If you haven’t heard… the woman’s U.S. soccer team won the World Cup!!!
What you definitely haven’t heard though is the pay these girls… compared to their men counterparts they don’t make NEARLY enough. So Ali had a few words to say on the subject…
WTF, who brings 32 pounds of rat meat to Chicago?
This past weekend the U.S. border protection at O’Hare airport was in for a surprise when they uncovered thirty-two pounds of rat meat from an incoming flight!
The discovery was found when the passenger admitted to having undeclared meat from his trip on the Ivory Coast.
Shockingly the man was not fined but his meat was confiscated and destroyed.
Guess you don’t get in trouble if you just rat yourself out!
Looks like Patrick Star has some nice buns
If you remember the Spongebob Movie you may not remember this photo from behind the scenes.
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This photo of a thick starfish was taken at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach California.
The shy thick starfish is becoming an internet star as of late and it has such a striking resemblance to Patrick Star!
Watch the trailer for the new live-action ‘Mulan’
Mulan originally released in 1998 , has grown over the last 20 years as a beloved stories in Disney lore. The new live action trailer seems play off the original minus an expected CGI dragon comedy sidekick, but a lot of action and swordplay. There seems to be a lot of excitement over this trailer with millions watching on multiple video platforms.
Flea of the RHCP has started a book club. Seriously.
We all know the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers best as a can of pure concentrated energy unleashed at every show. For his next thing, however — he’s taking it down a couple of notches.
Flea has always wanted to start a book club —- so now he is. And you can jump in and then interact with him live on his Instagram account in a few weeks once you’ve flipped through the pages. Details in the video below.
I’d like to announce I’m starting a Frequent Eric Club. Listen to nine of my shows, you get the tenth for free. — [eric]
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7.7.19 Alt_Backspace
Hour 1
- Alice In Chains – Got Me Wrong
- Echo And The Bunnymen – People Are Strange
- Stereo MC’s – Step It Up
- 311 – All Mixed Up
- The Call – The Walls Came Down
- Pearl Jam – Glorified G
- Concrete Blonde – Joey
- Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
- Rage Against The Machine – People Of The Sun
- Soup Dragons – Divine Thing
- Depeche Mode – Policy Of Truth
- Wang Chung – Dance Hall Days
- Face To Face – Disconnected
Hour 2
- Smashing Pumpkins – Never Let Me Down Again
- Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life
- The Mighty Lemon Drops – Inside Out
- Green Day – Hitchin’ A Ride
- R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People
- Hum – Stars
- The Cure – High
- The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
- Third Eye Blind – Graduate
- Superdrag – Sucked Out
- Soundgarden – My Wave
- Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
- They Might Be Giants – Ana Ng
Stream the surprise new live EP from the Foo Fighters ‘00950025’
Foo Fighters continue to give their fans more and more. Yesterday they surprised the world with 00950025, a new EP with unexpected songs from their 1995 Reading Festival set, “Wattershed” and “For All the Cows.” The track “Next Year” off ‘The There is Nothing Left to Lose‘ album is also included, recorded at Cold Live at the Chapel in Melbourne, Australia in 2000. 00950025 is reportedly expected to be the first series of songs to be released from the band’s deep archive.
If you want to check it out on a separate streaming service, go here.
Watch Twenty-One Pilots play with fire for the MLB All Star Game
Cleveland, you are so spoiled this weekend. Two big downtown alt concerts with Twenty One Pilots and the KIllers, oh yeah the All Star game.
MLB brought ‘the show’ to the Ohio this week in a way that truly makes me jealous here in Chicago. Imagine if we got the All Star Game big time vibes like this at ‘the Cell’ or Wrigley Field like this?
Report: Chicago lost the 2016 Summer Games because of bribes
Here is what the Olympics would have looked like in Chicago / Block Club Chicago
Chicago has a long not-so-cherished history of corruption and political shenanigans. You may know an older neighbor who passed away years ago, who somehow still votes in every election. Jokes aside, it is unfortunate but a common part of our city’s history so that’s why it was bittersweet to learn today that Rio de Janiro beat out Chicago and other cities for the 2016 Summer Olympic games with a bribe. Yes, I thought Chicagoans were good at bribes!
The Tribune reported the news today that jailed former governor of Rio Sergio Cabral testified in court this past week to schilling out $1.5 million to the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, Lamine Diack, in exchange for six votes in the meeting that awarded Rio the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Cabral added another $500 payout to Diack’s son for more votes in a separate meeting.
Rio beat out Chicago, Tokyo, and Madrid to host the 2016 games. That event though became mired in international scandal with many reports on ill-prepared venues for the games, displaced Brazillian forced out of areas, and many other issues. Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer games.
The Olympics have always been associated some form of scandals whether it was athletes doping with PED’s and much more less than honorable behavior.
Ice cream truck fed up with ‘social media influencers’, now they pay double
This is hilarious. You have hundreds of thousands following your blog/vlog/blah blah with your promo code deals and merch, but want an independently owned business that sells ice cream to give you free ice cream? Um, I get your intention there but just pay for it. Just pay for the service someone gives you. If someone approached these ‘influencers’ with a deal that’s one thing, but to selfishly put that on someone hustling in a truck is just lame.
Sorry to the Logan Pauls of the world, you pay double.
Perry Farrell jumps in with Foo Fighters for a cover of “Been Caught Stealing.”
