OOOOOPSIES!!!!!

SHIT CITY DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa man who got stuck above his septic tank is calling it the worst Christmas Eve ever.

The 77-year-old spent part of Monday wedged in the tank's opening upside down, with his head inside and his feet kicking into the air above. He'd been trying to find a clog, but lost his balance.

He says he hollered for help, but it was an hour before his wife walked by a window and noticed two feet in the air.

It eventually took two Polk County sheriff's deputies to yank the man free.

He says he's very glad his wife spotted him, adding that he couldn't have lasted much longer.

another high school musical shooting!?!

morning molsons and dick suckings. enter bitches.

What about Ralph?

Check out what Ralph Nader has to say about the 2008 Presidential candidates.

... hey ... hey guys?

When does everybody get back to the No-Sho?

i couldn't look at that tattoo anymore

much better.

has gryll taught you nothing about domestic respect, zach?

finals distractions:

oddee.com i particularly recommend the human deformities section - frog baby 4 lyfe!

witty's dream come true

...and you thought sociology was a joke science

bare in mind this dude's my thesis advisor:
(email to soc majors)

Hi everyone,
Mike Reay, our visiting professor, will be giving a very interesting talk entitled, "The World of Warcraft and the Shape of Social Things to Come" on Wednesday, December 12 in Palmer 123 from 12-1pm. Come and hear about how the world of online gaming may be just as social as the real world. Free pizza will be provided.
Don't miss it!
Please RSVP to Eve Reid at ereid@coloradocollege.edu by Tuesday, December 11.
Thanks,
Priscilla

...aka nerd-herd convention '07. i'll let you guys in on all the juicy details. also, swept mesa st. u this weekend to punch that ticket to regionals in sunny cali, mitchy you anywhere near bakersfield? we'll be there first weekend of 6th block-meaing late februaryish/early marchy in the real schooling system. the game was real gansta too, smokin weed b/w periods in the locker room and bought 20 bottles of andre to spray the shit out of each other after the game, and after the 17-1 victory, still had the other team's coach come in to our locker room and tell us how much of a class act we all are and are such a great team, blah blah blah. felt like a real somebody. also coop, i certainly did black out that night, but pretty gosh darn sure i didn't puke (then again, i did let witty convince me to foolishly try to slide down your banaster like a hot shot and crack my body against you ever-so forgiving concrete floor...)-so if it was me, sorry, but don't think it was. also, how's du club doing? alright, well, thanks mtv!!! i'm out

Silly Rabbit... Wilmette is for Kids!

No. 7... that ain't bad

raise your glass to one hell of a dog

the wood is going to cash in his chips for this lifetime tomorrow, and i would really appreciate it if you keep me and my family in your thoughts for a minute or two. if you feel like dropping my mom a line, it would mean a tremendous deal to her, she and i are really not doing so well. joan.ente@sbcglobal.net or the home number, 251-4012. thank you guys, and a big cheers to this man's best friend. sorry for un-funning the blog.

Not the Daily Show

do you know who i am?

don't mess with the tel

i already told you, i play the bass

that's for you dk. fuck you, merlin was real. he was part of king henry's court.

Is College Dead?

Here's one Yale-ish response:
http://essay.blogs.nytimes.com/
It's worth reading the article he responds to. A few of the other runners-up are pretty decent. Also, someone please comment on who this kid (orange shirt) looks like.

I knew Charlie was a quitter, but... Mike? Alex? Zach? Andy? Bobby?

# of West Siders: 4

# of Winnetkans: 2
# of East Siders: 1
# of cans of cranberry sauce: 3
# of Fatties eating his words... literally: 1

-The West

klatt and i are in my basement

who's here

give it up bebe, the list was compromised. we know that kyle browfloski isn't the ugliest boy in the class.

so is the game continuing on as scheduled? im probably gonna have to miss it if so, i wont be able to play till around 330, and you know that's dangerously close to cris crack down hour of turkey dinner...

The Buffalo Theory...

In one episode of "Cheers", Cliff is seated at the bar describing the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm. Here it is, for your enjoyment:

"Well, you see Norm, it's like this...

A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the heard is hunted, it is the lowest and weakest onles at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and heald of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

those assholes wouldn't know talent if it bit em in the ass

so i was asked to compete in the mr. cc competition a couple hours before the show, and the whole thing is like a beauty competition with a formal wear, swim wear and talent part, and for my talent i played "come to my window" by melissa etheridge acoustic on guitar hero and i wasnt even a selected as a finalist by the judges. all politics. well, there's always next year. at least im the 600th post.

