Mysterious metal structure discovered in Utah desert

As seen in the above video from Bloomberg Quicktales, Utah’s Department of Public Safety discovered this very mysterious mental monolith and yes, it feels like a scene pulled directly from the classic ‘2001 A Space Odyssey’. The metal structure is placed in a very remote canyon region of the desert region of Utah which many people have compared to the planet Mars. Yes, this all very weird.

ABC News has more story including insight from Utah state officials who claim they believe it is indeed man-made,

Stream Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day marathon here

It’s become its own cult internet TV tradition on Thanksgiving as an alternative to the Macy’s parade and football and this year it will be ridiculous as always. Mystery Science Theater 3000 is returning with its annual turkey day streaming marathon of classic episodes of the b-movie outer-space comedy rifffest series with new interstitial sketches this Thursday starting at 8am CST /9am EST. Brooklyn Vegan reported MST3K LIVE host Emily Marsh, along with Tom Servo (Conor McGiffin), Crow (Nate Begle), and GPC/MegaSynthia (Yvonne Freese), with appearances from MST3K creator Joel Hodgson, as well as Jonah Ray (Jonah Heston) and Rebecca Hanson (Synthia) from the Netflix series. You can watch on the MST3K’s Youtube channel here or in the video above on this page. 

If you like your comedy with sci-fi flavor, check out this top ten list from WatchMojo.

 

 

Smelt like The Smiths

Back in 1991, Nirvana were invited to perform “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on the legendary BBC music show, Top Of The Pops.

Top Of The Pops was a British television institution well known for NOT allowing live singing, but rather the musical acts mimed their performances.

Producers relented somewhat and allowed Cobain’s vocals to be performed live with Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl miming along to a pre-recorded backing track.

Well, things got interesting….

In “Heavier Than Heaven”, a biography about Kurt Cobain written by Charles Cross, “Kurt hatched a plan with Novoselic and Grohl to make a mockery of their performance. As the backing track played, Kurt sang the vocals in a slowed-down, almost Vegas-like lounge version; he was attempting, he later claimed, to sound like Morrissey.”

Bravo!

Tofurky’s having a moment

It seems like we’re all doing Thanksgiving a little different this year. According to Tofurky, many people are going the plant-based route for their big meal.

Tofurky’s famous “Turkey Roast” saw a major spike in sales leading up to the holiday, with a 22% increase in purchases. The company says Covid-19 and more people leaning towards plant-based meals have made a huge impact.

Wider availability is also a factor, with Kroger stores now selling the brand across the country. Tofurky saw a similar rise in popularity in April with their Vegan Ham.

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What are we thankful for?

This week’s History of Alternative podcast episode has hosts Jon Manley & James VanOsdol talking about the things in music they’re grateful for.

Podcast subscription links and previous episodes can be found here.

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Watch Florida man save his puppy from an alligator

We love our dogs and we will do anything to keep them safe. That same predicament fell on a south Florida man who had to save his dog from an alligator.

74-year-old Richard Willbanks rushed into a lake, grabbed a gator that ran off with his beloved 3-month old King Charles spaniel puppy in its jaws, and pried its mouth open for the rescue. Willbanks with a cigar still in his mouth, got in the water, and saved his puppy Gunner while enduring gator bites himself. The entire scene was captured on a random camera ran by the Florida Wildlife Foundation. CNN interviewed Willbanks with a sleepy Gunner in his lap about the entire ordeal and how he stepped in for man’s best friend and proved he is a hero.

This is a very Florida story but not the one we are used to.

 

 

 

A Man Goes to the Doctor for Depression Over His Wife’s Affair . . . Turns Out the Affair Was with the Doctor

Here’s something that feels like it could ONLY happen in a movie, but it actually happened to some poor guy in real life.

A 47-year-old guy named Peirson Tone from Bend, Oregon was depressed a few years ago when his marriage fell apart because his wife had an affair.

So he went to the family doctor, a guy named Ronald Rosen, to get both counseling and a prescription for his depression.

