United Airlines has added Spidey to their latest airline safety video, as the promotional push for “Spider-Man: Far From Home” goes into overdrive.
Star Wars getting Game of Thrones energy with next film trilogy
Disney has been dropping a lot of hints towards the future of Star Wars with several new TV series in development for their streaming service Disney+ and a slew of new films in the works, but now it seems these upcoming films will have a Game of Thrones influence.
Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed at a business conference this week according to Consequence of Sound that Game of Thrones show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will launch their own Star Wars trilogy of films following this December’s Rise of the Skywalker.
GoT will air it’s final episode this Sunday.
Also here is what light sabers would like like in GoT. The Force is strong in Jon Snow.
Watch Dave Grohl surprise adorable drummer girl on ‘Ellen’
Foo Fighters have been staunch supporters of music education with young children. That became even more evident recently on ‘Ellen’ when a viral video sensation Yoyoka Soma returned to the talk show to perform a rousing cover of Foo classic ‘the Pretender’. Dave Grohl surprised the young percussionist with a video message after she crushed it on national TV.
Mark Hoppus pokes fun at old Blink-182 fashion choices
Listen to the NEW song from Blink-182 ‘Blame It On My Youth’
Some of us may have that Polaroid that we have to take a picture of with our phones to post social media, and it shows the oddly now-hilarious fashion faux pas you made in the past. Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus is someone who knows his band was deeply tied to the first big wave of ‘pop punk’ culture within the alternative music universe, and with that came some time-specific threads that remain in the past. Hoppus posted the following on the ‘gram.
Oh those shorts that jort through the ages. 1999 when the backwards visor and the Jinco jean had a place on our collective heads and butts.
‘The Simpsons’ theme song over ‘Game of Thrones’ credits
This shouldn’t work. And yet…
Why does the @TheSimpsons theme song work perfectly with @GameOfThrones opening. 🤔 #GameofThrones #Simpsons pic.twitter.com/hyJ7NL8wfO
— Gerry Rushe (@gerry_rushe) May 10, 2019
First responders get a free meal on Wednesday
As a thank you to first responders, Culver’s is offering meals on Wednesday.
Their offering police officers, firefighters, EMTs, correctional officers, and 911 dispatchers a meal on May 15th.
Make sure to present your badge or ID to receive the free meal.
The snack pack will include either two chicken tenders or a single burger with a small fry and a small drink.
Just visit one of these participating Culver’s locations:
- 10745 S. Cicero Avenue Oak Lawn
- 9229 S. Harlem Avenue Bridgeview
- 9515 S. Kedzie Avenue Evergreen Park
- 8211 Ogden Avenue Lyons
- 6943 W. Roosevelt Road, Berwyn
- 4939 W. Irving Park Road Chicago
- 7542 W. Grand Avenue Elmwood Park
- 2751 Rose Street Franklin Park
Thank you first responders, with all you do for the community.
Bill Nye’s fiery message
We all kinda grew up with Bill Nye the Science Guy teaching us science with fun videos, but now that we’re adults he’s done sugar coating things.
He joined HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” to give a little NSFW rant on the planet, and the Green New Deal.
This @BillNye segment on Climate Change from @LastWeekTonight is brilliant.
1. Don’t watch if you are offended by cursing.
2. If item 1 is true of you, you may also want to unfollow me in general 😂 pic.twitter.com/K2qPILRVqY— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) May 14, 2019
Think we may have broken Bill Nye…
You can check out the full episode with host John Oliver, and see another cameo of Bill Nye.
(Fast forward to 10:20 to see another ‘experiment’ from Bill.)
“Arthur” teacher, Mr. Ratburn, is revealed to be gay in the Season Premiere
The theme song for childhood show Arthur is basically a “love is love” anthem, so it’s actually a bit of a surprise that the first LGBTQ character was only introduced this year – but they’ve finally embraced this “original point of view”.
The season 22 premiere episode, titled “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone”, begins with Arthur and his friends mistaking a lady helping with wedding preparations as his fiancé. The woman, voiced by Jane Lynch, turns out to be his sister. The kids are pleasantly surprised when it’s revealed that the chocolate shop owner, Patrick, is the one marrying Mr. R.
Yet the most shocking part of the episode is how after 22 years, Arthur and his friends are still in the 3rd grade.
See more reactions from the episode on Buzzfeed, or watch the whole episode here.
