tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3353833011553847106..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Maybe Spike Lee should call his new movie "Eden"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66342188065025436882015-04-13T21:43:54.742-05:002015-04-13T21:43:54.742-05:00Where did you get THAT from? I said before I got t...Where did you get THAT from? I said before I got there I was homesick for Chicago. Once I got there, I loved it. You can't appreciate a place you haven't yet been. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17018459841196180812015-04-13T17:31:04.544-05:002015-04-13T17:31:04.544-05:00I'm reminded of an extralegal aldermanic inter...I'm reminded of an extralegal aldermanic intervention when a painting of the late Mayor Washington was displayed at a private student exhibit at SAIC. Rush, Tillman & Co stormed the exhibit, carted off and damaged the painting at a cost of 100k to the city, in the process also ensuring that a million or so people would see the offending object instead of just a few hundred.Dr Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17578768481451799352015-04-13T16:04:44.739-05:002015-04-13T16:04:44.739-05:00Sorry you didn't appreciate your visit to Veni...Sorry you didn't appreciate your visit to Venice, Mr. S. Italy can be a wonderful place to visit-perhaps another city there was preferable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90331189385220363182015-04-13T13:26:57.218-05:002015-04-13T13:26:57.218-05:00That's a line from my last book, which someone...That's a line from my last book, which someone was tossing around Twitter, and I figured I'd help out. I was once on the Eurostar, heading into Venice, and I thought, sincerely, "Why am I going to Venice? I don't want to be in Venice; I want to be back in Chicago." Of course I had been away from home for nearly six weeks at that point. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45613988751383160812015-04-13T13:17:59.548-05:002015-04-13T13:17:59.548-05:00Yes, I'd rather not be here in winter time.Yes, I'd rather not be here in winter time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22992646175252233212015-04-13T12:22:02.074-05:002015-04-13T12:22:02.074-05:00"Maybe that's the definition -- you'r..."Maybe that's the definition -- you're a Chicagoan if, wherever you are at the moment, Chicago is the place you'd like to be." That's an observation of Neil's that was quoted on Twitter by somebody yesterday and then re-tweeted by our host today, from what I can tell. Personally, I'd have gone with "delusional" rather than "a Chicagoan", but toMAYto -- toMAHto, I suppose. ; )Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43532006085416868452015-04-13T12:00:01.963-05:002015-04-13T12:00:01.963-05:00That Sun-Times writer, John Fountain, often mentio...That Sun-Times writer, John Fountain, often mentions the word Chiraq in his columns, in reference to the violence here.Mrs. Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28557662502181145872015-04-13T10:59:15.311-05:002015-04-13T10:59:15.311-05:00My thoughts exactly, Scribe.My thoughts exactly, Scribe.Lady Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55956766937023055862015-04-13T10:22:56.354-05:002015-04-13T10:22:56.354-05:00No lie - when I first heard "Chiraq" I t...No lie - when I first heard "Chiraq" I thought somebody was doing a biopic on Jacques Chirac, and I'm like, I think you can pick a more amusing French politician to do a film on....Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-71853997676610498392015-04-13T09:49:25.248-05:002015-04-13T09:49:25.248-05:00I've always considered Spike Lee an overrated,...I've always considered Spike Lee an overrated, self-important twerp, and my first thought on hearing about "Chiraq" was, Why is he picking on Chicago in particular, when practically <i>every</i> major American city has problems with violence?<br /><br />Then the heavy-handed Chicago officials came along and accomplished the seemingly impossible task of making Lee look sympathetic. Well done.Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30021507721857695642015-04-13T08:31:06.255-05:002015-04-13T08:31:06.255-05:00If you want to impress a moody artsy young-un, giv...If you want to impress a moody artsy young-un, give them a copy of Algren's "The Man with the Golden Arm," a novel so bleak and tough it makes the movie version look like a romcom comedy in comparison and books like "Last Exit to Brooklyn" seem like pale imitations. Ernest Hemingway once wrote this hilarious (but laudatory) review, which he used to mock Henry James as a wimp in comparison. He said Algren's writing might kill you if you weren't careful and ended it "Mr. Algren, damn you're good" or something like that. Anon-not-Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68751164185022486682015-04-12T18:16:57.146-05:002015-04-12T18:16:57.146-05:00I remember, during our strike, my alderman came to...I remember, during our strike, my alderman came to the picket line to complain how bad we made our city look, our blue ribbons were offensive, we were blocking decent people from using the sidewalk. Well, he just got voted out of office, replaced by a public school teacher. Heh.WendyChttp://twitter.com/WendyCCHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52497418613268119212015-04-12T17:58:12.806-05:002015-04-12T17:58:12.806-05:00Some so called do gooders don't want to face t...Some so called do gooders don't want to face the reality of the big city or think they can keep things under wraps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-81696020225371941222015-04-12T17:39:55.358-05:002015-04-12T17:39:55.358-05:00The worst part is that we let those bozos have rea...The worst part is that we let those bozos have real, unchecked power over things like zoning and city services. My alderman is a blithering idiot. how do they manage not to hurt themselves?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13877137208397390419noreply@blogger.com