LouieB

I said I wasn't going to reply again....but... The absolute best way to record your feelings....take notes as you go. It is how critics and scientists have done their jobs for centuries. Writing at the time you feel something is the best way to document what you felt at the time. Everything else is going to be an approximation. As for compulsively recording everything that happens....that is a new phenomenon and not necessarily going to enhance your recollections at all. There are times you are entranced by what you see and hear because of the moment, that later on you can't figure out

Let's see..I think we were talking about the concept of autoethography and the need to have a video to do that. Of course you are totally correct, we revisit the time and the feelings involved when we look at a photo of our families and friends. Do we need that photo or that video to recall how we feel about our family and friends (how many people actually rewatch videos of family events or children's performances?), I just don't buy that part of it and I particuarly don't believe one needs concrete documentation of a rock group to recall how they felt about them. Okay, I could be totally

Oh yea, spiritual, not religious..my bad!!! Taking photos of family or friends or a band is a way to capture a moment in time, which seems to me different than taking a video for the purpose of revisiting your feelings at a later time. Once again we are talking about the intention, not the end result, both of which could easily be the same; one does reflect on how they felt during a family gathering where snapshots or a group picture is taken, but rarely do we do it for the purpose of recalling the feeling later. It is a document of the time. Again we may be splitting hairs (and heirs) her

Actor is a perfectly okay album. LouieB

Why did I do it? Just to see if I could I suppose, but it wasn't for the purpose of revisiting my feelings about it afterwards even if I DID look at it again. I am not questioning why people want to do what they do, but the original question by Chinese Apple about needing to revisit it on a regular basis. The intentionality before hand of needing to revisit the feeling of what it was like seeing the real thing, wow, this is some sort of multi-leveled question that becomes both mind blowing and mind numbing all at the same time. Actually engaging in the act of recording something while expe

I am just as obsessed about any and all popular culture as the next guy, I suppose, so that part doesn't bother me in the least. Reading about Springsteen's fans would be interesting to me, not that I am going to take the time, but I would be willing to. I am not bad rapping anyone's personal journey vis a vis music or other objects of popular culture at all. This is fairly specific to the phenomenon of someone needing a personal artifact that they record to be able to be in touch with their feelings about that object. So okay, I own a cell phone (not an i-Phone unfortunately) which could

Sorry I am not more of an academic, but what the fuck is auto-ethnography? I know what it means (self study....blah blah blah...okay), but come on. Why on earth do you need a video of someone else to do THAT? So study yourself and don't tape the band. (not directed at speed racer who cleared this up for me...) This must be the most self absorbed generation ever.....let's be honest. Indie rock culture is faux culture. Studying Bruce Springsteen, all good I suppose, fun enough, but please, I really don't need to know in any depth how people feel about Wilco, particularly in some bogus aca

Greg Kot named St. Vincent's album the #1 of the year....really!!! LouieB

You may be older than I am then, but maybe not. I am 59. I remember all those things as well. Few people actually were around for that, even those closer to my age. (What city did you live in when the Beatles came?) LouieB

Kelly is the perfect foil for Neko (well Nora O'Connor isn't bad either..), in that she has a strong, yet less distinctive voice than Neko's and knows exactly how to sing harmony. Also she says some of the funniest shit ever, which plays off of the equally funny shit that Neko says. LouieB

I keep ducking into this thread to see what it is about and this is the one statement that really amazes me. Is Wilco really the subject of some ethno-musicological study? If it is, then ask the band to let you tape them, set it up in advance and maybe pay them. I am half kidding of course, because as much as we all love Wilco they are a rock band, not some sort of exotic or unusual cultural phenomenon. I would even go so far as to say they are primarily entertainers (let's leave the artistic part of this out of it for the moment) and entertainers that are part of a much larger and not v

I know.... This is called transliteration, not an actual spelling which would be in Hebrew characters. It's just like - is it the Koran or the Quran or is it Bejing or Peking. When a word is spelled in someone else's alphabet there is no real spelling in another language. On the box of Chanuka candles I just bought yesterday (incidently make in China where most are made now...) THAT's how it is spelled, not Hanukah or Chanukkah or something more standard. The Chinese weren't wasting a single letter. LouieB

How old are you? I always wonder when people talk about the Beach Boys and Beatles being part of one's youth. LouieB

Happy Channukah to all!!! LouieB

Thanks for clearing this up. I sort of knew there was a pass for all the major museums, but I had no idea it included so much. Considering some of these attractions are up to nearly 20 bucks a pop, $150 isn't bad if you can burn through a whole ton of stuff in a week or so. I would certainly agree that a bus pass is worth the dough. You have to buy some sort of pass at this point anyway, but if you are really running, then see which one of the passes suits your needs and go for it. There are only a few places I would not suggest on the CTA, but generally it is well populated even at night

We aim to please. After many people starting threads asking what to do in Chicago, it was decided to pin this so that people don't keep asking the same questions. The Go Card; enlighten me!! Is that for both the museums and the CTA or what? LouieB

Radiohead only has to put out an album to get on this list I guess.... LouieB

It's all we've got... (I didn't see it actually.) LouieB

Happy Birthday!!! Sorry I am late. LouieB

As usual, check the Reader site for music or try Time Out. Once you get here the Reader is free on the streets. Lots of cool Chicago music stuff. Read this thread for the run down on various clubs and hit one just for the heck of it. As far as Rt 66 in IL, check out the Mother Jones memorial in Mt. Olive and drive up old Rt 66 north of there. If you like old cars there is a great old car dealership south of there I think called Country something or other. Lincoln is an interesting town on 66 north of Springfield. Plenty to do in Springfield. If you like architecture don't miss Dana Hous

Most of their rock covers are good, some are too clever by half, but most of their work is more than worth listening to; some of the originals are excellent. LouieB

I won't comment on the cold because my opinion would be different, but clearly if you are going to be traveling alot, do the math on the Go Card. It would probably be a good investment if you are only on public transport and not cabs. So unless you are going to hide out in someone's appartment or some hotel room for 8 days, go (card) for it. An individual ride without a transfer is $2.25 so if you keep adding up and you are a traveling man, you could rack up a pretty good CTA bill by doing individual rides. Come back after you use it and let us know what you thought so others can benefit.

From the Sunday Trib....italics put in by me. LouieB Letters to Santa: Post office won't help deliver holiday joy Jon Yates forces Chicago couple to find new way to identify the neediest to get holiday largesse Jon Yates What's Your Problem? December 6, 2009 E-mail Print Share Text Size Every Christmas, Steve Albini and his wife pack a rented van with clothing, cash and toys, then set out on a journey that would make even Santa Claus jealous. Using funds raised at an annual Second City charity event, the couple distributes more than $100,000 worth of holiday cheer between about

Anything to keep making some money..... LouieB

I remember Rolling Stone too...they did carry alot of Zappa and alot of others too. LouieB