LGR Vlogs: Two Weeks Surrounding VCFMW 2023
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- A companion piece to this video: • VCFMW 2023: When Vinta...
This is the complete Vintage Computer Festival Midwest experience! At least as it was for me in 2023. Driving from North Carolina to Illinois, enjoying everything in downtown Chicago, setting up the LGR exhibit, shenanigans at the show itself, then eventually traveling back home and putting this video together while sick. Fun times!
● Check out Luke's channel and his video about the trip here:
/ lukeisafinename
● Video of the RUclipsr panel and Q&A:
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One of the best vlogs I've watched in a while. Really felt like I was there, right with you. Hats down, nicely edited and executed! Thank you so much for bringing us along.
Thank you, I appreciate that!
LGR BLERG
@@sfhawkeye That's the sound you make when you're sick. BLEEEEEEEERGH.
Yep. I ticked off Chicago on my list.
@@LGRBlerbs Yeah agree.. awesome Vlog Clint ☺... thanks for the touristic ride I really enjoy it👌............... and at 15:26.. damn!! .. that Railroad desperately needs some Thermite Welding »» ruclips.net/video/rNjosF789X4/видео.html 😟
So, when are we going to see a travel thrifting series? Where you travel around the US checking out cities and random cool thrift shops?! This should be a thing!
I’m genuinely thinking about it. Especially since thrifting ain’t what it used to be near me.
@@LGRBlerbs Well if it happens I'll be the first to watch. I think it would be a great idea! Hop on up here to Minnesota/South Dakota and check out some of the Indian tribe thrift shops along your way. Definitely a great experience.
@@LGRBlerbs lol, my big thought watching this was I wonder if you did much thrifting, it's been a while.
@@LGRBlerbsThe thrifting near me sucks. It’s all clothes. Maybe some old cameras, but the only tech is microwaves and toasters.
@@ferretyluv My area is no better when it comes the Thrift Stores its got so bad I've sadly just stopped going.
Luke should host LGR as Clint for April Fools day.
or Luke could play Clint's "evil" Xmas double
Plot twist: they've been trading places for years
The real Clint is Luke's Christmas Clone.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamerAttack of the Clint Clones
What a great way to spent a saturday evening. Couple of beers, pizza and LGR vlog. Greetings from Finland!
Greetings right back! 🍻
Hey, a fellow Finlander!
Your trip to E3 with your brother was one of my all time favorite LGR videos, and this is now alongside it. Thanks for the behind the scenes and the nitty gritty of things. I hope this certainly is not the last of these types of videos!
Glad you enjoyed it!
With E3 now officially dead, the first thing I thought of was "Dang, now we'll never see another LGR E3 trip video" Hope you've been well@@LGRBlerbs
I don't usually comment but this is one of your best videos ever
Insanely high quality footage of Chicago, superb editing, very well documented....PLEASE DO MORE LIKE THIS...
This is a very relaxing watch. Not overedited with extra music and things. Just the natural ambience of everything around.
I’m glad it’s appreciated! Very much inspired by those “asmr city walkabout” videos that show up in my feed, I find the ambiance and minimal commentary relaxing
@@LGRBlerbsand you've translated that perfectly to your vlog. I've seriously considered posting it to the "unintentionalASMR" subreddit but for that it has one too many "loud" moments like during the cubs game or at some points during the convention. But the video still beamed me into some good sleep when I put it on lying in bed yesterday. Finished watching it today and now I feel relaxed as hell. Definitely adding this to my favourites.
@@LGRBlerbs I see! You did an amazing job replicating it in that case. I also love the touches of silliness within the video too. Some of the abrupt, mid-sentence cuts and the repeat visuals were very amusing.
"There's a certain charm to it, there's just too much of it." -LGR on Indiana
I've never known anyone to be able to make a busy, hustling bustling city appear so calm and welcoming; and Chicago nonetheless! From your fantastic shots, smooth commentary, and unhurried observations, it makes me more excited for my visa to process and for me to escape England and live in the US all the sooner. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us. I hope you appreciate how blessed you are not just in your own life, but what you also impart onto others. Thank you. I hope I can meet you one day.
So, it's just not me who wants to escape England, esp London. Lucky you!!!
As clean and nice Chicago looks, US cities are so soulless and boring.
