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Oasis- Be Here Now. really didnt deserve all the heat it took. yes its bloated, yes its pretentious and all that noise..and yet i like it. while on the topic of brit-pop, Blur's Thinktank is another very solid record that got panned for no good reason.

Achtung/Zooropa/Pop, to me, was the golden era for U2. Ironically, they've turned into what they satirized during that period.

That was one of the worst articles I've read in a while.

Don't say things like that - I really like House Of Cards, I don't want anyone trying to spoil it for me!

the guitar in "15 Step" definitely reminds me to an extent of the Edge's riff in "One"

i agree. it's perfectly sequenced in vinyl record style with a Side A and Side B.

 

treefingers actually started me realizing as a songwriter that i didn't have to attach lyrics to everything i write. of course Eno and other people were doing ambient stuff a long time ago, but i'm just saying for me.

also one of my Radiohead favs. but then again I really dig ambient.

i remember listening to that track for the first time on a perfect summer day a few years back. the mature ashes outside my upstairs window were rustling in the breeze, and shadows and sunlight danced across the hardwood floor; i dont think ive ever felt more at peace with the world in my life.

Some Holga/ Lomo shots

.ooo how i love born slippy

you should pick up Dubnobasswithmyheadman. Great electronica, especially "Mmm Skyscraper I Love You"

that was one of the (many) issues with that olympics logo that got disqualified, it had the sears tower, by the time the olympics roll around the sears tower might not be in the top 3 tallest buildings here.

 

Last i heard we werent looking too good on the olympics, i want to cite looptopia failures and cta issues.. although i heard rumblings admist all the cta problems a plan to make it free by raising property taxes as a way of luring the olympics.

huh?

A) The logo wasn't used because it incorporated the "torch", which Chicago knew full well. It was intended just to be used for the initial US competition, where the rules don't apply. If they are chosen for 2016, they can go back and use it again.

B ) How can you say Chicago isnt looking good for the Olympics? Cities havent even compelted their paperwork yet. And almost everyone considers Chicago and Rio the frontrunners, with Chicago probably beating out Rio by a small margin.

C) How was Looptopia a failure? It was the first year they put it on, no one knew what to expect. The response and attendance was overwhelming, which is a good thing. They will be able to adjust for next year.

I believe they're already selling. Plenty of people in the Chicago area with money to blow and want the status. I heard something like $2,000 a square foot! The penthouse is $40 mil. I think.

This isnt being targeted straight at Chicagoans like the Trump tower was. This is being heavily marketed at wealthy Asian and European buyers, looking for a second home abroad. Basically the jet-setter crowd:

Global sales launch and first public offering to occur in Chicago on January 14, 2008 followed by events in 14 other world cities, including: Dublin, Moscow, Hong Kong, Seoul, and New York

I don't think the Kanye sample had anything to do with that - I might be wrong though.

probably right. either way, they're on more people's tongues than they've ever been, which is rare for dance artists. they do wear their influences on their sleeves (kraftwerk/chicago house, etc) blown up to arena size, but its still good ear candy.

Not sure how you define mainstream, but I'm not surprised if a Kanye sample gives them more exposure - hell, a Dylan sample on a Kanye album would give Dylan more exposure at this point.

by mainstream i mean going from DJing at club shows to headlining Lollapalooza and Coachella

I remember around 95-96 when "Da Funk" was playing pretty much non-everywhere you went. pretty much the only dance track I can think of aside from Underworld- Born Slippy that got widespread rotation on your standard alternative radio.

honestly tho, is that all it took was a kanye sample to get these guys mainstream attention? they've been around for ages.

On album? Kind of meh. But can you say best live show on the face of the earth?

I think that tower looks freaking stupid among our beautiful skyline. What a shame I'll have to look at that crap when I ride downtown.

"Chicago is a city of contradictions, of private visions haphazardly overlaid and linked together. If the city was unhappy with itself yesterday-and invariably it was-it will reinvent itself today."

-Pat Colander "A Metropolis of No Little Plans"

And as if theres not enough going on in the Chicago architecture world right now...

Developer Tries Comeback With New Chicago Waldorf

By JENNIFER S. FORSYTH

September 27, 2007; Page B1

.....The Waldorf-Astoria is being built in a partnership with Fordham Co., a Chicago-based high-end residential developer. Preliminary plans call for a 100-floor tower that in no way resembles its Art Deco-style Manhattan namesake. Instead, the project is more akin in style to the Chicago Spire, the 2,000-foot-tall condominium project being built by architect Santiago Calatrava on Lake Shore Drive. "It's a little bit of a tip of the hat to the Spire just down the street, as they are both slender, tall and elegant, but it's different," says Christopher Carley, chairman of Fordham......

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119085473819840797.html

Its an exciting time, no two ways about it.

i didnt do it, but...Game. Set. Match.

The Milwaukee Art Museum is interesting, but I doubt this will ever be built. Who's going to buy condos in something like this...?? (famous last words....)

 

Louieb

hate to break it to you, but its been officially under construction since june...

I just dont see how people can call this ugly. Its architecture as art at its finest. I think people don't "get" it because its not the typical "Miesan" boxy office building thats been built ad nauseum here for the past 40 years. This is organic architecture breaking from the mold and setting a precedent for the future: what Chicago has always done.

And people calling it phallic....first off, by their very nature, ALL skyscrapers are phallic if you want to go down that route. Secondly, get your mind out of the gutter. As organic architecture, its inspired by the repetition in nature (and also looks like a seashell from above:

And come on, Bill Kurtis narated the marketing documentary on the website. This thing is money.

couple more new ones...

More goodies released yesterday....

http://thechicagospire.com/

True dat.

 

Out of curiousity (and laziness) what was his reply?

he basically laughed it off and said it was US propaganda

My favorite part of autumn: fresh apple cider from the farmers market