One-third of women admit they go on a date for a free meal

June 24, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

A new study shows that one-third of heterosexual women only go on dates for free food.

Researchers have dubbed it a “foodie call”, like booty call but for food… get it?
It’s basically when someone sets up a date with a person they are not romantically interested in just so they can be wined and dined.

Researchers at Azusa Pacific University and UC Merced found that 23 percent to 33 percent of women say they’ve engaged in a ‘foodie call’. Those who are most likely to engage in a foodie call and find it acceptable scored him in these three personality traits – psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism.

Have you ever done a foodie call on someone? Or worse, do you think you’ve fallen victim to a foodie call?

Rivers Cuomo summed up….by the words of Rivers Cuomo.

June 23, 2019 | Eric

Kerrang! knows that many fun words have been spoken by Rivers Cuomo.  So they collected two decades worth of stuff that the Weezer frontman has said over the years.  It turned into an interesting profile — and so enjoyable that I wanted to share it with you.

Some highlights:

On his public persona:  “Outside of Weezer world, it’s really hard for me, socially. But I think it’s also part of the reason why I have attracted an audience: all I need to do is be myself and people think it’s weird and entertaining.”

On Weezer fans:  “People always ask me why I think our fans stuck around, and the truth is we don’t know. I hope it’s because we made good records, and people didn’t get sick of them.”

On metal music:  “Metal was extremely important to me, musically and spiritually. It was more than just music. It was a faith, a cult, a religion that one could belong to.”

More thoughts on metal — and many other things, including an insight into how he really feels about Pinkerton — in a nice summary of quotes collected throughout the years by the magazine.  — [eric]

[📷 : Zach Spangler]

6.23.19 Alt_Backspace

June 23, 2019 | bphillips

Hour 1

  • Nirvana – Love Buzz
  • Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
  • Material Issue – Valerie Loves Me
  • Green Day – 2000 Light Years Away
  • Haircut 100 – Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
  • Sponge – Molly
  • Veruca Salt – Volcano Girls
  • XTC – Senses Working Overtime
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
  • Portishead – Sour Times
  • Better Than Ezra – Good
  • The Cure – Pictures Of You
  • Dramarama – Anything Anything

Hour 2

  • Radiohead – My Iron Lung
  • Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
  • Semisonic – Singing In My Sleep
  • Beck – Sexx Laws
  • O.M.D. – Dreaming
  • Hole – Malibu
  • R.E.M. – So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
  • Depeche Mode – World In My Eyes
  • Foo Fighters – Big Me
  • Save Ferris – Come On Eileen
  • Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray
  • Split Enz – I Got You
  • Cake – Let Me Go

Stream Twenty One Pilots piano version of ‘Chlorine’

June 22, 2019 | Kevin

Twenty One Pilots are set to headline Lollapalooza, and they continue to feed their faithful Clique with grandiose shows. This week the Ohio duo posted a new rendition of a track off their recent album ‘Trench’, with this quite chill piano-centered version ‘Chorline’. It still utilizes a stable beat, but nothing that has that big kick to it, rather it goes for subtle head-bobbing feeling with a more delicate vocal performance. It’s refreshing to see TOP so convincingly re-do their own songs with such solid results.

No details are currently on known on when we might get more from the Location sessions, but we are looking forward to it.

WIN YOUR WAY INTO LOLLAPALOOZA RIGHT HERE 

 

 

Stream the Raconteurs new album ‘Help Us Stranger’ here

June 22, 2019 | Kevin

The Raconteurs, the wonderful musical marriage of Jack White and Brendan Benson is back once again with a romping catchy new album that is just dripping sing-a-long clap-a-long fun. And you can stream it right here!

Stereogum praised the album, saying it takes the torch from 70’s classic rock but that ” there’s nothing that White and Benson have cooked up on Help Me Stranger that sounds like genre-reliant clock-punching; instead, they make playing around in the classic-rock sandbox sound like so much fun that you have to wonder why it took them eleven years to get back in the habit together”.

