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Watch astronomical cheats in sports get caught
With one of the biggest scandals in sports continuing to develop with the Houston Astros being softly punished for cheating their way to the 2017 World Series title, it opens up reflection on the biggest cheats in sports history. WatchMojo put together this tight look at some cheaters getting caught red handed.
There is much concern from former Cubs manager Dusty Baker that his new team, the Astros could get hit with pitches when they start the current season. Well I think when the Astros come to Chicago they should have to bring their own food. No deep dish. No Polish sausage. If they even look at a Portillo’s choclate cake, they get fined MILLIONS!
Would you wear KFC styled Crocs?
Do you love fried chicken? Do you like unfashionable ‘shoes’ that have holes in them? Well be prepared to enjouy KFC Crocs. Yes, these are a real thing that will be out this spring. The sort-of shoes will plastic chicken tenders on them. Who thought of this? Is this just get us tweeting and Facebooking? Well, mission achieved there. Someone call whoever is playing the Colonel now, and tell them to knock this off. What are the secret herbs and spices in these? Yeah, imagine how that might smell.
If I see you wearing these at Lolla, I am sending you home.
Watch ‘Toy Story 3’ Stop-motion remake 10 years in the making
Toy Story has a fond place in the hearts on several generations and has been one of the most beloved Disney movie series. When it started in the 90’s, it set a game-changing trend in animated films moving towards all computer-generated images but two super-fan brothers just spent the last 10 years making a remake of ‘Toy Story 3’ with actual toys. Yes, 10 years of craft every single individual frame with actual toys and handcrafted backgrounds. It’s thrilling to see play out on such meticulous and detailed scale. They add some fun twists including the tear jerking scene where Andy passes on the Toy Story gang to their new kid, Bonnie.
Perfectly pair Girl Scout cookies with….beer?
After seeing Girl Scouts corner the marijuana munchies market in Uptown, I thought their marketing game had reached peak levels.
I stand corrected.
Here is a guide on how to pair your favorite Girl Scout cookie with a choice style of craft beer. Apparently the Thin Mint cookie and a dry stout are a marriage made in hops heaven! And don’t you worry, these pairing were made by the fine adults at Craft Beer, not some poor child who illegally elevated her BAC in pursuit on a merit badge.
Read the rest here. Prost! — [eric]
The Strokes are back with new song, new album details.
We’re going to get the first album from The Strokes in seven years —- soon. Not right NOW. But if you’ve waited THIS long, you can wait until April 10th to hear what the band has in store for you with The New Abnormal. Look! Billy Idol got a writing credit for one of the songs! And you can check out one of the first songs we’ve heard from the LP — “At The Door.” (You don’t have to wait for that. You can just click play below) —- [eric]
The Strokes – The New Abnormal
RELEASE DATE: April 10th
Track List:
| No. | Title | Additional writers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “The Adults Are Talking” | 5:09 | |
| 2. | “Selfless” | 3:42 | |
| 3. | “Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus” | 3:55 | |
| 4. | “Bad Decisions” | Billy Idol, Tony James[15] | 4:53 |
| 5. | “Eternal Summer” | Richard Butler, Tim Butler[15] | 6:16 |
| 6. | “At the Door“ | Paul Vassallo[15] | 5:10 |
| 7. | “Why Are Sunday’s So Depressing” | 4:35 | |
| 8. | “Not the Same Anymore” | 5:37 | |
| 9. | “Ode to the Mets” | 5:51 | |
| Total length: | 45:08 | ||
2.16.2020 Alt_Backspace
Hour 1
- Rage Against The Machine – People Of The Sun
- Psycehdelic Furs – Heaven
- Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin
- Radiohead – High And Dry
- Blancmange – Don’t Tell Me
- Veruca Salt – Seether
- The Rentals – Friends Of P
- Morrissey – Suedehead
- Green Day – Geek Stink Breath
- Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green
