Chicago: Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Fire

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HA

applause

What was the fuel there?

Ha - nice. Tho I did like "brats."

xxxp I can't believe I'm wanting to go to England to try food.

That was probably my main reason. The sites and attractions are fine and all, but I really just wanted food and drinks. I LOVE the prevalence of cask conditioned ale here. Fantastic.

One odd thing is that several places have "the American breakfast" that contains eggs, pancakes, sausage, maple syrup and mushrooms????? I don't get the mushrooms. Also, I had another "the American breakfast" this morning and it had baked beans. That's the English breakfast. We don't have any stinking baked beans for breakfast in Chicago.

Oh, the fuel is butane.

I saw a place in France that offered an American meal of chili and brownies.

I had "English Breakfast" in Toronto. It was two eggs, two bacon, a sausage ("banger"), tater tots, toast, baked beans, two slices of tomato, and a pint of beer.

No plants.

oh man, seeing "american style" things that are just a bit off is one of my favorite things about traveling.

to be fair, i do saute some mushrooms with my eggs pretty much all the time.

J/J: please get Englishers to do American accents and record video of it.

Ferris Bueller (Cameron) house for sale

WHOA

Not really worth the money unless you can always afford a vintage Ferrari to crash through the window though.

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Does anyone remember a novel in which main character (or one of them) is obsessed with or at least fascinated by Patty Hearst's abduction? I thought it was The Virgin Suicides, but it seems that I'm wrong. PLEASE HELP ME.

Thanks!

The cat gif starts becoming troublesome after about 5 or 6 repetitions.

I went to the publican for dinner tonight... it was really yum.

I feel like there was one chilxor that was really into the Harlem Shakes EP, but I can't remember who. I wanted to see if they were as disappointed by the full length as I was.

I didn't hear the EP, but I downloaded the album and thought it was pretty boring. I had the impression they were supposed to be like a loud rock band but the album was really generic indie.

Well I wouldn't call them "loud rock", but they were a lot more garage-y on the EP and not so much trying to be another "quirky" indie band like the full-length.

http://www.youtube.com/v/aazG7dMhE7I&hl=en

^ stolen from the i love baseball youtube thread, made me tear up with laughter for some reason

aw that's sweet
boys having fun
i mean this sincerely

For anyone interested in the Fire/Dallas game on Sunday afternoon, Schubas is running a bus:

$20 = round trip ride to and from Schubas to Toyota Park, a match ticket, complementary PBR, Fire flag and raffle ticket for the opportunity to win dinner for two and tickets to a show at Schubas.

(I know a certain d.kr@us had expressed interest in attending a game sometime this summer)

When does the bus leave?

12:00, returns at 5:00

http://schubas.com/Shows/05-31-2009++Chicago+Fire

Tempting. Weather looks like it's supposed to be nice on Sunday, too.

The tickets will put you in the supporters section (read: people standing the whole game, singing and chanting and waving flags and stuff) but attendance has been lame enough this season that if you don't want to deal with all of that you can move into a seated section.

Good timing on the Publican, t0dd -- it got written up in the NY Times.

anyone hear anything about nightwood yet?

I saw it coming - I now officially hate Facebook. People from my past KEEP finding me and I feel obliged to friend them. Ugh. The past should stay buried.

anyone hear anything about nightwood yet?

Until now I didn't realize it wasn't just called Lula Pilsen or whatever.

Lula Pilsen, please report to the principal's office immediately. LULA. PILSEN. Please report to the principal's office immediately.

I got your nightwood right here.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0811200051.01._SX140_SY225_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

I used her she used me
But neither one cared
We were gettin our share
Workin' on-a Nightwood
Down there in that Pilsen nei-bor-hood
Workin' on-a Nightwood
And it was summertime

Looks good...
http://chicagoist.com/2009/05/27/first_bites_nightwood_2.php

dan m u made me lol

I associate "Night Moves" with Eazy -- didn't he sing it at karaoke once?

Yup, that was the reference I was going for.

looks a lot meatier than lula

Only one veggie entree :(

Yeah, I was also disappointed that the fish entree comes with hamhock.

that burger looks ridic. it looks heartier than lula somehow and not just because of more meat.

Sang "Night Moves" with Bridget at live-band karaoke at Piece on Nick's b-day a few years ago. And then maybe another time or two. I read some interview from the 70s with Paul Simon, and he was asked which contemporary songwriters he liked, and there was a long pause, trying to think of one, and then he came up with Seger.

Live-band karaoke was Sarah's bday fyi

Amanda - are your students hugging?

john hernd0n is dj'ing at my favorite bar here next weekend, weird.

my students are not exactly riding the zeitgeist, so no

although i will say that i got more hugs this semester than last

but hugging is ethnic.

i don't understand why people seem to care so much about pixar movies

^^^

Because they've been consistently excellent (except for maybe Cars, which I haven't seen)?

They look awesome, they're funny, they're good for kids without being condescending, they have genuine emotion, they pay Randy Newman big bucks, etc.

Basically if you don't like them, you're a hopeless Scrooge who has lost your sense of whimsy and wonder.

Stay far, far, far away from Cars. By far the worst Pixar movie, so disappointed we have to waste a year when they do the sequel after Toy Story 3 (which I'm not all that excited about either, but it ain't Cars so...).

Yeah it looked underwhelming.

It's not that I don't like them, I'm just rarely compelled to go see them. It's like Harry Potter -- I'm sure it's great and everything, I just can't bring myself to care.

ok i don't think i've actually seen any of them so i know i can't talk, but they just seem kiddy. maybe it would help if i hung out with more kids.

Uh well they are movies designed to speak to children, yeah. But I think it's silly to dismiss them because they're rated G and have cute characters, they're way more enjoyable and more intelligently made than 80% of the adult-oriented movies I see every year.

I wonder when it was that "adult" as an adjective took on a prurient meaning.

Ha yeah I was hesitant to use that wording but I couldn't quickly think of any way to rephrase it that wouldn't also end up sounding dirty ("mature," "adult-themed," etc).

i was gonna say, just because they're smarter than porn, that's not saying much.

Fuck I'm 30 years old, I'm gonna watch cartoons if I feel like it.

I don't know, I've seen and liked a bunch of pixar movies...but it always does end up feeling a little bit empty, a little bit too simple or something.

For some reason the movie that jumps to mind is "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," which was critically acclaimed, has violence and swearing and nudity and "adult situations," but was just duuuuuuuuuuuuuumb and annoying. It's just the standard Oscar bias where you can't get awarded for a movie that took like four years to make and everyone loved because it's a cartoon for kids, but if you get Philip Seymour Hoffman to cry about something and maybe show his ass, it's Academy Award time. So boring.

I know, that movie didn't win any Oscars probably, whatever.

i liked that movie even though it was dumb

though, strangely, I talked to my mom recently and she apparently didn't even make it through wall-e, she thought it was totally pointless.

can't remember anything besides philip seymour hoffman's ass and marissa tomei, though.

maybe i will do a pixar marathon and liveblog it on this thread

This is a funny gig poster.

"Before The Devil..." is one of those (Collateral is another one) that have a cliched screenplay (shuffled narrative, hit men, whatever) but were elevated by the cast and direction.

My pal Mike Shannon had one good scene in that movie, though. He's a one-good-scene guy in every movie, except Bug where he had 40 scenes.

Every time I ate 'shrooms, people on TV looked like they were Pixar characters.

But not scenery or props or anything else non-human. Only the people were all smooth and simplified.

Speaking of which, it occurs to me you might like this video, Jesse:

attn: n/a

something about dax flame reminds me of an extended max b. bit

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, May 28, 2009 5:46 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

I do like that video.

I like this comment re that video too

"the lead singer looks fucking miserable. and greasy. smile bruv. and the one on the far left looks like a nazi officer, just his fucking face."

We sort of talked about this before sort of, but I can't find it so I'll ask again - aside from airfare, what do you folks think is a good budget for a trip to Mexico?

I do not plan to stay in hostels. I have heard repeatedly how hotels can be super cheap, but Priceline, etc. doesn't indicate that being true.

Aside from lodging, how about food, pulque, and STUFF?

My trips around the U.S. invariably wind up being far more expensive than I plan for some reason. Maybe b/c of STUFF. Or maybe b/c I suck at managing money.

Also, who wants to come with me? I hate traveling alone. (I'm only half joking. Looking at October or early November.)

the one on the far left looks like a nazi officer, just his fucking face."

Kr referred to him, when we saw Grizzly Bear live a couple years ago, as "the Nordic Demon."

John - as a world traveler, I would like your input on my question. You can feel free to email me if you would prefer. Or you can take me out to a bar and tell me.

Jesse, read this post: http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/research-the-travelers-best-friend/

Due to the workload at my job, I actually did very little research for our London trip. That is quite unlike me.

Can you get a hotel at corporate rates though your firm? That saved me $180 dollars. Can you speak Spanish yet?

Jesse, the only times I've been out of the country since study abroad in college (when I did stay in hostels) have been to Montreal and Peru. In Montreal I stayed with someone I knew. In Peru, Kr and I bought two guidebooks and looked for budget accommodations and then turned to Google if we didn't find anything to our liking (and to confirm prices).

As far as an overall budget, I'm not really the person to ask about that, since my approach to money is generally not to think about it too much. (Which doesn't mean I throw it around; in fact, I try to be thrifty precisely because I don't want to have to think about it.)

Having said that, our hotel was not cheap. I'll do some more bargain shopping next time. I was just paying for convenience.

