Ok, Tommy Lee might be one of the hardest partiers of all time, but 2 gallons of vodka a day seems a little excessive.
Apparently, the rockstar used to do it though, right before becoming sober!
Going from that much alcohol a day to absolutely nothing must’ve been so hard to do.
Congrats to Tommy Lee on his sobriety!
The City of Shamokin, yes real name, will allow people to drive off-road vehicles around their city streets.
The hope is to attract more tourists.
I mean i guess that could bring some tourists in… right?
Wait why does this town sound so familiar???
OH YEAH! Shamokin is the town whose Dunkin Donuts burnt down!
That is one of the best videos you can find on the internet. It’s scientifically proven. Just trust us.
Good to see they’re still up to their shenanigans out there.
There is a nice young lady out in Canada who has a very… interesting skill.
She can perfectly emulate the movements of a horse!
This strange skill has landed her into Ripley’s Believe It or Not! a book all about weird people and strange things.
Congrats to her, i think?
How do she even figure out that she could do this?
A man in Florida claims that a fluke McNugget caused him an injury!
It was one fateful night back in May when the man who claims the injury ordered some delicious Chicken McNuggets off of Uber Eats.
He claims that he bit into one nugget that had a hidden bone inside, causing him to crack a tooth in half. He had to get the tooth extracted and replaced, causing a lot of pain both physically and financially.
Now he is suing McDonald’s for $1 million and is calling for a recall of all McNuggets. This singular man could cause the biggest nugget shortage this country has ever seen.
So just in case you can’t order some Chicken McNuggets for awhile, here is a video showing you how to make them at home!
It’s good to see what the haters have to say every once in awhile.
That’s the beauty of the mean tweets segment on Jimmy Kimmel’s show.
Even better when you get to se your favorite NBA players read their mean tweets!
Bringing the all-stars back down to earth a little bit.
| HOUR 1 | |
| Meg Myers | Any Way You Wanna Love |
| Bob Moses | Desire |
| The Backseat Lovers | Kilby Girl |
| Phoebe Bridges | Kyoto |
| Lewis Del Mar | The Ceiling |
| Phoenix | Identical |
| Beabadoobee | Care |
| Houses | Paranoid |
| IDKHOW | Leave Me Alone |
| Foreign Air | The Apartment |
| Melody Federer | This Town |
| The Shins | The Great Divide |
| Grandson | Dirty |
| Blu De Tiger | Figure It Out |
| Fleet Foxes | Can I Believe You |
| HOUR 2 | |
| Cannons | Fire For You |
| Cold Hart/Lil Peep | Me and You |
| Royal and the Serpent | Overwhelmed |
| Royal Blood | Troubles Coming |
| Bea Miller | Feel Something |
| 24kGoldn | Mood |
| Peach Tree Rascals | Mariposa |
| Tangerine | Glass Animals |
| Jay Way | No I’m Not OK |
| Robert Delong | Better in College |
| Romy | Lifetime |
| Kennyhoopla | Lost Cause |
| Fontaines DC | A Hero’s Death |
| Boy Pablo | Hey Girl |
| Curtis Waters | Stunnin |
| Joji/Diplo | Daylight |
| Cautious Clay | Agreeable |
In the 1991 season, the Bears had a strong 11-5 record with Mike Topmczak filling in for Jim Harbaugh in the quarterback position while the team headed into the playoffs. Chicago-based actor Joe Mantegna and the SNL cast struck the perfect timing in January of that year with “Bill Swerski’s Superfans’. The sketch spoofed working class blowhard fans on local sports radio spouting off irrational observations and blind devotion to all things Ditka while also roasting our local indulgence in cured meats.
It was an instant hit and produced a series of sketches featuring ‘Cheers’ star George Wendt (who was never an SNL cast member) running a panel of oafish but lovable fans who oozed love for ‘DA BEARS’. It’s one of the most well-known pieces of comedy to satirize our city. It showed the unfiltered ChiKAAAAgo accent to the world. When I have traveled to other parts of the country doing comedy shows, people would ask me if anyone here actually talks like that. It made a lasting impression that goes much farther than Cook County. Below are some of best ‘Superfan’ sketches that featured some of SNL’s best all-time performers in Mike Meyers and Chris Farley.
It’s worth noting that comedy writer Robert Smigel was the real creative force and regularly appeared in the sketches himself. Here is a look at their 2010 reunion at the Just For Laughs Festival where they reveal a bit about the never-made Superfan movie.
In 1993, oh excuse me…199tree, the guys bemoaned Coach Ditka leaving Chicago.
Bill Swerski’s Super Fans Cold Open
This was one of the best. Michael Jordan joining the Superfans to celebrate DA BULLS most recent NBA Championship.
Bill Swerski’s Super Fans
Here the fellas give New York Knicks fans tips on how to deal with their upcoming defeat at the hands of DA BULLS.
In this gem, Swerski and the guys get ridiculous when they claim what the Monsters of the Midway would do if they all raced the Indy 500.
They even got to be in local TV commercials for Bulls tickets in the early 90s as well.
If you’ve been getting something for nothing on Metra the last six months, that’s potentially changing for you.
The three commuter lines that run in and out of Ogilvie Transportation Center will start collecting fares at that station starting Monday (October 5th). In addition, riders will be asked to show a valid ticket getting on or off trains at the downtown Chicago terminus.
