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Barns Courtney — Meet and Greet — The Lounge

February 22, 2019 | ZSpang

Meet and Greet photos from Barns Courtney in The Lounge!!

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Tags: 101WKQX, Barns Courtney, Lauren O'Neil, Meet and Greet, The Lounge

Aussie pilot sent a little message while in flight.

February 22, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

Guess this pilot in Perth, Australia had nothing better to do than write ‘I’m bored’ in the sky. Which noticed by FlightAware‘s tracking map.

But not only did he write that… he drew two dicks.

ICYMI: Pilot writes I’m bored (among other things) in their flight path over SA https://t.co/1En8yZUt7V pic.twitter.com/Ufy5srM4ry

— The Advertiser (@theTiser) February 20, 2019

Usually, you see people write something sweet like ‘Will you marry me?’, but I guess he didn’t have to do that this day.

Tags: 101WKQX, Airplane, Australia, Chicago, dicks, Flight, I'm bored, Perth, Pilot, The KQX Morning Crew

A mans late night visit to the wrong house.

February 22, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

A drunk man went to the wrong house in Park Ridge Illinois, luckily it was all taped on camera.

The owner of the house had this to say when he submitted his video to ViralHog:

“I was in bed sleeping around 9:00 pm when I hear my doorbell ring. I pick up my phone to see who it is and I see a guy pressing his nose and flicking his tongue at the camera. Still kind of sleeping I ask hello? He then responds in Spanish saying, “Abre la puerta chingao.” Which means “open the door fucker,” in Spanish. I then get upset and tell him that he has the wrong house and that I am calling the police. He obviously became embarrassed and apologized. The rest of the video is self-explanatory. At 9:00 pm this guy was annoying. At 8:00 am when I re-watched the video, I thought it was pretty funny.”

This man should not have been driving, let alone driving after having 3 cases of beer to drink. Geezus.

Tags: 101WKQX, Ali, Brian, Chicago, illinois, Justin, late night, Park Ridge, Ring, The KQX Morning Crew, video, Visit, Wrong House

Avalanche fan proves he’s the worst boyfriend of all time

February 22, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

A man at a Colorado Avalanche game ended up catching a puck that Colorado star Gabriel Landeskog flipped into the stands. But instead of giving it to his girlfriend, he gave it to another woman.

He is in the dog house for sure.

Here’s the actual Landeskog “heartbreak” clip pic.twitter.com/y89crXuwgn

— Heart of NHL (@HeartofNHL) February 21, 2019

Not only did he give it as a souvenir to another woman but he elbowed her in the head trying to catch the puck! Obviously, you can tell that she was PISSED.

Bet he spent a night or two on the couch. Boys, if you catch something at any sports game you give it to your girlfriend, not a random female.

Tags: 101WKQX, Chicago, Colorado Avalanche, Fan, Gabriel Landeskog, Girlfriend, Heartbreak, Hockey, NHL, Pissed, Puck, Souvenir

A Michael Jordan basketball card just sold for the price of a house.

February 21, 2019 | Eric

Somebody has WAYYYYY too much disposable income on their hands.

A rare Michael Jordan basketball card was sold for over $350,000, setting a new record on eBay.  More details on this story from NBC Sports Chicago — including why the new owner may have paid three times as much as he should have.

First off, heyyyyyy eBay…..you still lookin’ fine.  And secondly, I am currently offering a Dickie Simpkins game worn sock.  $6 or best offer.  — [eric]

Tags: auction, basketball card, Chicago, Dickie Simpkins, eBay, Michael Jordan

WATCH: Weezer’s Mr. Rogers-Themed Video ‘High as a Kite’

February 21, 2019 | bphillips

From Happy Days to Sesame Street, Weezer have a history of adopting classic TV shows in their music videos.

Rivers Cuomo dons his best Fred Rogers red sweater on the set of “Mister Rivers’ Neighborhood” for their new video, “High as a Kite.”

CAUTION KIDS, the performance turns dark just as the song does.

Find the song on Weezer’s new album “The Black Album” out March 1st.

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All Time Low & Blink-182 combo band Simple Creatures released new music (Stream it here)

February 21, 2019 | Kevin

Simple Creatures, the mega-collab of All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth and Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus has set a clear path on when you can hear even more of the duo’s dancier new tunes. The new band’s first EP called ‘Strange Love’ is due out on March 29th and to keep the momentum moving they released a new track today on Youtube that shares the same name as the EP.

