3.14.2021 History Of Alternative

Hour 1

  • Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster
  • Sublime – Santeria
  • Jane’s Addiction – Jane Says
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees – Cities In Dust
  • 311 – All Mixed Up
  • Snow Patrol – Hands Open
  • The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
  • Veruca Salt – Volcano Girls
  • The Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly
  • Garbage – Vow
  • Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone
  • Jimmy Eat World – A Praise Chorus
  • The Waterboys – The Whole Of the Moon
  • Pearl Jam – Daughter

Hour 2

  • Blondie – One Way Or Another
  • Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
  • Nine Inch Nails – Head Like A Hole
  • U2 – With Or Without You
  • Bush – Glycerine
  • Spoon – Don’t You Evah
  • The Cranberries – Zombie
  • Radiohead – Just
  • Alice In Chains – No Excuses
  • Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
  • My Chemical Romance – Helena
  • Sinead O’Connor – Mandinka
  • The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry


Hour 3

  • The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Today
  • Foo Fighters – My Hero
  • The La’s – There She Goes
  • Blink 182 – I Miss You
  • Ash – Girl From Mars
  • Depeche Mode – People Are People
  • Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth…
  • Paramore – crushcrushcrush
  • Weezer – Hash Pipe
  • The Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – Knock Me Down
  • Flogging Molly – Salty Dog
  • Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
  • Social Distortion – Bad Luck

Hour 4

  • Green Day – J.A.R.
  • Tegan And Sara – Walking With A Ghost
  • Beck – The New Pollution
  • Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane
  • Nirvana – Lithium
  • The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love
  • R.E.M. – Man On The Moon
  • Dropkick Murphys – I’m Shipping Up To Boston
  • Soundgarden – Burden In My Hand
  • Yaz – Don’t Go
  • Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey
  • U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday

A Whole New Meaning to the Term ‘Bear Down’

It appears a Monster from the Midway made its way down to Romania for a ski-filled getaway. Look at this insane footage of a bear chasing skiers down hill.

Do you have any bear stories? If you do, please share them over on our Facebook page! We like al little bit of a thrill in the mornings.

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Church Treasurer Steals Thousands to Fuel Porn Habit

Perhaps thousands is underselling this. A treasurer at a Pennsylvania church has been accused of stealing $150,000 with the money going towards what sounds like a carpel tunnel-inducing porn addiction. The man told police that he had become addicted to porn sites, which makes this story even dumber. If he was still shilling out cash to grab porn DVDs, that would be weird but it would at least make sense. There’s free porn all over the Internet, my man! That’s actually what the Internet is!

What will you spend money on no matter what? When times are tough, what is the non-essential that you just can’t live without? Let us know over on our Facebook page!

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Do You Have to Poop When You Go Into a Bookstore?

We know you’re thinking this is a weird question, but it’s true, right? Right?? Please tell us you experience this as well. Even if you won’t be honest with us (or yourself), there’s science backing up this idea that bookstores are renowned defecation points.

It’s called the Mariko Aoki phenomenon. While the science isn’t exactly figured out just yet, it is absolutely a thing that millions of people experience.

If this describes you, be brave and pony up a comment over on our Facebook page. Help us feel less alone!

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Stolen Playground Slide Ends Up in Child’s Bedroom

Not even Ty Pennington could come up with a bedroom this epic. The only flaw with housing a 400-pound playground slide in your room as a kid is that the slide may be stolen. In this instance, that’s exactly what it is. Police were at a man’s home investigating him over a recent string of car part thefts when they noticed the slide mounted to a child’s bunkbed in their mobile home.

Have you “allegedly” stolen anything and gotten away with it. Let us know over on our Facebook page.

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What Do The Royal Family, Oprah, and ‘The Brady Bunch’ Have in Common?

I know what you’re thinking: television royalty. Yes, we’ll give you that one, but that’s not the main point of this article. The main point revolves around what the personalities were sitting on during their explosive sit-down interview. The patio furniture just happened to have been made by Christoper Knight, otherwise known as Peter Brady, the middle brother on ‘The Brady Bunch’.

