On Tuesday June 2, we’re disconnecting from the web and social media to support BLACKOUT TUESDAY.
We stand with the Black community against racism, injustice and inequity.
Brian, Ali, Justin, Lauren, Tim, Jon, Eric and Kevin
Killer Mike gives a heart wrenching plea to protestors
Rapper and Atlanta native Killer Mike gave an amazing and highly emotional speech over the weekend about the protests in response to the unjust murder of George Floyd.
He seems to sum everything up perfectly.
Amazing. Hopefully we can learn from his words of wisdom and find a solution together.
Flint Michigan Sheriff puts down baton and joins protestors
This may be the best response any police officer has had with protestors this weekend.
A sheriff in Flint Michigan addressed protestors and eventually began marching with them.
Genesee County Sheriff (Flint, Michigan) Chris Swanson put down his helmet and baton and asked protesters how he could help.
The protesters chanted “walk with us” so the Sheriff joined — and walked alongside the protesters in solidarity.
Leadership.🌎❤️ pic.twitter.com/Vs3941C2o8
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) May 31, 2020
What a great response!!
Shout out to that sheriff!
CTA transit is mostly suspended today
Due to the looting that took place on Sunday it looks like all CTA transportation, both trains and busses, will not be operating around the downtown area.
MONDAY
METRA, SOUTH SHORE- NO service today
PACE – Service resumes at 6a except:Paratransit downtown (Belmont-47th, e. of Western);I-55 Express Service;Niles Free Bus
CTA-Resumes at 6a, but not in or near downtown. No bus service Western- lakefront, Fullerton to 47th. Trains: pic.twitter.com/KnjQSnhwbT
— Sarah Jindra (@SarahJindra) June 1, 2020
Access to the Loop is limited to residents and employees of businesses located in the area.
There is no time given as to when travel near and around down town will be available again.
Follow the CTA twitter for all updates and changes to their travel schedules.
Man in wheelchair holds up jewelry store by using a gun with his feet!
Robbing a jewelry store with a gun isn’t out of the ordinary, but it is when the robber doesn’t have use of their arms!
That is exactly what happened in Brazil when two teens held up a store in Brazil.
One of the gunmen was paralyzed from the waste up it seems!
The would be thief was quickly arrested by the police shortly after this.
American breaks record for fastest mile while wearing blue jeans
Johnny Gregorek is a successful mid distance runner in America and on Saturday he made history.
He ran the world’s fastest mile… wait for it… while wearing blue jeans.
Gregorek broadcast the run to over 1,800 people via Instagram Live and raised $31,000 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness after losing his brother last year, who struggles with mental illness.
He finished the mile in 4:06.25, which is faster than most people in regular running clothes, so, props dude.
An absolutely amazing record to hold!
Recap of weekend’s George Floyd protests in Chicago
Protests sparked around the country in response to the George Flyod killing by police in Minneapolis last week.
Here is what happened in Chicago.
PRESS PLAY
“America is dealing with 2 viruses; COVID-19. The other is COVID 1619.” –Rev. @OtisMoss3 of @TrinityChicago @WGNNews @WGNMorningNews pic.twitter.com/lRr5r54rS8
— Courtney Gousman (@cgousman) May 31, 2020
LIVE: Firefighters battling a blaze at a liquor store on Racine and Garfield in Chicago Sunday night pic.twitter.com/ZtFYV6ffjk
— WGN TV News (@WGNNews) June 1, 2020
Thanks to our friends over at WGN for all of the amazing coverage of this weekends occurrences.
More to come as more information comes in.
Chicago business owner not upset that his store was burnt down during protests
The historic Central Camera photography store was burnt down during this weekends protests, but the owner is not upset over the building being burnt, rather, he is upset at what led to these protests.
Central Camera is a Chicago institution, and has been in business since 1899, sadly it was set ablaze this weekend during the protests in response to the death of George Floyd.
Don Flesch, the third generation owner of the store, is not upset that his business burnt down. He is upset over why these protests started, but he was happy no one was hurt in the store and that only inventory and a building was lost.
