Things I love about Illinois

[uconn13]

Cheap Trick, obviously!

 

[SockCymbal]

Smashing Pumpkins and Wayne and Garth. Oh, and Louis Armstrong’s Hot 5s and 7s!

 

[Rich]

‘Shameless’ & Emmy Rossum.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Illinois is one of my favorite states for the following reasons:

1. John Hughes - did he ever make a bad movie?
   

Thinking this honesty will be good for the mojo.

"Curly Sue" shows 13% on Rotten Tomatoes. I decided right there to stop looking any further, but he does have a generally solid filmography, and I think its mention works to your post's favor.

 

[storrsroars]

"Curly Sue" shows 13% on Rotten Tomatoes. I decided right there to stop looking any further, but he does have a generally solid filmography, and I think its mention works to your post's favor.

I kinda liked Curly Sue. It was dumb, but overall a feel good movie. Worth noting that the critics gave it 13%. The hoi polloi gave it 50% approval. Still not good, but a lot better than 13%

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Smashing Pumpkins and Wayne and Garth. Oh, and Louis Armstrong’s Hot 5s and 7s!

A not-quite- random handful: AACM, Chess Records, Studs Terkel, Ernie Banks, 1985 Bears

I kinda liked Curly Sue. It was dumb, but overall a feel good movie. Worth noting that the critics gave it 13%. The hoi polloi gave it 50% approval. Still not good, but a lot better than 13%

I figured I'd smoke out answer like this, if I picked only one movie

 

[superjohn]

Harrison Ford, Jordan, Skyscrapers, Brownies, Dick Butkus, Italian Beef, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Sam Cooke, Earth Wind & Fire, Curtis Mayfield, Eddie Vedder, Terry Kath, Chaka Khan, Kirby Puckett, Robin Yount, Jim Thome, Chris Chelios, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Robin Williams, Bob Odenkirk, John Malkovich, Bob Newhart, Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, Cindy Crawford, breaded steak sandwich, jibaritos, Chicago World's Fair, Al Capone, Sam Giancana, Frank Nitti, Tony Accardo, Baby Face Nelson

 

[The Viking]

Yeah you gotta include the actual band if you're gonna list off the great things about Chicago.

 

[Kolumbo]

For mojo

"Sometimes you gotta say wtf, make your move."

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it."

 

[EnochRoot]

Smashing Pumpkins and Wayne and Garth. Oh, and Louis Armstrong’s Hot 5s and 7s!

As are Wilco, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ministry, Urge Overkill, Umphrey’s McGee, and the legendary Material Issue.

 

[TerryBoyz]

As are Wilco, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ministry, Urge Overkill, Umphrey’s McGee, and the legendary Material Issue.

One of the best live bands you will ever see, Local H.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Birthplace of Abe Lincoln and Kanye West

Lincoln wasn't born in Illinois, he was born in Kentucky, raised in Indiana.

 

[JonnyRI]

I love the fact that I don’t live there.

Makes RI looks like a model run state compared to that dumpster fire.

 

[businesslawyer]

Illinois has had a relatively recent Governor sent to prison. It’s just like a northeastern state.

 

[husky8273]

• Evanston
• Wrigleyville
• the Green Mill
• Second City
• Buddy Guy

 

[huskyjawz]

One of the best live bands you will ever see, Local H.

Naked Raygun

 

[Deepster]

The Illini sure are doomed!

Fixed.

 

[Deepster]

Like the Huskies, they're on a Mission from God.

You’ve actually been compliant (and somewhat enjoyable). Don’t screw it up now, dum dum.

 

[jimva]

Cheap Trick, obviously!

And Cheap Trick played spring weekend at UConn. I think it was 87?

 

[Hamms30]

Sounds like you kinda just like Chicago and Halloween.

 

[Deepster]

I hate this thread.

Since when do cuddle our opponent and tell them how much we love them? What are we a bunch of helicopter Karen moms now?

This team plays their home games in the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois. 2 hours from Chicago. In a town known for the Krannert Art Museum and Krystal Lake Waterpark. We have more in common with Bill Murray than they do.

You get two hours outside Chicago and you become Providence. Only meaningful because you’re a couple hours from better cities.

Screw this thread and that whole state. Their pizza sucks. Chicago is a bullet riddled war zone. And they’re chanting how bad they want to play us. Be better than this thread, Yard.

 

[mussels]

Like the stoped clock that is right twice a day, Deep is correct on this.

The next step down this thread’s misguided path is we all wear orange and donate to the Illini NIL collective “for the mojo”

 

[Deepster]

Like the stoped clock that is right twice a day, Deep is correct on this.

The next step down this thread’s misguided path is we all wear orange and donate to the Illini NIL collective “for the mojo”

Thanks?

 

[my2cents]

A great read for everyone about the Chicago World's Fair, "Devil in the White City" by Eric Larsen.

 

[uconngb]

That’s a lot of tidbits…

But are any of them accurate??