Tuesday, June 12, 2007
fotografia
i realized that i was definately lagging behind when i saw that blake got photos up and was only back for a few days and i've been back for a week with naught to show for it. so i sprung into action accordingly.
35 West Wacker Dr.
just made it.
that's a lot of church...
clara
consumerism.
the oriental seen from afar.
overworked.
prime example of the varying architectural styles found in chicago.
condos towering over the streets.
Labels: chicago, photography, travels
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chicago
haven't said much on this thing over the past few weeks, so i guess now would be a good time.
flew into chicago thursday afternoon (well, 12pm pacific, 2pm central) after a rousing flight full of screaming babies, a rather rotund fellow in front of me who didn't get that the reason his seat wouldn't go THAT far back was because my knees were occupying that space, and rubbery 'do it yourself' airline food. luckily i had my recently purchased and refitted powerbook (thanks to applecare and a seller on ebay who didn't know any better) and time pretty much flew (pardon the pun) as i had a couple DVD disc images on my hard drive as well as a slew of music uploaded.
arrived and met my sister, and we took the el over to her new place - she calls her neighborhood 'interesting,' i call it 'ghetto.' to each their own i suppose. tooled around for the day, met her new guy (really funny dude, great personality and sense of humor, knows a lot about music and culture. one of the few of her boyfriends that i've taken an instant liking to).
friday was the first day of lollapalooza in grant park - over the course of the weekend, it's estimated that the 319 acre park would be filled by 70,000 people a day. that's 210,000 people over the course of the weekend, give or take a few thousand. to say that getting around was a chore is an understatement.
day one featured aqualung, panic! at the disco (whose live performances are essentric to say the least), eels, editors, iron & wine, violent femmes (who sucked less ass this time around), ween and death cab. the heat was just bareable, and the humidity didn't help at all, but the day overall was super fun, and the food in chicago always helps in times like this. dinner at a little italian deli jo!nt, hop on the train to get back home, head hit the pillow and i was out.
day two saw the go! team, gnarls barkley, blackalicious, some random band that featured rahzel (the muthafuckin human beatbox), flaming lips, thievry corporation, and kanye. i like a few of kanye's songs, but the rest is just 'whatever,' and after seeing him live, that impression is firmly cemented - half of his set consisted of him talking, mostly about himself, and another half was dedicated to him bitching about his sound problems on stage and how he was gonna 'fuck somone up' later. seriously kanye, you may be from chicago and you have a huge fanbase, but get the fuck over yourself. sometimes listening to you is akin to ramming your head into a brick wall. overall though, the day was good, with a few clouds here and there so it wasn't as hellishly hot this time around.
by day three, i was wiped out and only had enough in me to go see she wants revenge and queens of the stone age before i decided to sit down for the next 30 minutes and take a nap in the middle of the park. one bratwurst and 40 minutes later, i had enough to walk around and take a look at broken social scene and the chili peppers before we called it a day and left early before the floodgates opened and it'd take 3 hours to get back home via the train.
so now i'm here, about to embark on downtown, get some photos in, visit old friends, and take some more of it in before i head back tommorow. photos will be up soon enough.
Labels: chicago, music, travels
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