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Tweetup Suggestions, Part III


2010
04.07

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@MarathonMissfit’s (River Grove) List

1. Catch a game at Wrigley Field

2. Go to the Art Institute

3. Party at the lakefront via boat

4. Throw a barbecue at the lakefront

5. See a concert at Ravinia

6. Experience a Chicago St. Patty’s Day

7. See a concert by Lake Michigan in Grant Park

8. Catch a Mexican Ska concert

An extensive list with lots of lakefront activity, too bad our side of the lake is not as clear as the other side of the lake! I will be throwing beerbecues on the lake with certainty!

@AriPaulG’s List

1. Architectural Boat Tour

2. Find the secret trail railroad track

3. Get dim sum

4. See the new Shedd Aquarium show

5. Frank Lloyd Wright architecture tour

Moved back from California two months ago, @AriPaulG has his own to-do list. Dim sum is best served up at Shui Wah, Phoenix, Mountain View, or Furama – my favorite hot spots!

@henjealy’s (Oak Park) list

1. Go to a CUBS game

2. Frank Lloyd Wright architectural tour

3. Skydiving

4. Brunch at the Signature Room

5. Go on the Architectural Boat Tour.

Is the brunch at the Signature Room as good as they say? There’s only one way to find out!!!

Jose’s (Arlington Heights) List:

1. Visit the Art Institute

2. See the Cubs WIN at Wrigley Field

3. Catch a show at the Metro

4. See animals at Lincoln Park Zoo

5. Visit the new Sears Tower Skydeck

@yourretrocareer’s (Chicago) List:

1. Shark’s on 75th – Get the large jack salmon. Get shrimp fried hard with lemon pepper and hot sauce

2. Eat at Hoi Toi – Order shrimp fried rice with broccoli

3. Go to Do Division streetfest

4. Go to Dock’s on 95th & State – Eat the deep sea nuggets family box

5. AP Deli – Order the corned beef / pastrami sandwiches

6. Get Goose Island Shrimp

@yourretrocareer’s got the eye for the south side eats. This list looks legit and I will have a fun time hunting for these eats on the south side!!


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Bonobo at the Metro


2010
04.02

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The stage is set for an awesome performance

Music more often than not is a gift, for those with more refined tastes for breakbeat and downtempo finding more music can be nothing less than a herculean labor. A while back some friends introduced me to this Bonobo – which also happens to be a species of chimpanzee that resolves conflict through sexual activity. My friend Leila from Johns Hopkins once declared, “I would give up my cat if it meant Bonobo could make more music.” With such fervor, I was persuaded to give check out Bonobo and over the years Bonobo has served as the de facto chill music of choice eliciting the, “Who is this?” response from people who have never heard the mysterious basslines and woodwinds at work.

Whenever I listen to breakbeat and downtempo I always think it is one guy spinning and mashing up four records and it’s always a great surprise to me when the entire entourage rolls out proficient in all manner of instruments. Front man Simon Green manned the bass most of the night, switching intermittently between the spinning and mixing and pounding the keyboard.


Looking like a Sith Lord straight out of Star Wars, Green manned the keyboard with proficiency sending the crowd in delight

I fought my way to the very front row during the beginning of the second opener, since I had an idea that I wouldn’t have an opportunity to get in the front politely after Bonobo took stage. If there’s one thing about general admission shows, it’s that I can’t stand not being in the front! I take that back – I refuse to be in the front when sweaty people in the front start taking their shirts off or if mosh pits materialize. Last night there was some guy in a backwards baseball cap and Hawaiian shirt celebrating his birthday and a girl sneaked into the front by offering him some marijuana. She later ended up giving the saxophonist the marijuana and I caught her later waiting by the trailers trying to get in. It was my first encounter with a groupie and I can’t say I respect that kind of perspective on being a music fan!

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AIR at the Riviera Theatre


2010
03.25

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Every once in awhile while looking at blue moons, music comes into your life and causes an utter paradigm shift changing everything you ever thought that you knew about music. It was during a weekend trip to New York that the musical landscape changed permanently and I found a new favorite band. The sun was rising, we had been up all night and AIR’s song Sexy Boy filled the room. It was the dawn of a new day.

Finally, after many years of waiting for AIR to come back into town from France and everywhere else they travel in the world, I had great friends who took care of my ticket. Antsy that I wouldn’t be able to get in the Riv without ID, my friend gave me $40 on top to throw to the bouncer in case they wouldn’t let me in. I went in first and was super nervous that I’d get shown the door and have to scalp my ticket outside. No such luck! The powers that be bended to my cause and I was let in without fuss and only a moderate pat down. Consider me lucky!

Thanks, boys!