This week’s Karen is IRATE over the adult swim times being cancelled at the community pool…
Whose Karen Is It?!
Want a free bike?
Chicago is giving out 5,000 free bikes through 2026!
Are you eligible? Here’s what you need-
- You must be a Chicago resident, 14 years and older (those under 18 will need a guardian’s signature on a liability waiver).
- Have a household income at or below 100% of the Area Median Income for Chicago. ***See chart HERE***
- You must not already own a bicycle.
- Must be a resident that faces higher mobility hardship. ***See map***
- Must be a participant in CDOT 2022 mobility programming (Green Corps, Learn to Ride, and Open Boulevard Events)
It’s National French Fry Day!
July 13th is National French Fry Day! Everyone loves fries, especially when they’re free. Here’s how to get yours at Wendy’s or McDonald’s….
With the McDonald’s app, you can get free fries… in size LARGE. The only thing is, it has to be through the app.
Wendy’s is taking a different a approach with “fries week.” You can get an order of free fries with select meals through the app.
- Tuesday, 7/12: Free medium fry with any mobile order purchase of a salad
- Wednesday, 7/13: Free fry order (any size) with any mobile order purchase
- Thursday, 7/14: Free small breakfast seasoned potatoes with any mobile order purchase
- Friday, 7/15: Free medium fry with the mobile order purchase of any size fry
July 12th, 1979 was Disco Demolition night at Comsiky
Weird promotions were pretty common at Comisky in the late 1970’s. This one seemed no different from the beginning. People paid a dollar admission for a double header if they brought a disco record to destroy between games, it’s Disco Demolition Night baby! After the Tigers won the first game, disc jockey Steve Dahl knew it was time to blow up some records. They weren’t sure if a lot of people would show up, that’s why promotions director and the owners son, Mike Veeck, thought to give the discount. 70,000 people showed up. After the records were destroyed, people slowly started to leave their seats… running onto the field while the Sox were warming up and suddenly… the field was on fire…. watch!
Listen to the click track of Josh from Twenty One Pilots
Listen to the click track that Josh has in his “in-ears” during the show. Not only does it help him keep perfect time, it also counts down for him after long breaks in a song. Pretty sick!
Remember this EPIC drum battle between Will Ferrell & RHCP’s Chad Smith?
Chad Smith, drummer extraordinaire for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will be at Soldier Field with the rest of the band this August. We’d like to send you for free, perhaps. Cross your fingers. You could be seeing John Frusciante on stage with the rest of his bandmates for the first time in about a decade!
Do you remember when apparently former conjoined twins Will Ferrell and Smith once partook in epic drum off for the ages on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon? Pepperidge Farm remembers. And now you can enjoy. — [eric]
[📷 : YouTube/The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon]
You Laugh, You Go To ‘H-E- Double Hockey Sticks’
If you laugh, you go to hell!
Relationship Court: Is anyone good enough for your sister?
Should the sister stop dating her dude, because her sibling doesn’t like him?
The most cursed tour ever ‘rages’ on
Four songs into the first of a two night stay at The Madhouse, Zack de la Rocha, frontman of the reunited Rage Against the Machine, briefly went backstage before returning to the stage, seated, on a monitor. He told the crowd, “I don’t know what happened to my leg right now, but you know what? We’re gonna keep this f*ckin’ shit goin’. If I have to crawl across this stage. We’re gonna play for y’all tonight. We came too f*ckin’ far.”
Fear not, the four-piece sounded as strong as ever, even with their leader seated on a monitor to the side of the stage.
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Wanna live in an old high school gym for $299k?
Gym was the best in high school! No you can have those feelings of high school glory all the time. There’s a high school gym that’s been converted into a house for sale in Indiana. Did someone say hard wood floors?! The 11,000-square-foot single-family residence, nestled among farm fields in Wilkinson, Indiana and is priced at $299k if you’re interested. Check out the pics below!
Chicago ranked one of the ‘geekiest’ cities in America
Chicago is ranked one of the ‘geekiest’ cities in America. We’re #7 on that list. Some of the metrics that researchers used were, how many costume meetup groups, plus stores that sell video games, trading cards and comics. Does the city hosted Comic-Con events or Renaissance festivals? Here’s how we did in key categories…
- Number of Geek Meetup Groups – 2nd
- Number of Comic Book Stores – 4th
- Number of Cosplay/Costume Stores – 4th
- Number of Renaissance Fairs – 23rd
And how we did comparatively speaking too-
- 1. New York City
- 2. Los Angeles
- 3. Las Vegas
- 4. Atlanta
- 5. San Antonio
- 6. Houston, TX
- 7. Chicago
- 8. Orlando
- 9. Austin, TX
- 10. Portland, OR
A woman was seen walking a banana…
Most people carry bananas home in a bag. This woman was seen parading a banana on a leash through her town. The town recently had a few UFO sightings, so now people are really weirded out. Does she do this all the time? She walked the fruit in the busiest part too, at a high traffic hour- brave. Turns out, she said that she’s ‘practicing for a performance.’ Hmm… don’t buy it!
