Flying must be so strenuous for birds.
I mean it looks like a lot of work to keep yourself airborne.
So can you blame this vulture for hitching a ride with these paragliders?
That would be so terrifying!
Mayor resigns after newscaster threats
Remember the newscaster out in Alaska who exposed the mayor of her city, who coincidentally she was having an affair with?
She made a whole report and posted it on her Facebook page claiming that the Mayor had his nudes posted on underage websites.
She also posted graphic photos of the mayor on her page as well.
Now there is new leaked audio of a voicemail that she left for the Mayor. Needless to say, she had nothing nice to say at all.
Listen here:
The Mayor has since resigned after the videos were released. He denied the claims of posting the photos but admitted to having a relationship with the news anchor.
The newscaster was barred from the station for her actions.
What a rollercoaster of emotions!
Chicago named “rattiest city” for sixth year in a row
Congrats Chicagoans! We’ve kept our streak alive.
Chicago has been named the “rattiest city” in America for the sixth year in a row by Orkin pest control.
We sure do love our rats!
Some would say our rat population award is disgusting, I say a title is a title.
Hopefully we can shoot for 7 years in a row!
Shout out Chance the Ratter, we couldn’t have done it without you bud.
Queued Up Playlist- 10/18
| HOUR 1 | |
| Smashing Pumpkins | CYR |
| Jay Way | No I’m Not Ok |
| Bully | Where to Start |
| The Shins | The Great Divide |
| Bob Moses | Desire |
| Cannons | Fire For You |
| Nothing | Say Less |
| Blu de Tiger | Figure It Out |
| Boy Pablo | Hey Girl |
| Cautious Clay | Agreeable |
| Curtis Waters | Stunnin |
| Meg Myers | Any Way You Wanna Love |
| The Backseat Lovers | Kilby Girl |
| Lewis Del Mar | The Ceiling |
| Grandson | Dirty |
| Glass Animals | Tangerine |
| HOUR 2 | |
| Kennyhoopla | Lost Cause |
| Robert Delong | Better In College |
| Washed Out | Time to Walk Away |
| Royal and the Serpent | Overwhelmed |
| Houses | Paranoid |
| Foreign Air | The Apartment |
| The Dirty Nil | Doom Boy |
| Cold Hart/Lil Peep | Me and You |
| Beabadoobee | Care |
| IDKHOW | Leave Me Alone |
| Romy | Lifetime |
| Fleet Foxes | Can I Believe You |
| Tones and I | Ur So Cool |
| Bea Miller | Feel Something |
| Dylan Cartlidge | Yellow Brick Road |
10.18.2020 History Of Alternative
Hour 1
- Live – Selling The Drama
- Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
- Soundgarden – My Wave
- Dada – Dizz Knee Land
- Cake – Never There
- Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running
- The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
- Generation X – Ready Steady Go
- Beck – Girl
- New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
- The Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven
- Queens Of The Stone Age – The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
- Talking Heads – And She Was
Hour 2
- Rage Against The Machine -People Of The Sun
- Material Issue – Valerie Loves Me
- Good Charlotte – The Anthem
- The Smithereens – Blood And Roses
- Hole – Celebrity Skin
- Coldplay – In My Place
- The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
- Pete Droge – If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself)
- Green Day – Jesus Of Suburbia
- The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
- The Cranberries – Salvation
Hour 3
- Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
- The Kooks – Naive
- Jane’s Addiction – Stop!
- Flesh For Lulu – Postcards From Paradise
- Rancid – Ruby Soho
- The White Stripes – The Hardest Button To Button
- The Smiths – This Charming Man
- School Of Fish – 3 Strange Days
- Stone Temple Pilots – Sour Girl
- Berlin – The Metro
- The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray
- The Strokes – Someday
- The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
Hour 4
- Foo Fighters – I’ll Stick Around
- The Breeders – Divine Hammer
- Everclear – Everything To Everyone
- Suzanne Vega – Left Of Center
- Jimmy Eat World – A Praise Chorus
- Lo Fidelity All-Stars – Battle Flag
- Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
- Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
- Sublime – Badfish
- Echo And The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
- Veruca Salt – Volcano Girls
- Michael Penn – No Myth
Final day of Save Our Stage Fest with the Lumineers and more
Like almost everything in 2020. the biggest events in music involve no live audiences so we are doing we can for the independent music venues which are in some very serious trouble right now as they are unable to open under the current pandemic. This includes beloved Chicago venues like the Metro, Reggies, Lincoln Hall, and many more. Remember to DONATE whatever you can to the relief fund that is linked with the stream or spend 30 seconds filling out this form to send to elected officials. Save Our Stages Festival is streaming its final day with several alt favorites like Dave Matthews, Nathaniel Rateliff , the Revivalists , and the Lumineers.
