The Kissing Bug is headed to Chicago

“Kissing Bug” sounds adorable to me.  Like a new couple who got “bitten by the kissing bug” because they are making out all over the place.  Or a Coachella-related STD… (because 11,000 people contracted herpes at the festival.)  The actual kissing bug is much worse.

The bug crawls around your mouth and eyes and bites you as you sleep. Which sound horrible, but is not even the worst part.  The worst part is their poop.

“Patients, when they are sleepy, the part where the insect has bitten them, they’ll accidentally rub in the poop which has the organism in it into the wound. And that is how you get Chagas disease. From there it extends from the skin into the bloodstream,” said Infectious Disease physician Tom Moore.  More from the CDC HERE.

I honestly didn’t think it could get worse than a Leggy Boi.  Boi was I wrong. 😫

<3 Lauren

Woodstock cancelled

Woodstock 50 has been torpedoed.

Organizers told Billboard, “Despite our tremendous investment of time, effort and commitment, we don’t believe the production of the festival can be executed as an event worthy of the Woodstock Brand name while also ensuring the health and safety of the artists, partners and attendees.” Basically, they didn’t want to create their own Fyre Festival debacle.

Billboard notes that over $30 million’s already been spent on talent, and the line-up was over-the-top, including Imagine Dragons, Chance the Rapper, the Killers, Raconteurs and more.

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Queued Up #329 Playlist – 4.28.19

#329 4.28.19

Hour 1

  1. Sam Fender – Hypersonic Missiles
  2. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It
  3. Mini Mansions – GummyBear (Queued Up Artist Showcase 6/7)
  4. The Strumbellas – I’ll Wait
  5. 311 – Good Feeling
  6. Vampire Weekend – This Life
  7. Dreamers – Die Happy
  8. New Politics – Comeback Kid
  9. Cosmo Sheldrake – Come Along
  10. Two Door Cinema Club – Talk
  11. Atlas Genius – Can’t Be Alone Tonight
  12. AJR – 100 Bad Days
  13. Tame Impala – Borderline
  14. Saint Phnx – Shake
  15. Actors – Slaves

Hour 2

  1. The 1975 – It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)
  2. Cayucas – Real Life
  3. Matt Maeson – Cringe
  4. The Black Keys – Eagle Birds
  5. Weathers – Problems
  6. I Don’t Know How But They Found Me – Social Climb (QUAS 5/15)
  7. The Get Up Kids – The Problem Is Me
  8. TR/ST – Gone
  9. Foster The People – Style
  10. Missio – I See You
  11. The Struts – In Love With a Camera
  12. Bastille – Doom Days
  13. Grandson – Apologize
  14. The Unlikely Candidates – Novocaine
  15. Badflower – Promise Me

The Historic Logan Square Bank that was almost the new Double Door has been converted to “Artsy Lofts”

The Historic Logan Square Bank that was almost the new Double Door has been converted to “Artsy Lofts”

After the devastating eviction of Wicker Park venue Double Door, the owners began looking for a new location. The Logan Square Bank seemed like a perfect fit – it was close to the original location, and like its predecessor, actually had two door entries (hence the name \”Double Door\”). Rezoning the property as a music venue required permission from neighbors within 250 feet of the building. Unfortunately, local residents and businesses felt it would be too disruptive.

Once the Double Door plan was nixed, New Era started on plan B – transforming the upper levels into six modern lofts, retail on the ground floor, and an escape room in the basement (where the original bank vault is still in tact).

That wasn\’t the end of the line for Double Door, though. They found a midsize venue space in Uptown – formerly the Wilson Avenue Theatre. While it is close to other venues the Riv and Aragon Ballroom, they\’re saying that its lower capacity meet the need for a smaller music venue.

Photos of the new lofts are below – If you like what you see and are interested in renting, you can reach out to New Era.

Social Distortion Text Contest

WKQX-FM’S “SOCIAL DISTORTION TEXT” CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
A complete copy of these rules can be obtained at the offices of radio station WKQX-FM (“Station”), owned and operated by Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. or one of its subsidiary companies, 455 N. CityFront Plaza Chicago, IL 60611, during normal business hours Monday through Friday or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.
The Station will conduct the WKQX-FM “Social Distortion Text” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:

1. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS APPLY.
2. Eligibility. This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents, excluding Florida and New York residents, age eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry with a valid Social Security number and who reside in the Station’s Designated Market Area (“DMA”) as defined by Nielsen Audio, who have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30 days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 60 days, and whose immediate family members or household members have not won a prize from the Station in the last 30 days or a prize valued at $500 or more in the last 60 days. Void where prohibited by law. Employees of Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., its parent company, affiliates, related entities and subsidiaries, promotional sponsors, prize providers, advertising agencies, other radio stations serving the Station’s DMA, and the immediate family members and household members of all such employees are not eligible to participate. The term “immediate family members” includes spouses, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and stepchildren. The term “household members” refers to people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Station’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
3. Contest Period. The Contest will begin at 2:54 pm CT on Monday, April 22, 2019 and will run until 11:59 am CT on Thursday, September 5, 2019 (the “Contest Period”). The Station’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.
4. How to Enter. To enter:
(i) Text: Send a text message with the keyword CHAIN to 312-101 during the Contest Period. All entries must be received by 11:59 am CT on Thursday, September 5, 2019 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing. Standard text messaging rates, as established by an individual’s wireless carrier, may apply, and Station assumes no responsibility for any fees or charges incurred for and associated with any text message sent to or from Station. Any and all fees arising out of the transmission of a text message shall be the sole responsibility of the entrant. Limit one (1) entry per person per phone number. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same telephone number. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry by using multiple/different telephone phone numbers, identities, or any other methods will void that participant from further participation in the Sweepstakes.
(ii) Online: Send an e-mail with the title Social Distortion during the Contest Period, to [email protected] containing your Legal Name, Phone Number, Date of Birth, and Address in the body of the e-mail. All entries must be received by 11:59 am CT on Thursday, September 5, 2019 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing. Limit one (1) entry per person per email address. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry per day by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entry and the participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Station is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, inappropriate or misdirected registrations, all of which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the participant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned the telephone number by the wireless carrier or an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Station and will not be returned. Station reserves the right to contact entrants and all other individuals whose email address is submitted as part of this promotion. No mail-in entries will be accepted.
5. Winner Selection. At approximately 1:00 pm CT on Thursday, September 5, 2019, Station will select one (1) entry for the Grand Prize in a random drawing from among all valid entries received by Station during the Contest Period. The winning entrant will be contacted using the email address and/or telephone number provided with the entry and may be awarded the prize (subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules). Station’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Contest and the selection of the potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Failure to respond to the initial verification contact within three (3) days of notification will result in disqualification.
6. Verification of Potential Winner. THE ELIGIBILITY OF ALL POTENTIAL CONTEST WINNERS IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY STATION WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CONTEST. The potential winner must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winner may be notified by email and/or telephone call after the date of random drawing and/or winner determination. The potential winner will be required to sign and return to Station, within three (3) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize, if applicable. A winner who returns the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release will be deemed to have accepted the contest prize and thereafter will not be permitted to rescind their acceptance of the prize and/or return the prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and/or the liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. In the event that the potential winner of a prize is disqualified for any reason, Station may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.
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Don’t leave your backyard gates open

This man just wanted to give his daughters the chance to see the sheep grazing behind their house.

“We left our gate open on the green belt so our 4 and 5 y/o daughters could see the grazing sheep behind our house, they slowly came into the yard, before you know it we were over run by barn animals! Wife is freaking out!”

Chris Pratt shares an illegal Avengers: Endgame video

First off, this video has no spoilers about the movie. But it is very illegal because they weren’t allowed to film anything on their phones.

He posts the video with the caption:

I remember being blown away in this moment on the @avengers set. Nobody was allowed to film anything on their phones. I said screw it. No rule was going to stop me from seizing this once in a lifetime opportunity to capture this collection of stars, a groupthat likely will never be in the same room again. We are so blessed.

I mean, being surrounded by the much talent it’s hard NOT to film it.

Avengers: Endgame earned $350 million in its opening weekend, the largest opening in box office history. It also had the first $1 billion global openings ever, with $1.2 billion in total.

If you haven’t seen it, you should.

But what do you think about Chris Pratts illegal video, think he should get in trouble or was it okay since he posted it after the movie release?

KFC is getting… sexy?

So it seems that KFC has put in a new face for Colonel Sanders, implementing a much younger version.

It became noticeable a few weeks ago when they posted 9 photos in a row, showing off a much younger Colonel.

Seems like he has abs now too.

 

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Check it out, fried chicken fam. Not only did I turn myself into a digital, computer-generated influencer, I also got some ink. The one and only @misterctoons gave me this amazing tattoo. I feel like I am both the canvas and inspiration for this beauty. Always try to inspire like I do when I’m making amazing fried chicken. Inspiration is part of my #secretrecipeforsuccess. Stay tuned to my IG to see more from my virtual life, and I’ll also be dropping some wisdom that I call the #secretrecipeforsuccess to help you achieve your dreams. #secretrecipeforsuccess #likeminded #friedchicken #friedchickentattoo  #entrepreneur #behindthecurtain #keys #respect #inspiration #positive #positivethoughts #artistatwork

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Since then they’ve posted photos with the new Sanders, showing him advertising other products. From Dr Pepper to Old Spice, along with a few posts expressing ‘spiritual and emotional well-being’.

But now they’ve introduced the ‘Chickendales’, a Magic Mike wannabe group, who’ve made a special Mother’s Day video.

Take a look….

If you’d like to send your mother this sexy video, head over to chickendales.com. You can even customize the video!

Whatever KFC is doing, they are definitely using the whole ‘sex sells’ marketing.