Flesch plans to rebuild and make the store better than ever after all is said and done.
The original store may be gone, but the historic Chicago business will continue to go on.
Queued Up Playlist 5/31
| HOUR 1 | |
| Wallows | OK |
| Kings of Leon | Going Nowhere |
| Run the Jewels | Ooh La La |
| Chvrches | Forever |
| Matt Maeson | Hallucinogenics |
| The Strokes | Bad Decisions |
| Dayglow | Can I Call You Tonight |
| The Districts | Cheap Regrets |
| Major Lazer feat Marcus Mumford | Lay Your Head On Me |
| Airborne Toxic Event | Come on Out |
| Declan Mckenna | Beautiful Faces |
| Bombay Bicycle Club | Everything Else Has Gone Wrong |
| Kadeema | Gotta Get it |
| Guardin | Alive |
| Larkins | Are We Having Fun Yet |
| HOUR 2 | |
| Chaz Cardigan | Not OK |
| The Used | The Lighthouse |
| Biffy Clyro | Instant History |
| Bakar | Hell N Back |
| Lund | Broken |
| Joji | Run |
| Neon Trees | New Best Friend |
| Bloxx | Lie Out Loud |
| Gorillaz | Aries |
| Rezz and Grabbitz | Someone Else |
| Palaye Royale | Lonely |
| Loveleo | Rosie |
| Kids in America | Summer Of Love |
| Ashe | Moral of the Story |
| All Time Low | Monsters |
| Car Seat Headrest | Hollywood |
| Flume | The DIfference |
CTA suspends bus and train service
You probably already saw this on your phone notifications… the CTA is suspending bus and train service starting at 6:30p, and continuing until the morning.
Disaster proclamation issued for Cook County
Governor Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation for Cook County to help the city of Chicago keep people safe. The full press release can be downloaded here.
5.31.2020 Alt_Backspace
Hour 1
- Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline
- New Order – True Faith
- Meat Puppets – Backwater
- Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
- Depeche Mode – World In My Eyes
- Elastica – Connection
- Buffalo Tom – Taillights Fade
- Echo And the Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
- Nirvana – Sliver
- Sparks – Cool Places
- Semisonic – Singing In My Sleep
- Garbage – I Think I’m Paranoid
- Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
- Fountains Of Wayne – It Must Be Summer
- Sublime – Doin’ Time
Hour 2
- Oasis – Live Forever
- XTC – Generals And Majors
- The Eels – Novocaine For The Soul
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
- Haircut 100 – Love Plus One
- Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
- Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Scooby Snacks
- The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
- Live – I Alone
- Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
- Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
- Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
- Len – Steal My Sunshine
“Level Of Concern” video made on 1980s Macs is lo-fi, low-key 🔥
I’ve always looked at old, outdated computers as glorified doorstops. Someone just made that thought invalid.
His name is Pinot W. Ichwandardi — and leave it to an artist to take two Apple computers from the 1980s & make a Twenty One Pilots visual masterstroke. This lyric video for “Level Of Concern” just transported me back to my days of henpecking away during typing class in junior high school — and now I feel like Tyler and Josh owe me a pizza boat.
Following the video, you can read a Twitter thread from the creator about he and his family made it. Floppy disks forever. 🖖 — [eric]
[📷 : Julia Simone Paul]
Another day in the quarantine time, all the family member gather to (re)create a video with old Macintosh machines. @twentyonepilots‘ asked us to create lyric video for their single “Level of Concern” pic.twitter.com/02bU1BMvqz
— Pinot W. Ichwandardi (@pinot) May 30, 2020
Watch Dropkick Murphys play Fenway Park
Dropkick Murphys have been bleeding Boston red for decades now, so who better…excuse me BETTAH to play an empty Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox with a special remote guest cameo from the Boss, Bruce Springsteen. You can watch the entire show here which is just spectacle as the boys take up the whole diamond with the drums set up on second base. It’s quite the visual thrill to see 73,000 plus watching the show live at one point. It was really charming as well to see ‘SNL’ alum Rachel Dratch jump in with some comedy during a break between songs.
