Elf is an alternative holiday classic

December 14, 2020 | Kevin

‘Elf’ in recent years has cemented its status as a demented holiday classic. The film sees Will Ferrell as ‘Buddy’, an oversized elf for Santa who learns he is indeed a human and he goes on a search for his real dad is in New York City. The fish-out-of-water scenario lays up some slam dunk comedic moments from his junk food indulgence, being extremely out-of-touch with reality, and much more than all lead to a genuinely heartwarming third act. These videos dig into why the movie which helped establish Farrell as a movie star following his memorable run on ‘Saturday Night Live’, is held in such high regard since it was released in 2003.

In a new Netflix special, ‘The Holiday Movies That Made Us’ recaps all the wild going-ons behind the scenes of the film. Yes, Ferrell just heckled unknowing people on the street for some awkward laughter. It makes you wonder how that would go down if you did that in Chicago on State street, right?

One of the more memorable scenes from the movie was that wild brawl with Artie Lange playing a surly Santa and Farrell not understand why this impostor was entertaining children’s holiday wishes. Some of us have gotten pretty dramatic after a few too many drinks and told someone they “sit on a throne of lies” right?

In their ongoing spoof series, ScreenJunkies lays down how ridiculous the premise for the film actually is. Wait, who turned down this lead role?

In 2018, Ferrell shared with James Corden that he thought the film would ruin his career at first.

OK, if penguins like the movie it has to be good right?

You should not expect a sequel to ‘Elf’ even though Farrell has publicly gone on the record saying he is not interested reprising the role.

This remixed trailer is done so well to make the movie into a creepy thriller that adds evil with a dark music score and jumpy editing.

In 2014, in an animated TV special for NBC with throwback stop-motion style with Jim Parsons played ‘Buddy’ and Mark Hammil as his Scrooged-up dad. Yes, it’s a musical but it still stays true to the original premise. A fully-produced stage musical started on Broadway in 2010.

Cornell covers

December 14, 2020 | bphillips

Before his death in 2017, Chris Cornell finished an album of covers. Last Friday (December 11), his estate released a 10-song collection aptly titled “No One Sings Like You Anymore”.

Tracklist:

“Get It While You Can” (Janis Joplin)
“Jump Into The Fire” (Harry Nilsson)
“Sad Sad City” (Ghostland Observatory)
“Patience” (Guns N’ Roses)
“Nothing Compares 2 U” (Prince)
“Watching The Wheels” (John Lennon)
“You Don’t Know Nothing About Love” (Carl Hall)
“Showdown” (ELO)
“To Be Treated Rite” (Terry Reid)
“Stay With Me Baby” (Lorraine Ellison)

Chicagoland Police Scanner Weekend Roundup

December 13, 2020 | jnettlebeck

The weekend is unfortunately over.

But luckily that means we get to share what we heard chattering over the Chicago Police Scanner this weekend!

Here is what we heard:

Friday – 11:58 PM –  Brookfield – W 31st St – Man pushing a woman in a wheel barrow in the street. 

Saturday – 11:29 AM – NW Indiana – Man caught shoplifting with 75 bottles of nail polish in his jacket. Suspect claims he paints homeless peoples feet and came into the store with the merchandise. 

Saturday 7:13 PM – Raymond Ave. in Oak lawn. Woman wearing a Hilary Clinton Halloween mask pulled over for speeding. 

Saturday 5:54pm – Target Jackson/Racine – Man insisting he can decorate the tree on top of the car in the parking lot better than the owner. He’s got the owner in a headlock

Friday 9:37pm – 79th/Central Burbank – Man just tried to tackle a blue Ford F-150 at the light. He’s wearing a bears helmet and has mustard all over himself

PART 1 -Saturday 1:54pm – Addison Green Meadow Shopping Mall – There’s 2 woman “rubbing something on someone’s car in front of the hair salon. You don’t want to see this but send a car

PART 2 -Saturday 2:14pm – – Addison Green Meadow Shopping Mall – Yep their rubbing feces on that car. The owner has showed up the 2 woman have a beef with her something about “that is MY man!”

This guy plays some Ozzy on Wrapping paper rolls!

December 13, 2020 | jnettlebeck

Not all of us make music the traditional way.

