Here’s a prank to brighten your Tuesday morning up!
Be warned, a glizzy may have been harmed in the making of it.
Rest in piece to the wiener sacrificed in the making of this prank.
Could’ve been one fine hot dog.
WTF: This guy was hanging off the side of Trump Tower!
Why is it that someone at least once a year climbs up one of the huge towers downtown?
This time a guy decided to hang off the side of Trump Tower. He was demanding to speak to the president.
Maybe he didn’t know that he doesn’t live in Chicago…
I mean I can understand the confusion, the guys name is on the side of the building for Pete’s sake!
But kids, listen. Don’t climb the towers downtown! It’s DANGEROUS!
Watch the Foo Figthers & Rise Against full SOS Fest sets
The Save Our Stages Fest provided three days of needed hekp to independent music venues in need but that does not stop you from watching the previous day’s sets with your donations now. You can still watch all three days on YouTube and continue to donate. Here are two must-see performances from two cherished alternative bands.
The Troubadour in Los Angeles has been linked the 80’s hey day of hair bands and rise of epic debaucherous rock ‘n roll nights but this weekend it was the room ran by Foo Fighters. In this set posted above, Dave Grohl and company performed a an acoustic set featuring hair-raising renditions of ‘Everlong’, ‘These Days’, ‘Skin & Bones’ and more songs that will bring you to tears.
Meanwhile right here in Chicago just a few blocks north of Wrigley Field, Rise Against pulled off a brillant full-electric set in the Metro. To say it wan emotional set would be under selling it. The set featured ‘Give it All’ , ‘Re-education through labor’ and more songs that make you wish you were pumping your fist in a sweaty crowd. This is mandatory viewing for any fan of RA, alternative music, and any Chicago music fan. Do what you can for the venues, the crews, the staff behind the bar, and beyond working for our local venues in need. Here is how YOU can act with the National Independent Venue Association.
Chicago Police scanner weekend roundup
It’s Monday!
You know what that means. We go over the craziest things heard on the CPD scanner from over the weekend.
Here’s what we heard.
Friday 6:43PM – 1900 N Campbell Ave – Logan Square – Reports of smoke flooding out of the house, possible House fire. Whole block is covered in white smoke.
(Continued) – Friday 6:47PM – 1900 N Campbell Ave – Logan Square – Neighbors are doing burn outs on motorcycles in the house and playing beer pong the roof.
Saturday 10:12 AM – 700 N. Milwaukee ave, Vernon Hills – White male, Mid 60’s using a sling shot to hit people with chicken bones outside IHOP.
Sunday 6:34 PM – N. Northwest Hwy, Barrington – Multiple calls from a woman demanding we arrest her horse for kicking her. No injuries reported.
We can only hope that people don’t ever stop being super weird.
Cook County Jail sets up polling locations for the first time ever
Cook County Jail detainees can now cast their vote in this historical voting location.
This is the first time in history that a jail will serve as a polling location during a presidential election.
Detainees started casting their early votes on Saturday.
If people in Jail can vote, theres no reason you can’t either!
Go on out and get your vote counted!
Vulture lands on paraglider mid-flight!
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.
