Pot arrives in River North, as the first recreational dispensary downtown is open for business.
The Sunnyside Dispensary (436 N. Clark Street) is currently only doing online orders because of the pandemic. Customers will be able to pick up their weed at the “Guest Experience Center” on Hubbard.
And, no, it’s not lost on us that the dispensary is a five-minute walk from our studios.
Did you grow up wanting to be a Jedi? Did you grow up wanting to be a contestant on Nickelodeon’s Double Dare? Well, now you can knock out 2 birds with one stone. On June 3rd, Disney is releasing its new game show, Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge and it looks awesome! Check out the trailer below, and get ready to start streaming it on Youtube FOR FREE!! Watch this, you must. Dust off your Boba Fett helmet and try to sneak on the show even though you are a grown adult with a family and job and bills to pay, you will. Read more about the show HERE
**Oh, and in case you were wondering, the host is Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks back in ep 1. He went through a lot of mental issues after that roll so its super cool to see him back in action.
HBOMAX is the newest large scale streaming video serviced launched today with a huge library of 10,000 hours in on-demand content from DC Comics, HBO, Cartoon Netwrok, TBS, the classic Warner Bros archives, and much more. Scroll down to get the full list of available list of titles on the service.
The DC Cinematic Universe has had some hits and some misses but you will be able to get see all of of it here including the recent Oscar nominated ‘Joker’ available on launch. HBOMAX will also feature every DCU movie along with a new series featuring Green Lantern and a half hour comedy with female DC characters all trying to get through teen life in high school. Last week we got the news that director Zacky Synder will be releasing his long desired cut of ‘Justice League’.will come to the service in 2021.
The service also snagged South Park at a reported big price tag of more than $500 million, and dropped another fortune to get the rights to ‘Friends’ which was supposed to have a reunion special for the launch but that has been delayed. House of Dragons, a prequel series to Game of Thrones will also be produced, so prepare for freakouts from everyone you know who loved that show. Industry sources claim $5 billion will be invested in the platform over the course of the next five years, so they are definitely trying to shake up the game.
Here is the list of available titles on HBOMax now from CNN:
Henry Cavill has portrayed Superman well in three blockbuster DC Cinematic Universe films, with the films themselves have gotten mixed reactions but could the British actor return the role? It seemed less likely after 2017’s ‘Justice League’ was blasted down at the box office, but with the undeniable hype around director Zack Synder getting the long sought-after re-cut of the superhero team-up, there is now new hope that Cavill could put the cape on again. Deadline reported yesterday Cavill is in negations to appear once more in a DCCU release in the future.
The article notes that a Superman ‘Man of Steel 2’ sequel is not happening. Wonder Woman 1984 is already done. The last son of Krypton could appear in ‘the Batman’. Superman did appear in ;Shazam’ but not portrayed by Cavill, could he be in the planned ‘Shazam 2’ pr maybe he gets into action with Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson’s ‘Black Atom’. Comic Book Cast breaks it all down in the video above.
Why pick a new color to paint your house on your own when you could leave the decision up to millions of strangers.
A guy named Brian Landreth in Portland, Oregon was working with his daughter Grace on a school project about collecting data. So they put five paint colors on the side of their house, then put a sign up asking people to vote for a color online.
But . . . their neighbor tweeted a picture of the project and said, quote, “My neighbor is crowdsourcing their next house color” and the tweet went viral. So now, thousands of people from all over the world are voting on the paint color.
Based on the comments on Twitter, it seems like turquoise blue is leading.
My neighbor is crowdsourcing their next house color: pic.twitter.com/WH06RmjWd2
— michal Naka (@michalnaka) May 25, 2020
(Here’s a picture of the house with the five colors.)
The Associated Press is providing live coverage of today’s planned first-ever crewed spaceflight for SpaceX.
This is… impressive work. Twitter user @tonygoldmark tweeted his Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline today, mapping out every one of the movies’ scenes. This is a quarantine-inspired miracle.
Well nerds, I fuckin' did it.
Took me a global pandemic and a damn quarantine, but I did it.
I figured out the precise chronological order of all the MCU movies (so far) BY SCENE.
I'm out of my Goddamn mind. You're welcome. pic.twitter.com/3VXjqk4kjQ
— beautiful internet weirdo (@tonygoldmark) May 27, 2020
You wouldn’t be wrong for saying that getting a hot pizza from Home Run Inn restaurant location is a deeply rewarding experience, but there’s a lot to be said for their frozen pizza. In a word, it’s awesome. And it’s no surprise that it’s been in high demand as we’ve all been sheltering in place.
According to the Tribune, Home Run Inn started cranking out the frozen pizzas seven days a week on March 16. The result? Close to 80,000 pizzas a day. That’s an almost 33% increase from before the days of COVID-19.
The Trib also notes that none of Home Run Inn’s roughly 500 employees have been furloughed or laid off, thanks to a federal Payroll Protection Program.
As businesses begin the process of reopening, it was only a matter of time before movie theaters began to put their reopening plans in place.
