Remembering Kurt

April 5, 2019 | <3 Lauren

Today marks 25 years since we lost Kurt Cobain.  It has also been about a week since my friend Ryan decided to take his life.

I am going to spend the noon hour today to celebrate these lives and countless others so tragically lost and the friends and family that remain to pick up the pieces.

Please mark your calendar and join me in the Our Of The Darkness Walk at Montrose Harbor on September 17th.

Why I walk…

Each year, suicide claims more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined. Yet suicide prevention doesn’t receive anywhere near the funding as other leading causes of death. It’s up to Walkers like us to make a difference. Together we can change the conversation about mental health and put a stop to this tragic loss of life.

Join Team 101WKQX HERE and if you cannot participate in the walk, please consider making a 100% tax deductible donation HERE to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) funding research, education, advocacy, and support for those affected by suicide.

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts PLEASE talk to someone.
Talk to ANYONE.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline where someone is available to you 24/7: 24/7 1-800-273-8255 or if you don’t want to talk, CHAT NOW

Me: 312-591-8300  <3  Lauren

Five underrated Nirvana songs

April 5, 2019 | JVO

Kurt Cobain killed himself 25 years ago today. As we remember his music and continue to wrestle with his loss and its impact on music, here are 5 Nirvana songs that are worth a little extra attention:

“Sliver”

“Sappy” / “Verse Chorus Verse”

“Negative Creep”

“I Hate Myself And Want to Die”

“Scentless Apprentice”

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Spoof trailer if the Avengers were made in the 90s

April 5, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

Tom Cruise is Iron Man, Brad Pitt is Thor, Keanu Reeves is Doctor Strange, Elijah Wood is Spider-Man, Sarah Michelle Gellar is Captain Marvel, Jean-Claude Van Damme is Captain America, Milla Jovovich is Black Widow, and David Hasselhoff is Nick Fury. Think it would work this way?

The ‘Fyre Festival’ pop-up is coming

April 4, 2019 | JVO

The greatest failed high-end music festival will get its due in a local pop-up. Time Out shared the news that Replay Lincoln Park is launching a Fyre Festival pop-up on May 3, complete with a Blink-182 cover band.

You have no one to blame but yourself if you end up sleeping in a FEMA tent.

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Man butt-dialled his girlfriend while cheating on her… with another man

April 4, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

A woman is suing her boyfriend for $1,000,000. He accidentally butt-dialled her while having a sexual encounter with another man; the call lasted a whole hour and 28 mins.

What was worse was, she found out she was infected with an incurable STD.

The Nashville woman was allowed to file the lawsuit under the pseudonym ‘P.H.’ She and the defendant, Gregory Cole, had been dating for 4 years and she believed Cole to be heterosexual and monogamous. When he called, she stayed on the phone and listened to the whole thing, from explicit sexual conversation to narrated actions he and his male partner were engaging in.

After the incident, she decided to get tested and learned that she was infected with HSV-2 (genital herpes), which is incurable. Her physician tried talking to Cole after he would listen to her, but he refused to have the conversation. Previously she had tested negative for STD’s and says she hasn’t been with other sexual partners besides Cole since the test.

You can read the full lawsuit and get a better understanding of the situation.

But it seems like this man is just a lying di**head.

Soccer fan digs up grandfather’s skull to celebrate title win

April 3, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

WTF NEWS:

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, you can often find soccer fans celebrating victories in the city centre at El Obelisco, which is similar to the Washington Monument.

That’s where Gabrial was celebrating his team clinching the Superliga title on Sunday with a 1-1 draw with Tigre, but he was holding something quite odd. He was holding his grandfather’s skull that he went and dug up to celebrate with. He was interviewed by TNTSports and that’s where he explained the skull he was carrying.

I mean, it’s sweet he thought about celebrating the moment with his grandpa. But maybe he shouldn’t have gone into the graveyard and dug him up, instead, he could have just celebrated at his grave.
Just a thought.

“Avengers: Endgame” tickets are on eBay for over $100

April 3, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

Presale tickets for “Avengers: Endgame” went on sale, and people have already started selling them on eBay for RIDICULOUS prices.

Resellers have put up tickets demanding anywhere between $100 and $500 for a single ticket. Others have opened bids, starting at $45 and $50.

Someone in Virginia is selling tickets for $100. Not great but not the worse.

In Arizona, someone is selling tickets for $300. Definitely not the price anyone wants to pay but still not the worst one… yet.

If you’re willing to make the drive to Crystal Lake or Skokie, IL. you can purchase tickets from eBay as well, but for a pretty penny. As tickets are going for thousands of dollars to see the movie on opening night.

Yup, THOUSANDS of dollars for movie tickets.

Notice how you would still have to pay for shipping on these tickets. Shouldn’t they just make shipping free?

Listen, if you’re looking for opening night tickets don’t go to eBay. Some theatres have many shows happening that night so you can look for various times, or find a different theatre! Just don’t spend thousands of dollars, please.

You can see more ticket listings on eBay.

Portillo’s Offers 56 Cent Chocolate Cake Slices for B-Day!

April 2, 2019 | Tim Virgin

Following the success of last year’s 55-cent cake slices, Portillos plans to offer slices of its “Famous Chocolate Cake” for 56 cents in honor of its 56th anniversary.  YES!!!  Customers can get their 56-cent slice on Tuesday, April 9, with the purchase of any sandwich, hot dog, entree salad, pasta or ribs.  I’ll see you all in a Portillo’s on April 9th.