Sunday October 18th (all times PT) watch here: https://youtu.be/hhdfLh6bCLM 2:00pm – Little Big Town at Exit/In 2:35pm – Brothers Osborne at Mercy Lounge 3:05pm – Dave Matthews (Solo) at The Jefferson Theater 3:40pm – Monica at Center Stage 3:55pm – Black Pumas at The Parish 4:10pm – Nathaniel Rateliff at Boulder Theater 4:50pm – Reba McEntire at Ryman Auditorium 5:30pm – The Revivalists at Tipitina’s 6:05pm – The Lumineers at Boulder Theater
Watch the stream in the video embedded above and check out the entire lineup below.
Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you — The Beachstie Boys.
I continue to be amazed by people’s ability to find connection between songs that — well, would otherwise seem like they have NO connection. Enter Kevin Miller with the latest entry: The Beastie Boys “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party),” in the style of Beach Boys’ hit single “I Get Around.”
Enjoy. And then try to figure out how in the world Lady Gaga and Linkin Park mesh. — [eric]
Cheers! Here’s the Chicago winners in the 2020 Great American Beer Festival
Five area breweries, five bronze-medal finishes in the 2020 Great American Beef Festival (GABF).
Keep in mind — a top-three finish in any one category of beer is pretty impressive, considering there were over 150 entries in one of the winning styles. Also, not every brewer makes an entry into this yearly judging, so — this does not belittle any of your favorite area Chicago beer makers.
Let’s put it this way — consider this list an excuse to go and try beer. And honestly, who needs an excuse to do that? Here are the winners:
AMERICAN BELGO-STYLE ALE
Bronze: Still Single, Light The Lamp Brewery (Grayslake, IL)
AMERICAN LAGER
Bronze: Lite Thinking, Pollyanna Brewing Co. (Lemont, IL)
INTERNATIONAL PILSNER
Bronze: Little Wing, Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co. (Chicago, IL)
AMERICAN-STYLE PALE ALE
Bronze: Pantsless, Alarmist Brewing, (Chicago IL)
EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER
Bronze: English Sporting Beer, Midwest Coast Brewing Co, (Chicago IL)
Stream Save Our Stages Festival with Foo Fighters, Rise Against, and more
The Save Our Stages Festival continues with Day 2 for free on a live stream from stages of empty independent music venues across America. The National Independent Venue Association is hosting the stream through the weekend and Day 1 was very fun with Finneas and a wide variety of musical acts performing for many music fans donating around the world. Over 1 million dollars was raised, and you can donate whatever you can with a link with the stream. Today’s Day 2 has several alternative favorites including a performance from the Metro with hometown heroes Rise Against (8PM CST), Foo Fighters (9:35pm CST), and Portugal. The Man(11:20PM CST). You can stream the whole thing here and get the lineup below.
Saturday October 17th (all times PT) 1:00pm – Jason Mraz at Belly Up Tavern 1:40pm – Adam Melchor at The Hotel Cafe 2:10pm – Kelsea Ballerini at Exit/In 2:40pm – JP Saxe at Troubadour 3:15pm – Cautious Clay at World Cafe Live 3:55pm – Bea Miller at Teragram Ballroom 4:35pm – Gus Dapperton at (Le) Poisson Rouge 5:15pm – Phoebe Bridgers at Troubadour 6:00pm – Rise Against at Metro 6:25pm – Brittany Howard at Ryman Auditorium 6:55pm – Leon Bridges at Troubadour 7:15pm – Miley Cyrus at Whisky a Go Go 7:35pm – Foo Fighters at Troubadour 8:10pm – The Roots at Apollo Theater 9:20pm – Portugal. The Man at Crystal Ballroom 10:10pm – Major Lazer at Gramps
Candy corn is NOT the worst
So thanks to @PhotogMike50 for bringing it to my attention:
how dare you. https://t.co/o5iOFJ0J0V
— Lauren O'Neil (@laurenoneil) October 16, 2020
candystore.com ranked halloween candy and named candy corn the worst for the second year in a row. The WORST. They ranked candy corn WORSE that circus peanuts. CIRCUS PEANUTS!!! The disgusting orange stress ball they have the audacity to classify as candy.
It’s okay though, I don’t mind. That just means MORE FOR ME. Happy Halloween!
P.S. October 30th is National Candy Corn Day. And yes, I celebrate. 😀
<3 Lauren
Foo Fighters perform Learn To Fly acoustic
Ahead of the Save Our Stages 3-day streaming music fest to benefit the National Independent Venue Association (that starts at 7p tonight, schedule below) Foo Fighters gave us a taste from the Troubadour on Kimmel last night:
ICYMI 'Learn to Fly' from @JimmyKimmelLive last night!
Tune into #SOSFest this weekend for more from @theTroubadour in support of @nivassoc. https://t.co/MrBHz3zft1#Kimmel
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) October 16, 2020
More info on the Save Our Stages music fest HERE. <3 Lauren
Bacon “flavored” face masks?
Does your face mask smell lame? Well you could spice it up a little with this brand new bacon “flavored” mask!
I mean it’s not really flavored. It just smells like bacon, but you know what we mean!
You could get your FREE bacon face mask from Hormel Foods by registering for one here.
