all material written and compiled by megan mercier 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/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu4ezgcoG1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>and another: viaduct at Irving Park & Ravenswood.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/18120997759http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/18120997759Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:20:58 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lztuc0zIcj1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Spotted again: north wall of post office on Irving Park and Southport.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/18111627601http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/18111627601Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:43:12 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3YCz22bM38E?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/18036781845http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/18036781845Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:50:33 -0600<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzraoomicA1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>fat tuesday.<br/>laissez le fondant roule.<br/>(or something like that).<br/>Baf! <br/>Claque! <br/>MangerMangerManger!<br/>these are the now times.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/18019336911http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/18019336911Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:43:00 -0600when i am the only person on the whole #11 Lincoln/Sedgwick bus, when i run to catch it in a skirt...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/18006923810http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/18006923810Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:33:43 -0600as much as the times that you don’t have a valentine suck ass, the times that you DO have one...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17612085912http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17612085912Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:26:34 -0600<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/m3-hY-hlhBg?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>okay, fine. yes. i will jump on the bandwagon.<br/>i really have always loved this song and her look in this video.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17565169307http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17565169307Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:46:56 -0600taking the morning to actually listen to Lana Del Rey’s album in its entirety so that I can...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17552916452http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17552916452Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:27:55 -0600<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GJdOIDf8S8w?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 was looking for a really tight video of this song and i came across this.<br/>the video sucks. you can’t see the band. but the sound isn’t bad.<br/>and?<br/>i was here. i already heard this for real. and this was one of the best shows i’ve ever seen.</p> <p>my FIRST time in California.<br/>WITH my mom.<br/>and, as you can see, it was a BEAUTIFUL day. <br/>at one point, a flock of birds flew across the sky forming nearly an identical image to the cover art from the “Sky Blue Sky” album.<br/>this is shot from, if I remember correctly, very close to where we were actually standing. very close to where the group of four people about my age were tripping their balls off and that one guy passed out and no one knew what to do. was it during the song? now I’m wondering. it doesn’t matter.</p> <p>and I’m sure I’ve written about this exact same song many, many times. I have no doubt. the end is my favorite favorite.<br/><br/>i burden myself as a major Wilco fan with quite a bit of discredit. i always assumed everyone knew who they were. i guess i thought they were a huge rock band. truth be told, they are not a huge rock band. they are hugest in Chicago. and probably Europe. Wilco is probably actually just a pretty solid group that appeals to quasi-intellectual middle class white people like myself, a fact that doesn’t make me like them any less, but does lead me to mentally frame everything I say about them with a gaping sigh and eye roll. because there is nothing remarkable or thought-provoking about a 28-year-old SWF writer living in Chicago re-posting clips from old Wilco shows on the internet when she meant to be vacuuming an hour ago.</p> <p><em>I am looking forward </em><br/><em>Toward the shadows tracing bones </em><br/><em>Our faces stitched and sewing </em><br/><em>Our houses hemmed into homes </em><br/><em>Trying to be thankful </em><br/><em>Our stories fit into phones </em><br/><em>And our voices lift so easily </em><br/><em>A gift given accidentally </em><br/><em>When we’re not sure </em><br/><em>We’re not alone</em></p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17453450298http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17453450298Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:30:54 -0600you really will get a better haircut for $80, damnit. WITH multiple look style coaching. it is a...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17334517564http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17334517564Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:51:28 -0600two American tragedies I will speak more specifically to in the next 24 hours: Lana Del Rey The...http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17307010684http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17307010684Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:20:14 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k5gQ_rruDmc?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>busted my gut.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17161805187http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17161805187Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:46:01 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ghb6eDopW8I?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>Even at the brokest of times, $15 was not worth stalling and toiling over when it meant this band, with Lay Low (!!!), opening would be sold out 30 minutes later.</p> <p>Carpe friggin diem at all times, every second. Uhg.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17054883393http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/17054883393Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:42:06 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NYWzJrY3JPw?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>this is probably my favorite song of 2011. it gets me every time. <br/>the video just came out and it really couldn’t be better.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16883890714http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16883890714Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:31:58 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/umLIe4hNp0k?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>winter, i could not thank you more for not being a dick this year. i know it’s not over yet, but, my god. these spring-like days have been magical.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16826426136http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16826426136Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:27:39 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyoc42LgnD1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>you said it, card store that is hardly ever open probably because, from the looks of, you commute from Brooklyn.</p> <p>…i guess Pat Benetar said it first. but i’m a sucker for window displays.</p> <p>(taken at Orange Beautiful on Damen + Leland on the most beautiful day of this gentle winter.)</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16824930243http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16824930243Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:49:18 -0600<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dX3k_QDnzHE?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>love the new M83 album!</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16665372237http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16665372237Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:33:14 -0600wishbone brunch.watch the ice.walk home in cold sun.loungewear.dutronc.work email.http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16658650064http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16658650064Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:28:41 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyj4q9F07H1qzetufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>i am so happy I could probably poop a rainbow.</p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16658199544http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16658199544Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:20:33 -0600<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GRaAghtPFRE?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>my favorite line is:</p> <p><em>Je suis tout nu dans mon bain</em><br/><em>Avec une fille qui me nettoie</em></p>http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16607829254http://www.rubberneckwhiplash.com/post/16607829254Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:11:36 -0600