The chairs are now sold-out on Amazon and Overstock.com. It’s truly amazing just how nuts people go over Royal Family stuff. Now that we think about it, though, those chairs do look pretty nice. Maybe they’re worth the investment!

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Basketball cards are cool again…?

Further proof that the pandemic has made literally everything weird, the world of trading cards are hot again!  And not just NBA Top Shots (which can sell for THOUSANDS of dollars) actual cardboard, put in the spokes of your bike, bubblegum stuck to the back, honest to goodness trading cards.  Apparently when you add The Last Dance to pandemic boredom, they combine to cause a boom in nostalgia!  Is there anything Michael Jordan can’t do?  Read more about where to get the best NBA trading cards HERE.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m making a trip to north of the border (WI) to start digging around in my mom’s attic for that Dikembe Mutombo Upper Deck rookie card that I was told would someday pay for my college back when I bought it as a kid. So long student loans <does Mutombo finger wag>!!!

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The Inventor of the Cassette Tape Is No Longer with Us

Dig out your Walkman and pop in that old R.E.M. cassette you’ve been reluctant to get rid of.  Do it in honor of the great LOU OTTENS . . . the Dutch engineer who invented the cassette tape.

Lou passed away on Saturday.  He was 94.

The cassette made its debut at a 1963 electronics fair with the slogan, “Smaller than a pack of cigarettes!

It was actually created for making sound recordings outside, because it was much more portable than reel-to-reel machines.  But once they realized the quality was good enough for music listening, they started putting albums on them.

Over 100 billion were sold worldwide.

Ottens then went on to help develop the compact disc.

 

 

(Consequence of Sound)

 

 

 

Originally posted on March 11th, 2021

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Vinyl’s life and death and rebirth (History of Alternative Podcast #20)

What is old is new again. Vinyl sales continue a dramatic upward trajectory, leaving all other physical media in the dust. What brought vinyl back from the dead, and why does it matter? JVO and Jon Manley talk about vinyl history with a guy who helps make it: Andy Weber, co-owner of Smashed Plastic, the only record-pressing facility in the state of Illinois.

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Grants available for Chicago music venue staff

PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH ANY VENUE EMPLOYEES YOU KNOW!  <3 Lauren

Shared by The Metro: 

It’s been nearly one year since venues across the city have shuttered. That’s why CIVL – Chicago Independent Venue League launched the SAVE Emergency Relief Fund to help furloughed venue staff, local artists, and venues. After receiving generous donations, the SAVE Fund is NOW OPEN for venue staff to apply to and will be distributed as need-based grants.

The first round of grants is currently open to VENUE STAFF ONLY until March 21st at 8 pm CST. Any Chicago-based performance venue employee who currently resides in Chicago or the surrounding suburbs is welcome to apply. This includes bar staff, production and hospitality staff, and office and administrative staff.

Artists and venues will be eligible to apply in subsequent rounds, so we ask those parties to please hold off on applying until their group’s designated round.

Venue staff, apply to the CIVL SAVE fund here: https://civlchicago.com/save

Or if you’d like to donate: civlchicago.com/donate

What’s Your Most Memorable Day at Work?

Orange chicken pioneers Panda Express are under fire after a branch manager in California forced employees to strip down to their underwear in the spirit of “team building”. A female employee is now suing the chain after she was forced to strip down, then “hug it out” with a male employee who was forced to do the same. That male employee was crying in the midst of all of this chaos.

Speaking of days at work you will never forget…Here’s a day at work Brian and Ali will never forget!

-Brian, Ali and Justin 6-10AM Weekdays.

Posted by 101 WKQX on Thursday, March 11, 2021

What’s a day at work you’ll never forget? The conversation continues over on our Facebook page!