Queued Up #325 Playlist – 3.31.19

April 2, 2019 | wALT

#325 3.31.19

Hour 1

  1. Half Alive – Still Feel
  2. Sam Fender – Hypersonic Missiles
  3. Meg Myers – Running Up That Hill
  4. Simple Creatures – Drug
  5. Mini Mansions – GummyBear (Queued Up Artist Showcase 6/7)
  6. Winnetka Bowling League – Kombucha
  7. Smith & Thell – Forgive Me Friend
  8. Tame Impala – Patience
  9. Cage The Elephant – House of Glass
  10. Wild Belle – Mockingbird
  11. Two Door Cinema Club – Talk
  12. The Unlikely Candidates – Novocaine
  13. Twin XL – Good
  14. Missio – I See You
  15. Grandson – Apologize

Hour 2

  1. Foster The People – Style
  2. Circa Waves – Times Won’t Change Me
  3. Matt Maeson – Cringe
  4. K.Flay – Bad Vibes
  5. I Don’t Know How But They Found Me – Choke (Queued Up Showcase 5/15)
  6. Ra Ra Riot – Bad To Worse
  7. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It
  8. Plague Vendor – New Comedown
  9. Sego – Shame
  10. Dreamers – Die Happy
  11. Allan Rayman – Rose (Queued Up Artist Showcase 4/14)
  12. Judah and the Lion – Why Did You Run
  13. The Interrupters – Gave You Everything
  14. X Ambassadors – Boom
  15. The Struts – In Love With a Camera

GO VOTE CHICAGO!!

April 2, 2019 | <3 Lauren

This is only the second mayoral runoff election in our fair city’s history.  I know, because I just took the Chi.vote quiz (and missed that one)

See how well you do!  Anyway, if you are still looking for information to help make your decision, their website has tons of great info.  I also live in a ward that is having a runoff election for alderman, and found everything I needed to know.

Don’t know where to go to vote?  Click HERE.  You have until 7p tonight, GO VOTE CHICAGO!

We are all in this together.

<3 Lauren

 

Chicago’s own Friday Pilots Club rocked the Lounge

April 2, 2019 | <3 Lauren

We are truly fortunate to live in a city that is a breeding ground for incredible musicians.  Watching Friday Pilots Club feels like you are witnessing the future of music.  I was so impressed with their session in our Lounge, and cannot wait to see what they will do on the St. Xavier stage at PIQNIQ June 15th at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater.  Check them out:

PIQNIQ is 10 bands for $20, but you can score free tickets HERE.

<3 Lauren

Skrillex’s music can help stop mosquito bites

April 2, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

Scientists have discovered that electronic music can repel mosquitoes and could be an alternative to bug sprays.

The journal Acta Tropica published the research stating:

“In insects, low-frequency vibrations facilitate sexual interactions, whereas noise disrupts the perception of signals from conspecifics [members of the same species] and hosts.”

Scientists tested the theory on the species Aedes aegypti, the type of mosquito known for spreading yellow fever.

Here are more highlights from the research:

  • Music entertainment resulted in delayed response time and reduced visitation to host.
  • Females entertained with music attacked hosts much later than their non-entertained peers.
  • Blood feeding activity had low occurrence when music was played.
  • Adults entertained with music copulated far less than their counterparts kept in the environment where there was no music entertainment.

Dubstep music from Skrillex was chosen for the experiment because of the artist’s use of very high and very low frequencies, specifically the song Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites.

So when it comes summertime and the mosquitoes are out, just play Skrillex.

April Fools Day pranks from Tinder, Tom Brady, Starbucks, and more.

April 2, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

Monday we all fell victims to brands pranking us with April Fools jokes, like the McPickle. But as the day goes on more brands posted on social media various ‘releases’ that we should have known weren’t true.

Here’s a few of those:

  • Our own Cubs pranked us with a cologne ad.

You know some Chicago Cubs fan would have seriously bought this.

  • Do you know how Tinder tweeted out a few days ago that they were going to have height verification?


Well, it turns out that it was just an early April Fools Day prank. Does this make them prank winners for getting everyone to believing this prank for a few days?

  • The US Open got us by saying how they’ll be adding puppies to the ballperson team.


But common, you know that would have been super cute and make you never want to miss a game.

  • Adding into the dog theme, Starbucks announced a new store concept.


A Starbucks exclusively for dogs? Seems very extra.

  • Tom Brady got in on the action by joining his former teammate Gronk in retirement.


Some people responded on how they were upset or how the coach could convince him to not retire. But most people understood that Brady’s post was a complete prank.

  •  McDonald’s pranked us, AGAIN, when they released shake dipping sauces.

Shakes are for drinking, not for dipping. Unless it’s fries and a McFlurry but that’s the only exception.

  • You grew up with Mr Potato head, but sadly he was fired yesterday and replaced with Mr Avo Head.

It seems like hipsters ruin everything, also can we please focus on how he is eating his own kind.. Why replace Mr Potato head with a cannibal?

  • Then to add to the outrageous ways of revealing a baby’s gender, FarmRich released gender reveal Mozzarella sticks.

Gender reveals have gone too far already, it’s better we don’t add in cheese sticks.

We know these are just some of the pranks that were pulled, but would you have wished any of these were honestly true?

Prepare to cringe: TV news team fails at appealing to teens with slang

April 1, 2019 | Kevin

Can we stop straight-laced TV news team from using slang to appeal to teenagers? Like seriously, stop this right now.  It’s gone viral and it’s embarrassing to say the least. Professional adults agreed to say these things in front of a camera and try to be cool to the kids. They tried, and they failed.

The Washington Post reported earlier this week the TV station behind this WTOL only intended for the clip to be “Web only.” according to sports anchor sports Jordan Strack, adding “It never hit the air”. But if it got online, it may as well been on the air, right?

The unfiltered freak-out of the team to this clip of ‘Vice Live’ is incredible. Some NSFW language.

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