Get Off Your Butt And Show It Off

By Scott Smith in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 12, 2006 4:05PM

There’s a time for sedentary behavior and there’s a time for you to grab a cup of coffee, take a shower and leave the house for the betterment of your own self. Now’s the time for the latter.

• We heard this from a friend yesterday and it made the Red Eye this morning. In response to the city’s refusal to let Radiohead play a pair of dates in Millenium Park, Q101 is giving a new meaning to the song “Sail To The Moon.” Q101 radio personality Fook is organizing a sit-in of sorts (an ass-in?) by encouraging listeners to moon the Bean at 6:30 p.m. on Friday night. The station is trying to get a Radiohead cover band to play. One question: will anyone be ticketed if someone takes a picture of it?

• A member of the Chicagoist staff told us yesterday that Rock Records at 175 W. Washington is having a big ol’ sale. Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch over any fat endorsement deals we might be getting from them, relax. We’re passing this along as a service to you, the reader. All non-sale item CDs are 40% off (including boxed sets!) and all non-sale DVDs are 30% off. When asked if Rock Records was going out of business, a clerk replied “maybe.” First Crow’s Nest and now Rock Records too? Whither the independent music store.

• Lastly, Pitchfork is looking for a news reporter. It’s a part-time position and you’ll actually get paid! They’ll need a writing sample and resume by tomorrow at 5 p.m. Whether the reporter’s first duty will involve sending nasty e-mails to the people at this site that read “We give you a 0.4!” is something you can decide for yourself (link via Gaper’s).
  

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