Sometimes you have to get creative, like this guy who used two wrapping paper rolls to rock out some Ozzy Osborne tunes.

@carlislebaker##fyp ##foryoupage @honeybunzquinn @bubbadub1 @scottjohnson1970 @daniele.mellam @robinreynolds76

♬ original sound – Snubby J

He killed that!

12.13.2020 History Of Alternative

December 13, 2020 | bphillips

Hour 1

  • Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods
  • Beck – Jack-Ass
  • Pearl Jam – Glorified G
  • Big Audio Dynamite – The Bottom Line
  • Everclear – Everything to Everyone
  • The National – Mistaken For Strangers
  • Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
  • Throwing Muses – Bright Yellow Gun
  • Live – The Dolphin’s Cry
  • Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone
  • Nirvana – Drain You
  • Supergrass – Alright
  • Collective Soul – Gel

Hour 2

  • The Smiths – This Charming Man
  • Folk Implosion – Natural One
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Days Of The Week
  • The English Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
  • 311 – Down
  • Juliana Hatfield – Universal Heart-Beat
  • Erasure – A Little Respect
  • Caviar – Tangerine Speedo
  • Weezer – My Name Is Jonas
  • Squeeze – Another Nail In My Heart
  • Matthew Sweet – Sick Of Myself
  • Interpol – Slow Hands
  • The Cult – Edie (Ciao Baby)


Hour 3

  • Elastica – Connection
  • The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
  • Radiohead – Paranoid Android
  • Devo – Girl U Want
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees – Kiss Them For Me
  • CIV – Can’t Wait One Minute More
  • R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People
  • U2 – Desire
  • Buck-O-Nine – My Town
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – Love Rollercoaster
  • Joydrop – Beautiful
  • The Ramones – Judy Is A Punk
  • Stereo MCs – Connected
  • Bad Religion – Infected

Hour 4

  • The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
  • Garbage – When I Grow Up
  • Blink 182 – The Rock Show
  • Oingo Boingo – Just Another Day
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
  • Semisonic – Singing In My Sleep
  • The Fixx – Saved By Zero
  • The Crystal Method – Busy Child
  • Social Distortion – Ball And Chain
  • The Lightning Seeds – Pure
  • Psychedelic Furs – Heaven
  • Blind Melon – Tones Of Home

Holiday Bundle @ AISLE101.COM: 3 Tees, 3 Pins & 1 Winter Beanie for just $40

December 12, 2020 | Kevin

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Dave Grohl lays down funky Drake cover for Hanukkah Sessions

December 12, 2020 | Kevin

As we posted already, Foo Fighter leader Dave Grohl has been celebrating Hanukkah with a new cover song of a Jewish artist for each of the eight days in the holiday. We’ve already gotten a rousing rendition of the Beastie Boys ‘Sabotage’ and now we got some very funky we were not expecting: Drake’s 2015  pop smash  ‘Hot Line Bling’

With producer Greg Kurstin on keys and Grohl laying down vocals with a drumbeat simultaneously, the cover gets caught in your head in a totally new way. It’s also fun goof to be enjoyed even if you don’t like Drake’s music. We should get a new cover song from Grohl and Kurstin for the next week until next Friday.

Happy Hannukah!

‘It’s Always Sunny’ renewed for four more seasons

December 12, 2020 | Kevin

It’s going to remain a lot ‘sunnier’ on screens of fans of dark humor from the gang at Paddy’s Pub. ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’ has been renewed for not just another season as was confirmed earlier this year, but four more seasons which will make it the longest-running live-action comedy series of all time. Earlier this year it was reported the show was going to return for Season 15 but on Thursday as part of many announcements made in the Disney Investor Day presentation, FX Network confirmed the extensions into Season 18.

‘It’s Always Sunny’ will have new episodes on FXX in 2021, with the episode available to stream the next day on Hulu.

IDOT has no chill when it comes to the White Sox.

December 12, 2020 | Eric

The person running social media for the IDOT (Illinois Department of Transportation) has absolutely no chill.

*YOU* know the stadium of the Chicago White Sox has undergone a few name changes.  *I* know the stadium of the Sox has had a least a half dozen designations, formal and slang in my lifetime.