Glass Animals reveal secrets behind their “Heat Waves” video
“Heat Waves” has been in the top 10 in the Hot 100 for over 34 weeks in the charts! Their video was filmed during the pandemic so this is what they did to get more shots when they filmed outdoors -genius!
Silversun Pickups – NEW music
Silversun Pickups will release a new album Physical Thrills on August 19th.
Check out the video for “Scared Together” here:
Rage Against the Machine’s first show in eleven years
The Public Service Announcement tour kicked off in Alpine Valley Saturday, Rage Against the Machine’s first show in eleven years and postponed for the last two years. Pregame for their two United Center shows starting tonight (limited tickets still available) with the videos below and look for the Q101 table right inside gate 6 section 121, we’ve got some surprises for you <3 Lauren
Saturday’s setlist:
“Bombtrack”
“People of the Sun”
“Bulls on Parade”
“Bullet in the Head”
“Testify” (with “Revolver” intro)
“Tire Me” (First time live since 2008)
“Wake Up”
“Guerrilla Radio”
“Without a Face” (First time live since 2008)
“Know Your Enemy”
“Calm Like a Bomb”
“Sleep Now in the Fire”
“War Within a Breath” (First time live since 2008)
“The Ghost of Tom Joad” (Bruce Springsteen cover) (First time live since 2000)
“Freedom” (with “Township Rebellion” outro)
“Killing in the Name”
If you laugh, you’re going to ‘H-E-Double Hockey Sticks’
If you laugh at this- you might be going to hell…
What $1 could buy you, the year you were born
It amazing what people used to buy with $1. You could actually buy something… multiple things! In 1966, you could get three gallons of gas. Here’s what you could get for a dollar the year you were born…
1980-1984
- 1980: 1/2 gallon milk, $1.02
- 1981: 1 dozen eggs, $0.97
- 1982: Pack of cigarettes, $0.82
- 1983: 2 D batteries, $0.99
- 1984: 1 pound of grapes, $0.99
1985-1989
- 1985: California Lottery ticket, $1
- 1986: 3 shots of bourbon, $0.97
- 1987: 2 bags of gift wrapping bows, $1
- 1988: 4 packs of gum, $1
- 1989: 1 gallon of gas, $1
1990-1994
- 1990: 1 share of Microsoft, $0.94
- 1991: 1 share of Disney, $1
- 1992: 1/2 pound bacon, $0.93
- 1993: 4 vending machine toys/gumballs, $1
- 1994: 1/2 bag of potato chips, $1
1995-1999
- 1995: Ballpoint pen ink refill, $1
- 1996: 1/2 pound chicken breast, $0.96
- 1997: Die-cast Nascar model, $1.33
- 1998: 2 liters cola, $0.98
- 1999: 11 green Lego bricks, $0.98
2000-2004
- 2000: Loaf of bread, $0.99
- 2001: Postage for three letters, $1.02
- 2002: Taco Bell bean burrito, $0.69
- 2003: Ticket to Blink-182’s DollaBill Tour, $1
- 2004: 1 share of Apple, $0.94
2005-2009
- 2005: 10 KWHs electricity, $1
- 2006: 2 pounds bananas, $0.96
- 2007: iTunes track, $0.99
- 2008: Slice of New York pizza, $1
- 2009: 1/2 a weekday New York Times, $1
2010-2014
- 2010: 1/3 gallon of gas, $0.93
- 2011: 1/3 pound ground beef, $1
- 2012: Fitness app, $0.99
- 2013: 1 pound of navel oranges, $1
- 2014: 1 car air freshener, $1
2015-2019
- 2015: 50GB of storage (iCloud), $0.99
- 2016: Shot of whiskey, $0.99
- 2017: Makeup brush set, $0.89
- 2018: A dozen Krispy Kreme donuts, $1
- 2019: 4 dry erase markers, $1
2020-2021
- 2020: Wendy’s Frosty (small), $0.99
- 2021: Amazon Kindle eBook, $.099
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/economy/dollar-could-buy-year-were-born/
Tennis star blasts drunk fan at Wimbledon
Tennis star Nick Kyrgios called out a woman a Wimbledon, “She’s the one that looks like she’s had 700 drinks” after complaining about her to officials. Apparently, she was hassling him the entire game from the front row. Novak Djokovic beat Kyrgios, which was probably why he was more annoyed that day…
This female arm wrestler annihilates the competition in FL
Good luck trying to beat Irina Gladkaya in Miami’s muscle beach. She was out there hustling fools for money like Woody Harrelson in White Men Can’t Jump! Not one dude was able to beat her- watch!
Today’s must see: Taylor Hawkins’ son on drums, dedicating “My Hero” to his Dad
Like father, like son,
Taylor Hawkins’ 16 year old son Shane joined the band “The Alive” on drums during the 4th of July weekend and dedicated the hit “My Hero” to his father. The Foo Fighters drummer died unexpected this spring while the band was on tour in South America.
Check out the TikTok captured below:
