Kid gets a special birthday surprise from construction workers

April 13, 2020 | jnettlebeck

Having a birthday in quarantine sucks, but these workers made it special for this kid.

Sawyer is turning 7, and his absolute favorite thing to do is watch the construction workers who are building a high rise building next door work each day. So when the construction company heard this, they decided that they were going to make this kids quarantine birthday as amazing as it could be.

This is awesome!

The bright side of this pandemic is that it is bringing us all together a little bit.

Happy birthday Sawyer!!

Want more Joe Exotic? Consider this Netflix “prequel” of sorts on the Tiger King.

April 12, 2020 | Eric

Here you are…. done scarfing down the second helping of Tiger King given to us on this Easter Sunday, and yet….you are still hungry for more.

Here’s a helping of almost-10-year-old dessert.

It’s a preview of British-American Louis Theroux’s profile on Joe Exotic done in 2011.  Roll trailer below — and feel free to stream the actual episode here.  Consider it a “prequel,” of sorts.  (Apparently with zero Carole Baskin).  — [eric]

 

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April 12, 2020 | bphillips

Hour 1

  • Alice In Chains – No Excuses
  • Depeche Mode – It’s No Good
  • Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly
  • Beck – Sexx Laws
  • The Church – Under The Milky Way
  • Presidents Of The USA – Peaches
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo
  • U2 – The Fly
  • Jane’s Addiction – Jane Says
  • The Wonder Stuff – Caught In My Shadow
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Muzzle
  • R.E.M. w/Kate Pierson – Shiny Happy People
  • Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl

Hour 2

  • Our Lady Peace – Starseed
  • Echo And The Bunnymen – People Are Strange
  • Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
  • Pearl Jam – State Of Love And Trust
  • Suzanne Vega – Left Of Center
  • The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
  • Hum – Stars
  • Blur – Girls And Boys
  • Liz Phair – Supernova
  • Primus – Jerry Was A Race Car Driver
  • Spacehog – In The Meantime
  • Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy
  • Stroke 9 – Little Black Backpack

Watch ‘Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert’ Documentary

April 11, 2020 | Kevin

It may have been recently heavily associated with memes about hipster influencers in flower crowns, but Coachella has for the past 20 years grown to become one of the biggest music festivals in the world.  YouTube this week dropped this 1 hour 43 minute long documentary about the evolution of the festival which is deeply tied to Pearl Jam in the mid-90s, a punk rock promoter who went to jail, and trying what was then seen as a risky blend of genres on one bill.

Yes, you can watch something this weekend that does not involve tigers.

Watch Twenty One Pilots new quarantine video ‘Level of Concern’

April 10, 2020 | Kevin

Tyler Joseph is  a new father, and this is a scary time to be a new parent but he was inspired by his family to pen this new song over the last few weeks. That same get-it-done-at-home vibe came into play in the number 1 YouTube trending video has been a little over a day and has already been streamed 5.6 million times.

 

 

Hear NEW Music from Twenty One Pilots

April 9, 2020 | jmanley

Just a little background on how the song came about:

Tyler’s mom inspired him to write a song for their fans in this unprecedented moment in all of our lives. He decided to write about the last time he felt this out of control. This virus has taken such a huge toll on everyone and as a new dad now in lockdown it makes him feel helpless. He chose to turn it into a love song about his wife. He compares this time of little control to that moment when he decided to commit to a life with her and that uneasy feeling of realizing that when you make that kind of a commitment to someone else, you give up a good portion of control. It is no longer all about you, it is about us!

 

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Here’s how to catch a fish with a mouse trap

April 9, 2020 | jnettlebeck

Alright this may seem weird, and that is because it is, but this bush craft outdoorsman has come up with a technique to catch fish only using some fishing line and a mouse trap.

Is this practical in Chicago? No… plus we kind of have that rat problem so the traps should probably be used for that.

But hey who am I to stop you from mouse trapping a fish!??!

Happy hunting!

For the first time ever, every animal has been adopted from Chicago Animal Control

April 9, 2020 | jnettlebeck

For the first time ever, every animal in at the Chicago Animal Control has been adopted this week!

That means more dogs like Kale Chips here are going to find their forever home!!

PAWS Chicago and One Tail at a Time, Two of Chicago’s biggest animal adoption shelters have had so much interest in fostering cats and dogs ever since the stay at home protocol went into effect that they have actually had to put people on a waiting list!

Animal shelters are classified as essential businesses so they are still open for business and are still sending animals to their forever homes.

Since March 22, 2,200 applications have been sent in to PAWS Chicago with interest in fostering or adopting a cat or dog.

Now the shelters are warning people that they need to think about how they will care for these pets after the quarantine is over.

With that in mind, and for more information you can visit PAWS website and One Tail at a Time’s website for more info on how you can foster or adopt your very own pet!

Couple saves bar by buying $40k bourbon

April 9, 2020 | jnettlebeck

Here’s some good news to start your morning!

This local bar was almost forced to shut its doors for good after the coronavirus stopped patrons from coming in to buy drinks.

But then a couple decided to step in and help out.

$20K for a bottle of anything is ridiculous.

Paying $20K more than it is worth is damn near ludicrous!

Once this is all said and done, I hope that couple at least gets a free round on the house!!

What a great story. People are the best!

President Trump says he will look into pardoning Joe Exotic

April 9, 2020 | jnettlebeck

If you haven’t seen Tiger King yet… WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!

It is the story that is getting all of us through this quarantine.

Well on Wednesday, President Trump said that he will take a look at Joe Exotic’s request for a pardon from prison.

WHAT!!

This story is going to the very top, and who knows where it is going to end!!

Will Joe get out? Did Carole Baskins feed her husband to the tigers? (yes obviously)

We will keep you updated as more info on the possible Joe Exotic pardon comes in.

Until then cool cats and kittens!

South Loop unites during quarantine

April 8, 2020 | jnettlebeck

#wstayqx Every night at 8pm in the South Loop, Chicago Unite at Night shows support for those on the front lines. We flash our lights and have a sing-a-long. Here was last night’s party. Everybody just clap your hands!!

Every night in my hood, The South Loop, we flash lights and have a song-a-long to honor those on the front lines. Here was last night! I spared you my singing… this time. 😉 #wstayqx #africa Brian, Ali, Justin

Posted by 101 WKQX on Wednesday, April 8, 2020

 

Coachella doc coming to YouTube Friday

April 8, 2020 | JVO

Coachella was supposed to happen this and next weekend, but then… you know.

Instead, a documentary on Coachella’s 20-year history will debut on YouTube on Friday. Check out the trailer:

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New smart toilet recognizes you by your ‘analprint’

April 8, 2020 | jnettlebeck

There are a lot of interesting toilets out there, like these for example.

But none of these compare to this new smart toilet.

Researchers at Stanford University have created a smart toilet that recognizes users by their ‘analprint’. That’s right, the toilet knows who is using it based on a b-hole.

They say that this new technology can help diagnose medical problems that usually have to be tested in a lab by simply keeping track of users ‘analprint’

also analprint technology is an amazing selling point I have to say.

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