Comments on: Looptopia 2010 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia Chicago Events and Info Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Annie http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia/comment-page-1#comment-913 Annie Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:59 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia#comment-913 I agree and disagree. Looptopia 2007 was fantastic for me. That was back when I was in high school and I found out about it last minute. I left from my last class with two good friends around three and hanged out downtown until it started. We heard poets, saw mimes in the buildings, saw art, heard bands playing on the corner and better yet we spent the majority of the night in an alley turned nightclub. We danced all night. I loved it. I went into Looptopia 2008 with high exceptions. Unlike 2007 there was a lot more security therefore that things you wanted to do where really restricted. Once again we got there early around an hour before it started. We went looking all over for those stupid wristbands and kept asking for them and when we were told we could get them they somehow ran out. I actually planed on staying the whole night but was unable to. I actually think what made 2007 so fun for me was the lack of security, wristbands, and other things I weren't restricted from doing. At the same time it was more dangerous for everyone else but for me back then that was all part of the excitement. I was hoping they would have a 2009. I wouldn't expect a lot from it but I would still love to be a part of it. I agree and disagree. Looptopia 2007 was fantastic for me. That was back when I was in high school and I found out about it last minute. I left from my last class with two good friends around three and hanged out downtown until it started. We heard poets, saw mimes in the buildings, saw art, heard bands playing on the corner and better yet we spent the majority of the night in an alley turned nightclub. We danced all night. I loved it. I went into Looptopia 2008 with high exceptions. Unlike 2007 there was a lot more security therefore that things you wanted to do where really restricted. Once again we got there early around an hour before it started. We went looking all over for those stupid wristbands and kept asking for them and when we were told we could get them they somehow ran out. I actually planed on staying the whole night but was unable to. I actually think what made 2007 so fun for me was the lack of security, wristbands, and other things I weren’t restricted from doing. At the same time it was more dangerous for everyone else but for me back then that was all part of the excitement. I was hoping they would have a 2009. I wouldn’t expect a lot from it but I would still love to be a part of it.

]]> By: Don Solo http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia/comment-page-1#comment-823 Don Solo Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:51:18 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia#comment-823 Chris, I agree with you entirely, and will further it by saying that Chicago Loop Alliance should be scolded for the lack of foresight and planning. I do hope for a 2009, but it should be handed over to a private event production company that has a proven track record with chicago's street festivals, etc. Chris, I agree with you entirely, and will further it by saying that Chicago Loop Alliance should be scolded for the lack of foresight and planning. I do hope for a 2009, but it should be handed over to a private event production company that has a proven track record with chicago’s street festivals, etc.

]]> By: Relaxocat http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia/comment-page-1#comment-682 Relaxocat Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:16:28 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia#comment-682 Hey Chris: Despite the other two comments, I agree with you entirely. I think these gliches come from a group of people more interested in being on a "board" or committee (i.e. getting corporate sponsors, putting it on their resume, etc) than people who know what it is to stay out all night and organize something for people that do. My friends and I arrived around 9:30 too because really, if you got there at 7, could one really want to hang out with THAT crowd all night? If we did get there early, I would've been over it by midnight and found something more interesting to do. Well, I guess that's what happened anyway. And I am assuming that those people who did get the wristbands early were vomiting from whatever they were drinking from brown paper bags in some parking lot before the wristbands were required. I live downtown, so Looptopia's poor planning wasn't so much a burden, but imagine if you came from farther away and planned this as your night? L.A. just had "Glow" - another all night party and it was planned much better. Hey Chris: Despite the other two comments, I agree with you entirely. I think these gliches come from a group of people more interested in being on a “board” or committee (i.e. getting corporate sponsors, putting it on their resume, etc) than people who know what it is to stay out all night and organize something for people that do. My friends and I arrived around 9:30 too because really, if you got there at 7, could one really want to hang out with THAT crowd all night? If we did get there early, I would’ve been over it by midnight and found something more interesting to do. Well, I guess that’s what happened anyway. And I am assuming that those people who did get the wristbands early were vomiting from whatever they were drinking from brown paper bags in some parking lot before the wristbands were required. I live downtown, so Looptopia’s poor planning wasn’t so much a burden, but imagine if you came from farther away and planned this as your night? L.A. just had “Glow” – another all night party and it was planned much better.

]]> By: Chris http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia/comment-page-1#comment-515 Chris Mon, 05 May 2008 00:27:45 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia#comment-515 David - I'm not sure what patience had to do with it - we could not see the performance area from wherever we stood. We could have stood there for an hour, we still wouldn't have been able to see anything. The venue simply wasn't good for a performance. Thanks for checking out the site and for taking the time to leave a comment. -Chris David -

I’m not sure what patience had to do with it – we could not see the performance area from wherever we stood. We could have stood there for an hour, we still wouldn’t have been able to see anything. The venue simply wasn’t good for a performance.

Thanks for checking out the site and for taking the time to leave a comment.

-Chris

]]> By: david angel http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia/comment-page-1#comment-513 david angel Sun, 04 May 2008 20:39:23 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/looptopia#comment-513 wow, sounds to me like if you had a little thing called PATIENCE you would have had a blast @ the Palmer House event. wow, sounds to me like if you had a little thing called PATIENCE
you would have had a blast @ the Palmer House event.

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