It’s important to note, however, that all of the changes are happening at Ogilvie. Conductors still will not collect fares on board trains. And as you can read in this article from The Woodstock Independent, there’s some unanswered questions and confusion between the Union Pacific (who owns the tracks) and Metra (who operates the trains). — [eric]
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Halloween traditions are going to be quite different this year. Kids will be doing trick ‘r treating through PVC pipes.and we are going to have to work a face mask into any costume we were going for. One tradition that is still going this year involves a beloved alternative band doing an entire tribute set as one of their favorite bands. 101WKQX’s beloved pals Local H will perform as Nirvana at a socially-distant drive-in concert on Halloween October 31st outside the Schaumberg Boomers stadium. Get your tickets here.
On that note, let’s stream some of the best covers of the Seattle legends. These are listed in no apparent order, just enjoy them wishing you were back in the 90’s.
Nirvana and St. Vincent – Lithium
When Nirvana was inducted into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame, the surviving members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl came up with a unique way to perform: have a whose-who of female singers perform with them. One of the best of the bunch was Annie Clark who you likely know as St. Vincent.
Post Malone Nirvana Livestream.
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced us all home, rapper and rock musician Post Malone assembled a killer band including Blink-182’s Travis Barker on drums to do a full set of Nirvana covers that helped raise over $7 million for the World Health Organization’S fight against the virus. It is so outstanding that it pulled in 14 million-plus views on YouTube. We could not do this list without including this.
Patti Smith- Smells like teen spirit
This folksy take on the song that changed the world is quite chill in comparison to the original but Smith her emotional gravity really pulls it off.
Evanescence – Heart-Shaped Box
Amy Lee’s voice croons and swoons through this acoustic cover and still retains all of this tracks originally dreary grit.
The Coverups – Drain You
You should not just blindly scroll past this one because you did not recognize the name. The Coverups are just a not-so-secret cover band lead by Billie Joe Armstrong and other Green Day friends on special occasions.
Polyphonic Spree – Lithium
This twenty-something membered collective is known for putting out a very positive and at-times psychedelic vibe with grandiose results. That all plays up this song off the ‘Nevermind’ with horn sections, many backup singers, cellos, harps, and many elements never featured in the original version.
Tori Amos – Smells like teen spirit
The haunting sustain hum of a grand piano with the queen of emotional 90s alternative anthems Tori Amos. Yes, it will raise the hair on your arms.
Big Scary – Come As You Are
Australia’s Triple J has produced some very popular live covers on YouTube including this dream-pop spin of ‘Comes Ad You Are’ from Big Scary.
Architects – Territorial Pissings
This UK rock band unleashes the rage of the 1991 gem on the BBC audience.
Sinead O’Connor – All Apologies
Released just a few months after Kurt Cobain’s death, this gracefully delivered softer version by Irish songbird Sinead O’Connor saw her share the mental health struggles she has had with Cobain.
Regal Cinema, the second-biggest movie theater chain in the United States is closing according to a report this week by Variety. Regal’s parent company Cineworld responded to the recent news that the upcoming James Bond film ‘No Time To Die’ has been postponed yet again due to the Coronavirus pandemic to April 2, 2021. This unfortunate move will close 543 Regal locations in North America along with their Cinerworld theaters in the U.K. and Ireland. These theaters are expected to remain closed into 2021. The Chicago Tribune has the full story here.
The Bond blockbuster was expected to hold firm with it’s November 2020 release so the postponement is yet another devastating blow to the movie theater industry which has seen Americans reluctant to come back to theaters in big numbers due to pandemic-related concerns and major studios pushing major films back into 2021. The Christopher Nolan epic ‘Tenet’ was hoped to be a savior for the cinema business but it failed to meet those expectations earning just $20 million in the U.S. in its first weekend. This followed opening first overseas with a $53 million. take according to Variety.
Regal has 10 locations in and around Chicago that will be impacted by the closures. It is not clear whether these closures are permanent at this time.
Movie expert Dan Murrell lays out how these big delays for huge titles hitting theaters is such a major blow to the theater chains.
Photos by: Zach Spangler
Photos by: Zach Spangler
Photos by: Zach Spangler
There is no bigger song from 2003 than “Seven Nation Army” from The White Stripes. But this is no mere radio hit, as we find out in this video from Middle 8. This is a song that anyone can chant the chords from….that anyone can use a trash can or a plastic stadium seat to bang out the beat. It is for this reason — and others, as you will see below — that “Seven Nation Army” not only became a part of our playlists, but a part of sports fandom in general.
So go crank it up. Or, as an alternative — crank up a version of the song played on a rubber band, vacuum cleaner, and a toy frog. And don’t forget to crank of The History Of Alternative. — [eric]
[📸 : Masao Nakagami/Wikimedia Commons]
This can’t be real right!
This guy’s girlfriend cheated on him with his step dad!
This actually happens in real life!?!?!
This guy, however, took a unique approach to revenge on his cheating partner.
What a world!
Don’t cheat people!
How could she possibly come to this conclusion?
remember kids, horse does not end in -AN
These are literally fighting words!
I want to see them fight in a UFC octagon though!
Update, spiders are still terrifying.
Yeah let’s just set them on fire and never look back…
Age means nothing, the art of combat means everything.
Never misread your opponent!