2.5 hour blerb. Cannot wait to get some time today to watch all of this.
I'd be happy to see more of LGR's backyard critters! Great Vlog!
Typically they get posted on Twitter, at least the critters where I get decent footage :)
@@LGRBlerbs nice, looks like you live in a beautiful area, at least compared to where I live. Which is a few blocks from the old Computer Reset, so... nearly dystopian.
TikTok on gas pumps? What has the world became to?
That was some great footage of the city and the Bears and the Deer were great at the end. Glad to see you are doing much better. Take care and thanks for sharing.
I honestly think this is your best work, sure it's a lengthy video but it needed to be. Hope you do more of this in the future. The Chicago skyline at night was breathtaking, felt like I was there lol. Great Job Clint?
I love that you added the post-show things and editing!
Glad to hear, it’s a rather important part of the show!
I really hope you will create a video like this more often. This is my favorite RUclips video of the year, easily. The road trip, the scenes of Chicago, the festival, the interaction with brother Luke, the editing, the nature, the beginning and the end of it all - “I think it all works together very well”.
Thank you, that’s good to hear :)
I really like the fact that you included absolutely everything that has got anything to do with getting the video to the stage at which we're watching it: it really involves the viewer. Also, being careful not to show your house and stuff, your video DID manage to convey the fact that you're probably in a very nice area indeed ... with actual wildlife! It seems you just get to look out your window and get a free nature documentary!
For a european dude from Belgium, this is mesmerizing! Thanks Clint!
You're welcome. There are Belgiums in Wisconsin, West Virginia, New York and Illinois. No Belgiums in Asia though, they're not that tacky.@@Throckmorton.Scribblemonger
Being from Chicago and having lived here for my entire life, the stuff you guys did is things I realistically have not done
Do you mean literally?
So true. I've lived half an hour from the city my whole life and I've not done most of this stuff, so it's neat to see.
A few thoughts:
It was bittersweet to see your brother leave at the airport.
How great is that Ninja coffee maker?
Can we get closure on the burst pipes?
2.5 hours of Blerb after not having any Blerbs for a while, yes sir! That was awesome :)
Did that butterfly have a sticker on it's wing? 1:12:20
I'm also wondering about that.
why did that butterfly have a sticker? 1:12:29
Was probably digging in the trash and got stuck with a loose sticker.
I don't think monarch butterflys dig, if I remember right they have a proboscus for drinking flowers. That butterfly has a job like a sign flipper? hard times in the big C?@@rommix0
So chuffed to see the Bear-A-Byte getting the love!
I see you also figured out that it oh-so-nicely can be transported in your car by belting it in like a kid!
Indeed, it just seemed natural!
The thing got more selfies at the show than I did I think 😄
@penfold5 a.k.a. the Dr. Frankenstein of Ikea teddy bears 🧸🤎
Tech RUclipsrs always have the best blogs. 8 bit guy has done some, and like this one, you guys just know what is interesting and engaging in travel
There's the festival itself, and there's the experience of getting to/from the whole thing. Which is what makes this video a fascinating time capsule in more ways than one.
Thank you.
The first five minutes made me so homesick. Gotta get back home soon.
Thanks for the super long vlog! I've never seen Chicago before really. The architecture was awe inspiring. The contrast between the brutalism, modern and gilded was so visually stunning.
The architecture alone really makes the city thrilling to explore.
I’ve only been to the airport. I never knew there were big cities that could rival New York. And it just goes on and on. The biggest city near me is concentrated in a small area. But downtown Chicago is like the whole city.
Never thought I would see Wrigley and hear Pat Hughs announcing and everyone sing Go Cubs Co with LGR. ❤
It's fascinating to see the city I work in through someone else. You have a good eye for aesthetics; noticed some stuff I'd never seen before, even though I've been working downtown for decades. Thank you for taking the time to shoot and edit this, it must have taken forever.
Wow i never knew you could mute those talking gas pumps! Thanks LGR!
I didn't even know talking gas pumps was a thing. That had to have been recent. It sucks a**.
Interesting how the camera uses a more directional mic when zoomed in, then switches to more stereo / ambient mics when zoomed out. Huh. Clever.
So how many steps and miles did you end up walking in Chicago? :) Looked like you guys covered a lot of ground.