I've used and liked the Lonely Planet guidebooks. That's how we found the place we stayed in Mexico and it was perfectly ok, about $20/night. Not a resort and just barely a hotel, but we had our own bathroom (that worked intermittently) and there was a little restaurant where we could eat breakfast.

Nothing in the UK was cheap when we went there. NOTHING. Everything cost basically 2x what it would have here, but the exchange rate was probably worse at that time.

Also the place in Mexico had bike rental and was right by a bus stop, so that helped us get around the area when we wanted to go on day trips.

Thanks Jeff. I plan on doing some research soon. I forgot about Kayak.com! I don't know how much good it would do me, but that ITA site looks cool too.

Yes, I speak Spanish. "Still," not "yet."

Thanks John and Amanda. It's encouraging to know that $20/night places exist. How did you find that place? How did you go about booking?

The places I found in preliminary research were like $90-120 minimum which was more than I expected. This was in Mexico City and Puebla.

Re corporate rates through the firm - you know it's a very small firm, right? AFAIK we get corporate rates at 2 hotels, both regional chains near the Quad Cities.

the other thing is that a lot of the places you will find online are the ones that cost $$ because the cheap places don't have websites because they are run by decrepit old people or whatever. if you're feeling like taking chances, you could get a room at a $$ place and then scout out a cheaper place for the following night(s) once you get there.

we found that place in the yucatan guidebook i had. the place had a website, so i booked through that and then confirmed via email. the thing is, once we got there we realized there were about 15 other places we could have stayed if only we knew they were there. hence, the book-one-night-then-search plan.

many moons ago when i visited the caribbean coast of colombia we just took a bus to the various cities and then walked around until we found a place. this worked out ok, but is not a very adult method of travel.

Where in Mexico did you visit?

Tulum + various day trips to ruins, etc

From the NYT article: "Once my editors and I have decided on a destination, I head straight for an obscure little Web site to do research. It’s called Google..."

i would love to go back to visit DF and other areas; this was juuuuust a little too beachy/touristy for me. the ruins were totally cool though.

lots of pics on my flickr page, i think we're flickr friends

Yes, I checked them out. They were beautiful.

In every single way.

my favorite parts of the trip were stumbling on the fair, seeing the sad amateur bullfighting, walking around aimlessly, riding bikes through little towns -- ie the stuff you can't really plan. this is always my favorite part of any trip really.

I plan on meeting my Mexican relatives. I've never met them before. Except my mother. That should be something.

Amanda, I have been having repetitive meals and it made me think of you. Every day this week I've eaten
-Raisin toast and coffee for breakfast
-2 hot dogs w/ tortilla chips for lunch
-pot stickers for dinner, followed by a bowl of cereal.

Every single day.

i'm an amateur - when i think of repetitive meals, i think of kr -- doesn't she make a giant pot of soup and eat it for lunch AND dinner all week? that's dedication.

you're getting there jesse.

Fuck I really need to do more traveling. Part of the problem is that although I like being in other places, I get really annoyed with most aspects of actually traveling, especially by air. Another part is that since our family is so spread out and insistent on everyone visiting each other (esp. Sarah's fam), we end up using most of our vacation time on visiting relatives.

I've been eating TRADER JOE'S (TM) frozen mango chunks for breakfast every day this week. So delicious, so easy.

Jesse, I have the Lonely Planet Mexico book and one other good guidebook, you're welcome to borrow them.

Oh! I need to get some of those.

That Strack & Van Dumpledink store on Elston has a wonderful, wonderful selection of frozen fruits for cheap. Even better than TRADER JOE'S™. It's a really great store!

xp- thanks Dan. I have one of your books I need to return, by the way.

Also, I tagged you in a FB quiz today.

We usually go to Strack & Van Til for our regular groceries.

I hate quizzes so I'll just tell you here: I'm not very North Carolina.

xp I go there for big-store things, but I've found their produce to be spotty in quality (sometimes literally LOLLLLLL).

i have never even heard of this store! where is it?

On Elston between Fullerton/Damen and Logan Blvd.

It used to be Cub Foods back in the day.

Also used to be significantly cheaper than Jewel or Dominicks though I'm not sure if this is the case anymore.

ooooooooh that place

It's HUGE. It reminds me of NC grocery stores. But it's still no Harris Teeter. Oh, HT, I still miss you.

Actually, it's every bit as good as HT, just not as dressed up. I wish I hat a Strack & Van Til in my neighborhood.

I need to go to the African grocery store by my house. In the 5 years I've lived there I've never been. Shameful.

doesn't she make a giant pot of soup and eat it for lunch AND dinner all week?

Ha, not dinner. Just for lunch. And there are definitely weeks where by Thursday she says "I'm sick of this" and I get to eat the rest.

amanda, i had quiche for breakfast.

i can fall into the repetitive meals thing very easily if i'm not careful. for awhile i was having a frozen waffle or toast for breakfast every morning and grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner every night (at least they were interesting and varied grilled cheeses).

i read that david lynch is all about this, he had chicken fingers for dinner for a solid year.

I think he also went like 20 years where he had a chocolate malt at the same diner at 3 PM every day. Or something like that.

OK I was close:
through much of the 1970s he went to the same Bob's Big Boy restaurant in Los Angeles every day at 2.30pm for a chocolate milkshake.

That sounds really appealing.

yeah i'm gonna get some ice cream today

I meant the routine, not specifically the ice cream.

we should contact that boob who wrote the hugging epidemic article and ask her to come up with a name for this emerging new eating disorder. she brought us "drunkorexia", surely she can come up with something for this.

you're a monovore, amanda. or a routine-a-vore.

ah geez that's embarrassing
really it's only for breakfast. i eat lots of different things, am not picky.

i knew this girl in college who would only eat tater tots, chicken fingers and mac & cheese. that was IT.

"boob"

I think that term should be used to describe people more often.

I knew this would happen

Did you mean: manorexia

There is a band called Monorexia.

i do not think i have ED btw

rote-a-vore

Gonna be a laaaaazy weekend ... Sarah has a strained muscle and is supposed to walk around as little as possible.

I don't think you have ED either.

i wish i had a strained muscle so i could be like "hmmm, guess i have no choice but to play fallout 3 for twenty hours"

instead i have a date tonight, camping tomorrow, and a rock show on sunday, so lame

um

(sorry for disingenuous braggin', but i was at work until 10 last night and part of me really does want to just sit around and play video games)

so hard to be you

Oh man. Will lunch today be a hot dog again? I still have one left. They are pre-grilled and are delicious. But I am finally starting to get bored.

Buying lunch at places like Subway or bad burger places b/c in my now that I'm 3_ years old I realize that I could have made better food for a fraction of the cost.

Hot dog it was.

what kind of hot dog? how big? was it kosher? what did you put on it?

i am procrastinating :/

also i like hot dogs

Nathans. Regular size. Might have been kosher. I put Gulden's mustard and a dab of (gasp!) ketchup on it. Tortilla chips on the side.

M@ttt got a torta cubana today and instead of ham it had sliced hotdogs.

i don't think nathan's is kosher

i don't think i would be happy with that torta. reminds me of the hipster mexican place here that has a "white trash burrito" with spam and tater tots.

Did he except his torta to have hot dogs? If not, then WTF.

Boss is making me nuts. He's up against a deadline and he's being like the princess and the pea w/r/t his stupid calculator - one had "too many buttons" (scientific), the one on his computer was too unfamiliar, and the pocket calculator is too small for his big fingers.

I'm going to get ice cream.

sliced hotdogs are weak when you ordered a cuban sandwich

Yeah I don't think he was super excited about it, but he got it as take-out so the deception wasn't revealed until he got home. Dude still ate it, though.

trooper

AAAAhahahaha - I just shredded a check!!as;dlfjka;sdlkf

a check made out to you?

No. Fortunately it was a check from the firm to the court, so I can have another one cut. Our new bookkeeper is, well, she's a bookkeeper, so she will be all anal about having a record of the check being shredded.

Fortunately I tore the stack of papers it was in in half before shredding it, so I have a big enough piece to document it's destruction.

It got mixed in with a print job of documents that had to be shredded.

That's what we do here - a lawyer prints documents, I pull them off the printer and shred them. It's a full time job.

law is fascinating

I never understand retail stores that have one person working the register while the other 17 employees wander around the floor aimlessly. Just wasted my lunch hour standing in line at Best Buy while the guy at the checkout struggled with opening security boxes on software and filling out those service plan forms. Was in line for about 35 minutes before I gave up. Felt bad for the guy, he was obviously getting overwhelmed and kept calling for help. Meanwhile, four other employees stood about 10 feet away talking about some girl's rack. Kinda happy I left and didn't give them my money now.

Along those lines, I hate the guys who stand at the little desk near the entrance of the store and both greet people coming in and demand to see the receipts of people leaving. You think I stole something? Prove it or leave me alone, jerk.

usually the alarm goes off when i leave the store and i just look at the dude and shrug, and he's like "whatever, just go through". then i wish i would have stolen something.

Yeah, morals suck sometimes.

that's why i have morels instead

Loose morels.

I went to the Turkish market at Daley Plaza and the vendors were out of Baklava. :(

Hey guys I have some new songs I recorded myself using my fancy new mic. They are kind of "different" from FF and other stuff I've done on my own (to me) because I'm working a little harder on making the recordings sound clean and good (to the best of my ability). So I'm trying to figure out what name to use for these. Should I:

a) use my real name (boring)
b) use one of the names I've used for solo stuff before (Scare Quotes, Unpopular Science, etc)
c) use a new fake band name
d) use a new fake solo performer name

I say stick with the name you've used, think of your C.V.!

