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Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 24 March 2006 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

Hey there.

Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 24 March 2006 01:35 (nineteen years ago)

NICK/SARAH: DO YOU KNOW A RED-HEADED CHICK NAMED FROM COLLEGE????

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 02:22 (nineteen years ago)

reboot

NICK/SARAH: DO YOU KNOW A RED-HEADED CHICK NAMED [STACY] FROM COLLEGE????

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 02:23 (nineteen years ago)

Re: the other thread:

I've never managed to get my }nd{et...nts rating up enough to get an account to give, but then I don't seed stuff that isn't there.

Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 24 March 2006 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, we know Stacy. She was roommates with my good pal and former bandmate. We run into her every few months.

n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 24 March 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

does anyone know some bar/club called neo? my friend wants to go. she says its a goth club, but they have 80s/newwave nite tonite which sounds somewhat appealing and almost offsets the "goth club" part. i dunno. is it fun?

phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:04 (nineteen years ago)

I like the name of this thread. If only it were true. It's supposed to snow tomorrow.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:09 (nineteen years ago)

The secret to torrent sites like #it (as much as I've figured out) is to be able to leave your computer running as long as possible to seed things, and to figure out what multiple other people want, and when. In other words, be a part of the community. Which can be a real pain in the ass, like I said! :)

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:14 (nineteen years ago)

She is friends with (one of) our singer(s)!


btw: we're making posters I think. we were thinking FFs @ 10pm SHARKS @ 11.30?

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:15 (nineteen years ago)

Also download anything popular that just got uploaded, whether you want it or not.

Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

Whoa! So I'm gonna get to see two bands with 3 Chicago ILXors on the 8th? I'm super excited.

(psst... dan... could I get an invite? it's okay if not. da phi ma at gmail dot com, without the spaces... sorry if it's irritating)

regular roundups (Dave M), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:22 (nineteen years ago)

Not a problem, man. I've got a bunch. (hint to anyone else who is curious)

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:26 (nineteen years ago)

sure invite me. login (not gbx) at gmail.


technically, you'll see 4, I guess. my roommate lurks like a motherfucker.

btw: should I see batman begins or lord of war???

i've seen batman begins, but i loved it.

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

Batman begins is the only one I've seen.

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:33 (nineteen years ago)

NOT HELPFUL, DAN

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:34 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, wait: what about "Firefly/Serenity"? Seen those?

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:34 (nineteen years ago)

I'm just sayin'

xpost: Yes! I was doubtful at first because of the Buffy connection, but they turned out to be pretty good in the end.

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:35 (nineteen years ago)

H'm.

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

I'm curious! (I know I'm only tangentially chicago-thread but I'm alright.) I love teh torrents but haven't done 1ndie torrents - but i have been keeping my computer on all day lately, so perhaps i should give it a go... email is email below. You are great :)
xpost!

Batman Begins is good the second time too. Lord of War, from the 5 minutes I've seen of it, looks slick - I've been meaning to see it - I only hope there are many many explosions. Serenity was good!

rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

Hi guys. My week is going well. I bought sheets today. My bed is all pale green and lavender with stripey pillowcases and a flowery pillow sham that brings it all together. I have never owned a sham before. These are uncharted waters.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:51 (nineteen years ago)

Also, I am nearly finished with the mixes I promised some people weeks ago.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:51 (nineteen years ago)

Hey Kenan, how's the job?

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:52 (nineteen years ago)

Not what I expected. Nothing ever is. Funny how the companies with the worst websites are the ones most resistant to change. (I guess that makes sense, actually.) I installed Firefox on my machine the first day, and the admin uninstalled it after I left that day. Weird. I am without any proper development tools, and apparently they want to keep it that way. Whatever. I am laying low. No need to make wakes right off the bat.

Oh, and I have to learn some ASP pretty quick. I am depressed about that.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:56 (nineteen years ago)

I am losing touch with the cool people already! Quick -- recommend me some records! What's that band Nick was taking about the other night... I really should write these things down. It had a funny name. (But considerably better than Wolf Parade.)

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 03:59 (nineteen years ago)

Totally makes sense about the web sites. Also, fuck ASP.

xpost: I don't know, AIDS Wolf? I've been listening to Wilderness a lot lately.

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:02 (nineteen years ago)

The Archer Prewitt album? I have that.

Ooh... I just followed The Jesus Lizard with Fiona Apple on a mix. It works very nicely. I am impressed with myself.

My new favorite web page.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:12051

"explore by..."