Great sunday song for hibernation/recovery

it's called impossible by the shout out louds, remix by the studio.

hoot really made all those comments worth it with that PS

follow up from a couple posts a while back: this is from buccigross' excellent column of "you ask, they answer," in which he sends fan questions to nhl'ers. the latest segment is with roenick:

Question: You are the single most dominant NHLPA '93 player of all time, it's not even close (as immortalized in the movie "Swingers"). I used to rack up 17-0 victories with the Blackhawks and you'd walk away with 17 goals. It was so unfair, my buddies and I created the "no Roenick rule" to even the playing field.

My questions are a) Did you know how dominant you were in video-game form? b) If you did know, is that something you hold over fellow real-life teammates/opponents? c) Does it make you sad that you never scored 17 goals in an NHL game?

Answer: My biggest claim to fame is my '93 Sega Genesis "domination." I have more people compliment me on my video-game ability than my actual real-life ability. People tell me they have gotten through college by being JR and the Blackhawks and wagering on the games. I have also heard about the "no Blackhawk rule."

Wilmette Bowl IV

After Wilmette Bowl IV was canceled last year due to Global Warming, the town awaits the decision to hold the game once again. Fans and players both want the game to resume, but it's not that easy. There are many factors in play here. Will the inconsistent Zach Novak be able to finally stand up to his parents at age 22 and be able to stay the whole game? Are there going to be any additions or subtractions to teams? Does the West Side even want to play, or are they scared that quarterback Charlie Herrmann finally started puberty? So guys, it's on the table. Everyone needs to respond to this post, we need to get an idea of whats gonna happen. Let the trash talking begin!

for mikey

A cabbie picks up a nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her. She asks him why he is staring.He replies: "I have a question to ask you but I don't want to offend you."She answers, " My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.""Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me."She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do about that:

#1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic."
The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes, I'm single and Catholic!""OK" the nun says. "Pull into the next alley."The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying."My dear child," said the nun, why are! you crying?""Forgive me b ut I've sinned. I lied and I must confess, I'm married and I'm Jewish." The nun says, "That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party."


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!

...so what's everybody being?

worth 2 minutes if you like music

JAPE Floating by DADDY and M&E
Uploaded by MatthewANDemelie

SO many unsung songs

Veteran singer/actor Robert Goulet has been hospitalized with lung disease Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis. The 73-year-old was taken to a Las Vegas hospital on September 30, after feeling increasingly weak and suffering from a shortage of breath. After being diagnosed with the rare and potentially fatal disorder, he was transferred to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on October 13 to undergo an emergency lung transplant, where doctors are awaiting a donated lung. He is said to be in a critical condition. Goulet's third wife, Vera, says, "Our friends have been incredibly supportive through these crucial times. My Robert has given tremendous joy to the world for six decades and he is loved by many people who are praying for him. He is a strong, positive man, full of life. I know if he is given the transplant he will pull through this. There are still many unsung songs for him to sing and, in my heart, I know it is not his time to go."

the whole world is watching...soon

with death, comes new life

Crazy weekend in chicago of partying debacles

Justice played the shit out of the metro

fuck all y'all haters, REAL TALK

The Boss + Arcade Fire



This is older, you've probably seen it, if not, it's fucking amazing. Watch the whole thing.

and if you don't know, now you know

hootie jr. starting line and starting powerplay for the cc tigers club hockey team (d-3). opening night, beat metro state 7-3 (metro state-d-2- tied coop-supposed d-2 natinoal contenders). we're coming for ya coop, we're coming!!!!!!!!!

place your bets: water buffalo vs. lions vs. crocodiles

Get Your Jazz Cigarette Ready For New Radiohead-Have They Gone Gay?

So last week Radiohead announced they would be leaking their new album themselves, tomorrow. Also, you get to decide how much you want to pay for it.
I paid three hundred dollars for it.



Suck My Dick!