Nick 4mmer4man Presents: [new fake performer name] & the [new fake band name]s

I've always liked Scare Quotes.

In case you're not following the hugs thread, I saw these people in the federal plaza today

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3577087214_754c6920a7_o.jpg

How was your free hug?

It's 1:40 AM and my upstairs neighbor is either playing or singing The Little Drummer Boy.

No sex yet, thankfully.

Thank you Kenan for your PSA.

Jesse
to Jennifer
3:47 PM (5 hours ago)

I wish ILX were up b/c I would post this picture to it.

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/misscellania/ottermom.jpg

This is all over Facebook today for some reason. No... for a very specific reason. Because it's mind-meltingly cute.

The free hugs makes me think too much of the Dave Matthews video where the guy gives out free hugs.

My weekend involved seeing an unlicensed march on Halsted turn into a fracas. There were more cop cars than I've seen responding to a call before. One ran over a person's foot. I saw people tackled and cuffed and I saw a girl get tasered. She didn't scream much, surprisingly.

I forgot that I took a picture. On Cornelia:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3584360728_56bbc2b385.jpg?v=0

Star filter effect thanks to my Combos-greased hand.

I like that picture.

In other CPD news, Anthony Abbate goes on trial for beating that bartender up.

Abbate’s attorney, Peter Hickey, said it was wrong to call Obrycka defenseless, saying it was Abbate who was victimized.

“Defenseless? I think not, judge,” Hickey said in his opening statement to Judge John Fleming. “She grabbed him. She tossed him around like a rag doll.”

Oh is that on the videotape, too? I must have missed that bit.

Cocksuckers.

"She affixed her hair to his hand and whipped him around the bar."

That's pretty great.

Happy Anniversary Nick!

two years since I lost my virginity

Yeah same here. What a coincidence!

I'm still looking forward to body hair. I understand that the ladies dig it. :/

Not everyone came swarming back to ILX.

yes, I realized that instead of sitting here reading ilx, I could be out prancing through sunlight-dappled meadows.

And you were the one complaining on FB!

haha, no I'm actually very glad ilx is back as per I am chained to my desk and therefore cannot prance.

holy cow

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9927/ostrichvselephant.gif

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9927/ostrichvselephant.gif

that's not a cow.

it's totally fucked up though.

That is much more disturbing than the plastic-wrapped catdoor .gif.

i feel bad for that ostrich, even though i've heard ostriches are dicks

I feel bad too, but it does kinda seem like the ostrich was fucking with the elephant. which seems like something an ostrich should not do, even if it's a kid elephant.

Does the elephant hurt the ostrich? I don't want to watch if it does.

He pulls off the otriches head and eats it.

Seriously tho, it wasn't horrible - the elephant grabs the ostrich by the neck.

i can't really blame him, an ostrich neck probably looks a lot like a trunk. he's probably just saying whassup.

I hope the ostrich was OK, but regardless, I'm finding it funnier w/ each viewing.

I'm not watching that but I'd definitely rather chill with an elephant than an ostrich.

You're purposely skipping the gif? Just wondering, not judgering.

Yes, because I saw the elephant grab the ostrich and I was worried he was going to kill it and I didn't want to see that.

No, he doesn't kill it. He just teaches it a lesson.

Pretend that the ostrich is Kenny and that you're the elephant and that Kenny has just bitten your toes.

He throws a mini-biscuit at it???

I wore a semi v-necked tshirt to the Fire game on Sunday and somehow missed that extra little area of exposed skin when applying sunscreen. I now have a very red wedge at the top of my chest that hurrrrrts.

In related news: La Lechera and the Mr. came out for the game and had a good time! Or it seemed like they did at least. Too bad the team stunk up the joint.

For any interested parties: this month the Fire are taking part in the Superliga tournament, the first stage of which will be played at Toyota Park. There will be 3 games, on 6/20, 6/23, and 6/27, and tickets to all three can be had for $35. Additionally the 6/23 game is part of a double-header, so it's really four games. These games have the potential to be really exciting, since Superliga brings clubs from the Mexican league to play MLS teams. There should be good crowds all round.

do pepperoni and asparagus ever belong on the same pizza together?

I don't see why not.

I mean it wouldn't be my first choice combo but it doesn't sound terrible.

okay. i made a bunch of dough last night so it's gonna be pizzas all week.

we totally had a good time! a great time, even. unfortch, i have the same problem with the stripe of skin that i forgot to put sunscreen on -- mine looks like a large red necklace. NOT FLATTERING, PAINFUL.

did i tell you guys we're going to the grand canyon on friday?

we're going to the grand canyon (and mesa verde and valley of the gods and a couple of other places) beginning on friday.

good news: sunscreen works. the rest of my face/arms/hands are unburnt.

bad news: i am a redneck

Take pictures! Ride burros!

okay. i made a bunch of dough last night so it's gonna be pizzas all week.

I propose replacing bling with pizza. As in: that new guitar you bought, that's some pizza right there. That ring: pizza. Concorde to Paris? That's some deep-dish pizza right there.

hey now, we're still working on pizza as generic term for late night eats. one pizza at a time.

pepperoni and asparagus doesn't sound gross, but it doesn't sound inspired either.

well, i only have pepperoni and asparagus in my fridge. maybe some mushrooms that are still good.

honestly if i have company tonight i'll probably make a side salad and use the asparagus for that. classy.

I say sautee the asparagus separately and just lay pieces on after the pie is done baking.

mushrooms and pepperoni are 1000% classic. I'm hungry.

word.

another informal poll...what should the new mdbb album be called? the two choices are Mojito or We Make 'Em Say Ooh

Latter. Mojito makes me think of yuppies in sundresses. Which in turn makes me sad b/c I love mojitos.

Taking a cue from the multi-platinum TLC album, might I suggest We Make 'Em Say...Ooh.

We Make 'Em Say Oh.

Asparagus and pancetta would be good, though.

And some shaved curls of Parmesan cheese.

Fuck, I want that pizza.

we make 'em say ewww

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o90/cybernaut1300/MistressesKnight.jpg

Ooh, We Make 'Em Slay!!!

ooh, pancetta

we make 'em say ooh, pancetta

Mo' Heat, Yo

I met up with a couple of friends at Quartino's in River North the other night and they had all sorts of fancy looking pizzas with pancetta and such things, but what really caught my eye was DUCK PROSCIUTTO... although we had already ordered. So now I have to go back.

duck and prosciutto, or, like, duck meat cured in the style of prosciutto?

the latter

holy shit

http://www.thehungryengineer.com/cooking/homemade-duck-prosciutto/

Jordan look at the ridic salumi menu for this place

http://www.quartinochicago.com/menu/quartino_salumi_card.pdf

Also WTF @ the first paragraph of that link? Her spouse might disown her for making bread and duck prosciutto? Marry me instead!

http://neurologicalcorrelates.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/arrested-development-maeby-and-george-michael-cousins-wed.jpg

Ha!

Jordan - my boss is talking about you still/again. Also, have you talked about Bon3r@ma here before? He talks about them too and just bought their CD. He also bought his kids a children's music CD w/ a B0n3rama track on it.

This one http://funkykidzmusic.com/. I approve of his decision (to become a pilot).

so chilly you guys
wtf

Weird, but no complaints.

bon3rama (boner-@m@) is not my favorite band, but i've enjoyed some of those dudes playing with other bands. if your boss is interested you can tell him that we just got our new album mastered so it should be out soon, and it's really pretty good.

Available for purchase on your website?

Did C@rl S@ff master your album? Did that work out OK?

yup, he did, it worked out great, thanks. i kept emailing him about tweaks and he was very cool and accommodating, he ended up doing three passes.

jesse, it'll be available on cdbaby, itunes, and probably some other places when we get the artwork done & the cds pressed, hopefully in a month or two. we're going to print up a hundred copies in slipcases for the june tour though, in two weeks (no chicago date though ;_;).

can someone do a disco cover of "windout" by REM? i think that would be a seriously crazy song.

Dexter Season 2 contains no chewing motif (as of the end of disk 1). Much better this season. Though the opening sequence still does have one flash of chewing.

We always chaptered skipped the opening because it grossed me out.

Also Deb rules, and you and Courtney are dumb.

YEAH DUMB TELL HER I SAID IT

You guys, Courtney and I hate Deb deeply. She is easily the worst actor I have ever seen. That is an overstatement. But she is terrible. The whole time she's on screen I wonder how, HOW did she get the part. I like the character, but I'd like to see that character brought to life, not just impersonated.

Eric, please provide me with the vocabulary I need here?

I think the word you are looking for to describe your opinion is "wrong."

I googled "Dexter Deb" and the first result (besides images of her weird face) was
Deb Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) hasn't always been a fan favorite on "Dexter." On many a message board since the show debuted last season, viewers have literally called for her head.

Then it goes on to say that she's better this season, which is false.

Oh well if the internet said it, then I guess you're totally right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

one hundred eleven.

Look, just watch this, and if you still feel the same way about her acting, then I guess there is no help for it.

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

Still haven't watched any Dexter. We're already watching Veronica Mars (actively) and Buffy (pretty much just stream from Hulu when we don't have anything else to watch), and we should get the first disc of True Blood tomorrow, so I think we're already watching too many TV shows at once.

Watched a really good Buffy with John Ritter (RIP) last night.

well lookie here, nonbelievers

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/7105/sspx0050.jpg

just a few minutes after I took that there were two

how's your sunburn? mine's getting better, but am still a redneck woman with a farmer's tan

Besides her acting, I hate Jennifer Carpenter's stupid, stupid face.

xp- Dan, I believe that cabs do use that cab stand. But what I don't believe is that it's common enough to rely on, especially late at night.

