Joywave meet and greet photos from The Lounge!
Photos by: Zach Spangler
Joywave meet and greet photos from The Lounge!
Photos by: Zach Spangler
An alligator has alluded animal experts including a professional named ‘Alligator Bob’ and several other officials. He is somewhere in the lagoon at Humboldt Park on the west side of Chicago. He has been there for four days now, so since he’s frustrating the authorities so much he may as well kill some time on Twitter. That is right, the Humboldt Park Gator has a Twitter @ParkGator.
The coolest reptile in town has a friend helping out with his jump into the social media influencer game in comedian Jon Torres, and let’s just his Twitter game is meaner than his bite. And do not get it twisted, an alligators may not naturally come from the greater Chicagoland area but dis gator is totally a true blue Chicaaaaagoan.
Maybe I am can score an interview with him?
Does Alligator Bob know what he’s doing?
— Humboldt Park Gator (@ParkGator) July 11, 2019
Day 4 and I’m still on the run pic.twitter.com/Li7oo5FxoY
— Humboldt Park Gator (@ParkGator) July 12, 2019
Hey @JeppsonsMalort this is a great idea https://t.co/FrnubKSmyD
— Humboldt Park Gator (@ParkGator) July 10, 2019
Still on the run pic.twitter.com/Jv6nJsRLu6
— Humboldt Park Gator (@ParkGator) July 10, 2019
I’m not a party Gator, hipsters stay away and keep looking for The Mothman!
— Humboldt Park Gator (@ParkGator) July 10, 2019
Waiting for @ChiPartyAunt like… pic.twitter.com/b8FLV1nVKv
— Humboldt Park Gator (@ParkGator) July 10, 2019
I’m the Humboldt Park Gator and I’m hungry for swan boats #humboldtparkgator #HumboldtPark
— Humboldt Park Gator (@ParkGator) July 10, 2019
It’s Ali’s Birthday!!!
To celebrate the Morning Crew planned a bunch of surprises to fully celebrate!
First a special message from her nephew “Happy Birthday Auntie! I love you!”
Then Ali’s best friend stopped by to challenge her in Know it Ali (THE BIRTHDAY EDITION).
Brian’s “lady friend” brought in some vegan cupcakes which we topped with candles to sing a very special happy birthday!
Then finally a special call from Ali’s sister and an EXTREMELY GOOD GIRL, Elane from PAWS Chicago, came in to make a special appearance.
My favorite part of today- having a surprise from @PAWSChicago – Let’s find Elaine a home 🐶Thank you @KQXJustin @BrianJHaddad @kimmyspoons pic.twitter.com/a5KaCGQXFE
— Ali Matta🎶🆒 (@AliMattaonair) July 12, 2019
Happy Birthday, Ali!
Did you know that drug smugglers have freaking submarines! Well, they do and the Coastguard doesn’t give two sh*ts about jumping right on them.
Like a bunch of action stars, the crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro tracked down the narcos sub and jumped on the top of it and started banging on the hatch to get inside.
Imagine being one of the smugglers inside. You’re in a sub in the middle of the ocean, no one can find you right? Then all of a sudden you hear a loud banging on the hatch like your neighbor coming over to tell you to turn down that damn music.
Words can’t do it justice, you got to watch them board this sub.
The boarding netted in a total of 17,000 pounds of cocaine! Are you kidding me!!
Two big thumbs up to the U.S. Coast Guard. Keep up the bad-ass work
Over 400,000 people have ‘confirmed’ they are going to a Facebook event to raid Area 51.
The event is called “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us,” and it’s inviting users from around the world to “see them aliens.”
Their page description wrote:
“We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry. If we naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets. Lets see them aliens.”
Some people have come up with game plans on how they’ll raid at Area 51 in September.
Brian from The KQX Morning Crew believes in aliens and thinks about going, are you down to storm Area 51?
A Florida mom was arrested and charged with a felony for letting her daughter lick a tongue depressor and put it back.
First off, gross!
Cori E. Ward posted the video on her snap chat where one of her followers captured it and posted it on Facebook. Before deleting her account she defended herself saying, “What I didn’t know was that there was a “licking challenge” as I don’t scroll social media like that.” “The video doesn’t show that the items were thrown away or anything else that happened,” her explanation continued. “I posted this on my personal Snapchat with my 20-something friends, where someone allowed another person to video it. I didn’t post it on Facebook or YouTube as a challenge or whatever.”
The medical center did release a statement, saying “we immediately removed all materials and containers from the specific exam room and re-sanitized our entire facility.”
Let’s just stop licking public things, okay?
Twenty One Pilots are back with another song in their Location Session series. Here’s their reimagined version of Cut My Lip recorded in Brooklyn last week. Check it out as we get ready for them at Lollapalooza in three weeks!! -wALT
Sean Evans, Chicago native and host of Hot Ones, joins The Burger Show to sample Chicago’s best burgers. I’m kinda in love with the Au Cheval burger but will need to try these to be sure. -wALT
In an effort to cut down on plastic pollution, concert promoters Live Nation announced this week that its music festivals will be plastic-free by 2021.
The company announced a list of environmental goals, which includes getting rid of single-use plastic items by 2021, cutting down on fossil fuels, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030.
Live Nation hosts more than 35,000 concerts globally each year.