The government knows you were never really into Animal Collective

weed + indie rock makes you a ROBOT!!! just say no, hombres

so that fucking sucked.

i was there, got tickets online when they went on sale a couple weeks ago, and came home. upper deck with joan. loudest i've ever heard it (non-walk off victory related) in the 5th inning with bases loaded and one out down 3-1. then derosa thought a little 6-4-3 would be fun, and that was that. the place was insane, everyone wanted to tear the roof off with cheers and whatnot, and they just blew it. see you april 1.

mucho gusto

ALSO, MITCHELL, I know you like Prefuse 73? so do i ,
I just stumbled across a live recording of a show they did at club air
Prefuse 73-Live at Club Air

All Bets were off this year at Geek Week. You never know if your going to get a full beer tossed at ya, or if you're going to take a spill from jukin' too fast. either way it was a great time and all participants should be honored, what a party. !

----------------
Now playing: simian mobile disco - i bealive
via FoxyTunes

NL Central Champs!!

Let's Go Cubs!
See you in October

omega red rises again

typical russkies

...and what of it?

check out click on detroit

So this is the new music video for Digitalism done by Bastien Lattanzio et Guillaume they are very good at video design./.


To elaborate, digitalism is playing chicago withe Justice on the week of oct 17-(justice, and October-19(digitalism, some of you should come with, you can just schedule interviews in chi city that week.) holla, rossville.



If I dont get at least 9 legit comments for this one, I will hold grudges.

HAPPY OKTOBERFEST

Drink up, this one's on the Germans.

Just point and click

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1765606

See you on the 6th

Penn St. vs. Iowa
Oct 6th

I have the tickets, the beers, the floorspace, the strong likelihood Penn State will be undefeated, so all you have to do is get here. Which, given your cars and cellphones, you'll manage.

Bring your white shirt. And Go Bears!

the plot thickens...

it was a pornography shop, i was buying pornography

sports cynicism seeps into nature programmes

RIGHT HERE SUCKA's



Draught Keg DEULXE

Now this is happenin'

Speaking of the White House --
the whole stadium will be decked out.

PSU vs. ND
ESPN at 6 p.m. EST

Bush on Iraq: 'We're kicking ass'

WASHINGTON (CNN) — When President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq last weekend, he made clear he was pleased with what he saw.

"The security situation is changing," Bush told reporters during the visit. "There's more work to be done. But reconciliation is taking place."

But according to the Sydney Morning Herald of Australia, the president gave a more-to-the-point assessment to Australia Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile.

"We're kicking ass," Bush said to Vaile Tuesday, according the Herald, after the deputy prime minister inquired about his trip to Iraq.

On Thursday, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino would not confirm or deny the reported comment.

This isn't the first blunt comment Bush was overheard making to a world leader. At last year's G8 summit, an live microphone picked up the president telling then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair that the United Nations needs to "get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s**t."

Finally Chicago Formally enters the Olympic race

(Crain’s) — It’s official. Chicago formally threw its hat into the race Tuesday to lure the 2016 Summer Olympics, and officials declined to rule out the possibility that local taxpayers will have to dig even deeper to pay the costs.

The announcement came at City Hall, where Mayor Richard M. Daley and former Aon Corp. CEO Patrick Ryan, head of the city’s Olympics planning committee, said that a letter formally declaring Chicago’s bid has been transmitted to the International Olympic Committee.

The action came as no surprise. The U.S. Olympic Committee last spring selected Chicago as the American candidate to host the 2016 games. But local officials took advantage of the opportunity to beam a bit and to talk up Chicago’s prospects against Prague, Tokyo, Madrid and other famed cities that were expected to take similar actions by today’s deadline.

WHEN IT RAINS IT POOR$$$$$

ohhh the real

Freshman from Winnetka stabbed at Boulder

Talk about a bad first day of college....

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_239191808.html

"Well are you gonna do it, or what the fuck?"

Someone post something.

Into the Wild

Liked this book in high school, back when books were books and real men dressed the part on Freaky Fridays. It looks as if Sean Penn has avoided completely fucking it up.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/intothewild/large.html
(hyperlink button was not having it)

Not sure if yall have seen this already...

Can't wait for Obama

suckin' on my titties like you want it

so the summer's winding down, and i was thinking that we could do like this rummage sale pickup friday morning. it'll be a lot of fun, lots of inside jokes created (ross..), lemonade, maybe some candies, boys just being boys, a good time. anybody interested, we'd have to be there at like 9:45 in the am, and payment will be in a fun environment and good karma. how bout it? the more the merrier! gimme a call or a post!!!! ;)

ALright Josh is fuckin sweet,

hey josh have you seen the trailer for the new Gondry Movie?
HERE

NEW JUNIOR SENIOR BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!

here it is!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6R29JN17

Panera Crash -- News Update

Absolutely Unreal

what every hockey player should be

challenges the entire minnesota bench! and no one will do it!! awesome.