The Murphs were the first to jump into the special streaming shows during quarantine when they converted their annual hometown show into a streaming event for charity and this memorable gig is no different with the Boston Resiliency Fund, Habitat for Humanity, and Feeding America all tied in. You can donate at donate.dropkickmuprhys.com.
If you are looking for more great concerts to binge on, we got a LOT of quarantine concerts we’ve been streaming from the LOUNGE. Watch more here on 101WKQX.COM.
NBA could tip off July 31
The NBA could tip off again July 31, according to commissioner Adam Silver.
The news came out of a league board of governors virtual meeting today. A formal announcement is expected soon. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports most owners expect the announcement to come within the next week.
It’s still unclear what this will all look like, when play resumes. There’s a chance the NBA will jump straight to modified postseason playoffs.
Will You Take Time Off Work This Summer for a Vacation?
Summer vacations will look different this year . . . and lots of people are just scrapping the whole deal.
A new survey asked workers if they’re planning to take a vacation this summer . . . and the majority say, “Uh, nope.
37% are saving their vacation time for later in the year when they hope it’ll be okay to travel again . . . 22% won’t take time off because they’re worried about money . . . and 14% won’t take a vacation because they have too much work to do.
That means three-quarters of people say they won’t be taking time off to go on a summer vacation this year.
The survey also found only 25% of people say their company or boss has encouraged them to take some time off. And 9% say they’ve been discouraged from taking a summer vacation.
TikTok Claims Cereal Is Better If You Put It in the Freezer Before Adding Milk
Here’s the newest life hack from TikTok that may or may not work. People online are claiming that cereal is WAY better if you put it in the freezer before you add milk.
A bunch of TikTok users posted videos, so a writer at BuzzFeed tried it. She was skeptical but said it really does make a difference. Quote, “It’s almost like you haven’t properly had cereal until you’ve put a bowl in the freezer.”
It’s not clear how long you’re supposed to leave it in there. But she did it for an hour and said it worked with Cheerios and Honey Bunches of Oats. The main drawback is it turns a bowl of cereal into an hour-long process.
(Warning: The TikTok videos near the top of the BuzzFeed article have uncensored profanity.)
Free samples returning to Costco
Free samples are coming back to Costco in a few weeks.
A “modified” sample program will be put in place, which the company’s CFO described on an earnings call: “It’s not going to be where you go and just pick up an open sample with your fingers.”
Free samples haven’t been offered since March because of COVID-19.
Disney World to reopen up in July
The “happiest place on Earth” Disney World is planning to open for the first time in several months on July 11th with Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom with Epcot and Hollywood Studios following on July 15th. Disney reopened Disneyland Shanghai in China with COVID-19 precautions in place a few weeks ago, and is leveling up capacity there as they progress. How is the ‘House of Mouse’ working on the same pattern in Orlando, Florida?
Last week Disney Springs, an entertainment complex in Oralndo was reopened with precautions, social distancing being enforced, limited capacity, and some stores just being not open. That gives some idea of how the main park will be operated on a larger scale.
Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke to CNBC today (watch in the video above) about the reopening of the massive theme park and how the company is managing the situation moving forward.
So here are the details on the precautions being put into place:
- Guests and employees will be required to wear face masks and their temperatures will be taken before entering the park.
- The park’s capacity will be reduced to limited.
- To further break up possible large crowds, all parades and firework shows will not be held at the park.
- Future guests will also be required to buy their tickets in advance.
- Plexiglass has been installed around the park.
- Cashless payment is being encouraged across the park.
If you want to learn about Disney World and other theme parks, how they were created, and the old attractions that no longer exists, check out
Defunctland, which a fantastic fan-driven YouTube channel with full fledged documentaries on various attractions from Disney theme parks and other.
Woodfield Mall reopens tomorrow
Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg’s back in business tomorrow. The mall’s going to operate on shorter business hours, and have systems in place to reflect safety in this time of pandemic. New measures in place will include:
- Facial coverings will be required.
- New capacity limits will be enforced.
- Social distancing will be requested.
Schaumburg’s mayor Tom Dailly tells the Daily Herald, “We cannot stay locked down forever.”