  • Blink-182 reportedly set to play Riot Fest 2019 
  • Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus says new album will be “completely weird”

This follows last month’s release of their first song together ‘Drugs’.

Strange Love Tracklist:
01. Drug
02. Strange Love
03. How to Live
04. Adrenaline
05. Ether
06. Lucy

Tags: All Time Low, Blink 182

Burger King trolls the Colonel

February 21, 2019 | JVO

Welcome to a week when Colonel Sanders is now Robocop and the Burger King is dressing like the Colonel. Not sure how we ended up in this parallel universe, but how TF can we get back?

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Step into the new ‘Twilight Zone’ trailer

February 21, 2019 | JVO

The “Twilight Zone” returns to television (well, CBS All Access) on April 1, and we finally have a full trailer.

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Lockdown Bar & Grill closing

February 21, 2019 | JVO

Say it isn’t so…

Lockdown Bar & Grill is closing after almost 10 years of slinging magnificent burgers on Western Avenue. Eater broke the story, saying owner PJ Zonis was unsuccessful in his attempts to sell the business.

March 1st will see the restaurant locked down for good (sorry). Get your mouth on a Stoned Warden or Federales while you can.

 

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You wouldn’t believed what animals having sex voiced Jurassic Park’s Velociraptors

February 21, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

We don’t mean to spoil the beloved movie, Jurassic Park, but this news is fascinating… and slightly disturbing. The sounds you hear when the velociraptors communicate together are actually mating tortoises.

Sound designer Gary Rydstrom received two Academy Awards for his work on Jurassic Park, one for Best Sound and the other for Best Sound Effects Editing.

He told Vulture the truth behind the voice of the Raptors:

It’s somewhat embarrassing, but when the raptors bark at each other to communicate, it’s a tortoise having sex. It’s a mating tortoise!

I recorded that at Marine World… the people there said, ‘Would you like to record these two tortoises that are mating?’ It sounded like a joke, because tortoises mating can take a long time. You’ve got to have plenty of time to sit around and watch and record them.

But tortoises weren’t the only animals used to create the sound of the velociraptors.

The breathing noise the raptors make is actually a horse, while the hiss comes from a goose.

Birds make pretty raspy sounds, but geese are famous for being the nastiest. You’ve got to get a goose mad and then they hiss at you, and it doesn’t take much to get a goose mad because they seem to get mad at everything. All you have to do is get close to one and stick a mic near its beak and you’ll get that hiss, and that’s the hiss that Muldoon [the game warden] hears before he dies.

 

We hope the movie isn’t ruined for you, but use this as a fun fact of the day!

Tags: 101WKQX, Animals, audio, celociraptors, Chicago, Dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, Movie, sex, Sound, The KQX Morning Crew, tortoises

‘Price Is Right’ woman gives a shout out to her dead husband, who’s in her purse.

February 21, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

A ‘Price is Right’ contestant gave a shoutout to her dead husband, who she happened to carry around in her purse.

@UncleChaps @KFCBarstool @TheClemReport

Absolute ridiculous shoutout by this lady on The Price is Right pic.twitter.com/9l1xuDZFyM

— Arroe Roberta (@Arroechinchilla) February 20, 2019

Maybe he was her good luck charm? We’re not sure, but that’s true love right there.

Tags: 101WKQX, Ali, Brian, Chicago, Contestant, Dead, Husband, Justin, Price is Right, Purse, The KQX Morning Crew, video

Italian soccer star seems embarrassed by hot moms Instagram

February 21, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

19-year-old soccer star Nicolo Zaniolo seems embarrassed by his moms Instagram posts.

Meet Francesca Costa,  Nicolo’s 41-year-old mother:

 

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…365 of 365 bye bye to london city❤️💋😜

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Nicolo has told her “Stop mum.” on recent posts. Even joked about her duckface photos that she seems to do quite often saying, “What are you doing with your mouth like that? You’re 40!”

It can’t be that embarrassing, what have your parents done that’s embarrassed you?

Tags: 101WKQX, Ali, Brian, Chicago, Justin, Nicolo Zaniolo, Soccer Star, The KQX Morning Crew

A new startup will handle your breakup for you

February 21, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

Breakups are hard, but you don’t have to do it alone. Onward is a new startup that wants to handle all the logistics of your breakup.