Consequence of Sound says “White sounds like he’s genuinely having a good time on Help Us Stranger. Evidence of these reinvigorated humors pervades opener “Bored and Razed”, a no-frills rock stomper that finds White whirling his way through the verses and Benson adding a calming sweetness to the choruses.”

It’s definitely one of the biggest alternative releases of summer to say the least. It will make us drool in anticipation of their set at Riot Fest in September. Win your way into that here. 

Also it gets an endorsement from Jack Black in this video.

 

Watch the latest trailer for ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3

June 22, 2019 | Kevin

 

We are two weeks away and we have one more big teaser with the latest action-driven trailer of ‘Stranger Things’ Seasons 3. Here we get a more clearer idea who the formidable foe will be for Eleven and the gang in this beloved sci-fi coming-of-age in Indiana story and how it looks like someone annoying from Season 2 is becoming some much more serious in Season 3.

Stranger Things Season 3 drops on July 4th.

 

Naked Man Tries To Go Through Airport Security

June 21, 2019 | JVO

When they say remove things at the airport security checkpoint, that doesn’t mean all of your clothes. A man took off all of his clothing before the TSA screening at Detroit Metro Airport this morning. TSA officials didn’t let the naked man pass through, though police and fire officials determined that the man did not pose a threat. He was taken to a local hospital for observation.

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Batman gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!

June 21, 2019 | JVO

The list of celebrities getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year has been released. There will be 33 honorees in 2020, including Julia Roberts, Spike Lee, Chris Hemsworth, 50 Cent, Billy Idol, Octavia Spencer. Elvis Costello, Dr. Phil McGraw, Dave Chappelle, Andy Cohen, Wendy Williams, Laurence Fishburne, Kathie Lee Gifford, Alicia Keys and Milo Ventimiglia. A posthumous tribute will also be given to Andy Kaufman.

Batman’s getting a star, too. Sure, he’s not a real person. But he’s freaking Batman.

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Bikini Bottom is coming to Lincoln Park

June 21, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

SpongeBob is moving from the sea to Lincoln Park’s Replay!

The arcade bar is transforming into Bikini Bottom, specifically The Salty Spitoon, with specialty cocktails and decorations.
(If you don’t know The Salty Spitoon is the rough dive bar SpongeBob isn’t allowed to enter because he’s not tough enough.”No weenies allowed.”)

Plus they’ll have spots decorated to look like Mrs. Puff’s Boating School, the rock Patrick lives under, and the Krusty Krab. Along with art installations from local Chicago artists.
Diners can grab a Krabby Patty and enjoy a special Spongebob-themed cocktail. They’ll have “Kelp Juice,” “Jellyfish Jam” shots, “Sandy’s Helmet” served in a fishbowl, and the “Chum Bucket” which is, of course, presented in a bucket.

Not to mention they’ll have some show-themed events! The pop-up runs from now till July 15th.

If you didn’t know, SpongeBob SquarePants is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary this year! Celebrate its anniversary with a drink themed after the show.

Thanks to phones, teens are starting to grow horns

June 21, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

Australian researchers claim that some teens are beginning to grow horn-like spikes on the back of their skulls.

They suggest the horn is actually a strange bone spur that has formed at the back of the heads of the teens because they tilt their heads forward to look down at their phones constantly.

The Washington Post wrote an extensive article with more information on these “horns.”

Are we evolving? Are we failing as a species?

That’s up to you to decide.

Strangers break out into a subway singalong

June 21, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

You normally hear horror stories about NYC’s public transportation, but this isn’t one of those stories.

A rider was blasting music when a magical thing happened… passengers started joining together and singing the Backstreet Boys song “I Want It That Way”.

Twitter user @Wertwhile posted the video of the interaction, it put a smile on their faces just like it put one on ours.

You can buy Max’s ‘Stranger Things’ Mongoose Throwback Bike!