Smith & Thell — Meet and Greet — The Lounge
Meet and greet photos with Maria Jane Smith from Smith & Thell at The Lounge!
Queued Up #331 Playlist – 5.12.19
#331 5.12.19
Hour 1
- Of Monsters and Men – Alligator
- SYML – Break Free
- Foals – In Degrees
- Blink 182 – Blame It On My Youth
- Young The Giant – Heat Of The Summer
- 311 – Good Feeling
- Twin XL – Good
- Barns Courtney – You and I
- Mini Mansions – GummyBear (Queued Up Artist Showcase 6/7)
- Silent Rival – Sleep Like a Baby
- Sego – Shame
- Vampire Weekend – This Life
- MXMS – Salvation Hurts
- Absofacto – Dissolve
- Suzi Wu – Highway
Hour 2
- Beck – Saw Lightning
- White Lies – Tokyo
- Angels and Airwaves – Rebel Girl
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Black Star Dancing
- Marshmello – Here With Me (feat. CHVRCHES)
- I Don’t Know How But They Found Me – Social Climb (QUAS 5/15)
- The Struts – In Love With a Camera
- Matt Maeson – Cringe
- Bastille – Doom Days
- Houses – Left Alone
- Badflower – Promise Me
- Japanese Breakfast – Essentially
- The Regrettes – Dress Up
- The Unlikely Candidates – Novocaine
- Teenage Wrist – Mary
You could get paid to live on a yacht for a week
Photo courtesy of HushHush
HushHush, a \”Luxury shopping marketplace & shopping concierge service\” based in London, is looking for a yacht reviewer. You could be flown all over the world to live on a yacht and and make certain they meet the brand\’s high standards. A keen eye for detail is helpful, since you need to make sure every little thing on the boat is in ship shape (pun intended).
The qualifications? You must be over 21, have a passport, and be readily available on short notice throughout the year. They say that \”You do not need experience of yachts, but if you do, that will give you an advantage.\”
You would make £1,000 per yacht review (roughly $1123 American). There\’s the potential to review up to 50 yachts per year, which would translate to about $56k annually.
Not bad!
They made what into rolled ice cream!?
Has man gone too far? This ice cream roller decided to mix pizza, hamburgers, and chicken nuggets into what many would call the ultimate sweet and savoury dessert… I wonder what it tastes like.
I know people like to dip their fries into their McFlurry…but this may be going too far.
Man makes a Tinder profile with the woman Snapchat filter
Snapchat has put up some new filters.
Two that have become more popular than others, one turns men into women as the other turns women into men.
But one guy, Jake Askew from Norwich, UK, decided to take the filter to the next level by making a Tinder account of himself with the filter. Jake then became Jess and she was VERY popular.
So rather than going out, me & SJ decided to see how far Jess could go on tinder.. within an hour I was the most popular girl in Derby. pic.twitter.com/Mwgw8KjDdw
— Jake (@J_Askew) May 11, 2019
More than 1,650 guys ‘liked’ his profile and he received between 300-400 matches. Jake – aka Jess – also received some rather indecent messages from men.
Some right randy bastards on here pic.twitter.com/B1Z3iS6kOI
— Jake (@J_Askew) May 11, 2019
Even had some cunt talking to me about his ‘pork sword’ pic.twitter.com/dI1XSf51p9
— Jake (@J_Askew) May 11, 2019
He may have catfished a few men, but it turned out to be a great science experiment! Snapchat filters are just too good at changing your appearance.
Would you have swiped right on ‘her’?
WTF News: Driver caught standing through sunroof
Florida man decided to hang out of his sunroof instead of focusing on driving, probably not the reason they invented cruise control.
5.12.19 Alt_Backspace
Hour 1
- Soundgarden – My Wave
- Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink
- Tracy Bonham – Mother Mother
- Smashing Pumpkins – Muzzle
- Gene Loves Jezebel – The Motion Of Love
- The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You?
- Local H – All The Kids Are Right
- Love And Rockets – So Alive
- No Doubt – Excuse Me Mr.
- Danzig – Mother
- Sublime – Badfish
- The Replacements – I Will Dare
- Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone
Hour 2
- Pearl Jam – Corduroy
- Depeche Mode – It’s No Good
- PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
- Weezer – The Good Life
- The Smiths – This Charming Man
- Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
- Garbage – Vow
- The Church – Under The Milky Way
- Hole – Miss World
- Incubus – Privilege
- Jane’s Addiction – Stop!
