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Permalink Reply by David Barish on December 27, 2012 at 8:42am

Thanks. That was great.

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on December 27, 2012 at 10:13am

very very cool. thanks for sharing.

WAY better than the Mayan end of the world doomsday prophecies     ("about midnight ...12/21/2012. ").....

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Permalink Reply by JimmyD on December 27, 2012 at 10:19am

Very cool! My Metra commutes occasionally offer some interesting characters to watch, but nothing as fun as an impromptu jazz jam. 

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on December 27, 2012 at 11:13am

That has to be the coolest Metra ride ever!

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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on December 28, 2012 at 2:49am

That's pretty much the antithesis of my rides back to my in-laws in Joliet. I once watched a fist-fight break out. Who fights on a train, aside from Jason Bourne? Get it together, people.

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on December 28, 2012 at 3:18am

don't forget james bond.

 

<  shameless plug for 'skyfall'  >>>

Jim S said:

Who fights on a train, aside from Jason Bourne? Get it together, people.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 28, 2012 at 4:18am

Too many dumbasses on the Rock Island.  *sigh*

Jim S said:

That's pretty much the antithesis of my rides back to my in-laws in Joliet. I once watched a fist-fight break out. Who fights on a train, aside from Jason Bourne? Get it together, people.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 28, 2012 at 4:19am

Wish I'd been on that UP-N train. I know that band. The banjo player was a friend in high school.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 28, 2012 at 4:23am

And Chuck Norris (skip to 1:28 for the relevant scene) - thoroughly cheesy movie but effective use of Chicago location shooting.

dan brown said:

don't forget james bond.

 

<  shameless plug for 'skyfall'  >>>

Jim S said:

Who fights on a train, aside from Jason Bourne? Get it together, people.

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on December 28, 2012 at 6:12am

That fine banjo player, Gus Friedlander, plus the majority of the other musicians on that particular train, can be heard most Tuesday evenings between 7 PM & 10 PM at Evanston's Celtic Knot Pub on Church Street (no cover).

<  shameless plug for the "Gus & Friends" Celtic Knot Trad Irish Music Seisún which usually encompasses Irish, jazz, Appalachian, bluegrass and anything else someone wants to play or hear  >>>
  
Anne Alt said:

Wish I'd been on that UP-N train. I know that band. The banjo player was a friend in high school.

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Permalink Reply by David Barish on December 28, 2012 at 6:47am

So, which Tuesday are we riding, or perhaps in Anne's case taking the train, to Celtic Knot? 
 
Thunder Snow said:

That fine banjo player, Gus Friedlander, plus the majority of the other musicians on that particular train, can be heard most Tuesday evenings between 7 PM & 10 PM at Evanston's Celtic Knot Pub on Church Street (no cover).

<  shameless plug for the "Gus & Friends" Celtic Knot Trad Irish Music Seisún which usually encompasses Irish, jazz, Appalachian, bluegrass and anything else someone wants to play or hear  >>>
  
Anne Alt said:

Wish I'd been on that UP-N train. I know that band. The banjo player was a friend in high school.

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on December 28, 2012 at 7:15am

Bring an instrument and sit in, David!  Or at least enjoy a tall pint of Guinness, Magner's or Smithwick's in a friendly pub.  I often play an Irish frame drum, called a bodhran, which is the instrument of many of us folks who possess no musical talent whatsoever.  ("What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians?  A drummer.")

David Barish said:

So, which Tuesday are we riding, or perhaps in Anne's case taking the train, to Celtic Knot?  

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