So true!

Lion vs. Buffalo vs. Alligator - Unreal Footage

http://www.aolvideoblog.com/2007/08/08/battle-at-kruger/

hear ye, hear ye, all my juden brethren

fellow true sons of the lord our god, here's a thought for the somewhat long-term that could be a sweet post-grad summer adventure. we all have a free trip to israel - even adam and mr. bar-mitzvah-in-a-church sciortino - thank you birthright (we know we're the chosen people when god makes us rich enough to afford this). we could extend it into a middle east tour spreading freedom throughout the impoverished, oppressed, and shamefully muslim lands. we have until we're 25 or 26 to take advantage, i think, and no better time than these, our prime years of youth and virility.

the Juke blowin up Chicago, and Flosstradamus also Blowing Up Chicago

the Juke as it was meant on Watch my Feet, by Dude n Nem

also the metro park opening



with Flosstradamus free shirts all around.
the Theme of the night though was the free appys .

Jake Brown X Games Crash

No comment....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_KLcnPdpK2M

The Mike Mike wishes he could be... Mika

This song is just fucking awesome

Phil Mickelson after missing a putt

Hurts so good

quoted directly from our partner in blogdom, the wizards' gilbert arenas

I know this is random, but I just want to clear this up for people out there.

There are these things called shark attacks, but there is no such thing as a shark attack. I have never seen a real shark attack.

I know you're making a weird face as you're reading this. OK people, a shark attack is not what we see on TV and what people portray it as.

We're humans. We live on land.

Sharks live in water.

So if you're swimming in the water and a shark bites you, that's called trespassing. That is called trespassing. That is not a shark attack.

A shark attack is if you're chilling at home, sitting on your couch, and a shark comes in and bites you; now that's a shark attack. Now, if you're chilling in the water, that is called invasion of space. So I have never heard of a shark attack.

When I see on the news where it's like, "There have been 10 shark attacks," I'm like, "Hey, for real?! They're just running around? Sharks are walking now, huh! We live on the land, we don't live underwater."

Party at King Coppers (MOVED TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT!!!!)

Party at coops tonight l.a. pool theme rsvp to cooper himself

also, there will be a keg there.

Science comes through... in the clutch!

Spread the word, gentleman... Spread the word

for all you baseball fans out there

here's a fucking SHITTY inning for a pitcher. the top of the first for the astros' jason jennings today against the pads:

Brian Giles:	Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Giles walked.
Mike Cameron:	Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Cameron walked, Giles to second.
Milton Bradley:	Strike looking, Bradley ground-rule doubled to right, Giles scored, Cameron to third.
Adrian Gonzalez:	Gonzalez hit sacrifice fly to left, Cameron scored.
Khalil Greene:	Strike looking, Greene singled to left, Bradley to third.
Josh Bard:	Ball, Pickoff attempt to first, Ball, Strike looking, Bard singled to left center, Bradley scored, Greene to second.
Kevin Kouzmanoff:	Strike looking, Kouzmanoff flied out to right.
Geoff Blum:	Ball, Ball, Ball, Blum walked, Greene to third, Bard to second.
Tim Stauffer:	Strike swinging, Stauffer singled to left, Greene and Bard scored, Blum to second.
Brian Giles:	Ball, Giles doubled to right, Blum and Stauffer scored.
Mike Cameron:	Ball, Cameron homered to left, Giles scored.
Milton Bradley:	Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Bradley reached on an infield single.
Adrian Gonzalez:	Gonzalez homered to left, Bradley scored.

Lollapalooza "+++when the festival is over the party gets started"

yackity yack, and don't talk back, great party on august 3rd i hope you can all make it because it will be legendary,

flyer here:

basically the flyer tells all, but just get your ass over to going.com and register/ rsvp for this event, unless you want to miss out on by far the nicest party/ after party of the Millennium. That is right, 4 names on this list which are noteworthy, BUSY P, SEBASTIAN, KAVINSKY, AND CHICAGO'S OWN DJ FUNK. well, thats all 4 now.

Zach G. Doing some Kanye, who is this guy anyways?

I thought you all especially hags would get a kick out of this claaaasss act,. Zach Gilifanauckas,

WHos going to paladores' stand up friday?