Thanos has a message for people who spoil “Avengers: Endgame'”

The opening weekend of Avengers: Endgame has been a wild one! People were even fighting other people if they spoiled the movie.

But what’s worse is people on social media, they keep writing the spoilers on social media posts. Especially, Josh Brolin aka Thanos.

So he has a little message for the people out there who keep writing spoilers.

 

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Thanos has a message for people who spoil #AvengersEndgame.

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Be respectful, don’t spoil the movie for people.

These five “Jeopardy!” wager amounts are now banned.

Naperville native James Holzhauer is absolutely RAKING on “Jeopardy!” — to the tune of nearly $1.3 million in prize money so far.  And he kicks things back up again Monday (April 29th) at 3:30 on ABC 7 Chicago.

But we learned something interesting — there are five wagers absolutely not allowed for the famed final question.

The fact that we know this is all due to a Twitter exchange between a fan and one of the greatest “Jeopardy!” contestants ever — Ken Jennings.

To which Jennings replied:

Turns out there are FIVE banned wagers — three are white-supremacist associated numbers, which — GOOD.  Ban those.  But “69”?  Is that really that big a deal?  Alt Press reveals the fifth and final banned wager — and points out the one fun one that still exists out there.  — [eric]

4.28.19 Alt_Backspace

Hour 1

  • Sublime – April 29, 1992 (Miami)
  • Psychedelic Furs – Heaven
  • School Of Fish – 3 Strange Days
  • Garbage – I Think I’m Paranoid
  • Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
  • Beastie Boys – Paul Revere
  • Face To Face – Disconnected
  • Depeche Mode – Policy Of Truth
  • Nirvana – Been A Son
  • Ride – Twisterella
  • Weezer – My Name Is Jonas
  • Missing Persons – Destination Unknown
  • Remy Zero – Prophecy

Hour 2

  • Smashing Pumpkins – Never Let Me Down Again
  • New Order – Love Vigilantes
  • Our Lady Peace – Starseed
  • Pearl Jam – Glorified G
  • Haircut 100 – Love Plus One
  • Third Eye Blind – Graduate
  • L7 – Pretend We’re Dead
  • XTC – Senses Working Overtime
  • Alice In Chains – No Excuses
  • They Might Be Giants – Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
  • Lemonheads – Into Your Arms
  • The English Beat – Save It For Later
  • The Breeders -Cannonball

How do you mistake Panic! At The Disco for Fall Out Boy?

DUDE, THIS ONE IS EASY!

A contestant this week on the popular game show Jeopardy really biffed it on a question (or ‘answer’) about Panic! At The Disco and mistook the lyrics for Fall Out Boy.

FOB had their witty retort ready as well.

Welll just cleanse your brain of that with our Lounge session with P!ATD from a while back.

 

Teacher to students: No Avengers Spoilers!

This tweet from a teacher of a long printed note to his students to not spoil the highly anticipated Avengers: Endgame has gone viral. Yeah, if a student of mine spoiled that movie for me they would get detention forever.

More Avengers madness:

 

Hey 90’s Kids: Rugrats live action movie in the works

According to Consequence of Sounds, the quirky Nickelodeon animated show ‘Rugrats’ is getting adapted into a live action film. The report notes the film is slated to hit theaters on January 29, 2021. Paramount is going on a row of re imagining intellectual properties in their library, which includes Nickelodeon shows we remember from the past.

The project is still in the works and it’s being described as a live action/CGI mixture. Are we getting an computer animated Angelica terrorizing real baby actors? It’s not clear.

‘Rugrats’ ran from 1991 to 2004 on TV, with three feature length cartoon movies and a spin off series with grown up versions of Tommy and the gang. Nickelodeon just announced the show will be revived for a new 26 episode run of the series.

Here is look back at the top 10 animated kid shows from MsMojo. Their top pick may surprise you.

Man beaten outside theater for spoiling “Avengers: Endgame”

Don’t worry.  No spoilers here.  We wouldn’t want to get in a fight.

A Hong Kong man who had just seen “Avengers: Endgame” loudly shouted a number of plot points to the crowds that were waiting to go inside.  That apparently did not sit well with a few of them, who reportedly took out their frustrations physically on the spoiler.

If you are still looking for ways to avoid being tipped off before heading to the theater — for any movie, really — PCMag gives you a bunch of great tips on how you can lock down your online experience from disappointment.

Winter Storm Watch for Saturday, Yes in April

Two season in two days in Chicagoland that’s what we are going through in today into tomorrow. It’s in the 50s with sunny skies and some wind, you can see some flowers in bloom, and the feeling that finally we may have some real spring. Well, winter just does not know how to give up with SNOW expected across Chicagoland.

Yes, snow in late April. According to NBC Chicago this unseasonably bad wave has caused a Winter Storm Watch to be  issued for DeKalb, McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage and Cook Counties in Illinois that could drop anywhere from 4 to 8 inches of “heavy, wet” snow.

Somehow Chicagoland will get back up into the 50s on Sunday.