My sunburn is spotty. Most places that were tender aren't anymore, but the inevitable itching has not set in yet. Also I have a definite trucker-arm thing going on.

Jesse -- it's a joek

hey remember my CPA ski buddies? ol' fred is coming to chicago. anyone want to pick him up?

Jordan,

I've done some research for my trip to Chicago. To rent a car, the total cost with tax will be $156.50. I personally really don't care which way we go, I just don't want to have to deal with calling a car service since I will be getting in late Wednesday. My flight comes in at 6:10 PM

As an alternative, you can have someone pick me up and I can use your car for the time until Saturday morning at which time I can rent a car in Hoffman Estates that I can return at the airport on Sunday and you won't have to worry about getting me to the airport. The cost for that is $43.32.

I got a really good deal on a flight. Total cost was $203.00.

Let me know what your thoughts are.


Fr3d R. Sad0ff, C.P.A.

Please visit our web site @ www.sad0ffcpa.com

Hi Fred, I think you should rent a car, but my opinion doesn't really count.

honestly, this is the guy who goes on like $4,000 weekends?

yup. maybe he watches his dollars the rest of the year and then goes on coked-up ski blowouts.

Who has the nicest car among us? Jordan can write back and set it up.

Alternatively, my dented, hubcapless station wagon would be a hilarious alternative.

an alternative alternative

think about it

I could get an I-Go car. The cost for that is about $35.00.

is it this saturday?
if so, i can't do it because i will be on vacation
but man, this would be so fun

actually i work every saturday morning that i am not on vacation
but still

Jesse can stand inside the airport with a torn piece of notebook paper that has "S@D0FF" scribbled on it in scary, gonna-get-murdered handwriting. I'll drive and wear a scary mask. It will be fun.

That will be fun!

Jordan did you really respond to him?

I wonder if guys like this stay in the hotel room I visited last night, where my friend who is either a state employee of CA or a possibly a hitman was staying...

Sort of crappy pic, looking south.

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7204/sspx0051.jpg

Dude had the whole 40th floor, it was insane.

where dat?

The Intercontinental? Something like that. That's the Tribune tower in the pic.

Jordan did you really respond to him?

sure did

There's a nice little write-up (and a pic!) of the FFs in this week's Reader, promoting our show on Friday at Schuba's. It's not online until tomorrow but check it out in print NOW NOW NOW

We gotta pick this guy up.

I've never seen Dexter. Is that clip from White Chicks a fair way to judge Jennifer Carpenter? She reminds me of improv folks who are never comfortable, but maybe that's just what she did to get hired.

Will look for the clip, Nick - nice! Who wrote it?

m1les r@ymer

"never comfortable" is right. You can see her acting.

That's the kind of acting where, especially in a drama, I can be watching it and say "Wow, I don't believe that at all" and then I meet the actor offstage and they're just an "unbelievable" being themselves -- that's just how they are.

I've met people like that and I have to say it's far more annoying when you're talking to them in person.

Please do yourself the un-favor of watching Quarantine. Wow is she something in that movie. She plays a reporter who follows firemen on their rounds one night, and she spends the first 20 minutes or so playing mock-aghast at firemen's flirty/crude comments - her mouth agape, laughing, saying "OMG you guuuys!" and making the motion for "cut" (hand slicing neck).

Sorry for the hating.

I'm thinking of staying up late tonight and finally seeing TJ and Dave, which folks who know best think is the best live improv in the world.

"The comics TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi miraculously improvise a one-hour play at every performance. This is an impressive feat of mental athletics, but the results are also observant, complex and frequently enormously funny." - The New York Times

"BRILLIANT, HEARTBREAKING, MIND-BLOWING, INSPIRING! The best 50 minutes of improv comedy that we've ever seen. But we wouldn't want to insult their effusive skills by speaking so simplistically. Also, it's funny. Drink their Kool-Aid." - Time Out New York

"TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi, two of the world's finest practitioners of the art of long-form improv, create an hour long one-act play. They're both great actors and have amazing improv chops, but it's always hard to notice these kinds of things when you're peeing your pants laughing." - Time Out Chicago

"The cumulative effect of their spontaneous storytelling is breathtaking...Without-a-net derring-do brand of theatre." - nytheatre.com

But that is her character! That's Deb. She's uncomfortable. She's awkward, emotionally and physically.

And no, god, no White Chicks is not a fair vehicle by which to judge anybody, except the assholes who created it.

Jennifer Carpenter was also the titular character in the Exorcism of Emily Rose.

I adore Deb.

So sunny today! I got up early and did homework with the back door open.

Not having to rush is wonderful.

here's the Reader dealy: http://events.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1106068

I want to go outside and drink beer todaaaaaaaaaaay la la laaaaaa

We're getting a Peapod delivery today.

You two are getting bougie-er by the day.

Like why is it so wrong to want nice things, you know?

I like to live simply, that others may simply live.

Hmmm see I like to live extravagantly, that others may extravagantly live. Guess I'm just a little more generous than you.

So that TJ and Dave show was pretty much on par with Curb Your Enthusiasm, SNL, the other things that these guys have been offered to do. It's pretty amazing.

ooh we saw DRAG ME TO HELL and it was aaaaawesome

guess how many times i actually screamed out loud

Do you know how many?

6?

I'm going to see that this Sunday.

After CHURCH!

i think it was 5 or 6
good guess
i was "that woman who kept screaming"

Watch out for screaming too much if you see Up. Lots of kids in the house.

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

i was looking for that awesome robbie dupree video where he dances like a dentist and even though i couldn't find it, i found this piece of forgotten AM gold.

"If it don't feel right/you can go."

Because you know he's driving her to a cabin way up in the hills, so making it clear that either way she has a ride back down is very gentlemanly of him.

WHERE IS EVERYONE???

i had a dentist appointment and work lunch at a "mongolian grill"

I didn't have to be at work until 1:15 today and so I managed to sleep until 10 and now I have a headache and I feel shitty.

I forgot ILX existed.

Oh Nick, hey, when we were in London I thought of you a lot because everybody just goes outside with their beers and drinks them outside standing around on the sidewalk.

I am here, but I'm really gone.

I was The Lady Who Screamed when we saw DMTH, too. Also The Lady Who Threw Her Purse Into the Air. And The Lady Who Held Her Gentleman Companion's Hand Really Hard So That He Had to Keep Prying Himself Loose Because It Hurt.

everybody just goes outside with their beers and drinks them outside standing around on the sidewalk.

this is basically livin' the dream, for me

Oh Nick, hey, when we were in London I thought of you a lot because everybody just goes outside with their beers and drinks them outside standing around on the sidewalk.

― Jenny, Thursday, June 4, 2009 1:54 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Ha why did this make you think of me?

We saw DMTH on Friday. I thought it was good, not great. Don't want to talk about it on here though because of spoilers.

Because today is not the first time you have said:

I want to go outside and drink beer todaaaaaaaaaaay la la laaaaaa

In fact, the only person I know who likes drinking outside as much as you do is me, and I am far less motivated to make it happen, so that probably means that you are the King of Wanting to Drink Outside and Making It Happen.

I am the Queen of Capitalizing Long Sentences As Though They Were Personal Titles.

I wanna go to Flooooooorida....

florida?

Uh no you don't. Don't you hate hot weather?

A foolish consistency is the devil's dingdong.

Oh god, the tipping thread is on top of the page.

if we had an "enjoying drinking beer outside contest", i think i would at least place.

I would forfeit.

i would probably not place
i feel pretty neutral about drinking beer outside

Ha I revived the tipping thread to ask how much I should tip the Peapod dude. It has devolved into the usual asshattery.

fyi I really really really like drinking beer outside. Especially if I am sitting in the sun and drinking a refreshing pilsner or something. This also works with white wine, maybe even better.

As long as it is at night or in the shade and the outside temp is under, oh, say 75, I love it.

According to the Pea Pod website, tipping is "optional but not expected but always appreciated." I would tip $5, unless you got a grip of groceries. Then I might tip a little more.

Ha, me and Dr. J would have to arrange ourselves carefully to get the required amount of sun.

I tipped 10% of the total cost of our order, which seemed to be the closest thing I could find to a consensus.

woozily tipsy in the sun = heaven. I actually got this fixation from this french detective novel I read years ago where dude spent most the book drinking white wine instead of "detecting" as such.

I am the Queen of Capitalizing Long Sentences As Though They Were Personal Titles.

^^My fave Don Caballero song

can we talk about the 17th c. witch bottle full of pee and nails?
i am pleased that the 17th c. witch bottle contained also "navel fluff"

http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/bottle-inside-540x380.hmedium.jpg

?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31107319/

if you want to stop a woman from being a witch, collect her
pee
navel fuzz
nail clippings

and put them into a jar with
nails
other stuff

then boil it
then bury it

cool. does it work for bitches too?

no, only witches

k thx

in exactly two hours it will be taco time

That is much better than dunking as a cure/detection method for witchcraft.

xp ha! Either way, it's better.

I just hung out in my back yard for a while. It's really nice. You guys should come over and we can hang out in my back yard and drink beers.

that sounds nice

I'll do that if there's trivia.

I want to have people over on my porch this summer. Not for Parties, just Hanging.

I get really woozy and confusy when drinking in the sun.

drinking during the day while staying hydrated and not falling asleep is an under-appreciated craft

Or you could just fall asleep.

This picture is not the usual kind of cute internet animal picture, but for some reason it's still cute to me.

