Be afraid, be very afraid. Mongolian metal is a thing, and it’s coming to this year’s Riot Fest. Behold… THE HU! Tickets available now.
Be afraid, be very afraid. Mongolian metal is a thing, and it’s coming to this year’s Riot Fest. Behold… THE HU! Tickets available now.
The original trailer for the live-action film featuring Sonic the Hedgehog was roasted online to such a degree, that the director Jeff Fowler apologized and the studio behind it, Paramount delayed the film’s release so they can retool the film’s animation. Internet Today stated it was “the worst trailer reception” in some time, and even that feels like an understatement. Most fans of the SEGA video game icon felt the CGI animation in the original trailer was lacking the charm of the 16-bit speedster that they loved as kids, and WHY DOES HE HAVE HUMAN TEETH?!
Youtuber Arthur Baranov took another crack at the film by inserting a more traditional cartoon take on the word’s fastest hedgehog in the trailer.
Worst first pitch ever? You decide.
The good news is, the cameraman and his camera are okay
Rise Against is unquestionably one of the best bands to break out of Chicago, and we can’t wait to see them again at Riot Fest 2019. With a catalog that includes eight studio albums, a handful of EPs, an acoustic set and tons of great B sides, a Rise Against set list has a deep bench to pull from. Here are ten songs that are pretty undeniable, though this list admittedly only scratches the surface of the band’s work.
“401kill” (The Unraveling) – Good thing the band thing worked out for Rise Against; they made it clear very early on that life in a cubicle was never going to work out for them.
“Voices Off Camera” (Revolutions Per Minute) – One of the band’s most enduring songs, made even more interesting on last year’s “Ghost Note Symphonies.”
“Life Less Frightening” (Siren Song of the Counter Culture) – The lyrics work on political and personal levels: “I don’t ask for much/Truth be told I’d settle/For a life less frightening.”
“Prayer of the Refugee” (The Sufferer & The Witness) – A slow build works its way to explosion in this RA classic.
“The Approaching Curve” (The Sufferer & The Witness) – Dark and compelling, propelled by an unusual (for Rise Against) spoken word framework.
“Savior” (Appeal to Reason) – One of the band’s highest commercial peaks is also one of their songwriting masterstrokes. Maybe it’s just me, but I still get chills when Tim McIlrath’s voice leads in with “It kills me not to know this…”
“Satellite” (Endgame) -“We are the orphans of the American Dream”
“People Live Here” (The Black Market) – Rise Against at their most delicate, and a wonderful showcase for the nuances of McIlrath’s voice.
“House On Fire” (Wolves) – As powerful a song about parenting as you’ll ever hear.
“The Violence” (Wolves) – Takes a look at humanity and asks us to consider whether we’re good enough to pull ourselves out of our self-destructive morass. “We’re not stories, we’re not actors/We’re awake and in control/And this is not a dream”
WKQX-FM’s “Riot Fest 15th Anniversary Web” Contest
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Riot Fest celebrates its 15th anniversary with an epic 3-day festival that spans eras, genres and description. This year’s event runs from Friday 9/13/19-9/15/19, and includes:
BLINK-182, SLAYER (final Chicago & Milwaukee show), BIKINI KILL, THE RACONTEURS, RISE AGAINST, THE FLAMING LIPS (performing Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robot), JAWBREAKER, WEEN (performing The Mollusk) BLOC PARTY (performing Silent Alarm), DIE ANTWOORD, PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND, TAKING BACK SUNDAY (performing Tell All Your Friends and Louder Now), RANCID, VIOLENT FEMMES, DESCENDENTS, MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, THE B-52s, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL (performing The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most), THE STRUTS, AGAINST ME! (performing Reinventing Axl Rose and Transgender Dysphoria Blues), PVRIS, THE STARTING LINE, THE STORY SO FAR, AVAIL (performing Over The James), PENNYWISE, COCK SPARRER, STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO, ANTHRAX, NECK DEEP, BOB MOULD, HOT SNAKES, AMERICAN FOOTBALL, GUIDED BY VOICES, RIDE, LUCERO, TESTAMENT, ANDREW W.K., SENSES FAIL (performing Let It Enfold You and From The Depths Of Dreams), THE GET UP KIDS, VILLAGE PEOPLE, LESS THAN JAKE, HOT WATER MUSIC, GLASSJAW (performing Worship & Tribute), GWAR, THE SELECTER (performing Too Much Pressure), ANTI-FLAG, NICK LOWE w/ LOS STRAITJACKETS, TURNOVER, THE DAMNED THINGS, CURSIVE, TURNSTILE, SURFER BLOOD, THE ERGS!, SAVE FERRIS, FRANK IERO AND THE FUTURE VIOLENTS, WHITE REAPER, GRANDSON, H2O, I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, HOT MULLIGAN, THE HU, TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET, PROF, CHERRY GLAZERR, DAVE HAUSE & THE MERMAID, THIS WILD LIFE, THE GARDEN, DRAKULAS, DEAD SWORDS, CAN’T SWIM, CAROLINE ROSE, THE BEACHES, MAT KEREKES, ANGEL DU$T, MICROWAVE, PKEW PKEW PKEW, SINCERE ENGINEER, SKATING POLLY, NO PARENTS, ULTRA Q, LANDO CHILL, CLEOPATRICK, ELDER BROTHER, THIN LIPS, CHAOS CHAOS, KALI MASI, YOURS TRULY, GANSER, RAMONA
So much to unpack here: Blink makes good on last year’s absence… Slayer makes a deal to permanently destroy our hearing… The Raconteurs return to Chicago after close to a decade away from the stage… Flaming Lips play “Yoshimi” in its entirety… Against Me! returns… heritage groundbreakers Violent Femmes, the B-52s and Patti Smith get set to remind us all of where a lot of this started… The Hu is the best Mongolian band ever… And Rise Against raises the Chicago flag over the whole damn thing, with a songbook built on punk roots, social consciousness and arena-ready hooks.