And if you don’t win, don’t feel too bad. Hormel says for every loser in their giveaway, they’ll give a free meal to someone in need!
So why not register? It’s for a good cause!
Chicago innovator shows how to quickly fix a broken headlight
If you ever find yourself with two broken headlights on your car and need a quick and cheap fix; this may be your answer.
(Seriously though, do not do this. It’s so unsafe).
Is it safe? No.
But is it genius? Yes, absolutely.
(Again, please do not do this).
Do NFL players cheat on their wives on the road
If you ever wondered if NFL players cheat on their wives while they’re on the road… this might answer your question.
Of course we can’t assume EVERY player is like this.
But if you’re worried about your partner cheating on you; maybe don’t date someone who is in shape, young, and famous!
Just to be on the safe side.
Guy uses his Ring doorbell to shoot his shot with a girl!
Technology is just so amazing. Isn’t is?
Take for example this guy, who shot his shot with a delivery driver that he though looked cute, through his doorbell!
Amazing. This is exactly what the inventors of the Ring doorbell probably intended for.
This is what happens when you turn your back on a big cat
How many times do we have to make a blog about people getting attacked by wild animals.
When will people learn!
This is what happens when you turn your back on leopards and cheetahs… spoiler alert its not good, but informative!
So if you see a cheetah wondering the streets of Chicago. Just don’t turn your back on them.
Huge change at Netflix: 30-day free trials is ending
Netflix has made a huge change to its streaming service and the free trial ride is over.
In the United States, Netflix has ended the 30-day trial promotion that has existed for years. Maybe they just don’t want you floating in and out for periodic binges or sharing someone else’s account. Objectiveluy, it makes sense as people are spending so much more time with media nowadays.
Fox Business reported this week on the change, saying that sources claim the move has been in the works for a while now and similar changes have been made to the service in Mexico. There is also speculation from Marketwatch about Netflix possibly raising it’s subscription but the company has made no official annoucnement on that at this time.
Statista is currently reporting that Netflix has 72.9 million subscribers in the Untied States, adding 10 million new subs in the last few months.
Schedule update: Save Our Stages Fest this weekend
Months ago 101WKQX proudly broadcasted a 34 Radiothon to raise funds for our beloved independent music venues in Chicago like the Metro, Reggie’s, Lincoln Hall, and more through the Chicago Independent Venue League (CIVL). Now many big names bands and musical artists are getting together for a three-day streaming music festival raises funds for the National Independent Venue League this weekend (October 16th-18th.) The event will be available for free through YouTube in the stream above, make sure to set a reminder and donate what you can.
Here is the really strong lineup which includes alternative favorites like hometown heroes Rise Against along with Foo Fighters, the Lumineers, Nathaniel Rateliff, Portugal. The Man, Dave Matthews, and many more.
Independent music venues all over the country are closing and need our help. Tune into #SOSFEST October 16-18 to catch…
Posted by Rise Against on Thursday, October 8, 2020
10/15/20 Schedule update:
Watch The Flaming Lips perform for an audience in bubbles
2020 has basically stopped us from having the lives we had before the pandemic, and obviously, those of us in the music world is really missing concerts. We have thousands of music venues, road crews, and musicians suffering while we wait out the storm but alternative veterans the Flaming Lips are using an old trick from their live shows to still put on safe shows. Singer Wayne Coyne has spent a good chunk of the band’s legendary shows inside a human-size bouncing ‘hamster ball’ which has allowed him to roll on top of the crowd, creating this incredible interactive visual experience, and it’s just fun. Now the Lips have said ‘why not take everyone in the crowd and put them in their own bubbles?! Yes, a bubble concert is a thing, a very very 2020 thing now.
The mini-show was held in the band’s hometown Oaklahoma City at Criterion on Tuesday. The venue normally holds 4,000 people under normal circumstances but for this special test run, it held about 100 space bubbles with a crew in safety gear helping out. The entire four song performance was shot for a video following the band’s latest release ‘American Head’. You can see some Instagram pics of what this video shoot looked liked below.
Flaming Lips music video shoot was….. baller ⚪️✨🔮 pic.twitter.com/J3rivyDLP5
— 🌐Dayzie🌐 (@dayziiieee) October 13, 2020
Just your everyday, run of the mill space bubble tutorial with the Flaming Lips crew. pic.twitter.com/jmTpq5nabk
— Nathan Poppe (@NathanPoppe) October 14, 2020
The band did an early version of this in June in a taped performance for ‘the Late Show’ on CBS in June. The first line of the song really makes you think of the race we are all hoping to win sometime sooner than later. The proverbial finish line will be crossed when we all live and enoy our lives safely again. Let’s get there and be mindful of each other.
Roy Jones Jr talks to Joe Rogan about his upcoming fight with Mike Tyson
Get excited, the big fight is coming up soon.
Roy Jones Jr went on Joe Rogan’s podcast to talk about his upcoming fight with Mike Tyson and put some rumors to rest.
This is going to be so good!
