Melissa from Orland Park has a chance to enter a new phase in her relationship. She has a great life with her husband of two years, but she just recently reconnected with a friend and it was revealed that the friend and her husband swing. As it turns out, the friend and her husband want our caller and her husband to swing with them.
As you can tell, Melissa doesn’t know what to do. If you have advice for her, tweet at us with the hashtag #RelationshipCourt and let us know what you think she should do.
Whiskey is a classy drink. It’s an alpha among omegas in the world of liquor and beverages. Nothing says high-class, top-of-the-line booze like Glenlivet’s new capsule-like shots of whiskey.
The pods are encased with a form of edible seaweed, essentially making it a Tide Pod, Jell-O shot hybrid. Together, this creates one giant mistake.
I would love to know what enters someone’s mind before downing a pod of whiskey. What life events led you there? Where do you go from there? What’s wrong with this world?
69-year old Wisconsin man Dennis Valstad passed away recently. Valstad was the owner of a small dry-cleaning business who remained unmarried and without kids until his death, leaving him with plenty of money to his name and nothing to do with it.
Valstad got creative with his will and decided that his $500,000 would be divided equally to whoever showed up for his funeral. Valstad assumed not many people would come, but in the end, 270 people showed up to pay their respects, leaving them with about $1,800 each.
This is a great reminder to all to treat others well, and in return, you never know what you can get in return.
We gather here today to remember the “Be.you.tiful Hair Salon” and what used to be their storefront windows. They are now nothing more than a memory of the past, thanks to this deer.
The deer smashed through the glass window and ended up landing a woman who was treated for head and leg pain. The deer, after doing a lap of havoc around the salon, exited the scene and was nowhere to be found when police arrived.
We give our sympathies to the hair salon, but this deer has won the Internet for today.
We just recently discussed how Busch-Light flavored ice cream had become the conductor of the ice cream hype train. Unfortunately for the Busch-Light enthusiasts out there, we have a new ice cream flavor that has our attention.
An ice cream stand in Ecuador has started selling guinea pig flavor ice cream. And yes, if you’re wondering, one of the ingredients is actual guinea pig meat.
Guinea pig is a more common dish in Ecuador. It finds its way onto plates in a few different South American countries, often served with potatoes and a peanut sauce. According to consumers, the ice cream captures the flavor well and it is apparently selling very well. If anyone out there can get their hands on some, the KQX Morning Crew would gladly try it.
Is this the weirdest flavor ice cream flavor you’ve ever heard of? Tweet at us and let us know if you have a flavor that can top this.
Lots of good stuff this week from Rex Orange County, brand new Jimmy Eat World, and one from Chicago’s very own Vic Mensa, who started a punk band called 90PUNX and it shreds. Remember, interact with the show on social media, tell us what you like and what you didn’t! Use #QDUP. -Manley
They combined a survey of over 30,000 customers along with a dozen lists made by popular websites to determine the top 10 worst candies that could end up in a trick or treat bag on October 31st. So not incredibly scientific, but — a great jumping off point for arguments.
Here we go. Here are the Top 10 Worst Halloween Candies:
As the BlackHawks get back on the ice, the team welcomes back Andrew Shaw who returns to the team who spent the last three seasons with the Montreal Canadians. The Hawks posted this video of a ‘Mic’d Up’ of Shawzy and his excitement heading into the season which kicks off with the home opener on Thursday, October 10th against the San Jose Sharks.
While you are here, check out Shaw’s panel at the 2019 Hawks convention.
The 1893 World’s Fair was a very historic and formative leap for the United States and our beloved city Chicago, giving us the world’s stage to show off technology, culture, and more. One of the biggest features from the fair was not even open on the first day of the months long event, it was the miraculous for it’s time, Ferris Wheel. The fair’s lead organizer Daniel Burnham and his team were held to the pressure of designing an event that would match or exceed what Paris had achieved with their World’s Fair in 1889, which gave visitor’s the majestic Eiffel Tower. Our Fair would match that with beauty of the ‘White City’ along the Midway Plaisance with it’s destination exhibits, but the biggest draw was the world’s first Ferris Wheel.
Yeah, it may seem dated when we jet-speed roller coasters at Six Flags Greet America, but for it’s time it was romantic adventure to see the city from that angle before the age of the skyscraper. This wonderfully crafted video from the must-follow Youtube channel Defunctland looks into how the Wheel came to be in the challenging circumstances of the 1893 ‘Columbian Exposition’ and how it showed off America’s quest for amusement.
Now if Defunctland is going to start covering amusement park things gone by, can we get deep dive into Melrose Park’s KIddie Land? Chicago Tribune’s Rick Kogan in July wrote a love letter to local amusement parks of the past, it’s a great read.
Speaking of enjoying things in the past, Sundays 10a-12pm 101WKQX gives you ALT_Backspace, two hours of classic alternative music from the 80’s, 90’s,and 00’s. One person who is very excited about is this old man from the 1990’s.
You always hear the joke that we need to wake up Billie Joe Armstrong at the end of the ninth month of the year — based as know on Green Day’s song, “Wake Me Up When September Ends.” But to every joke, there is a truth.
AltPress is reporting that YouTube views of that track spiked 135% this week as September came to an end — double the average amount of views the rest of the year. Whether or not the meme artificially inflated those numbers or fans just naturally flock to the song to ring in October has yet to be determined. Maybe somebody can commission a study or launch an investigation — or whatever.
In the meantime, let’s see if we can’t jack up the numbers just a little more. —- [eric]
There has been much controversy about DC Comics inspired film ‘Joker’ which opened in theaters on Thursday night, but that didn’t stop it from raking in millions already. So is it a great movie? Does Joaquin Phoenix’s performance in this brooding origin story of the ‘clown prince of crime’ following beloved past performances of the role by Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamil, and Jack Nicholson? Here are some reputable reviews from the best Youtuber movie channels who seemingly are digging the movie directed by Todd Phillips.
If you have seen the movie, let us know what you think on social media.
SHAED stopped by The Lounge for an interview and session with a cool rendition of Trampoline for some station listeners! Check out the entire performances here.
64 years before Katniss raised her quiver and launched a revolution, author Suzanne Collins is showing us what life in fictional Panem was like during the 10th Hunger Games. The new “Hunger Games” novel will be called The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and won’t be released until May 19, 2020
Ken Griffin, who founded the hedge fund Citadel, just donated $125 million to the institution. It\’s the largest in the museum\’s history, and will result in a name change. While it will take months to switch over completely, the name will be changed to the Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.
Griffin told the Chicago Tribune, \”This is about maintaining the museum at the forefront of being a resource to inspire the next generation of our country in the areas of science and innovation.”
Ed Sheeran is one of the strangest pop stars we’ve ever had. Whereas most crazy pop stars act out for attention, Sheeran has quietly gone down his own path of individualism. For Sheeran, his persona includes a lot of tattoos.
The thing is, his tattoos are all very strange.
The guy that does Ed’s ink thinks his tattoos are whack. From the Heinz ketchup bottle to the Gingerbread man from “Shrek”, Sheeran is covered in some questionable ink.
According to Kevin Paul, the man behind the needle, claims that all of Sheeran’s ink is personal. If that’s the case, we’re terrified. We’d rather this conglomerate of ink be random and playful, not personal.