Just to confirm: Slayer, the Village People and Rise Against are all playing the same festival. We live in an age of wonders.
And yeah, we love this year’s line-up… especially because it includes lots of old friends!
Watch Tim from Rise Against on stage with Billy Corgan at The Nights We Stole Christmas last year:
Watch Dashboard Confessional perform “Vindicated” in #TheLounge:
Watch The Struts perform “Kiss This” in #TheLounge:
Local Naperville teen Paul Stys was just shooting some hoops when his mail courier stopped by to see what skills he had to display.
Watch if you’re having a rough day pic.twitter.com/txyLAAQ1te
— Paul Stys (@paul_stys11) May 21, 2019
The teen swiftly dunked the ball, and let’s just say this mail carrier was impressed.
“DAAAAAAAYYYYYYUUUUUMMM!!!!!” I wish my mail lady hyped me up like this…
If you aren’t a basketball fan, well you better become one because Chipotle is running a new promo during the 2019 NBA Finals where they are giving away free burritos every time an announcer says the word “free”.
Here is how you can get your free burrito!
When the announcer says “free” Chipotle will tweet out a code. If you text that code to 888222 you could be one of the lucky 500 people to win a free burrito! Game one between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors is Thursday night, so loosen up those fingers!
The White Sox employee of the month got to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, but it may now be the worst first pitch of all time.
"Now, the key to this game is keeping your eye on the ball." pic.twitter.com/qZKAt6GSKk
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) May 29, 2019
Here are the photos the photographer got… before he got hit.
Life comes at you pretty fast. pic.twitter.com/ySGgmqSc1n
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) May 29, 2019
Think you could do better, or worse?
Gabrielle Union uses her FIRST golden buzzer and creates one of the most emotional moments in AGT history.
Grab some tissues as you watch this heartwarming performance by Kodi Lee.
Most people would like to know when there is a tornado heading your way that could cause destruction to your home and neighborhood, a lot stop and listen to know if they have to get to safety.
But locals in Dayton, Ohio didn’t seem to care when The Bachelorette was on. Viewers took to social media to complain to weatherman Jamie Simpson, telling him to get back “just get back to the show”.
He did not appreciate the comments. Check out his little rant towards the viewers who cared more about their ‘show’ than the impending weather.
But can you really blame him for going off?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?! You can keep your roses!
The Bachelorette is a TV institution, presenting the unrealistic scenario of dozens of men pursuing one lady for marriage. It is a sporting contest that gains so much feminine intrigue that apparently it means more than up-to-minute information about dangerous tornadoes. That is exactly what happened this week in Dayton,Ohio which was hit by several serious tornadoes and storms that caused a lot of damage, but that did not stop fans of the fuax romance contest show from complaining on social media to the local ABC affiliate about interrupting the show with serious need-to-know info.
In the video above, you can see the weatherman on air not having any of it declaring “this is a dangerous situation” and that “I am done with you. I really am, this is pathetic!”.
Courtney Hole lead Hole in their 90’s hey day to much success with hit songs ‘Doll Parts’ and ‘Celebrity Skin’, selling millions albums in the process, only to officially disband in 2002 under some nasty circumstances. The 90’s lineup would reunite for a brief 2-song performance with Love, guitarist Eric Erlandson, drummer Patty Schemel, and bassist Melissa Auf der Maur at an after party for Schmel’s documentary Hit So Hard. Well in a recent interview with the Guardian, Love says there is possibility of a full fledged reunion.
“We are definitely talking about it,” Love said. “There’s nothing wrong with honoring your past; I’ve just kind of discovered that. If you don’t, people will rewrite history and you will become an inconvenient woman.”
Here are some of the messiest breakups in recent music history.
Our buds over at Consequence of Sound recently featured the masterful skills of music video titan Spike Jonze The director has some of the most iconic and influential alternative music videos, to the point where he’s become one of the most underrated players in establishing the genre in the 90’s as a visual spectrum and not simply just an audible one.
Jonze also had a hand in some of the biggest hip hop videos of all time. He worked with Notoriuous B.I.G and the Pharcyde. He went on direct hit films like ‘Being John Malkovich’, ‘Her’, and ‘Adaption’ with his unique slanted yet engaging touch. He’s also acted in plenty of films like ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ and ‘Three Kings’.Jonez has been able to balance high art with humor, as he was also a key player in the ‘Jackass’ movie/TV series. Jonez simply has continued to make alternative content for mainstream audiences looking for just that, something outside of the norm but within reach. Recently he partnered with VICE to launch the documentary focused cable channel Viceland. That’s quite the run when you consider he started just doing skate board videos.
