Vitally Important Trivia

[cozmik_cowboy]

Today I had to pick Her up from the airport.  There is (as always) seriously PITA construction on northbound I-294, so I went I-90 instead.
Turns out that that route, in the level of inbound traffic at 15:30, from putting it in Reverse in my driveway to putting it in Park in the O'Hare Cell Phone Lot, takes exactly Disc 2 of Achilles Wheel's Live From Wesley's Road album.


Peter

[mica]

This is also how I measure drive time.

Gonna have to give that a listen - I sure love me some AW!

[pauldo]

Agreed about Achilles Wheel being great listening fodder.

Ironically enough, we re-opened our property in the Wisconsin Northwoods last weekend.  I kept track of my lawn mowing time by the number of mp3 discs I listened to (9!!!)

[keith_h]

We hit that PITA construction a few weeks ago when we were up that way to visit Rene's folks. I couldn't tell you how many songs it took to get through it as I was dealing with the idiots in their cars whipping around me only to find they weren't going to get there any faster that way either.

[cozmik_cowboy]

This is also how I measure drive time.

Gonna have to give that a listen - I sure love me some AW!

I highly recommend it, Mica!  It has rarely been out of the car changer since I got it a year or 2 ago; I have it burned onto the computer, and have been known to tuck Senior Management in, put on the cans, spark up, and listen to the whole 3.5 hours.
As I told the band in an e-mail - I haven't been this excited about a band since my discovery of Grateful Dead, Quicksilver, and the Allman Brothers.

Peter

[cozmik_cowboy]

We hit that PITA construction a few weeks ago when we were up that way to visit Rene's folks. I couldn't tell you how many songs it took to get through it as I was dealing with the idiots in their cars whipping around me only to find they weren't going to get there any faster that way either.

Yeah, we sat in it taking Her there last week - thus the decision to go 90.

Peter

[gearhed289]

Express lanes are completely closed on 90 for the summer. Yay!  One of my bands rehearses at a studio in the south Loop (Michigan and 22nd), and I take a VARIETY of paths to get there. Hour and ten there, and about 38 minutes going home.

[cozmik_cowboy]

A band I once worked for rehearsed at The Space Place on South Water Market; an old factory they'd made into a couple dozen band rooms.  Couldn't tell you at this remove how long it took me to get there from Waukegan - but we did go to a near-by beef joint with no seating; just a flap that lifted up to make a roof over the counter, and an owner who wore a very visible .38.  great sandwiches!

Peter

[lbpesq]

When I was going to High School in Manhattan, the subway ride took exactly the amount of time it took me to sing side one of Sgt. Peppers in my head.

Bill, tgo

[jazzyvee]

When i get a few miles from home when driving from a late gig, I almost always put on "Home at Last" by Steely Dan, then sit on the drive until it finishes.

I only discovered AW fairly recently when their bass player posted a video on Facebook from one of their gigs. Now i often check out youtube for more of their stuff. Sounds like a great band. Are they a band from way back?

[cozmik_cowboy]

I found them on a YouTube sidebar a couple years ago.  The oldest video I have seen is, I think, their performance at Wavy Gravy's 80th birthday, which was 8 years ago; their first album is 12 years old.  Before that, I don't know.

Peter

[edwardofhuncote]

I found them on a YouTube sidebar a couple years ago.  The oldest video I have seen is, I think, their performance at Wavy Gravy's 80th birthday, which was 8 years ago; their first album is 12 years old.  Before that, I don't know.

Peter

Shakedown Street from that show was uh-mazing!

[cozmik_cowboy]

I found them on a YouTube sidebar a couple years ago.  The oldest video I have seen is, I think, their performance at Wavy Gravy's 80th birthday, which was 8 years ago; their first album is 12 years old.  Before that, I don't know.

Peter

Shakedown Street from that show was uh-mazing!

♫"Don't tell me this clown ain't got no heart...."♪

Peter

[g-dude]

Just giving them a listen now - sounds good.

Protip:  Never use the Kraftwerk song "Autobahn" as a unit of time measurement.  It's highly likely that you, and maybe your kid, is the only one who wants to listen to the song in its entirety.

[cozmik_cowboy]

I assure you, neither I nor any of my 3 kids want to listen to "Autobahn" or any part thereof!

Only good thing I can say about it is, at least it isn't "Kung Fu Fighting"......

Peter