But when reporting a traffic incident around (checks notes…..) Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday (December 11th), this is how they played it:

Why you gotta do ’em like that?!?  😂🤣😂🤣😂  — [eric]

[📷: 350543 from Pixabay]

Dave Grohl’s doing covers for Hanukkah….this one of “Sabotage” is KILLER.

December 12, 2020 | Eric

Dave Grohl and friend (producer Greg Kurstin) are ripping out covers of Jewish musicians for every night of Hanukkah this year.  And the first of those eight crazy nights was pretty killer.

Watching this version of Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” — the chemistry between these two musicians is apparent.  No doubt that they have it, because Greg was the producer behind the Foo Fighters’ Concrete And Gold album back in 2017.  If you wanna know more about their collaboration, CoS has you covered.  And check out the band’s YouTube page each night during this year’s Festival Of Lights.

Chris Cornell’s handpicked collection of cover songs that inspired him

December 11, 2020 | <3 Lauren

Recently, I lost a best friend and have been trying to process and grieve ever since.  Most nights I listen to music and cry myself to sleep thinking about her, gone so young and unexpectedly.  Chris Cornell has been on my nightly playlist, whether it be Sunflower, Before We Disappear, his covers of Nothing Compares 2 U, Patience or Thank You among the countless other songs; his voice soothes and speaks to me in a way that is comforting to my soul.  Another shining star that was gone way too soon.  His wife Vicki and their two children Toni and Christopher released ‘No One Sings Like You Anymore’ a handpicked collection of 10 cover songs celebrating artists and their music that inspired him.

Thank you Chris.  And thank you Dinah.

Disney Just Announced “Indiana Jones 5”, 10 New “Star Wars” and Marvel Shows, and a Whole Lot More

December 11, 2020 | Tim Virgin

Disney announced about 5,000 new projects during an “Investors Day” presentation yesterday.  Here’s a quick rundown . . .

 

1.  “Indiana Jones 5” IS happening, with HARRISON FORD back in the title role . . . and hopefully no crystal skulls.  It’s due in theaters in July of 2022.

 

2.  There are 10 new “Star Wars” series and 10 new Marvel series coming to Disney+ in the coming years.  The “Star Wars” shows include “Lando“, but there’s no word if either DONALD GLOVER or BILLY DEE WILLIAMS will be involved.

And even though you already knew EWAN MCGREGOR was starring in an “Obi-Wan” series, you didn’t know THIS:  HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN will return to play Darth Vader, in what Lucasfilm is calling “the rematch of the century”.

There are also two “Mandalorian” spin-offs, including one focusing on ROSARIO DAWSON’s character, “Ahsoka”.

There’s also another “Star Wars” MOVIE in the pipeline called “Rogue Squadron“, directed by PATTY JENKINS of “Wonder Woman” fame.

The Marvel shows will include “Secret Invasion” with SAMUEL L. JACKSON and “Armor Wars”, starring DON CHEADLE

 

3.  Some new Marvel movies were announced . . . including yet another attempt to make the “Fantastic Four” happen.  The guy who does the new “Spider-Man” movies is making it.

They also confirmed that CHADWICK BOSEMAN will not be recast in “Black Panther 2”. . . the movie will focus on the other characters, and it’s coming in July of ’22.

 

4.  CHRIS EVANS is the new Buzz Lightyear.  He’ll take over for TIM ALLEN for a standalone origin film.

 

 

Pixar will also make a “Cars” spinoff series for Disney+ . . . as well as a show called “Dug Days”, centered on the dog from “Up”.

 

Speaking of characters getting their own spinoffs . . . that’s happening for Moana, Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog”, and Baymax from “Big Hero Six”.

 

5.  Disney announced that two of its live-action remakes, “Pinocchio” and “Peter Pan & Wendy”, will debut on Disney+.  So will “Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers”. . . a live action-animation hybrid starring ANDY SAMBERG and JOHN MULANEY.

 

Disney+ is also getting “Disenchanted”, with AMY ADAMS returning for the sequel to her movie “Enchanted”.

 

The “Lion King” prequel, “Cruella”, “Jungle Cruise”, and “The Little Mermaid” are still scheduled to hit theaters.

 

6.  One last note . . . Disney+ is upping its subscription price by a dollar in March.

 

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