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Chicago
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05.02.08Schadenfreude on Chicago Tonight!Did you miss it? Did you not set your TiVo - even though we told you yesterday morning it was going to happen? You’re all lucky we are savvy internet users who know how to “encode” and “transfer” and “upload” and “post” and other internet-y things. Best of all, Justin proclaims what a big fan he is, and Phil blushes. Really, he blushes.
[Special thanks to Jeff E.!]
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04.09.08Ellen Wants Us to Help.
So I saw a little nugget in Gapers today saying that Ellen Degeneres is coming to Chicago to do her show on May 3rd. That’s opposite a Schad Rent Party, so we probably won’t be able to perform. But she is asking for Chicagoans to submit some of their favorite places to go while she is town for an undoubtedly hilarious segment where she goes to them and puts shit on her head. So thoughts? Can we give her some ideas? Gapers said right now it’s all bullshit like “Cheesecake Factory”. I would take her to Ronnie Woo-Woo’s house. I would also tell her to stop by Johnny’s in Roscoe Village. She has to buzz to get in and wait for Johnny to come from downstairs. The beer taps are all gone cause the bar isn’t usually open but she can sit and watch TV with Johnny and let him make racist remarks. And then she can put something on her head.
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04.07.08Sadly, I am NOT Joking.
Are you bored? Are you lonely? Do you need some help picking out that next tattoo? Wish you could have some celebrity - any celebrity - come and assist in making that decision? Or maybe, just maybe, you’re looking for a really poorly put-together website that looks like it was done in Microsoft Word. Or, lastly, you are wondering what happened to Dennis Rodman after his movie, Simon Sez.
Well wonder no longer! In fact, for the right price, you can ask him all those questions, and get some time of unlimited photographs! Just check out his site, RentRodman.com - and tell ‘em Schad sent you. It won’t actually get you anything, but it would be nice for someone to tell him that.
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04.02.08Coming Home Again?What, no call from Kanye? His new video for “Homecoming” has some great Chicago shots in it. But I have to askKanye, you couldn’t get us to stand behind you in a few shots? Acting all tough? We were born for this video. Wouldn’t you shit your pants if there were a bunch of Chicagoans in different shots doing “actin tough” shots? Where was Blago? Dennis Franz? Bozo the Clown? Who else, come on help me out!!!
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03.25.08I Salute You, Chicago Street Artist!
Almost every RedEye stand has been altered by local “artists” (or at least that’s how I am referring to them) to say “PEE” instead of “FREE”. And every time I see it, it makes me chuckle. Bravo, Chicago street bandits! I applaud your searing commentary on the local media.
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03.10.08Live from CAN-TV - It’s the Mail.Did you see the news that the Chicago Postal Service is putting on a show on CAN-TV to tell people about the dangers of postal scams? Memo to the postal service: make sure you have some weird teen-age fashion show/dance-off as part of the show because that’s really the only way people will watch. Or a bunch of guys sitting around talking about islam. Or Bernie Stone drooling during his call-in show. You should have him host.
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03.03.08“I didn’t go like crazy, crazy.”
So, if you are arresting former Alderman Dorothy Tillman, do you really need to put her on the ground, threaten to tazer her, put arm and leg shackles on her, and worst of all make her take her mug shot without her signature hat?! She’s 60. And according to her she doesn’t think she was screaming, and she didn’t go “like crazy, crazy.” Just crazy. (And special thanks to the Trib online for doing a slideshow of her hats!!)
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02.28.08Blatant Gentrification?
The school system is shutting down 19 schools based on bad performance. The parents are up in arms because this means their kids will be bused to different schools. Some schools were fixing problems, showing improvement. But the big battle-cry is that this is blatant gentrification because some are in hot neighborhoods and a recent study that said school closings go hand in hand with gentrification. So if you are in the business of yuppifying a neighborhood? Kill the school. It used to just be open a coffee shop. Or hippie candle store. or upgrade your aluminum siding. Get central air. kidnap the homeless guy with the dog and dump him in Gurnee. Now? Gentrification is so complicated. They are building an awesome solar-powered elementary school in my West Loop hood. It looks like it was built by Frank Gehry. It’s a block from his house. And there is no way Miles will ever go there.
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02.26.08Public Official A-Hole
So Governor Blagojevich is the named politician in the corruption case against Tony Rezko. If you haven’t been following, Tony Rezko is a guy who gives a ton of money to politicians in return for favors. He’s given to everyone, including Obama who ended up getting a sweet land deal out of it. But this one with Blago takes the cake. They were shaking down some Hollywood producer so he would give a million+ to Blago’s campaign. I don’t know what to say. Illinois is 2 steps away from electing some right-wing Governor to guarantee that there will be no more corruption. Attention preachers: now is your chance to hijack Illinois. Cause if this Gov goes down? After the last one went down? Illinois is about to become the laughingstock of the country (not to mention the most corrupt). Throw in Jack Ryan and the sex clubs, Daley and the non-stop scandals and the overall feeling about Chicago politics? How do you think that will affect Obama when the Republicans start making that connection?
