Chicago MMXII

Not really too sweet without a legend, unless I'm missing one.

Oh wait, if you click on the colors it tells you. Nevermind me. That is cool.

I bow to my new M@ni@c L@t|n D|sc|pl3 overlords.

If I were in a gang, I would totally carry that map around in my iPhone.

Google maps should add "route only through territories friendly to my gang."

loooool

Kind of surprised that my whole neighborhood (mear Torndale/Sheridan) is shown as one gang, when earlier maps showed different gangs to the north and south of Thorndale.

(Can you tell I didn't type that on a regular keyboard?)

Oh cool. I think it was Chicago Magazine that did the most comprehensive gang map previously and that's been a while. Looking forward to checking this one out more closely.

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

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, September 22, 2012 9:56 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

Ha - I'm no kid at 37 years old, but I am the person who posted in 2007:

QUESTION.

Have you folks heard of EARTHA KITT?

― Jesse, Thursday, November 8, 2007 9:22 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I saw her video last night and it was wacky and great.

― Jesse, Thursday, November 8, 2007 9:23 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

She has new stuff? Hm.

But yeah, she's been around forever. Played Catwoman on TV for a while. Extremely distinct voice.

― kenan, Thursday, November 8, 2007 9:24 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wow. Apparently she has been around forever! Maybe the video is old b/c she did not look to be near 80.

― Jesse, Thursday, November 8, 2007 9:27 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh. I thought Jesse was kidding when he asked if we'd heard of Eartha. There was a while when the "wear your seatbelt" ads in NYC taxis were voiced by her, it was pretty awesome.

― Laurel, Thursday, November 8, 2007 9:28 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No! I thought she was some new pop diva sensation when I saw her video last night!

― Jesse, Thursday, November 8, 2007 9:29 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark

- Chicago: Knitted socks weather

hahahahahahah
omg je55e you are priceless

Heyyyyyy just finished first day of new job. Exhausted! But srsly unless my duties turn out to entail literally clubbing baby animals to death, this is going to be the best job I've ever had.

Bah! I got on the wrong train though. I wondered why it wasn't very crowded.

Green line?

Congrats on yr first day Carl!!! Cheers to new frontiers.

Not so dramatic as the Green line. I just got on the Brown line and rode around the Loop instead of getting on the Purple and GingTFO.

Thank you! I love new frontiers. I'm even enjoying dressing like a lawyer, for now, although I've got a plan in place to increase the size of the earrings I wear until the Friday when I will bust out The Big Hoops.

yay nu-job!

i could've sworn i passed a jaymc in ukrainian village tonight?

You might have! Was it on Chicago? I have yoga class in the area.

Congrats on your decision to become a lawyer, carl! I can't wait to hear about it. I hope you took a pic of your first-day-lawyer costume. If not, please describe it. it would be cool to journal this experience. Or not, whatever, but I think it would be a great thing to journal (or blog, but I figure you wouldn't be sharing the experiences publicly.)

Not to make too huge a deal of the event or anything, but honestly, it seems like a pretty significant life change, and an improvement, at that.

Anyway, it's great that you had a great first day!

j0hn — yes!

I wore a sheath dress with a black and white houndstooth print and a cowl neck (which I would not have worn had I known a partner was taking me to lunch, since there is nothing like a cowl neck for catching dropped food... luckily I made it through unscathed), a black cardigan, black flats, and PANTYHOSE but that was just because it was like 40 degrees in the morning and climbing to high 60s/70 in the afternoon which made it too cold for bare legs and too warm for tights.

TBF that dress is a couple years old and I've worn it to my old job lots. It's more like I'm just temporarily removing some of my more audacious outfits/accessories from circulation until I get settled in. Like, at my old job instead of pantyhose, I would have worn knit thigh high socks in the morning and taken them off in the afternoon, but I'm saving that weirdness for later. I'm thinking I can probably bust out the hot pink tights by February, as long as there's no client meetings scheduled.

