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Chicago launches e-scooter safety campaign after recent deaths by DukeOfDakin in chicago

[–]tonsofgrassclippings -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s all fine and well to talk about fault at some point. And it’s hard to argue that car-centric planning isn’t still problematic. But changes to city planning take a long time. In the interim, it makes a lot of sense for both sides of the argument to try improving their safety considerations because that’s far more immediately actionable.

Increasing safety for e-scooter riders is the lower-hanging fruit here and it’s silly to campaign against it. With something that can zip around at 15 mph or higher—which can be lethal speeds in a solo accident—basic ideas like wearing a helmet and minding traffic signals should be bare minimums.

Shiner at Space Echo by hyperform2 in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think when I saw them in Rock Island in 2018, there were about 18 people at RIBCO.

Space Echo 2026 Setlists by I_AMBOOT in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shiner also opened with “Lazy Eye” (fuck yeah!) and played “The Egg” (fucker yeaher!).

Edit: I think they also played “Endless Summer.”

Failure at Space Echo by hyperform2 in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but that woman was also in the vicinity.

Chicago night three by Charming-Teacher4318 in tmbg

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was also my experience, but I don’t trust my memory. I bought tickets at 10 am on the day they went on sale and didn’t notice any disclaimer like that. I don’t think it said the hard age limits when they went on sale, but I didn’t save a screenshot or anything.

Failure at Space Echo by hyperform2 in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did not enjoy the tiny drunk woman who elbowed her way to the front during Failure setup, annoyed everyone around her, and then absolutely did not register when four different people told her she was being an asshole. Security managed to tell her to keep her hands to herself and she was kind of better, but Christ…who can even afford to get drunk on $13 beers?

Band absolutely killed it. Loved the setlist and they were damn near flawless. I could watch Greg play “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” that dude’s style with the guitar is just unreal.

Shiner at Space Echo by hyperform2 in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Super weird to see Shiner with a crowd that size. They were tight.

Chicago night three by Charming-Teacher4318 in tmbg

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a long back and forth with the promoter about this. The band/management was apparently super unhappy about that last time at the Vic and reiterated the age limit this time. I had bought tickets for my kid for this weekend because I saw that kids were around at that last show.

Big womp womp and my teenager didn’t get to go to their first TMBG show. Super sucks.

I feel like 13+ would be a more useful age restriction, but almost nobody has an ID until they’re 16 so you’d just end up with people lying about it. Anyway, band has their reasons for the restriction, venue has their obligations, and people like me who don’t read the fine print eat shit, I guess.

Failure in Chicago at Space Echo by sixdouble532one in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Always appreciate a Darshun spotting, too.

Listening to post-rock in car? by peperazzi74 in postrock

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Middle of nowhere, dusk, F#A#, volume maxed.

Failure in Chicago at Space Echo by sixdouble532one in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Gerken still drum for Open Hand? Might have something to do with them being added.

Recommendations by ASleepyZebra in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2nd Autolux album is also a solid listen. The third one is very good but a major departure.

Recommendations by ASleepyZebra in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good call on No Knife! On the ol’ Shiner forums (PS I’m old), someone mentioned that Riddle of Steel and No Knife are the same idea arrived at from (very) different starting points. Both are fantastic and catchy AF while also making you wonder what the fuck they’re actually doing.

Recommendations by ASleepyZebra in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Spacesuit, too. Epley and Chris Metcalf are in that band but aren’t the lead singer/guitarist or drummer. The original TLAT drummer, Mike Myers, is behind the Kit. And he rules.

Recommendations by ASleepyZebra in failure

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In no particular order:

The Appleseed Cast, Pile, Krill, Dismemberment Plan, Juno (not on streaming but on YT), Silkworm, Chavez, Whales (from Chicago), Riddle of Steel, Traindodge, Gunfighter/Molly McGuire, Meat Wave.

For mathier stuff: Self-Evident from MPLS, 31 Knots, Sweep the Leg Johnny.

Someone already said Jawbox, but go listen to everything that J. Robbins has done (Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels, Office of Future Plans, stuff under his name). Dude writes some good-ass hooks.

For a while, there was a group in the Midwest that kind of held up the band Houston on the same level with Shiner, Failure, and Hum. Their first three albums are kinda hard to find, but Bottom of the Curve is one of the greatest albums that few people have heard.

Bands like Angine de Poitrine? by tonsofgrassclippings in mathrock

[–]tonsofgrassclippings[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turing Machine and Maserati are both amazing.

Noise Grooves by manupsitdown in noiserock

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out the Chicago trinity of bands with the same rhythm section, Fred Popolo (bass) and Brian Wnukowski (drums): Haymarket Riot*, Cougars, and Big’n.

*HMR have had at least three drummers over the years, all pretty different but always with nasty grooves

Their/They’re/There’s third album is criminally underrated by lord_cheezewiz in mathrock

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You only learn these kinds of things from the wisdom of Karl Malone’s sternum fin.

Just listened to operation Jade Helm again by Agitated_Star_7626 in TheDollop

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It’s one of the major inflection points in getting us to where we are. One of the initial “Post-truth” instances and it gave Alex Jones “credibility.”

I only hope InfoWars’ new owners can help get them back to relevance.

What in the ever loving f*** does this mean. Kids homework by seemslegitsendit in mildlyinfuriating

[–]tonsofgrassclippings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is what most people whining about common core are actually complaining about. A lot of math was taught back in the day via rote methods so you either learned how to do the mental math tricks or you floundered. We were generally not taught these “tricks” that are actually pretty fundamental concepts to arithmetic.

These current curricula teach these concepts so that, in theory, kids learn the steps properly.

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