- Echo And The Bunnymen – The Cutter
- Letters To Cleo – Here And Now
Happy Mother’s Day!
Weezer’s “Blue Album” turns 25; here’s a few things you might not know about it.
Can you believe it’s been THAT many years since we first heard songs like “Undone – The Sweater Song,” “Buddy Holly,” “My Name Is Jonas,” and “Say It Ain’t So?”
You think we would know EVERYTHING about this album by now. But maybe not.
For instance: Rivers was in community college when the Weezer (The Blue Album) came out, but he took a big step right after it’s release: he enrolled in Harvard to pursue a bachelor’s degree in English. He left with two semesters remaining….and eventually graduated in 2006.
Here are 10 other facts about the band’s first album, thanks to Rolling Stone. Find out how Metallica, The Cars, and a Playboy photographer connect to this awesome record.— [eric]
Dave Grohl & his mother: pure awesomeness.
As we get set to honor those ladies who have taken on the task of raising spawn this weekend, I’d like to salute one of the great mothers in alternative rock history: Here’s why Virginia Hanlon Grohl rocks so much, IMHO:
SHE WROTE A BOOK ON RAISING FAMOUS MUSICIANS
In this interview, we not only learn a little bit about her book From Cradle To Stage (where she interviews the mothers of Dr. Dre, Michael Stipe, and Mike D. from the Beastie Boys) — we learn that Dave and his mom used to belt out tunes while driving around in the car.
SHE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER — AND ALLOWED DAVE TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL
From an interview with the Washington Post: “Everyone thought I was out of my mind,” said Grohl, 79. “I knew it was risky, yeah, but it seemed to me a way that he would learn about the world, and that’s what education is supposed to be. It’s not about getting all the answers, but showing you how to learn.”
SHE GOES ON TOUR WITH DAVE
In fact, the two of them are north of the border this weekend for Canadian Music Week, where Dave will interview his mother about her famous book. Virginia has been known to hit up many Foo Fighters gigs over the years, including their stop at Wrigley Field in 2015. Here’s Dave and the crowd singing “Happy Birthday” to his cousin and mom.
DAVE’S MOM HAS NO PROBLEM EMBARRASSING HER SON ON STAGE
For her birthday one year, Dave Grohl took her to a jazz club. She told him to jump on stage and show off his skills. He had no idea how out of his league he would soon be:
So, Happy Mother’s Day to ALL the awesome moms out there. I know there’s a little Virginia Grohl spirit in all of you if you’re hanging with us at 101WKQX. — [eric]
Original iPod, still in plastic goes up for auction. $20,000.
The very first iPod, still in the original packaging and wrapped in plastic, hit eBay this week. Want to take a guess as to the starting bid?
$20,000.
That’s four bucks for every MB of storage. Yup. Megabyte. But as documented by The Guardian, vintage Apple product is all the rage. Someone will jump on it. — [eric]
[📷 : The eBay Listing]
Nickelodeon on Netflix: ‘Rocko’s Modern Life’ & ‘Invader Zim’ movies coming soon
According to Consequence of Sound, Netflix has secured the rights to release a long-in-the-works animated feature film from 90’s Nickelodeon classic series ‘Rocko’s Modern Life’. The wacky show gained a lasting following, so it was exciting when the film was announced in 2017 but now it appears the anticipated film will be available for streaming in the future. The film called Static Cling will focus on Rocko and the gang returning to Earth after being left in outer space since 1996. Man, the internet is really going scare Heffer right?
This teaser shown at San Diego Comic Con featured Rocko and friends dealing with all the modern changes to even more modern life including how quickly cell phones get updated, guzzling down ‘Buzzbucks’ conffee, and where the heck did the comic book shop go?!
And for you early 2000’s kids, you are mixture of dark humor and kid TV glee will also be fan-served with an Invader Zim feature film also coming to Netflix. This is not fresh news but while we are on the topic of Nick shows getting the reboot, it felt like we needed to let you the invasion is coming in ‘Invader Zim; Enter the Florpus’. The follower teaser was first released last year at San Diego Comic Con.
This is not a drill…50¢ Frosties are back at Wendy’s
Yep! Wendy\’s unique icy-but-thick milkshake will cost 50¢ for a limited time.
A small frosty normally costs 99¢, so the 49¢ price break might not seem like a deal – but you\’re basically getting two for the price of one…which will be my excuse when I order two for myself tonight.