Congrats carl, glad the new job is shaking out well for you.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/turnitup/chi-prince-concert-review-prince-at-united-center-reviewed-20120924,0,7542792.column

one of the few times I will say "Greg Kot OTM" (sadly)

I'm heading to Wednesday show - sure hope it's better - he was great last time in town, I thought ...

lol, if you read the comments it sounds like decided not to sing at his performance at the House of Blues aftershow, people paid $160 for tickets to that. lol.

what a nutball

He and his guitar appeared to be on the outs most of the night. The singer picked it up briefly during “Purple Rain” and teased the audience: “Can I play this thing?” Instead of a solo, he played a handful of notes and set the instrument back down

http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/audio-file-blog/15720871/prince-fans-demand-refunds-after-first-purple-after-jam-at-

Attendees whose expectations were inflated by $75 ticket prices and a patience-testing wait of several hours didn't hear a single note of live music until around 3am. Prince protege and backup singer Andy Allo, beset by some early microphone feedback, performed several bouncy songs with the New Power Generation. Then, just after 3:30am, she said goodnight and the club's patchwork curtain closed to the audible bewilderment of those in attendance.

http://instagram.com/p/P_gBpAhOPd/

Dude has given me tons of great tunes over the years, but I think its safe to say, Prince circa 2012 = whatta asshole.

I don't mean to say that it was a bad show, it was a good time. But when you add up starting over an hour late, not singing half of the songs (asking the crowd to sing is already a pet peeve of mine -- "let me hear you" = bullshit, we came here to hear YOU), the muddy sound (the horn section was off all night, and I would guess his guitar non-playing was a tech issue b/c it really sounded like shit) and then the BS with the incredibly delayed non-encore-until-an-hour-later... it just left a bad taste in my mouth and those of everyone we sat with.

Sorry to hear it was disappointing. I thought about getting tickets, but then I was sort of afraid of something like this happening and didn't pull the trigger.

I will say that I would have been a lot more pissed off had I been in normal seats and not R's company box. Free Macallan 12 and shrimp cocktail can smooth over a lot of superstar ego issues.

Ooh, baller.

What happened to his conservative religious convictions from a while back? I thought he had sworn off being raunchy.

They played a few bars of "Darling Nikki" and went right into another song, so it seems like raunch-trolling is the new standard.

With all due pessimism (being realistic), this is sounds good:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/15350928-418/chicago-aims-for-internet-access-in-parks-underserved-neighborhoods.html

The U.S.'s ranking in broadband accessibility and speed is a pretty sorry thing, IIRC. It will be awesome if the ambition behind this project keeps up and we actually get service in underserved areas. And it would be nice to give Comcast some competition.

Right before Katrina, New Orleans had started a city-wide free public wifi project. It was still partly operational in the central business district and a few other places when I was down there and it was really nice.

nice being able to get free wifi in places where you could sit and work for free, like plazas, sidewalk benches, and porches. And from indoor spots near windows.

It was a bad show, that Prince. He didn't "play" a tease of "Darling Nikki," or many other songs. He was sitting by a sampler, singing over short clips of about a dozen classics. During this his band, which was mysteriously down half its members, was literally just sitting there, waiting for him. The sound was awful, he picked up his guitar no more than twice, ceded to solo in "Purple Rain" to a saxophone, then kept the crowd waiting at the end for 30-40 minutes, in the dark, while a crew swept the stage of confetti. Then the house lights went on, 80% of the crowd left, and then he comes back out for "1999" and "Little Red Corvette."

House of Blues as a 4am curfew. He knows that shit. He let his lame protege play 3am to 3:30, then cut the show when the cops made it clear they were handing out thousands in fines for going over. He didn't play a note or even appear except to say the cops were shutting him down. Dude needs to buy a watch.

I'm skeptical of the wifi plan.

It was great when I was in Hong Kong and you could get wifi in public parks. Saved me many times when I needed to pull up a map.

Guys I have to figure out how to ask for a raise before tomorrow, so nervous.

Bring the baby to work.

Good start!

Did someone mention listening parties? There is one at my favorite hat store. I find this hilarious. https://www.facebook.com/events/432896613414808/

C'mon, the guy is a "peerless" singer-songwriter, how can you go wrong?

Oh, Jon, I revise what I wrote earlier: when going for a raise, bring the baby and a gun, too. You'll be set.

http://www.askamanager.org/2012/06/how-to-ask-for-a-raise.html

Good luck!

i find it funny for some reason that jeff has a favorite hat store. a *favorite* one.