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:04 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for the invite, Dan! jeez, they're a bit intimidating on there... Must be brave.

Your sheets sound awesome, Kenan. I have never owned a sham either.

And I can't believe none of you are seeing Destroyer with John right now.

rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:08 (nineteen years ago)

Phil, Neo on Thursday nights is fun, or at least it was consistently fun week to week a few years ago. Other nights are more straight-up goth and/or industrial, but Thursday nights combine people who were around for the first wave of new wave with younger folks, all in the spirit of misfits-and-geeks-of-the-world-unite that spawned the original new wave and goth movements of the 80s (there's a sweeping statement).

There's one guy who used to be at Neo every Thursday night - a Latino fellow in a white starched shirt and black pants, who did what I'm guessing were flamenco moves - very formal but energized raising his hands above his head, genuflecting, kneeling in praise, etc., so that he turned these 80s songs into intense spiritual matters. Watching him "act out" these songs made them seem like "O lord, when you're big in Japan" or "O lord, you spin me round like a record".

Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:10 (nineteen years ago)

The one time I went to Neo, I got kicked out.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:13 (nineteen years ago)

For what, pray tell?

Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:14 (nineteen years ago)

I threw a barstool at somebody.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:14 (nineteen years ago)

That'll do it, eh? How's a skinny goth going to defend himself against that?

Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for the invite, Dan! jeez, they're a bit intimidating on there... Must be brave.

You're welcome! And don't worry, upload anything that got an 8 or above from Pfork and those people will eat it up. Then your ratio will be sky high.

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

No, I'm kidding. One of the people I was with had a fake ID, and they threw us all out.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:16 (nineteen years ago)

But -- funny story -- I walked into Rite Liquors on Division the other day, you know that shitty place? It's one of those desperately sad bar/liquor store combos. Anyway, I'm standing in front of one register, and the cashier is at the other register, and this homeless guy is in front of him. And suddely, out of nowhere, the clerk yells "Get the FUCK out of my store" while shoving the homeless guy with full force onto the floor and into the bar behind him. So the homeless guy is yelling, "I ain't did nothin' to you!" and he picks up a barstool and goes after the clerk. The chair falls to the floor in the scuffle, but now they're really fighting, and the homeless guy has a death grip on the clerk's ear, and finally one of the drunks in the place grabs the homeless guy and chokes him off the clerk, and the clerk regains his balance and grabs the homeless guy and literally drags him out the door and throws him in the street.

I only wanted cigarettes, but I got a hell of an adrenaline rush as a bonus.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:21 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, so the clerk comes back in and calmly rings me up with blood streaming down the side of his face. That was the cherry on top.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

I think I will visit the nice Lebanese men on Wood Street next time. They're so polite.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:28 (nineteen years ago)

Wow.

Only violence I've seen in a liquor store was on...what's the place near Chicago and Ashland, a little west of Flo? With a big ramp entryway into the store? Big neon sign outside? Saw a guy half-nelsoned on the floor of that ramp once.

Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:31 (nineteen years ago)

Rothschild's.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:32 (nineteen years ago)

That's another one of those bar/liquore store combos. I'm telling you, there oughta be a law.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:32 (nineteen years ago)

KENAN FOR COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT

Sorry, I'm kind of drunk.

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:35 (nineteen years ago)

Man, I can't even imagine what the bar scene in Chicago was like before Daley came in with his big pushbroom and closed half of them. Must have been some rough nights in this town.

Joe Polniaczek (kenan), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:37 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, I'm kind of drunk.

All right! HIGH-FIVE

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://webcastor.hrs.psc.gov/ehrp/wbt/Images/MGRtraining.gif

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

That's what I actually look like.

super yooper (waah christ dere eh pard?) (OutDatWay), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

I'm drinking a bottle of wine right now

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:43 (nineteen years ago)

i'm winning, btw.

gbx (skowly), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:43 (nineteen years ago)

What kind of wine?

Rothschild's. I was thinking Chesterfield's and knew that wasn't right.

Eazy (Eazy), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:46 (nineteen years ago)

does anyone know some bar/club called neo?

Funny, I was right across the street from Neo tonight and asked Jesse if he wanted to go with me. He said no. If I'd known you were thinking about going, Phil, I would've called you.

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 24 March 2006 04:46 (nineteen years ago)

That's exactly what they want you to do, John.

Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

I quit playing fantasy baseball a couple of years ago. It was such a time suck, I would spend hours and hours each day researching and reading box scores. There is no way I would have time for that these days. My team logo was awesome though:

http://static.flickr.com/1/31846_7b4b24733f.jpg?v=0

Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

The problem is, the albums I really want to hear, like the new Sparks album, I can't find online with Poisoned. So instead I end up downloading a bunch of Arthur Russell, which is ok but bores me after a while.

n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 01:58 (nineteen years ago)

One of my fears is that I will one day find myself in a band of lawyers with a name like "The Unintentional Torts" or "Equitable and the Estoppels" or something else equally embarassing.

xpost: I fully endorse Jeff's decision to pursue hobbies other than fantasy baseball.

Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 01:59 (nineteen years ago)

Nick, I'll YSI the sparks album, uno momento.

Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

Ohhh, I want to hear a bunch of Arthur Russell.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:01 (nineteen years ago)

It was such a time suck, I would spend hours and hours each day researching posting and reading box scores other people's posts.

regular roundups (Dave M), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

Man, the entire Internet is turning into one big YSI thread. If you've ever looked at the Sound Opinions board, half of it's like "Post YSIs of newly leaked albums on this thread." The Stylus staff board has gotten a lot more YSI-happy in the last couple months, too -- most of the albums I've acquired in 2006 have been from there.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

Jenny, I want you to defend the ethics of illegal downloading from a legal standpoint. Renee (who's an attorney now) was skeptical about clicking on a YSI link that I e-mailed her, because the firm she works for has been dealing with some file-sharing cases and it's put the fear into her.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:05 (nineteen years ago)

But I probably haven't wanted to not see a band this much since Kevin Drumm came to town a few months ago.

:(

I don't know what made me think this would be so fun and such a good idea, but you have effectively eradicated almost any such notion from my mind. Note to self: Acceptable bands to propose CHILX outings for include Love is All and Destoyer. Unacceptable bands include Harry and the Potters. :-)

xpost: Do you write for Stylus?

regular roundups (Dave M), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

Yes sir.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

i bought 2 CDs yesterday!

holiday - "cafe reggio"
hot chip - "over and over"

phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

(xp) Which is ironic, because I don't know that much about music.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

Here's what I bought:

*Belle & Sebastian, The Life Pursuit
*Destroyer, Rubies
+Stereolab, Fab Four Suture
Can, Future Days
Talking Heads, Fear of Music
^Aaliyah, I Care 4 U

* the albums I had downloaded months ago
+ bought more or less out of fanboy obligation
^ this is the album with all the hits on it, including the one I mentioned a couple days ago, although unfortunately the rest of the album doesn't measure up

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

Okay, I'm going to the Empty Bottle. See ya fuckers.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:13 (nineteen years ago)

I buy lots of records.

Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:13 (nineteen years ago)

+Stereolab, Fab Four Suture

whats this??

phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:13 (nineteen years ago)

Arthur Russell, a couple of the dancier ones because I think the more ethereal ones are kind of dull though John might like them:

http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=18WTPKRJ6T5G40LZ88SRHCZNOQ
http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0NRNDTKMMKXVH012JODSJSNMLA

n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:15 (nineteen years ago)

(xp) It's ostensibly a collection of singles, but all of the singles were released just a few months ago on, like, rare import vinyl, so it might as well just be considered a new studio album.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:16 (nineteen years ago)

Fab Four Suture is a singles collection, I think. As part of my job I have to do a google news search several times a day that includes the word "suture" so I've been getting lots of cd reviews accidentally.

n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:16 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks Nick! I don't have those Russell songs ... all right, now I'm really leaving.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:17 (nineteen years ago)

JMZ, T0dd Burns went to my high school and was two years ahead of me.

regular roundups (Dave M), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:18 (nineteen years ago)

I like buying/dl'ing fewer albums and listening to them more.

Provided they're really good.

Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:19 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, Dave, that's not true! You can propose an outing to see any band you want! I just might make fun of them real hard if their show is based in any part on children's books. Even beloved children's books. (Also, the anti-Kevin Drumm comment was a little loving snark at Nick and Jeff, who actually like that horrible noize.) But note that I am most certainly NOT making fun of you.

John, I don't think I can defend downloading music from a legal standpoint. Not because it's not defendable - I think it might be, or at least I think I could make a good argument about why the law that makes it illegal is no good - but because I don't know anything about copyright law.