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs011.snc1/4463_191941485471_505040471_7067891_3969127_n.jpg

i just put the ffs on a mix for a friend who is driving out to vermont tomorrow. he likes songs with lyrics, and you guys have those.

also featured: prince, big tymers, ugk, freddie scott, and raphael saadiq.

i advocated strongly for pittsburgh katie to attend the FFs show tomorrow! (i will not be here -- in fact, if you guys don't hear from me in 2 weeks or so, send out the dogs)

Where was that bird? And why the hell are those eggs not in a nest? Is that how they do?

That's a hawk, and those are not hawk eggs. It gets less and less cute the more you think about it.

I was told it's a peregrine falcon that took up residence on a site where an engineer friend of mine is working.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3A8bGCqpQQ

Kenan, I thought of you when I heard this (b/c I thought you'd like it, not b/c I'm going to give you a marriage ring and a pomegranate too).

I was told it's a peregrine falcon

I'm sure that whoever told you that looked it up, and I didn't.

...Until now. From what I've googled, apparently it's not always a beginner-level call to make -- the falcon looks this way, and the hawk looks this way. Lest anyone think me a complete boob. :)

Jesse, I love that you thought of me. I'm not 100% sure why you did, but you're right. That's great.

"A peach and a pear and I dig your hair." HA!

One gets the impression that she has fruit waiting at her house that she dare not mention.

Avocado

Gmail is being very weird today.

so tired today. i've been going out on weeknights like it's a thing.

You are too old for that.

it's these damn grad student friends, with their wild lifestyles

What awesome thing should I have for lunch?

Burritos?

Okay.

I've been eating roasted almonds and nothing else all day, it's a new diet I invented.

the "grandma's coffee table diet"

i'm supposed to call c4rl s4ff in a few minutes, apparently there is a problem with embedding a music video on our master cd

the "grandma's coffee table diet"

In my case, that would be v. old circus peanuts and the leftover Jordan almonds from fifty years of Whitman's Samplers.

I am going to eat arroz con pollo that I made last night in a fit of freedom from guilt that followed my last day of classes and procrastination.

Just so I would not become predictable, I had tacos al pastor.

holy sweet goddamn I love al pastor everything

yup. for my friend's going away party last night i finally got all these MFA folks to come to my favorite taqueria and we had a pastor party.

So my morning was supposed to be all about hooking up with my cousin who's in town for the day, but I fell asleep on the train. Crashed like Air France. I've had a really intense week, and it caught up to me all at once. I woke up at 89th street. So there I was, all spiffed up and starched and with a sport jacket and shit, and suddenly I realize that I am literally the only white person on the train. That was a little bit weird, I can't lie. I said to my little dog Toto that I did not believe that we were still in Kansas.

Not that I felt threatened or anything. In fact, I fell right back to sleep on the way home. So I'm home again, and kind of well-rested. All I can do now is kind of chuckle. I really am a boob sometimes.

sorry, didn't get past So my morning was supposed to be all about hooking up with my cousin

Haha to the both of yous.

This is my cousin:

http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/A_F/Aq_Az/Arrested_Development/crops/Arrested-Alia-Shawkat1.jpg

(Joeks)

ws

btw kenan or others, any tips on free webspace? i just need to host like 3 songs for music writers etc. to be able to download.

also I resisted making a "hooking up with my cousin" joke

put them in a zip file and upload it to sendspace or something?

my first thought but i don't know if that's "professional"/long-lasting enough

MegaUpload is good.

Or, if it's just 3 songs, zip them and email them?

If that's less than 10 megs, should be no problem.

Sarah and I just had a late lunch at Victory's Banner, and we sat a table over from the most hilariously pompous dude ever.

ACT I: Pizza
"Pizza is adaptable. I think for pizza, what's really important is the bread [note: I'm pretty sure he meant crust but he kept saying bread]. I don't care if it's authentic, whatever, you've got to have great bread. Then you can have sauce ... or cheese. You don't have to have both! Sometimes you can have just sauce and vegetables. Or you can have vegetables and cheese, with no sauce. Or sometimes, you can have cheese and sauce, with no vegetables. As long as the bread it good, you can just have sauce, and no cheese or vegetables. Or you can have just vegetables, with no sauce or cheese" and this basically went on until he had covered every possible iteration.

ACT II: Vegetarian restaurants
I wasn't really listening closely to this part but he basically opined about every vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly restaurant in Chicago for a while.

ACT III: Asparagus conversation
[To set the stage: the dudes were talking about signing up for one of those organic vegetable things where you get a bag of organic groceries direct from the farm each week]
A: How do you know what vegetables you're going to get? Like, how do you know you won't just get a bagful of asparagus. You know how I feel about asparagus.
B: Well, you wouldn't get asparagus because it's not asparagus season.
A: That's good ... but what about when it is asparagus season? Can I, like, opt out for asparagus season? Because you know how I feel about asparagus.
B: ...
A: Look - I love my green vegetables. But you know how I feel about asparagus. [looks at list of vegetables you get on his friend's phone] Hmmm ... these look pretty good though. But are they certified organic?

Then he started talking about how his friend are in a performance group called the Fabulous Femmes and how he's going to get them to come to his party.

Sarah and I were cracking up the whole time; I guess to me, people who can unselfconsciously expound on topics like that are hilarious, and then he kept saying "you know how I feel about asparagus" over and over.

lol

certified organic rage

I think that would make me angry, but if I had someone there to share it with, I would also laugh through my anger and tooth crumbles.

Did his companion seem to like him?

Why would that make you angry?

Unless you also have very strong feelings about asparagus that are counter to his.

Douchery gives me the rage.

I didn't really get a sense of his companion; his back was to us and he was talking a lot more quietly (and not as much). I couldn't get angry at the dude, he was just kind of a doofus.

organic anything gives me rage

You know how I feel about asparagus? I love it.

grilled

I had asparagus last night.

I had some on Wednesday!

I haven't had any in quite some time!

Organic anything gives me a painful erection that lasts for more than four hours. It's no fun at all.

For you, at least.

That's priapism, you should contact your doctor.

Nothing a couple of well-places nooses can't take care of.

too soon

I'm annoyed with my old friend Kent for getting on my case on Facebook. "Respect for the dead" and all that. Oh shut up, you know it's funny. Grow a pair.

The more we make jokes about it, the less likely our children will try it.

Jesse, I'm going to introduce you to someone who will be either a good friend or a great boyfriend.

OK. Do it on the sly.

Yo, we just returned from North Carolina. We swam in the ocean and stuff. Now we are tired.

Today we went to Over Easy for brunch (and waited an hour for a table). We drove because Sarah's leg is still f'ed up. When we left, our car wouldn't start. It seemed like the battery was dead, so I dug out the jumper cables, we tried calling a couple of people to see if anyone could give us a jump but no one in the area was around. Finally I asked some stranger to give us a jump, but it didn't work. He said in a foreign accent that we should pour Pepsi on it. So I bought a Pepsi from the corner store, poured it on the battery terminal, and it worked. Our battery spat out a couple of sparks but then the car started. It was great. The end.

you should get AAA. it has saved me many a time. Though that pepsi thing is the totally crazy.

we went to the Printer's Row Book Fair this afternoon, it was pretty cool. We didn't buy much though. And too bad the weather wasn't too great.

My paternal grandmother used to run a boarding house and one of her boarders recommended that same thing to my dad once, but he misunderstood the boarder's foreign accent and poured hot water on the battery instead.

Anyway, yeah, the soda cleans the battery terminals.

What were you doing in NC, John? Where did you go?

Baking soda also works on battery terminals. But you can't buy baking soda as readily.

I had a wonderful weekend. It involved making fresh spring rolls, grilling, homework, church, brunch, and Drag Me To Hell.

I had a very very lazy weekend. But I bought a new suit, which was one of my big to-dos for the summer.

A friend of Kr's got married on Topsail Island and rented a house for 20 of us to stay in for the whole week. We arrived late afternoon on Wednesday and spent the next couple of days lounging on the beach, swimming in the ocean, relaxing in the hot tub, playing cards, and drinking. Pretty fun, although I didn't know a lot of the people there and didn't always feel like I fit in -- not having ever played beer pong (or any drinking game, really) or jumped around on sofa cushions singing along to Taylor Swift.

We then spent mid-afternoon Saturday through mid-afternoon Sunday in Raleigh, where an old friend/co-worker of mine lives with his wife. I hadn't been in contact with him for at least five years, so it was great to hang out and catch up.

Oh that's right, I forgot.

weird day yesterday. a friend was bartending during the brunch shift at this nice restaurant, so i ended up getting my swerve on at noon. then i went to play a high school graduation party in lodi, wi, ate too much at the buffet, got home, and fell asleep instantly. woke up around 8:00 and played fallout for a few hours before going to bed again. it felt like two days and also like two hours.

I totally feel drained right now.

The premise for John's weekend sounds something like the premise for the CBS series Harper's Island. Though I assume John's wedding did not involve tons of murders.

The series isn't very good, but I am watching it anyway.

Though I assume John's wedding did not involve tons of murders.

Well, not tons.

Hey, a guy I knew in high school is on the cover of the Tribune today for being a Good Samaritan.

xxxxxxxxxpost: Hey guys, I had asparagus this weekend, too. Grilled. With strawberries. Grilled. nom nom nom

So in order to sign up for unemployment benefits online in IL, you need to have a Windows PC with Internet Explorer. What a crock of smoldering shit that is.

lol

ha that is nuts

My almost-girlfriend from high school is pregnant. I'm surprised to find out that that fact makes me feel weird.

