written and compiled by an expert of giving too much away on the rolling prairies of the internet. don’t worry. i don’t use any of your real names, unless they are “mom” and “dad.” var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-6365905-5’]); _gaq.push([‘_setDomainName’, ‘.rubberneckwhiplash.com’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @rubberneckwhiplash)http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tFx3pFIQBHY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>these girls kill me. so, so good.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50753578438http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50753578438Sat, 18 May 2013 15:15:40 -0500<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F92385984&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>#MissNeoPageant director Stephanie Shaw & I on the radio, talkin’ about the show.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50577020699http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50577020699Thu, 16 May 2013 09:12:02 -0500missneopageant<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8cc8e70f970495e2583933d0af25b29e/tumblr_mmumn7wAet1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>every person riding the CTA today will know about the #missneopageant</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50503728481http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50503728481Wed, 15 May 2013 11:47:31 -0500missneopageantMeet the ladies of 'The Miss Neo Pageant': It took Megan Mercier a few years to realize that the...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50438297056http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50438297056Tue, 14 May 2013 14:52:55 -0500missneopageant<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/073a10f0133697a833bb5395fc7ccd6a/tumblr_mml3kfVAE31qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>teaser. #missneopageant at @theneofuturists starts previews 5/16</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50086971101http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50086971101Fri, 10 May 2013 08:17:03 -0500missneopageantMiss Neo Pageant explores what it means to be feminine, successful - Chicago Sun-Times: Women...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50016654610http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/50016654610Thu, 09 May 2013 10:39:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e64963a7260fd5791cbd16e92d74e331/tumblr_mlvx45ZYpm1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>so excited. so proud. </p> <p>tickets available at <a href="http://www.neofuturists.org">www.neofuturists.org</a><br/><span>(don’t wait till the last minute.)</span></p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/48960479278http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/48960479278Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:57:41 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/X2YdsIm2Pj8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/48753489170http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/48753489170Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:25:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OU2v5fi23VI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>i’m sure i’ve posted this once or twice before now but i don’t care. i’m posting it again. </p> <p>this is a beautiful. one of my top ten favorite songs, i’d say.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/48628265004http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/48628265004Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:09:06 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ed857a776e7f65e65c9bcb5427469978/tumblr_mlf225vxTu1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>the color of chicago, one week and counting.</p> time to start hatching an exit strategy…http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/48220016470http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/48220016470Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:25:17 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b510e39b37cca433072dce957b9d0ecf/tumblr_ml5oo7lVSU1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47796490278http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47796490278Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:57:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6768803e4cba1b07f8f420ee58ea9a98/tumblr_ml0bmjHViz1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>marquee’d #missneopageant</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47565034630http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47565034630Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:27:55 -0500missneopageant<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4219cb425e753062c6068ad75f3005c9/tumblr_ml07oiH5pT1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>the best compliments #missneopageant</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47558565956http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47558565956Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:02:41 -0500missneopageant<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ybjpIt9oPuo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47558482017http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47558482017Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:01:38 -0500<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_47088774481" src="http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47088774481/audio_player_iframe/rubberneckwhiplash/tumblr_mkptv18BLF1qzetuf?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Frubberneckwhiplash%2F47088774481%2Ftumblr_mkptv18BLF1qzetuf" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p>this movie was…<br/>fuck it. it was amazing. i’m so glad i saw it. </p> <p>was it well made? not particularly. no. it wasn’t edited really at all. there were some really goofy parts—it reminded me of my senior class video, actually. </p> <p>but it’s basically a fly-on-the-wall experience of watching this album get made over the course of a year, with Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart and Mike Campbell and Waddy Wachtel and Mick Fleetwood and Steve Ferrone and Glen Ballard and Lindsay Buckingham and the reality is that these people aren’t going to be around forever. It’s unlikely, in fact, that most of them will be around for more than another 20 or 25 years—which is insane, really. that we are going to lose an entire generation of musical legends in that window. there’s not a ton to be said for popular music after those people are gone. </p> <p>watching smart, creative, prolific grown-ups doing something well is never a waste of time, and it’s certainly not a bad movie.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47088774481http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/47088774481Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:28:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WaSy8yy-mr8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>so glad i have found a way to channel my affinity for country crossover power and revenge ballads into something productive.</p> <p>#themissneopageant</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/46404573485http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/46404573485Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:10:01 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZJL4UGSbeFg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>losing my mind over this song yesterday and today. <br/>it is really helping me get some work done in all the ways that Shania did not intend.</p> <p>also reminding me of my very young days living in a planned community where marriages were unhealthy and things like “going wild” and forgetting you were a lady really were limited to coloring your hair, wearing a short skirt, and getting a babysitter.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/46192892181http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/46192892181Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:16:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4bf9effed7e7ba47d897a8a68d291a33/tumblr_mk0vsh0xU51qzetufo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>it’s a shame i don’t have the balls to post this.<br/>maybe when i’m 43.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/45924219020http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/45924219020Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:09:53 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e31a8f572367ca40985feae610b43add/tumblr_mjkg8d6hlh1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d5a5d75745ca8b22732fea0944d5e790/tumblr_mjkg8d6hlh1qzetufo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>wanted for my retroactive souvenir collection.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/45213344733http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/45213344733Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:12:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3f90bdf66a11a4babf54c156c4b3cab0/tumblr_mjj4jvmL7W1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>do you know that feeling that’s like, </p> <p><strong>“we can do stuff.”</strong></p> <p>and you can’t even get the “i” in there because it isn’t you. it’s people doing something together when for a very long time it has felt like they can’t do anything ever.</p> <p>there’s plenty more to say on this but i’ve done my fair share of talking lately and i think the pictures speak for themselves.</p> <p></p> <p><em>photo courtesy of Joe Mazza at Brave Lux<br/><a href="http://www.bravelux.com">www.bravelux.com</a></em></p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/45167425613http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/45167425613Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:02:00 -0500