We averaged around 18k steps per day!
Such an awesome video, thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Thanks you for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed!
Absolutely made my city look stunning. It’s also surreal to me that LRG walked by my place of work and went into my neighborhood only a few blocks from where I live.
Always loved that Luke looks so much like you. Christmas Clone.
If I hadn't read this comment before watching I woudl have assumed it was him pretending to be his brother. That is spooky how alike they look.
Sorry to hear you got sick dude. Do more of these vlogs. It's great for those of us who can't make it from our tiny parts of the Pacific ocean. We love hanging out with you. Your pad in the trees looks like the best place to heal from the 'vid too.
It’s not surprising. Covid hasn’t gone away. Especially a tiny venue with thousands of people cramped in small spaces with no ventilation. It’s going to happen.
I've been to Chicago a few times but watching it through artistic eyes was so different. Thank you for that.
As a football supporting Scot - why has your brother got Robertson 26 on his Liverpool top!? Scottish heritage?? So interested! Btw, the dashcam looked great b&w!!!
I came over here because of that brief glimpse in the video about you guys going to a Cubs game, and I was not disappointed. Love watching Hendricks pitch.
Heck yeah, what a treat that game was to see in person
9045 seconds of LGR content, i enjoyed watching this.
2.5*** not 2,5
@@DaleWilly fun fact: outside of the US of A we use comma as a separator.
@@Stjaernljus most countries don't; and it just looks dumb with a comma in this case
@@DaleWillymore countries use comma than point
@@DaleWillyLiterally most of Europe uses a comma, not a full stop. People on the internet don't have to follow the US of States's rules, get used to it.
Great video, thank you for sharing! It's great you and your brother are so close, it seems like you guys would be a blast to hang out with. Also have you considered you might be a Disney princess? Did any of the woodland creatures ask to come in and do housework?
Enjoy those special times with your brother. I lost my younger brother in June and its the toughest thing ever. Not trying to bring the mood down but seeing you and your brother reminded me of the good times I spent with mine.
I lost my grandmother and I know how you feel. There’s never enough time.
I’m so sorry for your loss
Whenever it switches to black and white dashcam my mind instintively starts expecting a crime being caught on camera.
Or Humphrey Bogart walking around the corner.
Or a UFO to pass by in the distance.
I always envied Americans for their roads going through these huge landscapes. Edit: and huge buildings.
Thank you for taking the time to make this.
Thank you for taking the time to watch!
I hope you're nearly fully recovered from the experience. For 2024, let's hope for hyper-realistic virtual expos of vintage computing gear, where we'll all stay certified virus-free :D @LRGBlerbs
I'm convinced this is how Best Buy stays in business. Emergency road purchases.
Pfew! Glad you recovered, what a bummer! I really enjoyed the whole 'tour', thanks for spending the time editting!
Do hope you usually get in more vitamine holding food ;)
Ben (ByteDelight)
I am sorry about Indiana. I promise it's more than just corn. That's 80/90 for you, though.
More than corn in Indiana!
ruclips.net/video/g036lNodG0k/видео.html
They have Tik-Tok on the gas pumps... What is America anymore?!
I got engaged under the Columbus St bridge on the Chicago riverwalk back in 2016. great memories!
1:38:37 Those are two CED video players. You don't see those often, but you do often see the Select-a-vision movies in thrift stores sometimes.
Great audio scape.
Very important part of the feel of the place in question.
Cheers from Finland to all LGR fans out there.
Chicago seems not particulary Windy, but noisy it is for sure..
LGR! I love your videos where you go the thrift store and such, this should be good. You had some cool vlogs with your brother also I think not too far back.
Thank you so much, I enjoyed every minute. Glad you're feeling better and OMG! Bears and deer? You have a gorgeous place, totally not jelly ^_^
The steps at 35:50 are probably (but don't quote me on it) easy for bikers to walk their bikes down. They have these at train stations in the Netherlands for bike parking under the station.
Interesting! I didn’t see any bike paths directly above or below said stairs, but then again I wasn’t exactly sober ha
Too bad you got THAT, I know the feeling. I had it 3 years ago and still suffering from fatigue, constant tiredness and the nerves controlling the heart rate is f***ed up. (Hooray for medication!)