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Relationship Court: Major Cold Feet

Things are not good in the hood for this couple. With their wedding right around the corner, suddenly this bride has cold feet. Here’s what he had to say:

How should he deal with this situation? Do you know someone that’s been in this spot or have you been in this spot yourself? Either way, you probably have some advice worth sharing. Hit us up on Facebook and give this person the advice that they need to hear!

How Have You Made the Most of Quarantine?

We’re officially one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and while there is light at the end of the tunnel, this can still be an incredibly taxing and exhausting time. One couple made the most of their year stuck inside and decided to build an insane replica of their former local video store.

@thevideobunkerBest wife ever. #thevideobunker #videostore #vhstapes #movietok #renovation

♬ original sound – Be Kind, Rewind

@thevideobunkerReply to @karmawillgetyousoon #thevideobunker #videostore #vhstapes #movietok

♬ original sound – Be Kind, Rewind

Yes, the guy looks exactly like the type of guy that would do this. It’s the chefs kiss of this story.

How have you stayed busy during COVID? Let us know what your new hobby or proudest accomplishment over the past year has been over on our Facebook page?

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Check Out This Amazing Drone Footage!

There’s nothing quite like a good drone shot, is there? This is the best looking drone footage we’ve ever seen.

Do you have any cool drone shots? Send them to us over on our Facebook page!

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Science Has A New Study About Nipples

Believe it or not, men act differently around women with visibly erect nipples. This study somehow went more in depth than just using common sense. The first part of the two part study had participants look at randomized slides with two sets of identical pictures of women except for the fact that in some of the pictures the women had erect nipples, and some didn’t. The participants were then asked to rate the photographed women on a series of 16 emotional and physiological states, including positive, negative, and sexually arousal.

Part 2 concluded that heterosexual men will go out of their way to be around women with visibly erect nipples. Thank you for joining us on this edition of “science”.

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Bartlett Science Teacher Attempts to Injure a Student

A former science teacher at Bartlett High School was found guilty of charges alleging he was trying to injure a student during a liquid nitrogen demonstration. The teacher, Garry Brodersen, poured liquid nitrogen on a student’s chest and groin area in the spring of 2018.

What weird thing did your teacher do? Share with us on Facebook!

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Kindergarten Teacher Flips Off Parent on Zoom!

Online learning is taking its toll on society. We are a year into the process for some schools which means students are fried, teachers are fried, and parents are fried. As you can see in this video, a woman is frustrated with the fact that her 5-year-old can’t stay focused during the Zoom. That leads to a parent suggesting that she and the teacher have this conversation elsewhere. When the man turns off his camera, the teacher, the lady wearing the glasses, shoots him the bird.

As you can see, right around the :41 mark, the teacher does the unthinkable. This is a sad display for everyone involved.

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Today’s Support Chicago Business: BONUS ROUND CAFE

Bonus Round, Chicago’s first board game cafe, has everything you need for a night in or a night out. Buy a new game from a wide selection to bring home to the family or stop in with your friends for weekly events. Grab a game, sit down, and play a few rounds. If you don’t know how don’t worry – there are experts on hand to help you figure it out.

This place RULES!  Head on over for some board game fun or donate to their gofundme page! – Tim Virgin

Sat/Sun 12pm-6pm.
Wed/Fri by appointment.

 

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Whose Karen Is It?

Folks, we’re speechless at this one. After the year that we’ve had as a country, we thought maybe we had pushed these Karens towards extinction. Unfortunately, this type of Karen is a cockroach and she’ll keep respawning until the end of time. Look at this horrible Facebook post:

You know the rules, it’s time to guess where this Karen belongs to. Hit us up on our Facebook and take your guess!

How Many Dates Should You Go On Before Having Sex?

This age-old question was finally tackled by a professional matchmaker. Her logic is backed by science so it’s going to be hard to argue against this.

@realmatchmakermaria12 Date Rule – Part 3 What happens when you have sex too soon? You miss all the red flags! #askamatchmaker #dating #relationships

♬ original sound – Maria Avgitidis

How long do you wait before “doing it” after you’ve started seeing someone? Sound off on our Facebook and let us know!

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