Here are some things that only 1% of people can do. For example, can you touch your tongue to your elbow? Try it right now. Didn’t think so. What about sticking out your tongue and having that touch the bottom of your nose? Moving your ears? Raising one eyebrow? Check out the video for others… if you can, you just might be in the 1%!
Want to make your kids tough?!
If you want to make your kiddos tough in this day and age you need to let them make their own mistakes and do dangerous things… but carefully! Like this little boy who is headbutting animals getting ready to be a football player, how cute?!
Manley’s Mixtape
I Like Music, you like music! Here are just a few tunes I’m digging on this week that I think are worth your consideration.
Backseat Lovers- Kilby Girl. I saw these guys at the Vic the other day and they wrecked me in the best way possible. The crowd knew every word to every song. I think a big trend musically in 2022 will be authentic bands, and these guys fit the bill perfectly.
Sad Night Dynamite- Kill Shot. I still can’t stop listening to this band. They are amazing.
Rise Against- Give It All. I probably listen to this song once a week.
Dope Lemon- Hey You. Listening to this song will make you feel cooler than you really are.
Gang of Youths- All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover). Gang of Youths are a super underrated band, in my opinion, and this cover is 10/10 SO GOOD.
Expired Metra tickets NOT expired, extended through June
One-Way and 10-Ride tickets that have expired since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 will remain valid for travel on Metra until June 1, 2022, the commuter line announced today.
Unless you enjoy throwing away money, this is important news.
Paper One-Way and 10-Ride tickets with expiration dates between March 2020 and June 1, 2022, will be accepted for travel up to and including June 1, 2022.
However, if you have Ventra One-Way and 10-Ride mobile tickets with expiration dates between March 2020 and June 1, 2022, please contact [email protected].
WATCH: Portugal. The Man
“What, Me Worry?” is the first single from the band’s as-yet-untitled ninth album due in June.
Portugal. The Man and alt-J play Credit Union 1 Arena March 19th.
2.20.2022 History Of Alternative
Hour 1
- Ash – Girl From Mars
- Coldplay – In My Place
- Foo Fighters – Big Me
- XTC – Senses Working Overtime
- Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo
- Nirvana – About A Girl (Unplugged)
- Orgy – Blue Monday
- Weezer – Hash Pipe
- The Cranberries – Free To Decide
- Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
- Live – Lakini’s Juice
- Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
Hour 2
- Morrissey – Tomorrow
- Audioslave – Doesn’t Remind Me
- Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
- Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
- The Offspring – Come Out And Play
- Metric – Help, I’m Alive
- Blind Melon – No Rain
- Stereo MCs – Connected
- Garbage – I Think I’m Paranoid
- The Church – Under The Milky Way
- Beastie Boys – Body Movin’
- Keane – Is It Any Wonder?
- Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days
Hour 3
- The Ramones – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
- Tripping Daisy – I Got A Girl
- Oasis – Supersonic
- INXS – This Time
- Green Day – American Idiot
- Veruca Salt – Number One Blind
- The Clash – Train In Vain
- Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
- The Jesus And Mary Chain – Sometimes Always
- Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song
- Matistyahu – King Without A Crown
- The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Hour 4
- R.E.M. – Orange Crush
- The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
- Pearl Jam – Glorified G
- The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang
- The Strokes – Someday
- Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Scooby Snacks
- Alice In Chains – No Excuses
- Tones On Tail – Go!
- Beck – The New Pollution
- The Sundays – Here’s Where The Story Ends
- Muse – Madness
- Presidents Of The USA – Peaches
Idea: Let’s buy Michael Jordan’s house and open the next Graceland
At the end of February, Michael Jordan’s Highland Park mansion will mark 10 years on the real estate market.
I was listening to a podcast from the guys at The Hustle — and boy, did they have an interesting idea for Chicago.
Once listed for as much as $29M, the custom-built 56,000 sq. ft. home currently sits on Zillow at half that price. Still no takers.
The first thing Sam and Shaan discuss on their Greatest Hits episode of the My First Million podcast — is having someone buy it and open it up as a museum. A Graceland, White House, or Monticello, if you will.
Brilliant.
No one wants to live in a home built for Mike, that’s obvious — but I’m sure people still want to be like Mike. They want to play hoops on his private court. They want to lay in his bed. They want to watch the 90s championships on his big screen.
So why not open up a museum dedicated to the former Chicago Bulls great? Brilliant idea, guys. — [eric]
What’s My Age Again? Not just a song, it’s now an app for the forgetful
It appears a blink-182 song has inspired a new app.
“What’s My Age Again” has a very simple function. It tells you how old you are. Which, may not be a problem now. But after the birthdays start stacking up, that number may not be top of mind.
You can also add in others, so you can quickly reference the age of children, pets, family members — whoever, really.
Currently, it available for iOS only. I wouldn’t hold my breath that this app will unseat TikTok as the most downloaded, but — now you know it exists. For whatever THAT is worth.