Loved watching this video. :)
Cute visitors in the garden! :D
Clint: Random Best Buy in Kentucky.
Me: I KNOW THAT BEST BUY!
I see you went to portillos! Taking the pickle off the dog is SOP for me. We have two of them here in Madison, WI. My order is usually a Polish dog and a Chi dog with fries. That is alot of food for me. I grew up in Chicago, haven't been to Navy Pier in 40 years. It was a dump then. Glad to see they fixed it up and made it a destination. Thanks for sharing your trip.
While the convention would probably be interesting to me, I think where you live is more my kind of place than Chicago. You have a really awesome yard!
Really enjoyed the vlog. Chicago is a beautiful city. Hope you're feeling better now.
You know you are in murrica when even the GPS Navigation is too lazy to convert to feet and comes up with crazy stuff like: "in one thenths of a mile" .. like.. really?
Epic stuff! The VCFMW footage reminded me of visiting Computerbörse Zürich with my father back in the 90s. Especially enjoyed the last 15 minutes though... that editing marathon must have been quite the trip! Almost felt surreal watching it, with the bears and deer on top... and battling the CowWeed ... like watching an old school LGR thrifts episode in epic mode with a hint of David Lynch VLOG thrown in at the end :-) thx man!
After i got back from VCFMidwest i tested positive covid 3 days later chris & kiera and then wife congratulations lgr guy. VCFMidwest had mass email go out after everything. Get well soon.
Watched the entire video, it was pleasant to see. Hope you're getting better from your sickness, stay safe and well!
I am feeling well, thanks!
Ah, this was absolutely delightful, really gave me the sense of being there with you. Unfortunately money is really tight right now, so travel is off the books for an indeterminate amount of time (I couldn't go to VCF West this year, and that event is in my home state) so this video (along with the VCFMW video on your main channel) helped scratch that itch. Also I've never been to Chicago, always wanted to go and someday hope to make it out there (maybe even for VCFMW some year.)
And yeah, EVERY time I travel, no matter how thoroughly I prepare, I ALWAYS manage to forget something. Usually tech related. So I totally feel you there. I've had to go on adventures to find weird stores in dodgy parts of town because I forgot a charger or a USB cable or a memory card for my camera or something. Luckily Amazon is a thing these days. Earlier this year I was at an anime convention and needed a new USB-C charger. (Technically I didn't forget to bring mine, the damn thing broke on me.) The hotel gift shop had chargers, but (A) they were charging exorbitant rates for them, and (B) they didn't even have a USB-C one?! So I just hopped on Amazon, typed in the hotel's address + my room number, and ordered a new one and had it shipped next day, problem solved.
Awesome Vlog Clint ☺... thanks for the touristic ride I really enjoy it 👌............. and at 15:26.. damn!! .. that Railroad desperately needs some Thermite Welding »» ruclips.net/video/rNjosF789X4/видео.html 😟
did that butterfly have a sticker on it? am i seeing that right lol
02:04:42 I wonder how many people run up to him yelling AAADRIIAANNN!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for your Chicago footage. I love Chicago, as someone who grew up in a suburb of Chicago. Greatest city in the world.
Me too. I’m from DeKalb.
@@DerekLippold Cool! I was from Elk Grove Village.
EGV here too. I have no idea how anyone could say Chicago is the greatest city in the world with a straight face.
@@TheTTVert I've been to LA, San Francisco, Paris, London and some others. I absolutely can say with a straight face. It's my preference.
@@costanzathemage Having lived in California I can understand if you compare SF to Chicago why you'd say that. I think only Portland, SF, Detroit, NYC and a few cities in Seattle are dirtier, more crime riddle cesspools than Chicago. But to each their own I suppose. I have to say this, I've never seen Chicago so dead, clean and free of bums/panhandlers as I did in Clint's video. In fact I don't think I saw one, great editing Clint!
OK I'm just gonna say it... European road trip/thrifting/convention/whatever thing!
What an incredible trip! Thank you for taking me.
LMAO Stinking Creek road, and the bridge to nowhere was over French Broad River WHAT BIG BONE LICK. Thanks for taking us to Chicago with you! Even from Wisconsin I have yet to be in Chicago, let alone downtown.