Also, Jesse is Not a Fan of Facebook.

Also, I'm trying to not eat lunch till 12:00 but I'm so hungy!

i think the food at that graduation party might have been a little...off

are you feeling ill?

i'm feeling better now but i spent way more time in the bathroom this morning than is natural. apparently one of my bandmates is pretty sick today.

I have a bunch of shit do do this afternoon, but I'm trying to wait until this front blows through. I'd rather be out in nice cool rain than muggy sunshine. I wish it would hurry up, though.

Yeah it's really gross outside, I'm thinking about driving to the gym instead of biking.

I slept like shit last night, thanks to Jules' neighbors across the hall. They were partying and then some. It started with just some hootin' and hollerin', then progressed into blasting "When the Music's Over" at serious volume and screaming along in the appropriate places, and then a little later some insults broke out and there was a lot of scuffling and banging around. Sounded like possibly an actual fight. Than around 2:30 or so the landlord came up and bitched them out, and was appalled at what she referred to as "black" all over the carpet and the wall. (Bong water? Who knows.) And then she showed up again this morning and threatned to call the cops if they didn't clean it up immediately.

People are strange.

People are gross.

The weather is gross.

It's all just so gross.

Someone should tell the neighbors: Sunday night is not alright for fighting.

http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/funny-pictures-cat-has-a-flat-stomach.jpg

Johnathan Richman is playing at the Bottle on Thursday (and like Friday or Saturday) oh man oh man oh man

There is something comforting about a grey day.

Johnathan Richman is playing at the Bottle on Thursday (and like Friday or Saturday) oh man oh man oh man

― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Monday, June 8, 2009 5:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

with Vic Chesnutt!

Jonathan Richman totally just asked me for a ride home

Hmm I'm going to be in a class/symposium all weekend, but it's on Division right around the corner from the Empty Bottle and it's supposed to finish around 9 or 9:30 on Friday and Saturday, so if anyone else is planning to go to one of those shows, please let me know and maybe I'll buy will-call tickets.

I was taking pictures of the street and the front of my building this morning, because the light is all soft and everything has dewdrops all over it. Anyway, it wasn't until I was nearly in the front door that I noticed this:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/understnad_hell.jpg

This is in the window directly above my entrance. Just as I was taking this picture, the landlord himself walked up. (He's always around, which is damn handy when, like, your plumbing acts up.) I asked him, "What the hell is that all about?" He said, "She's crazy." I don't know what answer I expected, really. Even if he wasn't the world's nicest landlord, the sign pretty much explains the "crazy" part all by itself.

Ho-ly Cow.

I know. That's scary crazy. They have medication for that nowadays, but maybe anyone who tells her that is a torturer. Thinking about it too much kinda makes me shudder.

http://britishteeth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/stevebuscemi.bmp

"What, that sign? Oh, that lady's crazy, I tell you. Crazy. I don't know. Anyway, how's that sink?"

Kenan and I live in the Crazy District.

Check out this video: http://www.bwebcentral.com/blog/3/690

Crazy District

I am always fascinated by pockets of crazy in the city. The bus stop at the NE corner of Belmont and Broadway is amazing. Also the Sheridan corridor between Lawrence and oh, probably Bryn Mawr. I was driving somewhere in the northwest of the city (on the way to the burbs for a Jeff's work thing) and while waiting at a traffic light, watched multiple crazy people stand on a corner, yell, wander into traffic... The wandering into traffic part made me extremely tense.

Argyle and Sheridan is really nerve wracking because of the giant halfway house. I've got nothing but love for the residents, but I definitely feel uneasy walking around that intersection without an escort or two.

I don't think we live in the Crazy District, at least not just that. I think of it as a mixed neighborhood.

All ages, races, incomes, levels of sanity...

I'm on Sheridan just north of Argyle, so between the mega-halfway-house and the McDonald's I border the crazy. I've befriended the street preacher on Foster and Broadway, who is hoarse from preaching to cars every day but is a friendly guy and gives me blessings and tells me to call my parents.

I'd forgotten about this, but I once heard Edgewater, maybe Sheridan in particular, called the Gay 90's, because folks there are either gay or 90.

er, the preacher is on Foster/Sheridan.

I'm OK with living in a sane neighborhood. Though there is one area wacko who likes to hang out right outside our building. He seems fairly harmless though I'd still rather he'd not loiter by our door. Last week, he was outside and this older guy was walking quickly down the street. Crazy guy: "HEY! WHERE DO YOU WORK?" Older guy, continuing to walk quickly: "I don't - I'm retired." Crazy guy: "Oh - from where? from where?" Older guy: "Goodbye!"

Oh and a few weeks ago there was a group of three religious nuts standing right out on the corner of Irving Park/Damen/Lincoln proselytizing at people through a megaphone at like 10 p.m. They were out there for at least 15-20 minutes, not sure how they got away with it for that long in such a high-traffic area (lots of cop cars driving by).

deez religious nuts

Kenan's right, though: it's the complete cross-setion of classes, nationalities, races, crazies, etc. that make this neighborhood neat.

i posted this on ilb but i can't get over the fact that shalom auslander is a cylon:

http://www.jewcy.com/files/u1466/17060403_ShalomAuslander_lg.jpghttp://www.aarondouglasfans.com/DesignElements/Images/Biography_SkyOne.jpg

Ha!

re crazy: for the most part, Lakeview East crazies are A-OK, a little mumbly, but cool. There's one lady who is way more than mumbly (she is constantly having a very sincere and emotional conversation about race with someone I am unable to see) but I see her EVERYWHERE and so I have developed a certain affection and protective feeling towards her. Plus we do laundry together sometimes, and that is a serious bond. However, there are a couple of guys who are very very angry and loud and aggressive and they actually scare me, as in make me fear for my physical safety. I had to get past one of them to get into our gate once and I was about as scared while I was standing still and trying to get the key into the gate, with him absolutely raging AT ME SPECIFICALLY (with a lot of "YOU FUCKING BITCH YOU FUCKING WHORE" etc, etc.), as I have ever been in the city of Chicago.

Anyway, diversity is great. Feeling threatened is not great.

I live just the other side of Broadway from crazytown, so there is some spill-over. We get Asian people with issues.

Here's a stereotype for you: Crazy Asians hork a lot. HORK HORK HORK - SPITOOOEY.

Boy George affirms this fact in his autobiography.

i miss the Hep C attakin' ur face adz.

That is an odd thing to miss.

But as I just learned from your most recent email, you are an extremely odd person.

The next time we have game night, we should play this game: http://www.brokenpicturetelephone.com/instructions aka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_Poop_You_Cat.

yessss

always good for lolz

I've never played it, but I really like those kinds of party games. Plus I think Jeff's participation would make this game extra hilolzious.

Right before we left Topsail Island on Saturday, I was looking around the rental house to see if I'd forgotten anything, and I noticed in someone's bedroom there was a huge stack of like 20 board games, including Scrabble, Battleship, Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly, etc. I hadn't seen it because it was someone else's bedroom, but apparently it never occurred to whoever was in there that it might be fun to bust those out at some point during the week. Wasted opportunity.

this is a bear cub that was hanging out in my hometown this morning

http://www.mininggazette.com/photos/news/lg/505389_1.jpg

Hello, Bear Support?

You have reached Bear Support. Press 1 if you have your paw stuck in a hole in a tree. Press 2 if you have been detained for stealing pic-a-nic baskets. Press 3 if you want more information on the Timothy Treadwell Memorial Scholarship Program.

Para continuar en Espanol, marque el numero quatro.

Oh bear.

A propos of our conversation this morning, I ate lunch at Subway on Sheridan south of Foster. It was just me and the friendly proprietors until this lanky older gentleman walked in, started shouting from the doorway, asking if the $5 footlongs were all day. Then he said of the music, "Is this the country-western station? Is that Faith Hill? I'm her husband. I'm Brian Erlacher. I'm Brad Pitt. I'm married to Anjelina Jolie. My father was in the Navy. I was in the Navy. Nobody beats the U.S. Nacy. They're naming the Northwestern Hospital after me, the OB-GYN clinic. I'm a Chicago police officer."

Through a random series of events I ended up wandering around the Uptown/Andersonville border (like Wilson between Ashland and Broadway) for a couple of hours last Thursday night. Quite a few weirdos around to be sure, though in the chemical state I was in I could probably have been one of them.

I was just looking at old pictures and this was from like five years ago, which means that I've almost known you people for a long time (for me and my fickle, nomadic self, anyway):

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/2324818_45f482b224.jpg

Also, John, you should grow a beard again. Kr will get used to it!

Also I got bored at work and went to this "Berry Chill" place and it is run by aloof teenagers and does not taste all that great. The End.

I'm seriously digging the jmc beard. You should def grow it back.

My lunch/dinner break is going to be at 4:15 this week, which is totally throwing off my schedule.

Gross, that would mess me up real good.

you only get one break for dunch/linner?

No, I mean I'm working from 1:15 to 9:15 most of this week so...I guess it's dinner, but it almost seems to early to call it that.

I've been eating lunch hella late recently. For example: now.

Last night when I got home, I was still full enough from my 3 PM lunch that all I had for dinner was a mango.

sup guyz

watched Max Max: Beyond Thunderdome, going to get a haircut

Snacking on peanut butter Cap'n Crunch at my desk. Got vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubela, tetanus, and dipthongia. Arm's sore.

Seriously, this could help us plan our Thirsty Thursdays.

I'm no Bar Louie fan as far as atmosphere, but their really good burgers for $1 on Tuesdays? I'm there.