But after the appointment, he found out who his wife had the affair with.  And yeah, you got it:  It was with Ronald.

So Peirson just sued Ronald for $2.9 million for professional negligence.

 

 

(The Oregonian)

People Are Turning Their Giant Home Depot Skeletons into Christmas Decorations

In case you missed this, before Halloween, there was a RUN on a 12-foot-tall outdoor skeleton decoration.  They were $300 and Home Depot couldn’t keep them on the shelves.

That’s an expensive decoration, and it’s gotta be hard to store.  So . . . instead of taking them down, apparently lots of people have been repurposing their giant skeletons as Christmas decorations.

There are photos popping up online of the giant skeletons dressed as Santacovered in lights, or even in a Pilgrim costume for Thanksgiving.

 

(New York Post)

 

Queued Up Playlist- 11/22/20

HOUR 1
Kennyhoopla Estella
Robert Delong Better in College
Nothing Say Less
ONR Must Stop
Kiwi Jr Cooler Returns
Grandson Dirty
The Backseat Lovers Kilby Girl
Gorillaz The Valley of the Pagans
Finneas Can’t Wait to be Dead
Cold Hart/Lil Peep Me and You
Foreign Air The Apartment
Glass Animals Heat Waves
Dreamers True Crime
The Dirty Nil Doom Boy
Boy Pablo Hey GIrl
HOUR 2
The Knocks feat Foster the People All About You
Two Feet Think I’m Crazy
Bob Moses feat. ZHU Desire
Left Field Messiah Fuzz Machine
Washed Out Time to Walk Away
Clairo Sofia
JXDN So What
Giant Rooks Heat Up
Beabadoobee Care
Ritt Momney Put Your Records On
Bea Miller Feel Something
Jay Way Not Ok
Cannons Fire For You
Bakar 1st Time
TV Priest Decoration
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Next weekend is Small Brewery Sunday….map your favorite Chicago beer.

Next weekend [November 29th, 2020] is Small Brewery Sunday.  No better time than now to support the people who make all that tasty Chicago-area beer.  And you can make plans to hit up both your favorites and maybe a new entry by planning your “to-go” beer runs with this handy mapping program.

Support local beer.  They need our thirst more than ever.  —- [eric]

[📷 : screen grab of the Brewery Finder from Craft Beer]

11.22.2020 History Of Alternative

Hour 1

  • The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
  • Barenaked Ladies – Pinch Me
  • Soundgarden – Spoonman
  • The Jam – That’s Entertainment
  • Radiohead – Idioteque
  • Nada Surf – Popular
  • David Bowie – Modern Love
  • Belly – Gepetto
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Friends
  • Romeo Void – Never Say Never
  • Green Day – Warning
  • R.E.M. – Pop Song 89
  • Our Lady Peace – Clumsy

Hour 2

  • The Housemartins – Happy Hour
  • Modest Mouse – Ocean Breathes Salty
  • Bush – The Chemicals Between Us
  • Suzanne Vega – Luka
  • Beastie Boys – Sure Shot
  • XTC – Generals And Majors
  • The Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
  • Limp Bizkit – Nookie
  • Pearl Jam – Dissident
  • A Flock Of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
  • U2 – In God’s Country
  • Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
  • Hoobastank – Crawling In The Dark


Hour 3

  • Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Radio Radio
  • Nine Inch Nails – Terrible Lie
  • System Of A Down – Toxicity
  • The Alarm – Sold Me Down The River
  • Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend
  • Bloc Party – Banquet
  • Squeeze – Tempted
  • PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
  • Spacehog – In The Meantime
  • Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane Pour Moi
  • Hum – Stars
  • Morrissey – First Of The Gang To Die
  • Presidents Of The USA – Peaches

Hour 4

  • Siouxsie And the Banshees – Peek-A-Boo
  • Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
  • Incubus – Wish You Were Here
  • Echo And The Bunnymen – Seven Seas
  • The Replacements – Alex Chilton
  • Soho – Hippychick
  • Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly
  • Oleander – Why I’m Here
  • Nirvana – Love Buzz
  • The English Beat – Save It For Later
  • Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon
  • Oasis – Rock N Roll Star

A portrait of Chester Bennington, made from thread & nails. Amazing.