Ironically, a couple weeks prior to VCF, my girlfriend and I took a vacation in Naperville, pretty close to there, and we were totally going to go to that restaurant. Instead, we went to the Plank Bar + Grill in our hotel (Hotel Indigo) and i had a very similar burrito, only no avocado and on what seemed to be some sort of spinach/oscar the grouch tortilla. Delicious nonetheless.
Brilliant video and vlog. I was sad at the end finding out you wasn't very well.. glad you pulled through. Hope your brother is OK too. Taken me ages to watch this video due to life.. ha! Loved it though! 😊
I'm from Indianapolis (Indiana.... the Corn and Long Boring Drives state), though I lived in the Chicagoland area for a few years. When you guys went to the camera shop and you showed The Freeze stand, I went wild! The first place I lived "in The City" was about 2 blocks from there by Humboldt Park! I thoroughly enjoyed reliving great memories from 10 years ago. Thank you for the vlog!
Edit: I also lived near North Center (a few blocks NW of Wrigleyville) for a minute, so this was a lot of weird feelings! But still an awesome vlog!
Also from Indy, now in Seattle though. Used to live across the street from Lawrence North High School and my family used to take weekend trips to Chicago. Feeling the nostalgia here for sure!
Whoa nice this whole video inspired me, Clint! Joined your Patreon too!
Excellent, I’m glad you enjoyed!
I watched the whole thing and loved every second! Such a cool thing to experience with you through video! Conventions are super fun! The bears were super cute too :D Looking forward to more vlogs ;)
This was fun. I personally judge a truck stop by how obscene the hats are
Dude yeah, it’s the only way
80 bucks a day parking for anyone who cant write it off is fucking INSANE.
Watching this vlog from my little town in england it looks like a spectacular city to visit. Really enjoying this content from you clint. Please come to UK.
I plan on it!
Hey! My spouse and I were briefly in your official VCF Midwest video (I was in the yellow shirt taking a photo with you with my Mavica camera) and you walked through our neighborhood (we live super close to Dodd Camera). Glad you enjoyed your time in Chicago!
Great vídeo! Really enjoyed.
Ps: did that butterfly had a sticker on?
You got to do a video on that Softram thing. I remember they came along sometime during the late 90's but slowly drifted out of existence.
In the year 2525 this will be an historical document!
Indeed. The year when the world collapsed and the earth blew up.
Really enjoyed this, thanks for all the work on it. Ive always wanted to visit Chicago but at this rate it seems like I'll never get there so I really appreciated the on the street walking tour of things. Just so much neat architecture... and food making me hungry
Thanks for revealing the process, hard work paid off, awesome vid, and awesome architecture captured in Chicago!
Least Blerby Blerb ever 2 hours!
My high school had that Soundchaser system back in 1987 with the Apple Bose speakers. It was amazing and I was afraid to touch it because the teacher told me how expensive it was.
LGR goes to Chicago: The Movie
21USD for PARKING? HOLY!
For just 1 hour 😑
I am so offended you didn't get the "I'm sexy and I know it" bump sticker!!!
Absolutely loved this vlog, it's fantastic to get such little moments of your life in-between the videos 🥰
Loved it, from start to finish! Watched it in pre-release on your Patreon and wasn't disappointed in the slightest. Much respect for all the work!
Vlog? Sir, this is a film.
I wish I was in a position where if I forgot my laptop and things at home I could just go buy new ones.
Nobody does vlogs better than LGR
I used to hang out with the OPL Archive guy on forums back in the late 00s. Good times.
I wanna be the 190,000th person on this channel to say that your brother looks a lot like you.
And back to bullets, knives and eagles country. Welcome home, I guess. Too bad about the Corona, man.
Thanks anyway for this. It was a great "slice of life" from another continent and you just broadened my horizon a fair bit. Great job!
Wow I can't believe 1) the Rosati's pizza wasn't burnt and 2) you guys survived eating Rosati's pizza 😅
1:56:08 That monitor definitely needs some recapping. It shouldn't be curving like that. Where's Adrian Black when you need him.
Film camera! Incredible! Where the heck do you even develop film nowadays? My Dad has a black and white room when I was a kid. It was awesome.
Luke develops it all himself at home! He shows the process on his own channel, links in the description
@LGRBlerbs Thanks! I'll will check it out. Been enjoying your content for years! Always entertaining.