An NYU professor says that with fewer men going to college, that could potentially create a “mating crisis” with too many men becoming broke and alone. Ouch. The problem is, many men have a lot of options instead of more school, where they can earn six figures right away or close to that. As of right now, about 60% of women are going to college, where as men make up %40, according to the Wall Street Journal, and that number is shrinking- quickly. In 1970, it was opposite. Men are also much more likely to drop out, so that percentage is generous. What does it all mean? Well, women might have to be ok not being the only girlfriend, OR we might be on the verge of a mating crisis.
This story will give you chills
A Chicagoland man was stopped in a Ross parking lot last night and his story will give you chills.
We can’t get “Mom’s Spaghetti” out of our heads
We like this more than the original. Is that wrong?
The hottest emo song of the fall just dropped
Grab your Sunny Day Real Estate hoodie and be prepared to spend cuffing season alone, bumping this track by a lady who will also be entering the fall season by herself.
Here are the most affordable places in IL
Illinois is home to more than 12 million people. As a midwestern state, one might think it’s pretty affordable, but we all know that’s not the case. Here are the ten best places to live in this state where you can get the best bang for your buck!
- Village of Chatham
- City of Washington
- Village of Morton
- City of Springfield
- City of East Peoria
- City of Quincy
- City of Kewanee
- City of Pontiac
- City of Pekin
- City of Moline
And here are the most expensive burbs- Hinsdale, Glen Ellyn, Westmont, Elmhurst, and finally, the least affordable, Downers Grove, which scored poorly in nearly all categories, which were food costs, utility costs, median home price, unemployment rank, and adjusted median income.
Bad Neighbors
A Hobart neighbor has an issue with the one thing that you love the most: your dog. We tracked down this takedown of Hobart’s pet policy and it will make your blood boil.
Leash? Check. Bags? Check. Bear mace? Check, unfortunately.
Must watch! Best dog dad ever builds a slide for his pups!
This is officially the cutest thing you’ll see all day. I didn’t know dogs liked slides either. Now watch it again, and again, and again…
Eminem is opening a restaurant in Detroit, and it’s called ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’
I want this pasta in my belly now! Too bad it’s only in Detroit- for now. His new pasta place opens on the 29th and features all of your favorite pasta dishes at an affordable price. The name, obviously, come from his 2002 smash hit “Lose Yourself.” “His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy /There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti.” The spaghetti Em is serving up will be all fresh though. MANGIA!
These are the best selling vehicles by state, Illinois might surprise you!
- FL and CA were the only two states with cars as their number one selling vehicle
- IL had the Ford F- series, coming in second was the Honda CRV
Words that Scottish people can barely say in English, prepare to laugh
9.26.2021 History Of Alternative
Hour 1
- Gary Numan – Cars
- The Killers – Read My Mind
- Stone Temple Pilots – Sex Type Thing
- The Psychedelic Furs – Heartbreak Beat
- Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down
- Michael Penn – No Myth
- Weezer – Island In The Sun
- L7 – Pretend We’re Dead
- Radiohead – Paranoid Android
- Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone
- Green Day – She
- The Kooks – Naive
- The Cure – In Between Days
Hour 2
- Nirvana – Breed
- Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Follow You Into The Dark
- Blink 182 – All The Small Things
- Tears For Fears – Mad World
- Cake – The Distance
- The Sundays – Here’s Where The Story Ends
- Foo Fighters – All My Life
- Blur – Parklife
- Pearl Jam – Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo
- The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
- Interpol – Slow Hands
- Blind Melon – No Rain
- The Clash – London Calling
- Eve 6 – Here’s To The Night
- Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
- Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
- Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood
- Republica – Ready To Go
- Nirvana – Come As You Are
- Killing Joke – Eighties
- Nine Inch Nails – The Hand That Feeds
- World Party – Way Down Now
- Garbage – Vow
- They Might Be Giants – Boss Of Me
- Depeche Mode – People Are People
Hour 4
- Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge
- Soundgarden – Spoonman
- New Order – True Faith
- Linkin Park – In The End
- Oasis – Supersonic
- Beastie Boys – Girls
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
- Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Berlin – The Metro
- The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
- Smash Mouth – Walkin’ On The Sun
A crypto-buying hamster is outperforming the S&P 500 stock index
A hamster is randomly buying cryptocurrency — and is doing better than the most well-known index on the stock market.
Mr. Goxx — a livestreamed, social media savvy rodent — has been randomly buying and selling crypto since June, using a wheel to select the currency and one of two “decision tunnels” to determine whether or not he buys or sells. According to Business Insider, he has been outperforming the S&P 500 with a 24% return on investment. NPR claims that he’s even doing better investing than Warren Buffett.
Click on his livestream to see if he is at work or not. And remember, this is not professional investment advice. — [eric]
Photo by David McBee from Pexels
RIOT FEST 2021 RECAP
#Throwback to Riot FEST 2021 and enjoy the gallery of bands we enjoyed!
We had a blast with everyone! Thank you for stoping by our tent and hanging with us!
