This man is not a soldier, but he’s definitely a hero! He’s removing a landmine from underneath a bridge in this video, but he’s still not going to let the Russians stop him from living his normal life, hence the cigarette in his mouth. Maybe not the safest choice to be doing while removing explosives, but screw it, there are plenty more to be taken away! Plus it probably helps with the nerves right?
What would you do for the free kids meal?
Some guys found out that kids eat for free at IHOP. Being serious penny pinchers and mischievous adults, they decided to try something, and it worked: dress up like a baby. What could go wrong?!
Queued Up Playlist 2/27/22
| Sam Fender | Seventeen Going Under |
| Beach House | Once Twice Melody |
| Rex Orange County | Keep it Up |
| Hippo Campus | Ride or Die |
| Wallows | Especially You |
| The Head and the Heart | Virginia (Wind in the Night) |
| The Maine | Loved you A Little |
| Odesza | The Last Goodbye |
| Band of Silver | Living Ghost |
| A Day to Remember | Re-Entry |
| Kulick | Everyone I Know Will Die |
| Painted Shield | Dead Man’s Dream |
| Mitski | The Only Heartbreaker |
| Magdalena Bay | You Lose |
| Bleachers | How Dare You Want More |
| Foals | Wake Me up |
| Liam Gallagher | Everything’s Electric |
| Simple Plan | The Antidote |
| Girl in Red | I’ll Call You Mine |
| Bastille | Shut Off the Lights |
| Welshly Arms | Are You Lonely |
| Maneskin | I Wanna Be Your Slave |
| Inhaler | Cheer up Baby |
| Flora Cash | A Good Childhood |
| Wet Leg | Chaise Longue |
| Yelawolf | Make Me A Believer |
| Caroline Polachek | So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings |
| The Luka State | Oxygen Thief |
| Gang of Youths | In the Wake of Your Leave |
| Giovannie and the Hired Guns | Ramon Ayala |
| Joy Again | Looking Out For You |
| Girlfriends | Tattoo |
2.27.2022 History Of Alternative
Hour 1
- The Cure – Let’s Go To Bed
- Incubus – Dig
- Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
- Oingo Boingo – We Close Our Eyes
- Lorde – Team
- Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mine
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue
- The Primitives – Crash
- Pearl Jam – Black
- Devo – Freedom Of Choice
- No Doubt – Just A Girl
- Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running
- Green Day – Longview
Hour 2
- U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Butthole Surfers – Pepper
- Blink 182 – The Rock Show
- Yaz – Don’t Go
- Third Eye Blind – Graduate
- The Breeders – Cannonball
- Depeche Mode – People Are People
- Urge Overkill – Sister Havana
- Brand New – Sic Transit Gloria…Glory Fades
- Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
- The English Beat – Save It For Later
- Fall Out Boy – This Ain’t A Scene..
- Citizen King – Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)
- The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
Hour 3
- Hole – Celebrity Skin
- Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
- Nine Inch Nails – Down In It
- The Flys – Got You (Where I Want You)
- Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains
- The Replacements – Alex Chilton
- Sublime – Santeria
- Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
- Alice In Chains – Would?
- Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy
- Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
- PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
- Foo Fighters – Everlong
Hour 4
- Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
- Beck – Where It’s At?
- Jane’s Addiction – Jane Says
- Blondie – One Way Or Another
- The Killers – When You Were Young
- Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
- The Smiths – This Charming Man
- Catherine Wheel – Judy Staring At The Sun
- Nirvana – You Know You’re Right
- The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
- 311 – Down
- The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
“Vulture” lists 25 essential Chicago movies. What do we think?
I present to you “The 25 Most Essential Chicago Movies.” The list follows below, but do take a minute, click the link, and read Vulture’s rationale behind each decision — plus they have a few movie clips thrown in there as well, for good measure.
So, what do we think about this? Additions, subtractions? Love it just the way it is? Here they are in alphabetical order:
- About Last Night (1986)
- Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
- Backdraft (1991)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Candyman (1992)
- Chi-Raq (2015)
- Cooley High (1975)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Eight Men Out (1988)
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
- The Fugitive (1993)
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
- High Fidelity (2000)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Hoop Dreams (1994)
- Medium Cool (1969)
- My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
- Public Enemies (2009)
- Road to Perdition (2002)
- Running Scared (1986)
- Southside With You (2016)
- Thief (1981)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- Widows (2018)
Some good suggestions for movie watching over this long holiday weekend? — [eric]
Tim McIlrath of Rise Against joins AWOLNATION for cover of “Beds Are Burning”
Tim McIlrath of Rise Against is featured on a new track from AWOLNATION. Which is actually — an old track reworked.
Check it out. Not only is it unique from an audio standpoint, but the visuals that go along with this cover of Midnight Oil’s “Beds Are Burning” put a unique stamp on an important song in The History of Alternative.
My Echo, My Shadow, My Covers & Me from AWOLNATION acted as therapy for Aaron Bruno through the pandemic. The cover album will be out on May 6th.
Check out Dave Grohl’s appearance on Hot Ones
Dave talks about his book, Studio 666, and does it all while eating wingey. Davey like wingey. A true gentleman, he brought the cocktails since they supplied the chicken. Enjoy this deliciously hot interview.
This commercial cut is in poor taste!
This news story is the definition of bad timing. One of the most important stories that will happen this year was breaking when they cut to commercial… for Applebee’s? People watching are nervous and want information, now! We understand they have to pay the bills, but the public are definitely not interested in chicken at the moment! It puts a bad taste in your mouth…
High school basketball player shoots a three, then wows the crowd with this!
