December 2009
25 posts
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Tis The Season to be Remixed →
Eclectic Method catches the holiday spirit and releases a face-meltingly-awesome Christmas remix. If you need a break from eating and/or other holiday festivities, check it out and enjoy!
ZooLights
J.Hill and Andy: A Love Blossoms
ZooLights →
I finally made my first visit to ZooLights last Tuesday. It was completely awesome and totally worth the brisk, snowy trek. Here is a little video I made of my visit for the memory bank (I took out…
Things like this are awesome!
I remember one year my family and I were driving up to my uncles house on Christmas day and we randomly paid the highway toll for the people behind us. They were honking and waving in gratitude. Pretty awesome.
Merry Christmas from the 1950's →
Local film colorist Jeff Altman who inherited a bunch of 16mm film from his grandparents, delights us all with yet another charming moment from the 1950’s through his grandfathers masterful…
RIP Brittany Murphy →
As Queen of the awkward demeanor, you made some good movies more enjoyable and some cheesy TV shows, cheesier You will be missed.
What English Sounds Like to Foreigners →
Did you ever wonder what English sounds like to foreigners? Well, Italian composer Adriano Celentano wrote a rock song called “Prisencolinensinainciusol” in 1972 and it uses English phonemes and…
Santa Train!
2009 Memory Bank
Daniel Burnham Doc Tonight at the Siskel Center →
Our former neighbors at The Archimedia Workshop have cooked up a fresh hour-long documentary about Daniel ~ the man with the “Plan (of Chicago)” ~ Burnham. Make No Little Plans - Daniel Burnham…
Afternoon with J. Hill
Thanksgiving
Happy Chanukah! →
To celebrate we wanted to share a tap dancing acapella version of Hava Nagila from Chicago Tap Theatre’s critically acclaimed holiday celebration show, Tidings of Tap running tonight through…
The Griswold Family Christmas Tree: Solved →
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Problem:
You and your family dig a 40 ft. fir out of the ground with your bare hands…
The First Snowfall →
Ivan Villafuerte makes the first measurable snowfall of the season look so magically peaceful when really, it’s comes as every Chicagoan’s most unfavorable moment of the year and belligerently…
J hill.
12 Songs That Define 80's Cinema →
Disclaimer: This list is not biased, these are data facts derived from knowledge and market research, cool hunting, surveyed online analytics, and the Google.
#12) Extreme /…
The Girls' Guide to Rocking →
Alan Del Rio Ortiz shares a well produced short in the vein of a Good-natured mid 90’s TGIF sitcom. Watch as The Girls’ Guide to Rocking helps a young band in work out their differences. Enjoy…