Eric Kristensen will never act his age. You can catch him on 101WKQX or on Twitter (@erickristensen).
You can now own Flea’s seven-sided spaceship looking home in L.A.
Good Charlotte famously sang about the “Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous,” but I don’t think Flea will be complaining if he gets anywhere close to the asking price of a L.A. home he just put on the market.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist is seeking $9.8 million for a seven-sided home of the future, nestled in the hills just north of the city. The Los Angeles Times snagged photos for us.
It’s the kind of home that looks like it was designed by the same person who landed the spaceship on Soldier Field. Ironically, it was built in the 1950s by an architect who wanted to provide a home for his secretary. (Nice boss.)
Flea and his wife now have a home in Beverly Hills — they stand to double their profit if they successfully sell this one.
By comparison — if you want to see an overly opulent home in Los Angeles that is listed for an obscene $295 million, continue here at your mental sanity’s own risk. (By the way, it’s listed as a “fixer upper.” 💀)
Eric Kristensen is both a marginally famous, regional personality on 101WKQX and the owner of a far more modest home in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. If you follow him on Instagram, you may occasionally see photos that are taken in said home.
A harder version of “abcdefu”
It’s a catchy jam no matter what version you’re listening to- here’s Out Last Night covering “abcdefu.”
The gamer in your life NEEDS this Xbox Mini Fridge
You can now purchase a Microsoft Xbox for $100… the mini fridge version I mean. It looks like the Xbox Series X and holds about a dozen sodas to keep cold in you gaming cave. Now you don’ have to get up and walk all the way to the kitchen when you’re playing Halo Infinite! The fridge itself features LEDs, and a charging port for god knows what. You can order it at Target for $100.
We all have that one word that we can’t pronounce
Some people have one word that haunts them, others have several words that always sound funny when they come out of their mouth. This adorable kid is trying to say Pinocchio and it’s the best thing you’ll hear all day. Pikachu? Maybe?
Chris Farley would have been 58 this week, watch this awesome rare video of him
The man, the myth, the legend. Not only was he hilarious, this rare footage of Chris Farley running onto the ice at a hockey game, proves he was one of the greatest physical comedians of our time. Enjoy his own personal touch on the movie Flashdance… now on ice!
Good-looking people have more friends, make more money, and THIS???!
First they make more money, then have more friends, now this?! Their immune systems are stronger! Good-looking people really do have it all.
A study was done in Texas on 150 students in which they took their photos from the neck up with no makeup, and they also weren’t allowed to smile. Researchers then tested their blood to see how their immune systems were.
Then, 500 other participants rated how attractive the 150 students were. Guess what? The hottest ranking ones, also had the strongest immune systems.
Why did the hotties have better immunity?
We might be possibly preprogrammed to find mates with attractive features that signal good health like full lips, good skin, all that stuff. So we as humans can subconsciously tell if they’re healthy and would be good to mate with, i mean, be a good mate!
https://nypost.com/2022/02/16/attractive-people-have-better-immune-systems-study-shows/
The world’s tallest teen is 7’5″!
Olivier Rioux parents are 6’8″ and 6’2″. But Olivier is the tallest teen in the world at 7’5″! He’s 16 now, and is already perfecting his basketball skills at an academy in Florida. Watch for him in the NBA in a few years…
Gavin Rossdale of Bush can cook too!
There is something about a man cooking that acts as a natural aphrodisiac. Which is why it doesn’t seem fair that in addition to his myriad of talents, Gavin Rossdale of Bush can cook also, and well enough to land a tv show doing it. According to Deadspin: he will “host intimate conversation series E.A.T. With Gavin Rossdale, which will see the musician invite celebrities to his home in the Hollywood Hills where he will design, prepare and serve them a three course meal.” Coming to a network near you. I mean, I already knew he could brew a good cup of tea (watch our Studio 7 session below) so I’m all in. <3 Lauren
Am I the Jerk?
Parenting isn’t for the weak, and godparenting isn’t for the fragile. Is someone a jerk for turning down being a godparent?
Is he a jerk? The conversation lives on Facebook!
Does my husband belong to the streets?
There comes a time in every marriage when your dog poops out a condom, and from there you are left to decide how to handle it. Unfortunately, for this marriage, it could mean the end.
Does this husband belong to the streets? The conversation lives on Facebook!
OH NO! When your parents bust you for your search history…!
When was the last time YOU googled something you shouldn’t have? If you said anything over three hours you’re lying! We’re all filthy, disgusting animals here. This poor kid just got caught is all. “i didn’t search history, ” he exclaims! Watch his parental units call him out at dinner while his sister sits back and documents it. Someday, they will all laugh at this. Until then, it’ll just be us.
Now THIS is romance! Look what she got for Vday!
If this isn’t a happy couple, I don’t know what is! This genius man thought to skip Vday until everything went on sale. Shockingly, his lady, was not impressed. Good thing he used some of the money he saved and spent it on himself!