Hey, I am free to attending pub quiz regularly on Tuesday nights now.

The moment I know you have all been waiting for.

Nice. I'm going to bookmark that on my phone!
The Red Eye's bargains page is good too. Lots and lots of $1 or $2 burgers.

Also? Wrigleyville is chock-a-block w/ super cheap beer and food options, even on weekends. On the other hand, Wrigleyville.

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6769/melonstiming.jpg

Eric - what's up with my new best friend/life partner?

I'll check -- maybe we should do a happy hour with him.

Also, EZ, I meant to mention to you that I would gladly join you for TJ & Dave sometime if you are interested in going again.

Tell him I love him.

xp

John, I'm up for going back anytime, maybe even tonight.

Jesse, one idea I had that would be funny would be to bring you to drinks or dinner with three of Jen's friends, and not introduce them by name, so you wouldn't know which one was E.

Ha. But you showed me his blog and it had pictures.

I'm on the phone w/ Dell trying to figure out why we were billed for something. I've talked to 3 reps, each of who(m?) had a really incredulous tone of voice. My last rep sounded very stoned on top of that and she said "Uh...you're going to have to talk to customer service. Unfortunately. But they're brain-damaged....."

xp Tonight might be doable, actually. Kr has a paper due tomorrow and shan't be disturbed.

Jen B. has agreed to serve as counsel for the encounter.

What the eff are you guys talking about.

Jesse, I'm going to introduce you to someone who will be either a good friend or a great boyfriend.

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Ah.

It sounds almost like you're making a guarantee. "Will," you said.

Are you guaranteeing a favorable outcome to my client?

L

Maybe I should try to make $$$ as a matchmaker.

If I were bored enough, I'd make a Yelp entry for you.

Where should Jeff and I go for our anniversary dinner next week?

Let me direct you to www.brokehipster.com

A Tavola is lovely. I think you should go there.

If you want to do something special North Pond.

If not, let us take you out for dollar burgers.

That's where they went last year.

A Tavola, I'm serious. Do it.

We went to North Pond last year! It was great, but I'd like to go somewhere different since this is like the one good excuse we have for spendy dining. (Well, our anniversary and when my parents come to town, but they usually pick up the tab.)

XPOST!!!

Okay, I will investigate A Tavola.

Don't base any decisions on their website. It's ugly. The restaurant is cozy and inviting and romantic and the food is good.

That website is totally ugly. Menu looks tasty, though.

I have short hair now. Valerie cut my hair. We talked about Jeff.

I would like to go to TJ & Dave too though probably not tonight.

Kr took me to Mexique for my birthday, and we both thought it was great.

I <3 <3 <3 Val.

I want to go to Salpicon sometime. Jenny, go there and tell me.

http://www.makeagif.com/uploads/1244665878/animated.gif

enjoy

What does the After look like? I can only see the longer version.

needs a disco beat

Whoa that works freakishly well with the song I am listening to right now (Bruno Pronsato - An Ill Collage).

Like, I'm pretty sure there should be a video for this song and it should just be that gif.

http://media1.suntimes.com/multimedia/061009blago.jpg_20090610_09_45_53_1293-190-270.imageContent

Eat food, not much, mostly crow.

good lord, there's some dude at the circ desk asking about Atlas Shrugged and how prescient Rand was was and how "it's exactly what's happening with the government right now" I'm glad he's not asking because I would have a difficult time keeping my professional demeanor.

What did Val have to say about me? Does she hate me? I suspect she is cutting her initials into the back of my hair without me knowing.

I was wondering if she wasn't violating confidentiality.

Did you guys know that Rahm Emanuel was a ballet dancer? Rod used to mock him for it.

I could have predicted most of these suggested searches

http://imgur.com/1VqZG.png

there's some dude at the circ desk asking about Atlas Shrugged and how prescient Rand was was and how "it's exactly what's happening with the government right now"

People who believe this should follow the example of Galt in the book, and disappear from society to prove the point that society will collapse without them. I am DYING to be taught this lesson.

Some guy on Reddit was commenting about how Obama's election and administration is just as foretold in 1984.

I thought it was common knowledge that Rahm was a ballet dancer....

Hi guys. Is there anything going on this weekend?

We're going to Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon for my cousin's high school graduation. That is, if this sore throat doesn't turn into something worse. :/

Some guy on Reddit was commenting about how Obama's election and administration is just as foretold in 1984.

I watched Guess Who's Coming to Dinner last night, which is a totally ridiculous movie*, and at one point Spencer Tracy asks Sidney Poitier if he's thought about his potential future children, and he says he has and he realizes it'll be tough for them. Tracy says, "What does Joanna think?" Poitier: "She thinks they'll all grow up to be presidents of the United States." Which made me muse on the fact that the biracial Obama is at least 6 years older than any hypothetical children they would have.

*Part of why it's ridiculous is that there are several reasons why John and Joanna shouldn't get married (or at least should think twice about marriage) that have nothing whatsoever to do with their contrasting skin colors, chiefly that THEY JUST MET 10 DAYS AGO. Also, he's 14 years older than she is and has two kids. Also, he's a world-famous doctor, the assistant director of the WHO, and she's a recent college graduate. Never does the movie explain why the relationship is so great except that it supposedly makes them both so happy.

Btw, I watched it in advance of eventually reading this:
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/26390000/26393275.JPG

Oh I just read that a couple of weeks ago, it's great. I read the whole thing in like two days because I was really into it. I have never seen In the Heat of the Night and I haven't seen Dr. Doolittle or Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? in a million years. Just saw Bonnie & Clyde for the first time about a month ago.

Anyways the book addresses some of your issues with the movie.

Yeah, I assumed it would. I wanted to watch all the movies before I read the book, not so much because I thought I would enjoy the book more (although I suspect it might help), but to give me a project and motivation for watching some movies I haven't seen. I watched Bonnie and Clyde for the first time a few weeks ago, too.

I like Bonnie and Clyde.

John you might want to skip this post because it pertains to stuff discussed in that book, but I don't know, it's not really a spoiler or anything if you've seen the movie.

Apparently originally (like in early drafts of the script) there were going to have a three-way scene between Bonnie, Clyde, and the driver, with the implication that Clyde is gay. When they got around to making the movie, they realized this scene wouldn't fly in 1967 cinema, so they changed it to make Clyde impotent instead. The funny thing is that when I watched the movie, I just assumed Clyde was a latent homosexual instead of thinking he was impotent. LOL!

also Faye Dunaway looks scary now but she was fine back in the day

She had badass eyebrows in Chinatown.

I just assumed Clyde was a latent homosexual instead of thinking he was impotent.

Yeah, me too.

(I don't mind spoilers of non-fiction books!)

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/911com.jpg

SPOILER ALERT:

No WMDs

lol

also lol screen name

That book has been on my short list for too long. (The movie one, not the frickin' 9/11 report.) I really don't read enough.

Nick! This Dirty Projectors record is soooo good! I'm still listening to it for the first time, but I feel love.

I want to eat dinner somewhere good tonight.

Is that a question, or do you have something in mind?

No clue. Jenny's having dinner with others and I don't want to go home and just eat a piece of string cheese.

Is Kuma's stupid crowded on Thursday nights?

Whoa that works freakishly well with the song I am listening to right now (Bruno Pronsato - An Ill Collage).

Maybe the best song on that record. But sakes alive that's a good record, so I have to say "maybe."

i get the impression that kuma's is always stupid crowded

Jeff: cook something. Then you'll have the added bonus of something to do with you hands while you kill some time, and at the end there's food.

string cheese casserole

I don't cook, always too exhausted after work. When eating at home along I usually just graze.

alone, not along

I realize you don't cook. What I'm saying is, do.

no way joker. I'd rather eat my shoe.

Apparently originally (like in early drafts of the script) there were going to have a three-way scene between Bonnie, Clyde, and the driver, with the implication that Clyde is gay. When they got around to making the movie, they realized this scene wouldn't fly in 1967 cinema, so they changed it to make Clyde impotent instead. The funny thing is that when I watched the movie, I just assumed Clyde was a latent homosexual instead of thinking he was impotent. LOL!

I assumed the same thing. Impotence at that age is *very* rarely a physiological condition; it's a mental one. So not making the homosexuality explicit is just that, while not changing the condition. Also isn't there a line in there where Beatty says, "I don't like boys or anything..." And I was thinking, "Hmm."

xpost Even Werner had to boil the shoe first.

I think I'll just go to Sheffield's.

I'm thinking... get a container of milk, a pint of half and half, the cheese of your preference, and some bacon. heat all the half and half and a cup and a half to two cups of milk on the stove. When it's not quite boiling, add cheese. Switch to low heat, reduce to a pretty good thickness. Meanwhile fry up some bacon and chop it thoroughly. Put it in the sauce. Add salt, pepper, garlic, maybe a little thyme. Boil some pasta, toss in sauce. (The pasta, I mean.) Prep time: 20 minutes.

My ingredient amounts may be off. I just totally made that up.

I'm having dinner with others tomorrow night! Tonight is laundry night, so get me something to go.

Totally agree re: Bruno Pronsato, btw.

Isn't it just thick, rich, and delicious?

And American, that's almost the craziest thing.

(Talking about Bruno Pronsato, not my ghetto carbonara.)

Re Speed Stick Pro "pit types": I understand the sensitive skin formula, and the "extra sweaty" one, but "hairy"??