DAY 1
Meg Myers
Sublime w/ Rome
Coheed and Cambira
Living Colour
Smashing Pumpkins
DAY 2
Rise Against
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Rancid
Taking Back Sunday
DAY 3
Machine Gun Kelly
New Found Glory
The Fever 333
DEVO
Simple Plan
Body Count
Photos by: Zach Spangler
Red Hot Chili Peppers announce world tour with hilarious video
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back! They announced a massive world tour starting next summer with this hilarious video. Seriously, if you like Anchorman, RHCP, either, or both, check this out!
These gorillas had a “mouth party” at the Bronx Zoo!
This video is so dirty that the powers that be at WKQX have demanded that we don’t post it to our website. We like you, though, and we want you to get in on this action, so we are providing you with a direct link to this hot, gorilla-on-gorilla action.
Enjoy, from your friends Brian, Ali, & Justin.
The CUTEST thing you’ll see today- Mama Bear teaches her baby to slide
Bill Gates gives an insane answer when pressed about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
Not even Bill Gates can keep his cool when he’s being pressured by America’s sweetheart, Judy Woodruff. Listen to Gates give an utterly bizarre, and admittedly terrifying answer, when the topic of Epstein came up during a recent PBS interview.
Anyways, nothing to see here…
‘Nevermind’ Turns 30
What words are there left to say about Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’?
30 years on, it remains a beacon of alternative music. Music was creatively all-but-dead. Hair bands plagued the country both on TV and on the radio. There was a growing underground movement spearheaded by bands like The Cure and R.E.M., but the definitive big bang, the undeniable before & after, took place on September 24, 1991.
As Brian from the KQX Morning Crew explained, “Right around this time I was cranking “Poundcake from Van Halen’s 1991 CD For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge so loud the subwoofer was rattling the license plate off in the car I was riding in. And like many people at this time had no idea what was about to happen. What happened was I heard that sound. You know. The first notes off Kurt Cobain’s 1965 Fender Jaguar guitar. BAH-NAH-NAT. You know it. That one second changed everything. Just those first notes of Smells Like Teen Spirit took me into outer space, in my head. I remember thinking “I’ve never heard anything that sounds like this before”. As the song progressed it got so heavy, then soft. And trippy. And Kurt’s voice spoke RIGHT to me like one of my burn out friends. “Load up on guns. bring your friends. It’s fun to lose and to pretend”. I thought WHOAAAAA WHO IS THIS GUY?!! It felt so real. His voice was ratty. Like he’d been partying all night. I honestly didn’t want to like it. And I think it took 10 listens to convince myself that I actually liked it. Then I saw the video on MTV and that was like BAM. Forget about it. But I have to say once I got the CD, it was Breed that I’d crank in the car more. It set the tone for what was going to be the greatest decade of music”
I don’t need to explain how great the first half of the record is. Bands would kill for a song as good as Lithium. That’s merely a footnote on the path of destruction that is ‘Nevermind’. Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are, Breed, and the aforementioned Lithium line the first half of the record, along with the downtrodden, emotionally crippling Polly. The second half is full of unfathomable deep cuts, songs that would’ve made great singles on any other record, like Drain You and Lounge Act.
By any metric, ‘Nevermind’ is one of the greatest records that has ever been pumped out of a studio. It’s as iconic, as influential, and as memorable as any aspiring rock star has dreamed of. It resonated with a young Ali, confined by the borders of Minnesota, who told me, “I had never heard anything like this before. It was one of the first albums that I listened to from front-to-back…I just couldn’t believe it.”
‘Nevermind’ is such a clear demarcation point in pop culture. It ushered in the irony – and agony – that filled the 1990’s. It’s a perfect record, and while we’re often filled with somberness in early April as we remember Kurt Cobain’s life, September should be a joyous celebration as we remember the impact that this record had.
You’ll never guess this secret to sticking with your exercise routine
Getting high before your workout might help you stick with it in the long run, get it? I’ll see myself out.
According to Josiah Hesse, a cannabis journalist who wrote ni his book “Runners High,” he said that people think working out needs to be uncomfortable, intense, or time consuming to really work. With Cannabis, you can get rid of those negative stereotypes about exercise and just do it baby. THC has a similar effect on bodies as a runner’s high and using cannabis properly may enhance the effects of working out. You’re also tapping into the body’s reward system with it. So next time you think you can’t go for that long run, try getting your own high first.
Which accents do men and women find the most attractive?
The one that woman love most might shock you…
In a recent study by The Knowledge Academy, they figured out the sexiest accents for each… sex, men and women. The results are a little surprising. I was under the assumption that all women loved a French accent but it turns out those sassy Scotts win our hearts with their voices. For men, they can’t resist a lovely Spanish accent, QUE TAL?! Here’s the full list:
The Accents Favoured By Women
1. Scottish – 86%
2. Irish – 77%
3. Italian – 68%
4. French – 61%
5. Spanish – 56%
6. Brazilian Portuguese – 48%
7. Queen’s English – 47%
8. Australian – 35%
9. South African – 29%
10. Mexican – 23%
The Accents Favoured By Men:
1. Spanish – 88%
2. Brazilian Portugese – 76%
3. Australian – 72%
4. French – 69%
5. American – 62%
6. Kiwi – 54%
7. Czech – 47%
8. Italian – 43%
9. Mexican – 31%
10. Scottish – 29%
