Sunday, July 31, 2005
Backup
I by no means expect you read this whole thing , but I want to preserve as a more intellectual criticism of the very scary political philosophy exemplified by the Powerline quote I was annoyed by in the last post. I think the link provides some historical (which in blog time means a few weeks ago) examples and reasons why a little post from some blogger online bothers me a great deal and shapes my current view of the most visisible parts of the conservative movement.
Enough of that though.
I had a great time with Leigha (tallfleur) and Vy, who came to visit me yesterday. We went on a half hour boat ride that all those touristy types do, and it was very cool. I got really excited that I live here in Chicago after seeing the whole skyline laid out from the water. We walked all around the parks around the museums afterwards, hoping to find a discount admission day in the future, but enjoying the scenery nonetheless. Although I'm not going to become attached to my car, I realized that if I really need to I can get to downtown Chicago using the freeway without too much trouble on the weekends, so that's good to know.
Finally, I had an unexpected great concert experience seeing the legendary Olivia Tremor Control at an outdoor festival. The stage was right next to the elevated train tracks, making it a neat setting. I'm always tired at concerts nowadays so I have to seperate my objective analysis of the experience with the gnawing physical exhuastion that occurs when it's hot, cramped, you have to stand, and smoke is blowing in your face. That being said, it was incredible. Their albums were recorded with lots of instrumentation but through a 4-track recording process (for budget or artistic reasons I don't know), which makes the album I have of them sort of flow into the background with nothing standing out. Seeing it live (with 8 musicians!) and seeing the songs actually pack a punch had a great effect. It's a very energized performance and it's probably one of my favorite concerts that I've been to ever. So there.
Well, type to enjoy another day of weekend freedom.
Enough of that though.
I had a great time with Leigha (tallfleur) and Vy, who came to visit me yesterday. We went on a half hour boat ride that all those touristy types do, and it was very cool. I got really excited that I live here in Chicago after seeing the whole skyline laid out from the water. We walked all around the parks around the museums afterwards, hoping to find a discount admission day in the future, but enjoying the scenery nonetheless. Although I'm not going to become attached to my car, I realized that if I really need to I can get to downtown Chicago using the freeway without too much trouble on the weekends, so that's good to know.
Finally, I had an unexpected great concert experience seeing the legendary Olivia Tremor Control at an outdoor festival. The stage was right next to the elevated train tracks, making it a neat setting. I'm always tired at concerts nowadays so I have to seperate my objective analysis of the experience with the gnawing physical exhuastion that occurs when it's hot, cramped, you have to stand, and smoke is blowing in your face. That being said, it was incredible. Their albums were recorded with lots of instrumentation but through a 4-track recording process (for budget or artistic reasons I don't know), which makes the album I have of them sort of flow into the background with nothing standing out. Seeing it live (with 8 musicians!) and seeing the songs actually pack a punch had a great effect. It's a very energized performance and it's probably one of my favorite concerts that I've been to ever. So there.
Well, type to enjoy another day of weekend freedom.