PLACE YOUR BETS

MATTHEW "PLACE YOUR BETS" GRYLL
EVAN "PUMPKINS" WITTY

HEAR YE! ON THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER, THIS THE 2007TH YEAR AFTER THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD, SWEET BABY JESUS, MATTHEW GRYLL WILL FACE EVAN WITTY IN THE NOBLE MAN'S ARENA: A 30 SECOND BOUT IN THE WRESTLING RING, THE RESULTS DICTATING THE PAYMENT OF $100 FROM LOSER TO WINNER. IF WITTY HOLDS GRYLL ON HIS BACK FOR 3 SECONDS IN UNDER 30, HE MAY CLAIM VICTORY. OTHERWISE, HE GOES HOME A LOSER WHILE GRYLL FUCKS THE PROM QUEEN. A POOL (BASED ON TIME OF PIN, IF AT ALL) WILL BE SET UP FORTH-WITH. CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULES, AND BEGIN YOUR SCOUTING.

EARLY PREDICTIONS???

simpsons mania!!! ;)

the increasingly excellent onion a.v. club is going balls to the wall on simpsons coverage before the movie on friday. some features better than others, but all are worth a look.

The Simpsons as Krusty the Clown: The strangest Simpsons products
15 Simpsons moments that perfectly capture their era (with some hilarious youtube clips embedded)
Is it time for the Simpsons to call it a day? this one's for zakly especially
The Simpsons vs Civilization: Why Springfield's first family is mankind's greatest achievement

NEW WES ANDERSON

The Darjeeling Limited

man challenges machine to rubiks cube contest like in pursuit of happyness

This rubiks cube stuff is pretty cutty edge. cutty shark, ahhh

it is here

Doctors find no cancer in Bush's colon

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Doctors found no cancer in the five small growths removed from President Bush's colon, the White House said Monday. also
Cheney in charge during Bush's colon test !!!!!

It's all gone Pete Tong

The phrase "it's all gone Pete Tong" is Cockney rhyming slang that plays off the name of superstar DJ Pete Tong. It means "it's all gone wrong."

IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG is a biopic based on the life of legendary DJ Frankie Wilde.

Frankie was one of Europe's most talented and envied DJs and a main attraction for hedonistic youth each holiday season in Ibiza, Spain. Everything about Frankie's life was over the top: the clubs, the parties, the women and the drugs. But the years of pounding music and heavy toxins took their toll, eventually leaving Frankie stone deaf. His fans, record deal, manager, wife and stepson soon disappeared. The good times gone, Frankie isolated himself in his villa for a year under a pile of self-pity and a mountain of drugs.

Determined to pull himself together, Frankie hired a lip-reading instructor, accepting a new way of life and rediscovering the dance rhythms that had defined him. His ultimate redemption returned him to the top of the scene with a renewed connection to the almighty beat. And then - he disappeared.

IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG is a hilarious insiders look at a club and rave culture most people don't get to experience. Paul Kaye, portraying Frankie Wilde, turns in an award-winning performance. Directed by breakout director Michael Dowse, the film features interviews with world-famous DJs including Pete Tong, Carl Cox, Lol Hammond and Paul Van Dyk. The movie's soundtrack is a varied collection of club, new independent and classic songs.

IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG is a wild and original look at an extraordinary life.

Nothing At All

Kanye's new album cover is out,

New Andre 3000-mixtape entitled Whole foods




and he has vowed to release his album "graduation" en the same mismo as 50's album droppas "curtis"

also Suge Knight, bites Kevin Connelly's finger

"The New York Daily News is reporting in their Gatecrasher column that Suge bit the finger of Entourage star Kevin Connolly the other night when the two were play wrestling at an ESPY Awards after party.

Well, I would tell Kevin Conolly, that’s what the fuck you get when you wrestle with Suge Knight. Who does that anyway? Play or not, you have to know you’re coming out of that situation with some sort of injury.

Gatecrasher also says that Suge and Paris Hilton were all buddy buddy during the party. Maybe she’s gettin blooded in. Suge did recently remark that she is alot tougher than alot of the rappers out there claiming gangsta. Paris even gave old Marion a lapdance. Wow, what I wouldn’t do for a picture of that exchange."
-Nahright.com

the worst possible 2 1/2 hours in america are happening

lock your doors and windows

andres segovia plays bach

what a scoop!

vehicle destroys world

Chris Farley Lives!