Since seats in movie theaters are so close together, look for the number of moviegoers allowed into theaters to be limited. Some managers have even talked about implementing a “checkerboard” seating style.
Another change in seating being talked about is not allowing someone to sit in the same seat as someone from a previous showing, so that seats can be properly sanitized between shows. None of the big chains are putting a date on reopening, but those conversations are definitely well under way.
Some people admitted to letting personal hygiene slide a bit during coronavirus quarantine. A survey done in late March, when many of the stay-at-home orders hit the country, found that 1 in 3 people admitted to showering less. 1 in 5 said they brushed their teeth less often. There was also less laundry done during stay-at-home.
Six Flags will reopen its parks soon, including Great America. Things will definitely be different, with new safety measures in place. Some of the changes:
Here’s the announcement tweet from Six Flags:
We’ve been working hard to create a safe experience for everyone as we prepare to reopen. Here’s what you need to know about our NEW safety measures. pic.twitter.com/aKJkQHElKW
— Six Flags (@SixFlags) May 26, 2020
YouTuber Creezy has been building Rube Goldberg machines since 2014. His latest is a mind-bending basketball trickshot that has to be seen to be believed!
The media world is being tested (101WKQX included) with many hosts and reporters pushing out their work from home with all the distractions that come with being at home. This is great highlight from Inside Edition about all the different ways that TV news reporters and weathermen working from home have had on-air bloopers with their dogs jumping into a shot, a crying daughter, or one in one case: not wearing pants?!
While we are on news reporters losing their cool live on air, watch this memorable sketch starring Bill Hader on SNL.
Streaming concerts are all the rage while can’t attend them in person. The fate of Lollapalooza is supposed to determined this week, and we wonder when we will be able to go somewhere together again physically but through the wondrous endless portal that is the web there is a lot of online offerings for streaming concerts. Here are the best ones this week coming up: It’s worth noting that many of these streams have charities tied in, so please don’t forget to try and donate whatever you can to the worthy causes.
WHAT’S COMING UP:
Weekdays on the 101WKQX Facebook page at 12pm CST and 8pm CST you can enjoy Quarantine Concerts with some of the biggest names in alternative. We have had everyone in there from Panic! At the Disco, the Offispring, the 1975, Cold War Kids, and many more who can all enjoy on-demand anytime here on 101WKQX.COM.
Dropkick Murphys were one of the first band’s to-do fully live streamed no-fans performance when their annual St. Patrick’s Day show in their hometown of Boston was cancelled. Now the boys have uped the anty with the Boss. The Murphs will be joined by Bruce Springsteen for a special empty Fenway Park performance on May 29th. Cue you doing an impression of every character in ‘the Depaerted’.
WHAT YOU CAN WATCH RIGHT NOW:
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie for months now (yeah, that’s how long this has been going on) has been doing solo acoustic shows on Youtube featuring covers, deep cuts, and hit songs from his band’s catalog. He even penned a stressed-out quarantine anthem. Here he is performing it on the Late Show.
Foo Fighters have rocked the world over and over, but until we get to see them at Wrigley Field , check out this epic show they delivered in the UK in 2008 at Wembley Stadium.
Seperately, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins joined Dan from Bastille, Simon from Biffy Clyro, Ben from Royal Blood, YUNGBLUD, Rag’n’Bone Man, Chris Martin from Coldplay and more join together virtually to cover Foo Fighter’s Times Like These from their respective homes to raise money for BBC Children in Need, Comic Relief and the WHO’s COVID-19-Solidarity Response Fund. You can watch that here and yes, it’s ok to cry while watching it:
Looking for the louder side? Metallica have been offering a lot of complete shows on YouTube every Monday from their lengthy career including a very special set from their early days at Chicago’s beloved Metro in 1983.
Mark Rober, popular YouTube who utilizes his background in science to make exceptional content has made quite the piece of content: a squirrel-proof bird feeder that morphed into a obstacle course for the fuzzy tailed yard critter you need to see.
If you are a Weezer fan (and/or enjoy all this live music happening direct from the homes of artists) — and you haven’t hit up Island In The Zoom, then what the heck are you even doing?
I don’t know if the weekly covers from Billie Joe from Green Day were the inspiration, but Rivers decided to cover “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life).” And look who joined him! It’s his wife, Kyoko — who is normally pretty private and out of the spotlight. (Come to think of it, she kinda still is — considering we just see her from the back while she does the song’s string parts on the piano.🙂)
The new album Van Weezer has been pushed back — but at least we have performances like this to tide us over. — [eric]
Hour 1
Hour 2
Twenty One Pilots had their live debut of “Level Of Concern” on last night’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. It has a refreshing outdoor setting, and a special appearance from a cuddly-looking character that should be familiar to TØP fans. One question, though — how does one make lemonade through e-mail, as Tyler suggests?
When you’re done with that take a gander at the music video, as well as a re imagining of “The Hype.” And if you’re still bored after that, there’s always Netflix. — [eric]
Stop what you’re doing and tune in RIGHT NOW to hear Brian, Ali, and Justin talk to Grandson about some of his favorite Chicago spots!
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