First off, what does hairiness have to do w/ your deodorant? And how did they alter the formula? And anyway, MOST men's armpits are hairy.

if your pits are super hairy, maybe all the deodorant gets caught in the hair and therefore can't make it to the skin? So maybe this special deodorant is less viscous or something?

in related news, I was reading this yelp thread a few days ago about shaving your pits and almost everyone seemed to agree that hairy armpits are foul and should not be allowed. This mostly applied to men too. I was befuddled and repulsed -- pits are hairy, deal with it.

Extensive research has shown that most of the people on Yelp are idiots.

Also an idiot: me, for eating too much chorizo.

Most people on yelp are 14. Our children (pause for laughter where appropriate) may think hairy pits are gross.

I have been known to trim my pit hair on occasion, but never shave it. And anyway that's just maintenance, not some weird hairless bodybuilder vanity. Any body hair that's trimmed a bit means less hair on the bar of soap later. Every hair on your body has a genetically predetermined point at which the follicle gives up and lets loose of that particular hair. "Enough," it says. My armpit hair can get out of proportion to my arms sometimes, so I try to nip it in the bud. My leg hair is worse -- I have a goat god Pan thing happening on my legs. Every six-to-12 months I give my legs a good buzz, and that hair grows slowly, so it only takes that.

shaving leads to itching, and itching is no fun whatsoever

E to tha Z, I need recommendations for cheap but fun wine bars around town, bonus points if they're either 1. on the near South side or 2. near the Blue or Pink Lines.

Shaving stops being itchy if you do it regularly.

Gotta run, didn't read everything, but the younger generation doesn't just put up with body hair.

As for me, I really like hairy armpits (on men).

Dan, Enoteca Roma (or is it Enotec Aroma) on Division west of Damen is a good wine bar, not hard to get to. Otherwise, Randolph Wine Cellars has half-price on Monday nights -- a little pricey, but some amazing wines by the glass. In general, wine bars can be pricey, but look for weeknight specials. Otherwise, I'd say find a good BYOB place and go to the Wine Discount Center and get a great $10 bottle there and go to town.

Paul Weller: the world's greatest clotheshorse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo0lMI7bynE&feature=related

I was befuddled and repulsed -- pits are hairy, deal with it.

I feel the same way about hairy pits/legs on women. (I shave, but under Official Protest, registered with the Chicago chapter of the Hairy Armed Women Liberationist Society (a subsidiary of Us Girls Against Male, White Corporate Oppression, Inc.).)

Gotta run, didn't read everything, but the younger generation doesn't just put up with body hair.

Not that I have any first-hand evidence or anything, but I think this is largely true. I wouldn't be surprised if the mainstreaming of porn and the existence of those Britney/Lindsay paparazzi shots meant that far more women under 25 shave their pubic hair than ever before. I remember when the Vanessa Hudgens nude pix came out, there were comment boxes on TMZ or whatever full of people going "ugh shave that shit" when she just had, you know, normal growth.

I had to order a new razor.

http://www.leesrazors.com/product_images/g/p1010026__03344.jpg

yeah, I've heard that even dudes, of the younger generation, keep things severely trimmed or shaved in the pubic region. Kids today.

Shaving does indeed stop leading to itching after not very long.

Us Girls Against Male, White Corporate Oppression, Inc. lol

I would like to credit metrosexuality (RIP) and Queer Eye for the decline in popularity of body hair.

Bring back the nappy dugout!

I've discovered Cocorosie this week! I can't stop listening to them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exm8bKidg4Y

This version of Werewolf is pretty outstanding, both musically and visually. I watched it on repeat on my laptop all night, then went to bed and kept watching it on my phone. Then played it this morning in the bathroom.

I'm serious. Play that video. Do it. It will change your world.

that rapping girl is making me hate music, sorry jesse. :(

You, sir.... neverMIND.

lolz @ Jenny once again, I forgot about that song

I am liking the new, fancier ILX.

Jeff, if you're there, do you have to be more careful with that type of razor? I use the Mach 3 and I don't get nicks despite a very wild and furious shaving style (fast, with/against/across the grain, no mirror (I shave in the shower)).

I've discovered Cocorosie this week!

Now you can read this:
CocoRosie member goes to "Kill Whitey" Ironic dance parties and gets called out by brainwashed.com as racist

a very wild and furious shaving style

Can this be your new username?

John - I printed that article this morning for reading at a later time. I have been neck-deep in all things Cocorosie since about Tuesday. I'm trying to not watch that video again now.

I don't think I would like their company, but I like their songs when I happen across them.

Why do you think you wouldn't like their company? Not saying that I agree or disagree, just wondering.

I'm not Jeff, but I use that razor and I shave far more surface area than Jeff does and I can say that there is a learning curve with that kind of razor and that you should start out slow until you get a feel for it. The biggest difference is that you can't put any pressure on your skin or else it's going to get all Cabin Fever in there.

I can go pretty fast with the safety now. Since I dropped and broke the other one, we're using a disposable and now I have to go really slow with that or else I'll dismember myself.

Also I quoted TWO songs in that post and I fully expect Kenan to pick up on both of them.

so glad i discovered that walgreen's makes cheap blades for the sensor razor i've had since high school. i still don't understand why blades are so ungodly expensive.

I read something recently about that, and it's an actual marketing tactic, but I can't remember what it's called.

That is why I love the safety razor. They basically pay you to take blades off the shelves. Plus no pandering, overly-gendered advertising.

I'm guessing that the type of razor we're talking about winds up being more economical b/c the refills are cheap, right? That's the allure for me, but I have concerns about shredding myself.

oh - xps

yeah, I've heard that even dudes, of the younger generation, keep things severely trimmed or shaved in the pubic region. Kids today.

*raises hand*

I don't know about "severe" -- I don't shave my pubes into the shape of a swastika or anything. But let's be up front here. Have you ever looked at a fully hairy scrotum, live and in person? It's a horror show. It's like a Gremlin pod miscarriage. Oral activities are here to stay, and a little maintenance seems only polite.

Testify, sister.

Cocorosie (esp that video) sounds like what I imagine a bunch of Mogwais would sound like if they formed a band - lots of cooing and rattling and some clear, lilting vocals.

That is the first description I've ever read that has made me WANT to hear Cocorosie. I never heard them before that thread linked above, and after I didn't really want to.

On to better albums though, that new Dirty Projectors slayed me last night. I'm seriously typing this from beyond the grave right now. I'd never listened to them before because that Black Flag thing just sounded way too gimmicky for my tastes. But after reading all the praise of the new one, I signed up for lala just so I could stream the whole thing straight off Pitchfork. Damn is is fantastic. A couple of the songs started out as not really my thing, but every time I was about to switch off the track... some twisty guitar line or vocal melody would come in and blow my mind. Sorry to enthuse, but man, been awhile since indie rock got me all excited.

It's great. I don't always check out all of Nick's playlists, but when he says "favorite album of the year" I don't doubt that it's damn fine.

i really like it too. it's my token indie rock record of the year. that and bon iver i guess.

Yah DP album is siiiiiick. They are playing for free in pritzker pavilion on the 22nd btw

This class/symposium I am doing this weekend is killing me, not in a good way. I will need a beer tonight

But I am sitting in humboldt park right now and it is beautiful out

Why do you think you wouldn't like their company? Not saying that I agree or disagree, just wondering.

I'm only going from this long profile of them. Then again, maybe we will end up being BFFs.

Huh, I don't really like that DPs album that much. I mean, it's OK, but it doesn't really work for me.

it's the prog and r&b elements that make it work for a nerd like me

But how can you be on the internet in a park???

I don't trust anything until I've given it two years to marinate.

btw dudes i'm going to be hanging out in chicago on monday night before going on tour. probably roger's park area.

it's the prog and r&b elements that make it work for a nerd like me

Here's what I said about "Stillness Is the Move" on the Singles Jukebox:

[quote]Dirty Projectors have made waves this year by aligning indie’s current affection for African guitar rhythms with R&B-inspired boy-girl vocals, but every time I’ve listened to Bitte Orca, its thorniness has made me want to put on either Vampire Weekend or the underrated No Kids (who don’t mimic Mariah’s ululations but do steal Amerie’s bass lines). Still, “Stillness Is the Move” is one of the band’s better cuts, with a rickety cyclical structure that keeps all those chirps and coos from floating too high.[/quote]

popist.

:)

listening to the no kids on myspace, it sounds like watered-down r&b to me, but DP totally have their own sound and it's flexible enough to include some beats and r&b-tinged melodies when they feel like it.

and i like how they do rhythmically complex stuff but it sounds like it might fall apart at any moment (as opposed to the ultra-stiff vampire weekend thing)

I think that's maybe what I don't like?

That's how I feel about all the aspects of their songs; I love how they sound rickety and loose and then gel into these beautiful cohesive parts.

yeah totally. it's this amazing tight-via-loose thing (i wouldn't like it if it was loose-via-loose).

Hmmm. I did sort of get into it a bit more when I listened to it the other day; maybe it's a grower.

Anyone want to grab a beer tonight, like around 9:30? I could do small bar or green eye or somewhere else

I might, but I'm going to a friend's graduation celebration that could easily get out of hand.

I have dinner plans and am escorting tomorrow and I guess those assholes have started showing up at the clinic at EIGHT FUCKING AM so I must decline drinks, as appealing as it sounds. Nick, I haven't seen you in a forever, it feels like.

I have dinner plans and am escorting tomorrow

The Jennyfriend Experience

I am going to a birthday party tonight will be occupied with cake, not drink.

Dammit, I always forget how that reads in print.

How about, "I am fighting to ensure that fundamentalist wackadoos don't impinge on a woman's ability to make her own decisions regarding her health care needs."

I admire the hell out of you for doing that.