June 20, 2019 | Tim Virgin

This is one time in my life I wish I was NOT  6’0 tall because this is 8o’s AWESOME!  A third special-edition bike will join the Stranger Things fleet, which currently has two real-world Schwinns inspired by the Netflix series: Mike’s bike and Lucas’s bike.  Now Mongoose will release a third special-edition Stranger Things bike, This one is inspired by the character Max Mayfield and it will retail for $219.99 at Target stores and online starting June 30.  Can they make one in an adult size, please?  – Tim Virgin

 

(Bicycling)

The Killers, Beastie Boys, and more get music video HD makeovers

June 20, 2019 | Kevin

You ever find your self going down the ol’ music video worm hole watching all those clips from your favorites artists in the 80’s, 90’s. and 00’s, but you get this feeling the footage has not aged well when you are conditioned to clear high-definition on current TV and movies? Yeah well you are not alone in that.  Consequence of Sound reported this week that YouTube and Universal Music have begun an initiative to digital re-master a LOT music videos. The first batch of 100 polished up videos will come from a wide range of artists including the Killers, Billy Idol, and many many more.

The new project started with the Spike Jonze directed classic from Beastie Boys ‘Sabotage’ with an HD makeover for this kick-ass jam. The video which was released in 1994 now looks more vivid with all of cops-on-the-chase action in it’s new remastered version.

The bet payoff: Ali sniffs a listener’s shoe

June 20, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

Here’s an understanding of why Ali had to smell our listener Luis’ shoe.

Brian is a Cubs fan, Justin is a White Sox fan, and Ali is a bit of both. So they decided to make bets for the Crosstown Classic series!
If the Cubs would have won both games Justin would have had to kiss a stranger, and if the White Sox won Brian would have had to lick the men’s bathroom handle, but that wasn’t the case. The Sox won the first game and the Cubs won the second, so that meant Ali had to sniff a strangers shoe.

You can see the glorious shoe sniffing happen during our Facebook Live. She didn’t just smell it once either…

Luis came all the way in from O’hare in morning traffic just so Ali can sniff his shoe, we thank him for being a key part it helping make this bet happen!

Dads get into an all out brawl during a little league game

June 20, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

There’s nothing worse than a dad getting way into a little league game right?
Like calm down, they’re supposed to be having fun out there right!

Well, you know what’s even worse than that? Parents starting a full-on brawl at a little league game.

The fight went down at a game between a bunch of 7-year-olds in Colorado over bad calls by the umpire, who by the way is 13 years old.

There were some minor injuries and one victim who suffered from serious injuries. Police ordered citations for disorderly conduct and are still looking for some suspects who were apart of the brawl, specifically the man in the video with teal shorts who took a few cheap shots on a guy who wasn’t looking.

If you see a man wearing teal shorts you better watch out because he might blow up on you!

Marijuana Pepsi has earned her PhD, yes that’s her real name

June 20, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

This mother-of-one grew up with the name Marijuana Pepsi and came across many bullies growing up.

But that didn’t stop Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, she became more than her name and got her PhD in higher education leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in Wisconsin.
Even though she had teachers and bosses tell her she should legally change her name she never did. She refused to change the unusual name in a bid to prove to herself that overcoming obstacles is possible

Also insisting that she’ll want people to call her Dr. Maijuana Pepsi.

In her interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, she even said how she’s never smoked marijuana and doesn’t drink Pepsi.

Congratulations Dr. Vandyck!

Nearly half of young Americans don’t use or buy deodorant

June 20, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

It seems that nearly half the young people ages 18-24 aren’t using deodorant and haven’t in a month.

In a new poll by YouGov.com, they asked various age groups “Have you used deodorant or antiperspirants in the last 30 days?”

According to YouGov Plan and Track data:

“Nearly 40 percent of 18-24 years olds say they haven’t applied either of the products in the last month.The numbers change slightly for 25-to-34-year-olds, 31 percent of whom also haven’t used deodorant in the last month.”

They aren’t doing this for the lack of personal hygiene or health but because they don’t think they need to wear it.

We’d just like to say please wear it. You may not smell yourself but everyone else does, plus its summer!

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