However, law firms are by nature little hives of paranoia so it's no surprise that Renee's bosses get a little queasy at the thought of potentially illegal file sharing. One of the attorneys where I work got his panties in a twist when one of the clerks called a government agency to find out some information instead of just unearthing it on their website. He said you NEVER call the government unless he says it's okay. NEVER.

So... yeah.

I would really like to know more about the file sharing cases, though. Are they defending or prosecuting?

Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:21 (nineteen years ago)

You're gone now. I will have to wait until you come back DRUNK AS GOD from the EB and post some nonsense back and forth with Evan and Jesse and Chris to find out the answer to my question.

Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:22 (nineteen years ago)

Heh.

Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:28 (nineteen years ago)

Here are my two favorite songs by the Octopus Project, whom I like a lot.

http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2PQ7WILPAK9I11ZIMC6SVH4X5Q (dancey!)

http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1N0F7HSFUKVBC2RWN21CDAXT3K

Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:32 (nineteen years ago)

SPARKS://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1L2HYOHG80AE503XUSHS1WCY1O

Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:35 (nineteen years ago)

I agree with Jenny. You guys only think downloading stuff is weird because you haven't been doing it for years and years.

Gilbert O'Sullivan (kenan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:37 (nineteen years ago)

The last cd I bought was music from the Backyardigans.

Jeff. (Jeff), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:38 (nineteen years ago)

Hey Nick or Sarah or Evan - you should put your upcoming show on the CHILX Events on Upcoming so I can respond that I'm going and get an email reminder. Dudez.

Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:39 (nineteen years ago)

...and here's my favorite cut from next-level jazz group Tied & Tickled Trio:

http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2K5EVYZPT6SWU28V5XDY8A701E

Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:39 (nineteen years ago)

Scary thing Jeff just said to me:

You know what would be a bad name for a girl? Journey.

Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

"Drunk as God" is a funny thing to say. I will start saying it directly.

Gilbert O'Sullivan (kenan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

Jenny, I knew you weren't making fun of me. I was just poking fun at myself! Also, OTM about John, and the phrase, "DRUNK AS GOD" has now entered my personal lexicon. Why is it that when I am drunk on here it is always alone?

haha xpost

regular roundups (Dave M), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:41 (nineteen years ago)

Journey would be bad. Very bad. "Harry" or "Frank" would be better than Journey. Those could be new chic lasbian names, but Journey is right out.

Gilbert O'Sullivan (kenan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:42 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, a girl named Harry would be pretty damn bad, too. Even for a lesbian.

Gilbert O'Sullivan (kenan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:43 (nineteen years ago)

The girl named Harry could perchance meet the boy named Sue, and they would find they had a lot in common.

Gilbert O'Sullivan (kenan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:46 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, I need to go to bed. I think I'm being funny. That's the first sign.

Gilbert O'Sullivan (kenan), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

Journey is either from New Jersey or Texas. She smokes Virginia Slims Menthols and drives an IROC-Z.

I think you're being funny! That's the second sign.

Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:50 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.queermusicheritage.com/JAN2003/Phranc.jpg

Nutsy the Squirrel (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:54 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for Sparks, Jeff.

n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:55 (nineteen years ago)

This thread has so many posts it's doing this thing where when I refresh it shows me a weird split screen of the top and bottom of it. So, if I may... Chicago: Is The Soul Machine.

regular roundups (Dave M), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:56 (nineteen years ago)

Mission accomplished--Sayjal's birthday was a happy one. We skipped going to Electric Six's concert, but wound up going to a gay bar gay bar gay bar anyway.

We went to Crew where the mystery of the Sox Playoffs night was solved. I was cut off not for anything horrible, but because, "You just weren't making any sense."

I have an important question: how do you send a whole folder of files via yousendit? It is only letting me send 1 file at a time.

Thanks.

Daddy's Little Duder (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 06:17 (nineteen years ago)

"Drunk as God" is a funny thing to say. I will start saying it directly.

Amen. Was that a Jenny original?

Daddy's Little Duder (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 06:25 (nineteen years ago)

ihttp://www.johnnyr.com/images/SYBW2006-03-27.gif

Daddy's Little Duder (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 06:27 (nineteen years ago)

Jesse, I just told you there was a new thread.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

Jesse, I just told you there was a new thread.

I had already posted this, dickball.

Daddy's Little Duder (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 06:50 (nineteen years ago)

re. Drunk as God---it seems like an outgrowth of drunk as a lord, no?

Daddy's Little Duder (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 06:51 (nineteen years ago)

Shut up, Jesse.

Also: you need to .ZIP your files to send them all at once.

gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)


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