Adam E. in the players club

Great song from euro. Chelsea's dagger. great just great.

Digitalism, the new Justice

Digitalism- Zdarlight, below is the classic trassic, entitled pogo.

Tales From the Seven Seas...

A seaman meets a pirate in a bar, and they take turns to tell their adventures on the seas. The seaman notes that the pirate has a peg leg, hook, and an eye patch. Curious, the seaman asks "So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?"
The pirate replies, "I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as my men were pulling me out, a shark bit my leg off."
"Wow!" said the seaman. "What about the hook?"
"Well...," starts the pirate, "...we were boarding an enemy ship and were battling the other sailors with swords. One of the enemy cut my hand clean off."
"Incredible!" remarked the seaman. "How did you get the eye patch?"
"A seagull dropping fell into my eye," replied the pirate.
"You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?" the sailor asked.
"Well...," said the pirate, "...that was my first day with the hook."

Yar-har-harrrgh!

for russ' eyes only

how'd y'all like f'bar?? (thanks coop)

rosencranz

Larrydise

Favorite Finishing Move -- 68 Comeback Special


More Sweeney

david wain directs, paul rudd stars, we SMILE

never thought hearing the credits could be so awesome

TONIGHT (FRIDAY)

OK, so a few weeks ago we announced that a midnight screening of Daft Punk's directoral debut, Electroma, would be happening on Friday, July 13. Well, the screening IS still happening but we've turned this into not just a movie screening but a full-on party as we've now added the Chicago debut of Mr. Oizo, of Ed Banger Records fame, along with the city's best and brightest DJs (see the flyer below, yo)

Doors open at 11PM with the movie starting right about the same time. Following the movie, Metro will flip on the lights and the DJ madness will begin. The event is still 18+ and will now go until 4AM.

Tickets will be available at the door for $15, which includes the movie if you arrive early, so if you're coming from the Pitchfork Festival, fear not cause we've got you covered. Seating for the movie will be limited too, so you know, it's still the old first come, first served. You can also purchase tickets in advance for $13 by visiting Smash And Crunch.

For those of you that have already purchased tickets for the movie, please be aware that you're now invited to stay for the DJs (and also know that you saved yourself a few bucks!). Also, to clarify... any and all tickets previously purchased will be accepted at the door, so don't worry about coughing up the price difference, son.

The Union Tavern

For anyone who wants to meet downtown tomorrow (friday) at the Union Tavern on Halstedt which is a few blocks off of the Belmont stop on the Red Line, let us know. You can also just take the Purple Line express and get off at Wellington which is closer. From 6-9p it is all you can drink for $10. Additionally, every 10 minutes they bring out free pizza and quesadillas. It takes less than a minute to get a drink and there is an outdoor patio. It's pretty ridiculous considering it's not shoulder to shoulder and 10 bucks to drink your face off. Let me know if you want to meet down there.

This weekend in the dirty chi

The down low

FRI. 7/13/07 (9:30pm; $3 (limited), $10)
The Empty Bottle, Struggle Inc & Turntable Lab present We (heart) Chicago featuring:
Gravy Train!!!! label: Spam, Cochon, Gimme Gravy Train, KRS
The Cool Kids label: C.A.K.E Recordings
Gutter Butter DJs label: Dooka related: Logan Bay, Ben Fasman
Join us for the first evening of the three day We (heart) Chicago festival. Curated as parties first and shows second, the event features nine bands, deejays and emcees that we've brought in specific to the event, the sorta folks that know how to rock a room…and keep it rocking, in a way Chicagoans expect and one that can only be expected of a hard-partying city like Chicago. Queercore four-piece GRAVY TRAIN!!!! ably blend old school raps with theatrical new wave, creating a highly conceptualized fusion of danceparty madness that is truly their own. They’ll be playing material from new Cochon Records release All The Sweet Stuff. Local rap duo THE COOL KIDS is up on the reals, for sure. Their tracks have been hyped by Pitchfork and URB Magazine, among many others, and their steez – old school by-way-of new indie – is fully, fully on point. Making a great party better still, GUTTERBUTTER DJs LOGAN BAY and BEN FASMAN will spin throughout. In response to IPods and MP3s, the two felt compelled to return to “two turntables, drunk cut mixing and balls-to-the-walls live blends.” They’ll be playin’ them raw gully shits, yo!