This prompted a dig into his alternative video catalog so we could highlight some of his best work with our beloved favorite bands.
Weezer – ‘Buddy Holly’
This send-up to the cheesy TV sitcom ‘Happy Days’ used ahead-of-it’s-time editing to drop the band directly into the show playing in a sock hop scenario. The song already had our hearts, but this clip made the track get our eyes in a memorable way playing up Weezer’s unbridled embrace of smart-ass nerdom in all of it’s forms. Jonez also handled the video for another gem off the ‘Blue’ album ‘Undone (Sweater Song)’.
Beastie Boys – ‘Sabotage’
Three rappers turned 70’s dram cops in a wigs, sliding over cars, chasing bad guys over rooftops, and mugging for the camera. It’s almost has ingrained in our collective psyche as the song itself, and perfectly mirrors the song’s rousing energy. Jonez and the surviving Beasites collaborated recently on special live retrospective live shows in New York and Philadelphia.
Bjork – ‘Oh So Quiet’
The Icelandic singer Bjork has never been one to follow the path previously traveled, but rather making one all her own which was clear in this video which took big Broadway style musical numbers and flipped them upside down. Yes, they do
FATBOY SLIM – ‘PRAISE YOU’
Alt dance wizard Fatboy Slim was not very fond of his music videos, until he got a note from Jonez expressing how much he liked his music and a presentation of lofi ideas for videos. The idea here was simply fun and undeniable. Jonez leads a not-well-trained dance troupe in a heartwarming flash mob (before those were a thing) as they dance their choreograph routine in front of a busy movie theater. It becomes such a scene that a man comes up and turns off the boom box providing the soundtrack, and they regroup to continue their radical act. It’s just fun and eye-catching to see a music video play out in a real space in relatively real time.
DAFT PUNK – ‘DA FUNK’
An anthropomorphic dog man brings his boom box and it’s raise-the-roof beat through the lonely streets of NYC just trying to connect as he settles into a new life. Yeah, how does that even make sense? Well watch the video and try not to feel for this mutt man.
Watch Mojo did a solid job as well digging into Jonez’s career.
The World Health Organization just officially classified work BURN OUT as a new disease.
That means that by 2022, doctors will be able to diagnose burn out . . . and, in theory, they’ll prescribe treatments that insurance companies should cover.
So what is burn out? The official definition is, quote, “chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.”
And the three symptoms are … Exhaustion . . . feeling negative, cynical, or detached from your job . . . and less efficiency and effectiveness at work. I think I have all of those! – Tim Virgin
The good news is that the Red and Purple lines will be getting some work done in the way of upgrades. The bad news is that it will take a looooooong time. And will cause some station shutdowns…
“The stations, Lawrence at 1117 W. Lawrence Ave. and Berwyn at 1121 W. Berwyn Ave., could close in late 2020 or early 2021 and aren’t expected to re-open until 2024, said CTA spokeswoman Tammy Chase.
The Argyle and Bryn Mawr stations will be closed for upgrades during that time, too, but the CTA will have temporary stations to replace those. When the four stations re-open in 2024, they’ll be updated and 100 percent accessible.
The closures are needed as part of the $2.1 billion Red-Purple Line Modernization project.”
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Brother Dean Saxton spends his days going to school campuses with a megaphone and signs to preach that \”Muslims are terrorists, homosexuality is a sin, and students who wear yoga pants \’deserve rape.\’\”, according to Bored Panda.
One such day, he was declaring that women who weren\’t Christians \”deserved to be raped\” when a student allegedly hit him in the head with a baseball bat. He was bleeding a bit, but was able to walk away. After news of the incident hit the internet, there was a deluge of salty comments. Here are a few of our favorite responses:
Read the full story (and see more responses) on Bored Panda.
Wine company Rose All Day is currently looking for brand ambassadors. That means they pay YOU $10K to drink wine all day!
Along with the cash, the company will also send the lucky winner also gets to a free trip to France where they get to stay in the Rose All Day chateau. All you have to do to enter is
Think you could be the one? Go check out Rose All Day’s website for the complete list of rules.
WTF News: Horny teen learns a tough lesson when he gets his penis stuck in a metal pipe for an hour.
The 16-year-old decided to put his privates into a drain pipe that was sticking out of a wall, only to have it swell so badly that his friends had to call emergency services. Rescuers brought a metal cutting saw to hopefully free the boy, but his member was badly wedged inside. They only sawed of the length of the pipe and took him to the hospital to saw off the rest.
You can see the scary encounter of this giant saw so close to his downstairs:
PLEASE, do not be like this teen. Just seeing the video of them removing the pipe should shock you enough not to try it.
This little boy took over his group’s rendition of ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’, except it had a bit of a Star Wars remix to it.
Seems like he must have confused the song with the ‘Imperial March’. Simple mistake!