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Entries from January 2008

Chicago Turning Las Vegas?

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Not quite but city officials are trying to earn some extra revenue by turning some low profit hotels and such into casinos. There is nothing set in stone but it does sound promising. What city wouldn’t want an extra billion in revenue a year?

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Tags: Entertainment · Gadgets & Games · News & Politics

Chinese Restaurant Has Fun

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments

This past Saturday afternoon, on 8th Street & Blue Island in Chicago, a group of people go crazy at a local Chinese Restaurant. Those are some pretty sweet costumes their dancing with. I wish I could of joined in on the fun.

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Tags: Dancing · Entertainment · Restaurant

Tom Petty Rockin’ Chicago 9/15/2006

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers performed at Charter One Pavilion on 9-15-2006. This is one of my favorite songs of his “Learning To Fly”. It gets awesome toward the end when he is the one singing with the crowd. He will be back on July 2nd performing at the United Center. [...]

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Tags: Chicago Music Live · Entertainment · Music

We Hate Wars!!

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Video clips of anti war protests around the country. There is one from Chicago, some of them actually had a big crowd going at it.

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Tags: News & Politics

Chicago 1958 Tragedy

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

This is by far the most intense video I have seen in awhile. I have lived in Chicago all my life and not once have I heard of this horrible event. When this disaster was over 95 people were laying dead or dying, including 92 children. The author of the video states [...]

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Tags: Disasters & Tragedies

Awesome Commercials

January 26th, 2008 · No Comments

This is a really cool clip I found of commercials that Tony Izzo Edited during his career at Edit/Chicago a company he founded in 1970. Many of them are old classics.

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Tags: Commercials · Film & Animation

Harry Caray = Party Animal

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

This clip is from the documentary “Hello Again Everybody” The Harray Caray Story. The ever so popular Chicago announcer would drink all night long even in his 70’s. I would assume he stood out in the crowd with his thick glasses at 2 in the morning.

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Tags: Autos & Vehicles · Bars · Comedy · Entertainment · Film & Animation · People & Blogs

Soccer Freestylers

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

A great compilation of Chicago freestylers doing what they do best. This is one of my favorite things to watch. I usually come across videos of international freestylers, so I thought it was cool that these guys are from Chicago. If you like this clip I suggest you check out videos of [...]

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Tags: Entertainment · Soccer · Sports

Look At That Man Cheetah

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

This is quite possibly the strangest video I have ever seen. The cheetah dude performs at Navy Pier and puts on a bizarre show. I think I’m going to go on a safari this summer and spot this cheetah. I’ll let you know how it goes…..

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Tags: Dancing · Entertainment · People & Blogs · Street Musicians

Bust Some Moves

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

I have posted a few videos of random people dancing, which I find entertaining. A dance team called Dance2X put on a show in 2004 called Dance Chicago. I find it incredible how synchronized their motions are.

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Tags: Dancing · Entertainment