In a statement, company president Michael Rapino said they have a \”responsibility to provide our artists and fans with a live music experience that protects our planet.\”
“The Flintstones” may be heading back to television, only this time around, it’ll be an adult comedy series. Variety reports that Warner Brothers and Elizabeth Banks’ production company (Brownstone Productions) are developing a series that would presumably include the classic cave-dwelling cast. It would be nice if piano thief 88 Fingers Louie returned for the series. In the meantime, here’s Chicago band 88 Fingers Louie:
(See 88 Fingers Louie at T1 Fest in November!)
“American Horror Story” returns in September with “American Horror Story: 1984.” This round looks like it’s set up to be a serialized version of a typical 80s slasher flick. Check out the teases from co-creator Ryan Murphy’s Instagram today:
A very sad situation for the friends and family of a skateboarder who was tragically slain at his favorite skatepark.
Local skateboarders gathered together to honor their friend the best way they could think, by having him do one last trick.
What a way to go out, doing what you love
WKQX-FM’s “The Black Keys Ticket Blitz Text” Contest
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It’s a tough world for short guy’s out there, or at least that’s what this guy thinks.
This Long-Island man got into a vocal confrontation with a patron at a bagel shop in New York City.
He felt like he was being disrespected by female employees at the shop based on his lack of verticle length. When he was called out on his rude behavior it sent him into this rant.
so in bagel boss this morning, the misogynistic douchebag seen in the video was degrading almost all of the female staff as well as other patrons. fuck this guy. pic.twitter.com/LZh1Uk4UXZ
— olivia shea 🏳️🌈 (@oliviabradley88) July 10, 2019
The little guy bit off more than he could chew… really bad look for all the short kings out there. Sheesh!
If you guys wanted to know what happen next, here ya go pic.twitter.com/jOHzispksW
— Mike LiVorio (@mikelivorio_) July 10, 2019
Some wouldn’t really use the term “cool”, but who didn’t wish they could ride on the roof of a car?
49-year-old Jennifer A. Janus Yeager let her two daughters, 8 and 16, ride inside of an inflatable pool on the roof of her Audi. She had driven to a friends house to inflate the pool and allowed the girls to ride in it to keep it down on their drive home.
Sounds reasonable? Or she could have just blown it up at her own place to make things easier and safer.
Officers had pulled her over after they received a call by a concerned citizen. She was arrested for two counts of Endangering the Health or Life of a Child and two counts of Reckless Conduct.
I guess as cool as it might be to ride on top of a car it’s probably not the best idea.
When you go to a concert, you should always be safe but some shows you can not be sure there will not be some bad behavior. That was the situation this week at a Blink-182 concert in New Jersy as WrestleZone is reporting that two notable pro wrestling stars reportedly got into a legitimate scuffle at the show. Former WWE superstar Enzo Amore and All Elite Wrestling’s Joey Janela got into an altercation that esclated when Janela approached Amore. Based on a video posted by Amore on Instagram, it appears real fisticuffs were avoided. You can watch it below.
The two have had a legitimate beef online for months but since it’s a pro wrestling related story, many have speculated that it is all an elaborate stunt to build to a showy match. Janella and Amore have both claimed separately the incident was real as they continue to insult one another over social media. At this time is believed the incident was not a part of a storyline for a televised performance but a very much a dumb thing that really happens from time to time.
If you are at a show, just be nice to each other! You are at rock show. You came for a fun time. Be safe, Be Nice, Have a good time.
Note the following video features NSFW language.
#HumboldtGator pic.twitter.com/SFyDqrhzNf
— Noel Borges (@noel_first_noel) July 10, 2019
On day two of Gator Watch 2019(!), the alligator like creature spotted in Humboldt Park’s lagoon is still on the loose. Here’s what we know:
No we are not the ones responsible for the alligator in the Humboldt Park Lagoon. Please stop asking.
— Riot Fest (@RiotFest) July 9, 2019
But you can get yourself hooked up with 3-day passes for their current home in Douglas Park this fall. Buy or try to win, here. — [eric]
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If you can’t afford to BUY a Lamborghini, I guess you could always try to bootleg one?
There’s a physicist named Sterling Backus in Colorado, and he’s been working with his son to 3-D PRINT their own, working Lamborghini Aventador. It’s a hell of a project, but they DO have the body and quite a bit of the rest of it done.
So far, they’ve spent $20,000, which is a lot . . . but since a real one starts at $335,000, that’s quite a discount.
(You can see some pictures of the car so far here, here, and here.)
WKQX-FM’s “Beck Best Seat in the house TEXT” Contest
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The Station will conduct the WKQX-FM “Beck Best Seat in the house Text” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:
There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, at its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by law, substitute prizes of comparable value or cash. The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses. Any tickets and/or gift certificates/cards awarded as part of a prize will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the issuer and are valid only on the date(s) printed on the tickets or gift certificates/cards. Other restrictions may apply.
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WKQX-FM’s “BECK In The Lounge Text” Contest
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The Station will conduct the WKQX-FM “Beck in The Lounge Text” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:
There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, at its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by law, substitute prizes of comparable value or cash. The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses. Any tickets and/or gift certificates/cards awarded as part of a prize will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the issuer and are valid only on the date(s) printed on the tickets or gift certificates/cards. Other restrictions may apply.
CONTEST SPONSOR: Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., WKQX, 455 N. CityFront Plaza, Chicago, IL 60611