M. (hristine Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Outstanding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosco Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Live debut of Sunloathe! Don't think Wilco have ever played it live. Actually Jeff has played it before, I know he played it at one of the Vic shows in March. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I thought Jeff's opening song choice (What are they doing in Heaven by Washington Phillips) was great. Nice way to say something without saying it about the CT event. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cold as Gasoline Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Actually Jeff has played it before, I know he played it at one of the Vic shows in March. Ah, OK. I must have missed it. Thought it sounded good though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-seven Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I thought Jeff's opening song choice (What are they doing in Heaven by Washington Phillips) was great. Nice way to say something without saying it about the CT event. Yes. I agree. Made me tear up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 what was the Albini portion like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thejokeexplained Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Yes. I agree. Made me tear up. interesting comment from five months ago at this link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 4 shows sold. what a bad ass. 10 Grand each? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 10 Grand each? No, 28 grand each! I'm not the historian here, but I think that's one more show than he's ever done before, and I'm also pretty sure it's the highest price per show ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 what was the Albini portion like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 No, 28 grand each! I'm not the historian here, but I think that's one more show than he's ever done before, and I'm also pretty sure it's the highest price per show ever.Actually, 3 for 30K and one for 28K is what I heard while there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosco Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Actually, 3 for 30K and one for 28K is what I heard while there. I believe it was 30K each when it was 3 and then it went to 28K each when it became 4, or at least that's how it came out on the webcast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 For the record, the bidding eventually got up to 30k, but the Tweedys generously offered to do four shows for 28k apiece if all of the groups bidding at the later stages of the auction contributed that amount. This wasn't the first time they've done four shows — it's happened twice before, I believe — but I think it was the highest per-show price yet. At any rate, the amount of money raised over the years as a result of Susan and Jeff's generosity has been truly staggering and made such a difference for so many people. So they deserve all the credit they get — and then some. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Bbop has it right. Pretty amazing all around! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 what was the Albini portion like? Sorry no one answered your question, Tim, but let me try now that I've had a decent night's sleep. I assume you mean Albini's interview with stats guru Nate Silver? This happened around 10 a.m. and it was another in the series of on-stage interviews he's done with in interesting folks over the years. I'm not that bright, so I couldn't report with a tremendous amount of accuracy what they talked about, but basically the first part of the interview dealt with Silver's initial success with baseball and developing the PECOTA model to predict player performance. PECOTA was named after Bill Pecota, a 1980s player who was basically a gold standard of mediocrity. Albini asked if there were any other players who Silver considered naming his system after and, being a Tigers fan growing up, he said there was one Tigers player whose name I'm absoutely blanking on now. So there was a lot of baseball geekery, obviously. The second half of the interview focused on his more recent work with politics and the FiveThirtyEight blog. There was a bit of a digression by Albini into why he continues to refuse to pay for access to FiveThirtyEight — and content on the Times' Web site in general — and how easy it was to defeat the Times' pay wall. There was also some discussion of journalism in general as well as some of Silver's competitors and/or critics, and he was surprisingly frank about naming some folks he thought were raising points for discussions worth having and others who probably weren't. For example, I seem to remember him mentioning someone affiliated with the Washington Post who honestly thought "that Mitt Romney was the second coming" who he obviously thought was misguided but was at least coming from a true belief in what they were talking about. Albini also read some questions to Silver that were solicited on the Electrical Audio message board as well as took some questions from the audience. There was also a very brief discussion of Silver's "Burrito Bracket" and Albini and Silver both mentioned their choices for Chicago's best burrito. Albini's was from some Costa Rican place that I can't recall right now, while Silver went for La Pasadita on Ashland — the one of the west side of Ashland, to be specific. It's easy to understand why Albini is so fascinated by Silver. Aside from the discussions of baseball, politics and burritos, Silver also talked about his success playing online poker for part of the Aughts and some of his strategies therein. (I know next to nothing about poker, but apparently "you have to bluff.") And of course, Albini is sort of legendary in indie rock circles for his interest and participation in poker. At the end of the interview, a personalized, autographed copy of Silver's book The Signal and the Noise was auctioned off — I believe it went to improviser Scott Goldstein — for around 300 bucks. Albini even offered to chip in 20 out of his own pocket to whoever bought the book. (Initially it was 20 to anyone other than Goldstein, but Steve ultimately threw in the 20 anyway. ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 As for the musical performances, I think they probably deserve a thread of their own so I'll start one later in After The Show... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Great recap, P. I'd also like to add that the questions solicited for Nate Silver from the audience at Second City were almost without exception well-thought-out and interesting. If only all audience q&a's could go so well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Here's a pretty solid recap of the entire 24 hours, including some of the names I missed in the Albini segment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 bböp, thanks for the info! i never did get a chance to play poker w/ Albini at one of the ATPs where he hosted a couple of tables. Maybe some day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 bbop- sweet link, i was kind of exhausted just reading, while making mental plans to attend and donate next year. of course, including where Jeff would set up in MY living room, and who i'd invite, and waht the setli...........it's like alottery fantasy. well documented, and for all the right reasons, too. santa LIVES!nosantastrivesnosanta drives. santa, humble and full of gracesantain our lives Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Oddly, that blog post doesn't cover noon-6pm. Maybe it will be updated later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlle_w Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Couldn't watch the show, live. Does anyone know of a link to Jeff's show online? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 FYI http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/bernard-sahlins-dead-second-city-theater-cofounder-obituary_n_3452428.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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