Watch this high school basketball player shoot a three, then do this spectacular move. Some people have all the talent. This guy has his own one man celebration on the court and it’s awesome. Check it out!
WATCH this guy’s reaction when he finds out how many babies he’s having…
This expecting mom recorded her man’s reaction when she showed him the picture of the of the THREE babies they were going to have. She doesn’t tell him right away and let’s him process it on his own, because let’s face it, it’s a lot! He’s obviously over the moon and hopefully this is one of the sweetest things you will see today!
Wheel of Fortune viewers stunned by contestant’s wrong answer
Wheel of Fortune contestant Tenaya had a rough go when she had to solve the puzzle. And using the word “solve” is generous because it was almost all filled in for her and she still got it wrong. “_urrassic park _o_ies” is missing three letters. Here’s her answer-
Dave Grohl finally gets to sit on the “Hot Ones” hot seat
Dave Grohl has finally sat down in the hot seat.
Hot Ones, the dual interview/hot sauce challenge show hosted by Chicago native Sean Evans, claims the Foo Fighters frontman has been the most requested guest, outside of Gordon Ramsey.
Dave brings a challenge of his own to the table — doing shots while they partake in the wings. He also talks about:
- The new movie Studio 666
- His love of smoking meat
- The best drummers of all-time
- The art of making an amazing cover tune.
Eric Kristensen would never make it past round two or three of Hot Ones — not that he would ever be invited on to the show. Eric is a marginally famous, regional celebrity with 101WKQX who is also on Instagram (@erickristensen)
For no particular reason — the Top 9 movies where Russians are the bad guys
Once upon a time (and to be fair, more prominently in the last few years as well) — Russia was the undisputed leader of cinema bad guys in the United States.
Current events of the day have you a little — stressed? Something tells me these movies are going to spike on streaming. Take a break from the news and maybe watch one of these pieces of cinema. Here is a list of the Top 10 movies where Russians are the bad guys, listed in no particular order.
Rocky IV (1985)
Ivan Drago. Need we say more?
Miracle (2004)
The U.S. Men’s Hockey Team victory over the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics was nothing short of a….well, you get it.
Air Force One (1994)
“Get off my plane!”
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
The actual title is a little more involved — Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb — and so too is this legendary satirical look at the Cold War at its height. Legendary director (Stanley Kubrick) and legendary comedic actor (Peter Sellers).
Goldeneye (1995)
James Bond and the Russians….name a better duo. Plus, Xenia Onatopp gives me that confusing feeling in my stomach.
John Wick (2014)
The criminal underworld is ripe for cinematic conflicts. It can be the Mob. It can the Yakuza. Or, it can be the Russians. Who know better not to piss off Keanu Reeves.
The Hunt For Red October (1990)
The complicated nature of the late Cold War is captured well in this chess-like thriller in which a Soviet nuclear sub captain may or may not be trying to defect the the United States. You know it’s good when you don’t have to use the actors full names: Connery. Baldwin. And James Earl Jones, who you need all three names to really appreciate.
Red Dawn (1984)
Accept no substitutes for the original — what American teenagers might do if the Soviet Union were to suddenly appear on U.S. soil.
Police Academy 7: Mission To Moscow (1994)
Just kidding. (Seriously, how did we make it to seven movies in this franchise — I was good after number one, and that’s stretching it.)
Do they belong to the streets?
What happens in Vegas…comes back to the suburbs to bite you.
Does she belong to the streets? The conversation lives on Facebook!
Am I the Jerk?
Rarely do we see such serious issues compound over such a juvenile topic. In the case of this week’s Jerk, it is a husband who’s heated by his wife’s decision to make a drastic change in her life.
Is his wife a jerk for “chopping off the twins”? The conversation lives on Facebook!
A grown man gets a visit from Mom at work!
Ohio reporter Miles Harris got a surprise while doing recording a TV segment, it was his mom. The camera never stopped rolling but you can see him tell the camera man to hold on when he recognized his mom’s car. “HI BABY!” she screams. Adorable. He tells her he’s a little busy at the moment. You’re never too old to be embarrassed by your mother!
Michael Jordan’s hand was where?!
At the NBA All-Star weekend, they honored 75 of the best players of all time. Jordan was supposed to be at a NASCAR event, but made the trip at the last minute anyway. And I’m sure he’s happy that he did. He got to GRAB this shot with Vanessa Bryant and singer Mary J. Blige. Now, look closely and you’ll see why this photo is going viral… MJ’s hand on Mary J is “close.” OK?!
When you know it’s their first time- ordering Portillo’s!
This video is the perfect example of how to NOT order at Portillo’s. Salad? Why? Baptized? HECK YES! And if you make any mention of ketchup on your Chicago dog, you might as well take yourself out of the state right now. Don’t make the same mistake this man did! And yes, you want the cake shake.
Coldplay cover Kid Cudi’s “Day N Nite”
Coldplay recently covered Kid Cudi’s “Day N Nite.” Chris Martin says that it’s the first time that they’ve had time to record a proper cover. He loved the song when it first came out in 2008 and always had a vision of what it could sound like with more piano. He hopes that anyone listening to it will just think, ” Wow Kid Cudi is amazing.”
https://pitchfork.com/news/coldplay-cover-kid-cudis-day-n-nite-listen/
Ozark Season 4, Part 2 is almost here!
It’s coming… Ozark Season 4, Part 2 is dropping on Netflix April 29th. The trailer notes that “the end arrives sooner than you think.” The two part season release follows the format of Breaking Bad and Mad Men to add suspense and it’s working. There’s only 7 episodes left, FOREVER. Here’s the teaser for you!