Foo Fighters were on the first ever Lollapalooza Stockholm last weekend — and the founder of the festival, Perry Farrell, joined Dave Grohl and Co. on stage for a cover of one of Jane’s Addiction’s most well known songs. Enjoy the performance….and remember you can still get the hookup on both tickets for Lolla here and the best after shows, too. — [eric]
USA! Watch the Insane 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest
They came, they ate, and they probably are just going to go lie down after this.
ESPN (yes, it was on there) broadcasted the biggest professional eating event of the year, the Nathan’s 4th of July Hot Dog Eating contest today and it was quite the spectacle. We will not spoil the video above which shows the entire thing including American favorite Joey Chestnut’s introduction who declares with no hesitation that he is “a bead of light floating in the dark oil of night, the very vessel of our freedom”. Yes, they take this very seriously.
Chestnut has been in the game for a while now. Here is his infamous scarfdown with feared Japanese rival Kobayashi from 12 years ago.
Joey Chestnut Wins First Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest!
12 years ago, Joey Chestnut won his first Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Since then, he has gone on to win the contest 11 times 🌭
Posted by ESPN on Thursday, July 4, 2019
How to help your dog during the July 4th fireworks
So maybe your dog is already freaking out, because the pop, bang, and booms down the block with the holiday fireworks. Inside Edition did this piece on how to keep your dog calm and safe during this hectic day. Share this with any dog lovers you may know so they don’t have worry about their pups running off.
- Lots of Toys: More toys mean more distractions.
- Proper Identification: July is a month that is very common for dogs to run away from home when they are scared, so doublt check that your dog’s ID is up to snuff.
- Give them a lot of space in-doors with plenty of water
Lauren found this video of dog just just video binging on a tablet.
45,000 barrels of Jim Beam destroyed in fire.
They say as bourbon ages in barrels, the evaporated spirits are the “angel’s share.”
Looks like the devil just claimed his. 😈
A warehouse fire in Kentucky destroyed about 45,000 barrels of Jim Beam overnight. Given that one barrel nets you anywhere from 150-200 bottles of the 750mL size, some quick math says at most 9,000,000 bottles were cruelly wasted. But given that the Chicago Tribune is reporting that the loss only accounts for 1% of Jim Beam’s bourbon inventory….we won’t be going dry anytime soon. — [eric]
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Dog wears headphones and watches videos to calm down from fireworks
If your dog is like mine, they don’t particularly like fireworks. May have to give this a try tomorrow:
Be safe and happy Fourth! <3 Lauren
No shot glass? No problem
This photo has many people on Reddit talking. It seems Reddit user PineBadger forgot to bring shot glasses while camping.
Not sure how that tasted, and frankly we don’t want to know. But many people were commenting on how they could have just used the solo cups in the photo.
Maybe they were needed for beer pong? Whatever the reason, just imagine what the aftertaste must have been like.
A dad’s drone just helped him save his kids lives
All this dad wanted was to get some cool photos of his kids playing in the water, but instead, he got a glimpse of a large shark swimming towards his children.
New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County on the Atlantic coast of Florida is known as the shark-bite capital of the world. Professional photographer Dan Watson found out first-hand on how often sharks are in those warm Florida waters when he saw one only feet away from his children.
Dan and his wife Sally noticed the shadow swimming closer towards the kids, and they immediately ran towards them screaming to get them out of the water.
He captured this all on the drone and posted the photos on Instagram.
Without that drone, he may have not seen the shark coming. So should we all buy a drone?
This restaurant has an answer to the “not hungry” food stealers
Many people have been out to eat with their significant other and have all heard the same thing at least once, “I’m not hungry”. The result from this response usually ends up in sharing your food together.
Mama D’s, a diner in North Little Rock Arkansas rock offers a menu add-on that helps prevent this sudden hunger from your significant other.
What is the title of this side order you may ask?
Mama D’s named it bluntly on their menu, “My Girlfriend Is Not Hungry”.
The add-on includes an extra order of fries and a choice of two chicken wings or three cheese sticks to your order.
If you were on a date would you get this side order for safe measure?
Organizers of the “Straight Pride Parade” Receive Mysterious Envelopes
Super Happy Fun America, the group that is trying to make the first \”Straight Pride Parade\” happen in Boston, probably expected to receive some negative feedback…So when three of its members opened their mailbox to find strange envelopes with no return address, they contacted the police.
\”I went out to my mailbox and there was an envelope in there with my name and address, no return address, the back was very heavily taped up and when I shook it I heard stuff shaking around inside\” one of the recipients, Samson Racioppi, told CNN.
Officers shut down the street to examine the suspicious package. When they finally opened the mysterious parcel? They found lots of glitter, and a handwritten letter.
An FBI spokesperson has said the agency \”does not believe the packages pose a threat to public safety\”.
The city recently approved the group\’s public event permit, though they have a few more hoops to jump through before they are legally approved to have a parade. According to the permit, they expect about 2,000 people would attend.
In contrast, Chicago\’s pride parade is only the 12th largest annual LGBT event in the world. It has exceeded 1 million attendees every year since 2013.
Cockroaches becoming “almost impossible” to kill with insecticides
Scientists at Purdue University say cockroaches are becoming even more resistant to insecticides, and will soon be nearly “almost impossible” to kill with chemicals.
Researchers say the bugs are developing a “cross-resistance” to different cocktails of insecticides used by exterminators. That resistance ends up getting passed on to the next generation of roaches.
Some of those roaches are born with immunity to pesticides they’ve never even been exposed to, researchers say. Scientists recommend using other methods like traps, vacuums, or simply keeping things clean.