- Soundgarden – Burden In My Hand
- The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
- They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul
Hour 2
- Oasis – Live Forever
- Devo – Whip It
- School Of Fish – 3 Strange Days
- Smashing Pumpkins – Muzzle
- Depeche Mode -People Are People
- Garbage – I Think I’m Paranoid
- Folk Implosion – Natural One
- The Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
- Filter – Take A Picture
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones – The Rascal King
- Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade
- Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
- Superdrag – Sucked Out
Queued Up Playlist 2/16/20
| HOUR 1 | |
| King Princess | Ohio |
| DMA’s | Silver |
| Mallrat | Charlie |
| Kennyhoopla | How Will I Rest In Peace If I’m Buried By A Highway |
| Overcoats | The Fool |
| The 1975 | Hayley Williams |
| Tame Impala | Lost in Yesterday |
| Finneas | Lets Fall In Love For the Night |
| EOB | Shangri La |
| Post Animal | Safe or Not |
| Girl In Red | Bad Idea |
| Dan Luke and the Raid | Fool |
| Wolf Parade | Against the Day |
| Goody Grace | Scumbag |
| Grouplove | Deleter |
| HOUR 2 | |
| Bombay Bicycle Club | Everything Else Has Gone Wrong |
| Glass Animals | Tokyo Drifting |
| Mansionaire featuring Shaed | Easier |
| Best Coast | Everything Has Changed |
| Declan McKenna | Beautiful Faces |
| 070 Shake | Guilty Conscience |
| Phantom Planet | Balisong |
| Born Ruffians | I Fall In Love |
| Tennis | Need Your Love |
| Saint Motel | Van Horn |
| Taylor Janzen | What I Do |
| Kadeema | Gotta Get It |
| The Districts | Cheap Regrets |
| Eliza and the Delusionals | Just Exist |
| Dayglow | Can I Call You Tonight |
| Unlikely Candidates | Novocaine |
HQ Trivia starts late, crashes for last time.
At its peak in 2018, over two million people signed on at once to play HQ Trivia. Two years later, its all over.
With HQ we showed the world the future of TV. We didn’t get to where we hoped but we did stretch the world’s imagination for what’s possible on our smartphones. Thanks to everyone who helped build this and thanks for playing.
— Rus (@rus) February 14, 2020
The CEO of the parent company of the live game-show app says they were close to locking in new investors, but could not continue on after the deal fell through. Which is a simplified, sanitized version of what TechCrunch claims really lead to the failure. 25 staffers have lost their jobs in the shut down…and as you can see below, had one last final ride — which included champagne showers, plenty of four letter words, and threats to poop on trolls hanging out in the chat room.
Hopefully you’ve had a chance to pull out that $0.76 you won. — [eric]
[📷 : Pexels/Adrianna Calvo]
‘Eddie Vedder’ previews the No-Bulls NBA All Star Game
The NBA All Star Game is in town tonight at the United Center with thousands of people flying into town with pricey tickets for the big showdown. I got to talk to our resident awkward sports dude and overzealous Cubs fan ‘Eddie Vedder’ of Pearl Jam gave me some insight on the big game and how 90’s Bulls legend Dennis Rodman should be involved.
Check out this recap of UC’s 25 year history.
Rules for tourists visiting for NBA All-Star Weekend.
Everyone is so excited for the NBA All-Stars to be in Chicago this weekend, but with them comes the tourists as well.
Don’t worry though, this guy has us covered with the rules for outsiders.
Thank you sir, and remember friends…
DON’T BRING A JACKET.
This dude hitting someone’s seat on a plane is enraging!
There is nothing worse than someone laying in your lap on a plane, but is this necessary dude?
@BravoAndy Here’s a great jackhole! He was angry that I reclined my seat and punched it about 9 times – HARD, at which point I began videoing him, and he resigned to this behavior. The other jackhole is the @AmericanAir flight attendant who reprimanded me and offered him rum! pic.twitter.com/dHeUysrKTu
— wendi (@steelersfanOG) February 9, 2020
You know what, this is really the airline’s fault for allowing their seats to recline far enough back to literally look up the nose of the person behind you.