Eight months to complete this project. Wow.  Just….wow.

Threads and nails. I tried so hard and got so far……. from r/LinkinPark

This isn’t the first time that Redditor Hlantaart has shared their art of the Linkin Park frontman.  Here are some more examples.

Chester Bennington, Me, Thread and nails, 2018 from r/Art

I made it from thread and nails inspired by the Hybrid Theory Anniversary Edition from r/LinkinPark

‘Shazam 2’ director jokes about crossover with Marvel, Star Wars, & More

Screenrant reported this week on a funny story that is sure to tug at the cape of any superhero fan. Director David F. Sandberg shared a post on Instagram that joked the next ‘Shazam’ movie he is working on would have to justify it’s “one billion dollar budget” by bringing in characters from much bigger franchises like Wonder Woman, Marvel, and Star Wars with a mock poster made by @cloniiCorey.

‘Shazam: Fury of the Gods!’ is set to begin production in 2021. If you have not checked out the first Shazam movie, stream it now on HBO Max and stay for the post-credit scene.

Horror movie icon joins ‘Stranger Things’ cast

‘Stranger Things’ has had penchant for throwing back to pop culture’s past in it’s sci-fi in-a-small-town storylines but this week they reeled in a massive horror movie legend. Robert Englund is set to join the fourth season of the Netflix series. Yes, Freddie Krueger is clawing into Hawkins, Indiana.

Englund is set to play a fitting role of Victor Creel, “a disturbed and intimidating man who is imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital for a gruesome murder in the 1950s.” Consequence of Sound has a full articile breaking down all the new characters and who is returning for ‘Stranger Things 4’, read that here. 

 

The Smashing Pumpkins and Tame Impala sat down for Rolling Stone’s “Musicians on Musicians” issue

I love it when artists interview each other. This is the perfect example.

Kevin Parker of Tame Impala and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins sat down for Rolling Stone‘s “Musicians on Musicians” issue, and Parker was shocked by one of Corgan’s answers.

Parker: Tell me this: Did you guys have plans to come to Australia before this whole coronavirus shutdown?

Corgan: You know, it’s a sad thing. No promoter will bring us over.

Parker: What are you talking about? I’ll have a chat with my people.

Corgan: We’ll get you up for a Siamese Dream song.

Parker: Oh, my God, that would be amazing. That would be a dream.

In the interview, Parker mentions that Siamese Dream feels like a hug to him, and Corgan says that some of Tame Impala’s music reminds him of The Bee Gees. (Yikes … was that a compliment? )

 

Read the full interview on the Rolling Stone site.

 

 

 

Foo Fighters on The Late Show

Foo Fighters have a new album Medicine at Midnight due out February 5th.  They performed on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night and it is so vibey I just want to lay down on one of those carpets and sip on some Koval bourbon.  Enjoy!  <3 Lauren

Wrigley Field becomes National Historic Landmark

So it sounds like Wrigley Field isn’t going anywhere anytime soon!

What a day for Cubs fans all across the city!

We also found out some very important information that came from this  landmark announcement.

How many historic landmarks has Brian been drunk at!?!?

Aquaman gives his biggest fan a call

Seven year-old Danny Sheehan, who is battling a rare form of brain cancer, might be Aquaman’s biggest fan.

Jason Momoa (Aquaman) heard about Danny after a viral video of the brave little hero, where Sheehan is seen becoming overwhelmed after being surprised with an Aquaman toy, went viral.

So Momoa decided to give Danny a call on Facetime.

Danny’s first words were, “Hi Aquaman,” Danny said. “I’m so excited.”

Momoa responded,“Hi Beautiful boy,I’m excited.”

My heart is bursting!