SAT. 7/14/07 (9:30pm; $3 (limited), $12)
The Empty Bottle, Struggle Inc & Turntable Lab present We (heart) Chicago featuring:
Chromeo label: Turbo, Vice
Flosstradamus label: Koko B. Ware related: Kid Sister
Vyle label: B.E.A.R., iheartcomix, Trouble and Bass related: Nacrobats
Synth pop revisionists CHROMEO compose “slick-ass lover’s funk” a sound thoroughly in evidence on their two releases, She’s In Control and Fancy Footwork. Spin has called their sound “addictive,” Alternative Press “perfect” and they’ve prompted the always-overwhelmed NME to wonder, “How can something so wrong be so right?” Hometown deejay phenoms FLOSSTRADAMUS take the night off from owning the world, to spin throughout here. The two are pure fire these days, crisscrossing the globe to bring that dance floor heat, a style that the Reader claims is such that it attracts folks that would never be caught in the “bourgeois environs of a club club.” We can’t figure a night that’ll get much hotter, no doubt.


SUN. 7/15/07 (9:30pm; $3 (limited), $10)
The Empty Bottle, Struggle Inc & Turntable Lab present We (heart) Chicago featuring:
My!Gay!Husband!
Yo! Majesty label: Out There
Mahjongg label: Cold Crush, K related: Bobby Conn, Waterbabies
‘Punkpartykid’ MY!GAY!HUSBAND! will spin throughout here, a deejay known in underground clubs the world over for his trashy mashups and mixes. M!G!H! has spun alongside all the major indies – everyone from DJ ASSUALT, HOLLERTRONIX, INTERPOL and MSTKRFT, to name but a few – and his talents have earned him invites from most of the world’s major cities. This’ll be his Empty Bottle debut. And what can we say about YO! MAJESTY? Can them shits be any, any hotter? Vice has called their sound “absolutely timeless” and “brilliant,” while Mixmag has acclaimed, “At last – punk-funk-crunk rap!” This has to be, we’re telling you, one of our most anticipated sets of the year. Notable locals MAHJONGG will open, a sprawling, free form quintet concerned with ‘fusing sensuous beats with brittle Casio keyboards tones, committing tunes to tape with lo-fi ‘techniques’ that instantly imbue them with bleeding-edge currency.” The group will be previewing material from a forthcoming K Records release.

the marginally worthwhile links keep comin

click THIS to see the pretty good video for spoon's excellent new single, the underdog, off ga ga ga ga ga

Mental!...impairment

June 7, 2007

WILMETTE -- A Wilmette man was sentenced to nine years in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges for running over his ex-girlfriend with a pickup truck as she jogged on a sidewalk in Wilmette two years ago.

Gilberto Archer, 22, of the 100 block of Dupee Place, apologized for the crime shortly before he was sentenced by Cook County Circuit Judge Garritt Howard at the Skokie courthouse.

"I wish I never did it," Archer told the court. "She's a good person."

Archer was arrested shortly after he drove his pickup truck onto the sidewalk in May 2005 and hit the then-18-year-old woman victim as she jogged near her home. Prosecutors said she was knocked unconscious and got a concussion, lacerations and a broken jaw. They said Archer jumped out of his truck, punched her and punched a man who tried to intervene.

Defense attorney William Hedrick said Archer is mentally impaired as a result of childhood illnesses and asked that he be kept in a secure hospital ward for treatment while in prison.

no explanation needed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S62VELt60hs&mode=related&search=

simpson's home state announced...kind of

a little piece of childhood dead

hey! mlb! fuck you

from, everyone who fucking hates dane "cunt" cook
(the article that bashes him and is linked to in the article i link to is a good one, too)

hey! espn! fuck you

from, everyone who loves hockey

Boeing Busts out the 787, everybody is speechless.

BOEING UNVEILS THE 787 It's called the Dreamliner

"Today is a great day in aviation history. Whenever such a milestone is reached in our industry it is always a reflection of hard work by dedicated people inspired by the wonder of flight,"






To date, Boeing has won 677 orders for the 787, selling out delivery positions through 2015,

In a rare tip of the hat to the competition, Airbus congratulated Boeing on the 787, whose commercial success has chipped away at the edge the European plane maker once held over its Chicago-based rival.
"Even if tomorrow Airbus will get back to the business of competing vigorously, today is Boeing's day -- a day to celebrate the 787," Airbus co-CEO Louis Gallois said in a letter to McNerney.

-cnn.com
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.