Lock those puppies in place and we won’t have jerks like this punching a nice lady’s seat.
So aliens exist and here’s the proof.
WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT HIDING!
NASA can try to hide aliens all they want, but when they show them on a live stream, it’s kinda hard to ignore it.
Here, look at this evidence…
Ok, that does look like grainy pictures of random space lights, BUT NO IT’S MOTHER FREAKIN ALIENS!
ALIENS!!!!!
Also, why don’t they have better cameras on the ISS? We have the technology.
Just slap a GoPro on that bad boy.
Woman gives birth on street, didn’t know she was pregnant.
Utah police were a little surprised when they found a woman with her pants down, holding a baby on the street.
She might have been just as surprised though…
A 29 Y/O female left her residence to get a pizza, she was returning home and stopped to go to the bathroom. Residents heard the female calling for help & discovered she had given birth to a baby on the sidewalk outside their apartment. Female and baby were transported to IMC
— CH Police (@CHPolice) February 12, 2020
Happy birthday, surprise baby!
And as we always say here on BAJ.
GOD BLESS THE BABY!!!
Billie Eilish’s James Bond theme just dropped
One of our own was finally chosen to make the new Bond song.
Billie Eilish, who by the way, stopped by and performed in the Lounge not too long ago…
Was selected to make the newest 007 theme.
Now without further ado, the song you’ve all been waiting for here is No Time To Die.
NOT BAD BILLIE!
What do you think? Did she destroy Adele’s Skyfall?
Bill Murray rip fan’s tequila shot mid-round playing golf
Bill Murray is the man. He’s been the lovable smart ass that generations have cherished in so many films. When you are that over with everyone, you are bound to have people buy you drinks when you are at a bar, but apparently you have people buying you tequila shots while you are playing golf in a pro-am tournament!? TMZ is everywhere, so you know they were there and got the video.
Hear New Pearl Jam…from the moon?
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie thats…..Pearl Jam? Thats right! You can hear a new song off The Greatest Band in the History of Ever’s upcoming album Gigaton by pointing your cellphone at the moon! Finally that big ball of cheese in the sky is doing something important, jeez. Visit THIS LINK to get the app and enjoy! Or, you know, just keep listening to your favorite local radio station (us, you dingus!) to hear it soon, and you point your phone at what its intended to be, your dinner. CHECK OUT THIS SNAP OF MY PIZZA, YOU GUYS!
Pearl Jam have unveiled their latest ‘Gigaton’ song “Superblood Wolfmoon,” with a catch: You need to aim your cellphone at the Moon https://t.co/uy8NGqyLLf pic.twitter.com/e7ol4qK9GM
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 13, 2020
Rage Against the Machine rages against ticket scalpers
Ticket Blitz Thursday ran all day on 101WKQX with some lucky listeners winning their way into Rage Against the Machine’s huge return to Chicago at the United Center on May 19th. The band’s reunion and first tour in many years drew many fans online in a rush to get tickets across the country, and many feared the worst the modern monster of live music, ticket scalpers who scoop the best seats.
RATM who always have their ethics in their art, took to the social media to transparently present how they hope to battle the secondary market for their upcoming tour. Loudwire reported in the video above, that Rage are keeping 10% of random tickets in each venue to sell at a higher price. 100% of the revenue above the face value of the ticket will be donated to charity organizations in each city.
A second United Center show has also been added on May 20th. You know we want to have even another shot at these sought-after tickets, that’s why you can enter to win here.
That was close!
There might not be a luckier man in existence than this man right here.
HOLY CRAP!
literally a few more inches, or if it came through at a different angle… this dude would be toast.
This guy needs to go buy a lotto ticket ASAP!
