Chicagoist: Ravinia Fans Gone Wild

lulu

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:04:41 -0600

I think I might be in love with Matty.

nicolemgk

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:04:52 -0600

Slaphappy, I am truly impressed! :D

crashomon

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:42:33 -0600

This is why you leave a guard dog behind....you know, the person who watches your spot. That's how you do it. You leave your spot, your spot is open to 'revision'. Hilarious Fun!

Ward Up

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:39:49 -0600

Props to Matty.

herstory

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:07:42 -0600

"prompting a wine-and-cheese splattering melee" That is hilarious...a mess would happen anywhere else, but at Ravinia, it would be a melee...did the police actually say that? Too funny.

psccandygu

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:55:19 -0600

Another article says that they went to the restaurant at the Ravinia. I don't really see anything wrong with putting you blankets, chairs, etc. down and then going to eat. Are you expected to take all that stuff into Ravinia's restaurant with you?

Spook

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:25:03 -0600

Hey Matty, you stole that from me boooy! Well, yea I didn't actually write it......but I was sure finna!

xlprq

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:06:17 -0600

Awesome.

matty

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:03:27 -0600

Straight outta Ravinia, crazy motherfucker named White dude From the gang called Yuppies With Attitudes When I'm called off, I got a cork off Squeeze the pate, and caviar is hauled off You too, boy, if ya fuck with me The police are gonna hafta come and get me Off yo blanket, that's how I'm goin out For the punk motherfuckers that's showin out Yuppies start to mumble, they wanna rumble Mix em and cook em in a pot like gumbo Goin off on a motherfucker like that with a Magnum that's pointed at yo ass So give it up smooth Ain't no tellin when I'm down for a glass of rouge Here's some Yanni to keep you dancin with a crime record like Charles Manson Corkscrew is the tool Don't make me act the motherfuckin fool Me you can go toe to toe, no maybe I'm knockin yuppiez out tha box, daily yo weekly, monthly and yearly until them dumb motherfuckers see clearly that I'm down with the capital A-O-C Boy you can't fuck with me So when I'm in your lawn area, you better duck Coz Yuppie MC is crazy as fuck As I leave, believe I'm stompin but when I come back, boy, I'm comin straight outta Ravinia!

Spook

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:02:57 -0600

I would suspect Chicago cub fans, but they have horrendous taste in music so they would not be at Ravinia

BuckWild11

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:59:48 -0600

This is the perfect start to the soon-to-fail tv show "Action Heights."

Tower18

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:50:06 -0600

Take THAT Arlington Heights! Chicago keepin it real!

Slaphappy

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:28:38 -0600

It's from Saturday Night Live, the "simmer down now" sketch.

The Meteorologist

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:26:49 -0600

Shit, if I was at Ravinia for the Bodeans I'd be in a fighting mood too.

matty

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:22:34 -0600

Also I didn't get it...

matty

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:21:57 -0600

"Wine and cheese spalatterred melee" If I had a dollar for every time this has happened to me...

Margaret Lyons

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:07:09 -0600

@Slaphappy: Oh man, it took me a second, but damn. I wish Cheri Oteri was doing something these days.

Slaphappy

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:03:37 -0600

JHop: I'm glad someone got the joke.

JHop

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:55:58 -0600

Nice one, Slaphappy!

mikely1

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:29:23 -0600

There's too little information in this article to form any opinion. How big was the space? How many were in the Arlington Heights party? How did the Arlington Heights people confront the Chicago people? How did the Chicago people react? My guess is that there will be no media follow-up on this story, and people will be left to speculate. Some (like those on the Trib site) will let their prejudices color their opinion while others will liken spreading out a blanket at Ravinia to marking a parking space with plastic lawn furniture. More info needed.

Slaphappy

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:25:52 -0600

Sounds like these folks need to say her name as it appears in a phone book.

Joe Blow

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:19:14 -0600

I've never actually been to Ravinia, but if you're going to go away and eat for an hour, that's an hour where that spot outside is not yours. No matter if your shit is there or not.

Benjy Lipsman

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:11:38 -0600

The article didn't mention whether they left for one of the indoor dining options within Ravinia or if they left the premesis entirely... I'd assume it's common for people to stake out a place on the lawn before heading inside to eat. The restaurants close around the time the concert starts, and who wants to be indoors during the show anyway. But on the other hand, who wants to get a crap spot or none at all because they chose to eat at one of the restaurants? And I've never heard of anything like this in regards to "dibs" at Ravinia before. In addition to the aforementioned dining situation, I know many people -- myself included -- who have blankets down ahead of time. My parents live across the street so I almost always have then go over when the park opens and grab us a spot. Now I have seen some people go and rope off a spot that'd accommodate 50 for 6-8 people, and that's not cool... take only what you need.