirably straight face as he replied, “The defendant was informed that it was not yo’ cheese.”

Kramer has gone so far downhill

actually that's uphill from where michael richards was a few years ago

The wisecracking prosecutor and I both worked on the school newspaper. The only thing I remember about him, though, was that he was really into Sandman.

Piwowarczyk kept an admirably straight face as he replied, “The defendant was informed that it was not yo’ cheese.”_

Seems like there should be a better way to make the play on "not yo'" and "nacho" more apparent in print. Great joke tho.

Wanda Sykes did a bit about reclaiming the N-Word by making it the brand name of a line of snacks: Original N--s, Sour Cream & Onion N--s, and finally, Nacho N--s.

Misread above as "Was idly ogling an old high-school classmate."

Gah, Fritos and shitty nacho cheese sounds really good right now. I'm going to eat these baby carrots instead. :/

last chance for anyone who wants to go to white sox-rays game with me and jesse on thursday at 7:10 p.m. getting tickets in the range of $12 so it'll be cheap. let me know soon, i'll probably get tickets today.

I would go to that.

If it's not too late.

Anyone else buy your Prince after show tix?

No, but I bought Prince show tix.

not too late ... anyone else?

Seeing him Monday and then the Wednesday aftershow. Janelle Monae is opening the Wednesday UC show only, so hopefully she'll be at the aftershow, too.

I just heard Jack U Off for the first time yesterday. What a strange song.

There's a Robyn cover of that, iirc.

weird pov-shifting going from the title alone, like "if i was your girlfriend"

There's word that the Sunday night New Power Generation show at the House of Blues is going to be a warmup...

Pretty sure that's a given. Andy Allo is headlining, backed by the NPG. Prince produced and co-wrote much of her new album, and she sings back-up with him.

Still can't wrap my head around the fact that Prince will reportedly have an 11-piece (!) horn section.

There's a Robyn cover of that, iirc.

That's how I first heard it. I didn't know of it before and I thought it was a strange departure from her usual. I listened to the Prince original next. Nuts.

Love the idea of people discovering classic Prince in 2012. Kids ...

Fwiw I'm pretty sure I heard the Robyn version first as well, in 2005.

Just funny to me. We're not talking self-titled or "For You." "Jack U Off" is on "Controversy"!

Might I recommend "Dirty Mind" to all you slackers? "1999?" "Sign o the Times?" They're really good!

trying to find "in love" off of "for you" which apparently doesn't exist on the internet at all

Dirty Mind is the shit.

Worth it for "Uptown" and "When U Were Mine" alone.

Dirty Mind is the shit.

― DX Dx DX (dan m), Saturday, September 22, 2012 1:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Sign O the Times also full of quality jams

Homies: today is Jeff's birthday and we are going to the Green Lady on Lincoln/Roscoe/Paulina for beerz at 6 and we would like you to join us. <3

happy birthday jeff!

The Black Album, too, as long as we're listing stone classics.

(And happy birthday, Jeff--may it be full of running and beer and carl agatha.)

remember when video adventure in evanston was just selling off their vhs collection? now they are going out of business and selling everything ;_;

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A3bxnYNCUAAG4k9.jpg

RIP

Also, I am not sure who else to tell about this weird experience I had, so I will tell you:

I went to a festival event at the Hare Krisna temple in my hood on Saturday. I will freely admit that I went for the music, but I was not disappointed on any level. There was a guy chanting with a harmonium, and a few drums/other percussive instruments going at pretty much all times. It was v enjoyable on that level. There were a lot of things to look at, and people were going here and there preparing for a large feast (to which the public was not invited). There was also a credit-card friendly donation machine, and we took our shoes off upon entering. I accidentally sat on the men's side of the room, and didn't realize it until I'd say about 15 min had passed. Wow. There were people dancing, but all women and children, and not with much vigor (with a few exceptions, including one very excited young lady of 6 or so, and a 20-something male of indeterminate origin)

It was enjoyable; I'm glad I went. Still, I can't help wondering what's going on in there.

And you are hairless now?