The Salt Shed opens today

The Salt Shed is a new music venue in Chicago and it opens today! Located in the historic Morton Salt factory on North Elston Avenue, it’s the perfect place for outdoor summer shows. Renovations are still underway for the indoor side of things, but that section will be open in 2023. For now, you can catch Death Cab For Cutie there on the 24th of September!

10 more years: Lollapalooza and the city of Chicago sign extension

Festival goers revel in Lollapalooza 2018 [📷: Eric Kristensen]

It’s official: another decade of music in Grant Park.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot told festival revelers this weekend that Lollapalooza and the City of Chicago have reached an extension to keep things rolling here through 2032.

And according to Block Club Chicago, the festival might even get bigger and better. More on that here.

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Is Tom DeLonge hinting that he’s gettin’ the band back together?!

There have been whispers that DeLonge is back in Blink-182, and he just added more gas to that rumor fire! First, he posted a classic Mark, Tom, and Travis image on his Instagram, then he changed his social media bios to say “blink-182.” The same day that Tom put up his post… Mark did this! Please say it’s true boys!!

Green Day made dreams come true at Lollapalooza

Brian, Ali, & Justin had their feet on the ground as Lollapalooza came to a thrilling conclusion thanks to our friends, Green Day. Yes, seeing them rip through St. Jimmy, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, and Minority was incredible, but our personal highlight was seeing Crew Member Abby hop on stage and play alongside the band during their cover of Operation Ivy’s “Knowledge”. Check out the footage from Brian’s Tall Guy Cam.

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A couple wanted “Italy Vibes” for their engagement photos…

What do you do when you want to take your engagement photos in Italy, but can’t get there? Simply make the Italian vibes come to you! This couple took their engagement photos outside of an Olive Garden! “When you want Italy, but you live in Tennessee.”

What a castle owned by Titanic victims looked like inside…

An urban explorer went to France to find a castle that was previously owned by people that traveled on the Titanic. Unfortunately, they didn’t make it, but their castle still stands. Here’s what it looks like on the inside!

@yoitsramy

Exploring a castle that was owned by passengers on the Titanic 😳. This was defintely one of the most beautiful castles 🏰 #abandonmentissues #urbexfrance #abandonedplaces #scarystorytime

♬ Mysterious – Andreas Scherren

Metallica give a gift to Eddie Munson

Metallica let “Eddie Munson” from Stranger Things play with them before a festival and called him the 5th member! So rad! Joe Quinn had been practicing their music for two years straight, and then the band gave him a signed guitar from the show too!

You’ve never looked cooler than Guy Fieri at a Rage Against the Machine concert

When you think of Rage Against The Machine, you don’t think of Diners, Drive-In’s and Dives, but now you might! Check out “The Mayor of Flavortown” getting down to Rage Against The Machine. It’s like finding out your dad is really into Green Day… it just feels odd…

7.31.2022 History Of Alternative

Hour 1

  • The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
  • Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
  • Pearl Jam – Corduroy
  • Split Enz – History Never Repeats
  • The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
  • Matt And Kim – Daylight
  • R.E.M. – So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
  • The Breeders – Cannonball
  • The Strokes – Someday
  • Squeeze – Tempted
  • Cracker – Teen Angst
  • Hole – Malibu
  • The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry

Hour 2

  • Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness
  • The Vapors – Turning Japanese
  • Foo Fighters – My Hero
  • Talking Heads – Take Me To The River
  • Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue
  • Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do
  • Weezer – Island In The Sun
  • Lush – Ladykillers
  • Sublime – Caress Me Down
  • INXS – This Time
  • Incubus – Anna Molly
  • Belly – Feed The Tree
  • Nirvana – You Know You’re Right

Hour 3

  • The Replacements – I’ll Be You
  • Muse – Hysteria
  • Nine Inch Nails – Only
  • Berlin – The Metro
  • Porno For Pyros – Tahitian Moon
  • Goo Goo Dolls – Name
  • Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
  • Soundgarden – Burden In My Hand
  • The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
  • Depeche Mode – Policy Of Truth
  • Pavement – Cut Your Hair
  • U2 – Beautiful Day

Hour 4

  • Sponge – Molly
  • When In Rome – The Promise
  • Green Day – 2,000 Light Years Away
  • Iggy Pop/Kate Pierson – Candy
  • Beastie Boys – So What’cha Want
  • Interpol – Evil
  • The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
  • Semisonic – Singing In My Sleep
  • The Strokes – Last Nite
  • The Church – Under The Milky Way
  • Garbage – Vow
  • Beck – Song Medley (from The Lounge 7/31/19)

PAWS Chicago Beach Party!

PAWS Chicago hosted their annual beach party on Wednesday at Offshore Bar on Navy Pier. There were adorable pups from PAWS walking around for adoption , and it took all of the strength in my body to not bring home a black and tan puppy named Taj. But I digress, the beach themed bash featured island vacays to bid on, Hawaiian lays for all, and delicious snackies for humans and doggos. The night was topped off by a beautiful speech from Paula Fasseas, founder of PAWS. In 1997, she went into a city pound and knew that something had to change after seeing how many animals never made it out. She was the at the forefront of the “no-kill” model and this movement has reduced the killing of homeless pets entering Chicago shelters by 91%

Now it’s 2022, and PAWS Chicago has several facilities, including a medical building where they’ll perform 17,000 spay and neuter surgeries. They’re on track to get 5,000 animals adopted this year!

It’s still Shark Week, and this video proves Great Whites aren’t the top of the food chain…

Orcas, or Killer Whales, are at the top of the chain. Sorry, Great White Sharks, they’re the real hunters of the sea. Lately, the orcas have been going more south to hunt due to changing environments, and now they’ve begun hunting Great White Sharks. This is rare footage of Orcas going after a giant shark…

Lollapalooza is going to be in Chicago 10 more years!

According the originator of Lollapalooza, it’s going to stay in Chicago ten more years! Perry Ferrall of Jane’s Addiction started Lolla in the 90’s when it traveled all around. Now it’s here to stay in Chicago for at least another decade, and they’re still planning on doing it in other countries again too.