Onward handles everything from finding you a new place to live, setting up the utilities, packing and moving your stuff out of your ex’s place, setting you up on dates, finding you a therapist, and building your Ikea furniture.

Services start at $99 and can go up to $500, depending on what services you want.

The startup was founded by two childhood friends, Lindsay Mech and Mika Leonard, who say they got the idea after they both went through complicated breakups. Currently, this is only available in New York City, but they are planning to expand!

So if you’re thinking about breaking up with someone just wait till your city gets Onward.

Onward: A post-breakup concierge service

Tags: 101WKQX, Breakup, Chicago, Concierge, dates, Ex, Ikea, moving, New York, New York City, Onward, service, The KQX Morning Crew

The Lonely Island announce US tour

February 20, 2019 | Tim Virgin

Lonely Island is droppin’ the boat for the road but not hitting Chicago just yet.

The Lonely Island 2019 Tour Dates:
06/15 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/18 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
06/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
06/21 – New York City @ Venue TBA
06/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theater
06/24 – Boston, MA @ Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
06/26 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
06/29 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory

 

Tags: lonely island, The lonely Island, tour

Watch the tv debut of Walk The Moon’s Timebomb

February 20, 2019 | <3 Lauren

These guys are so sweet I feel cavities forming when I watch them.  Check out WTM’s tv debut of Timebomb on Fallon last night:

They are opening for MUSE on the Simulation Theory tour coming to the United Center April 12th!  Score free tickets HERE.

<3 Lauren

Tags: Muse, simulation theory tour, timebomb, Walk The Moon

Here’s what happens when you finish last in Fantasy Football.

February 20, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

A man from Dallas is making headlines for his video of himself at a dog park covered in peanut butter.

Now the reason he did this stunt is because it was his punishment for coming in dead last in his fantasy football league.

25-year-old Steven Shrout said, “It was my fist year, and I didn’t do any kind of studying at first. I just kind of jumped in.”

Let’s hope he researches more for next year so he doesn’t end up dead last… again.

Tags: 101WKQX, Chicago, Dallas, Dog Park, fantasy football, football, League, Peanut Butter, Punishment

Top movie soundtracks of all time

February 20, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

With movies like “Black Panther” and “A Star is Born” getting hype for their soundtracks, Pitchfork put out an updated list of the 50 best soundtracks of all time.

  1. “Super Fly”, 1972
  2. “Purple Rain”, 1984
  3. “Trainspotting”, 1996
  4. “The Harder They Come”, 1972
  5. “2001: A Space Odyssey”, 1968
  6. “Do the Right Thing”, 1989
  7. “Lost in Translation”, 2003
  8. “Rushmore”, 1998
  9. “Help!”, 1965
  10. “Pulp Fiction”, 1994
  11. “Repo Man”, 1984
  12. “Velvet Goldmine”, 1998
  13. “Friday”, 1999
  14. “Apocalypse Now”, 1979
  15. “20th Century Women”, 2016
  16. “Boogie Nights”, 1997
  17. “The Sheltering Sky”, 1990
  18. “Love Jones”, 1997
  19. “This Is Spinal Tap”, 1984
  20. “O Brother, Where Art Tho?”, 2000

To get all 50 of the best soundtracks of all time, check out Pitchfork.

Tags: 101WKQX, 50 best, a star is born, Ali, Black Panther, Brian, Chicago, Justin, Lost in Translation, movies, Music, pitchfork, pulp fiction, Purple Rain, Soundtrack, The KQX Morning Crew, Transpotting

Online petition calls for U.S. to sell Montana to Canada

February 20, 2019 | kimberlykaczmarek

Iam Hammon created a petition to sell Montana to Canada.

The petition calls for the U.S. to sell the state for $1 trillion, and has already gotten over 10,000 signatures.

He posted the petition on Change.org saying:

“We have too much debt and Montana is useless. Just tell them it has beavers or something.”

Basically he believes, along with those who signed, that if we sold Montana to Canada we’ve be able to pay off the nations debt.
It does raise some questions as to whether the state would still be referred to as Montana or be dubbed Southern Alberta.

Supporters even commented in on how they felt about it. Some weren’t into Montana being sold saying, “I grew up in Montana. There is no way you can take away my home. My family, my history and my peace can not be sold.”

Others talked about how good of an idea it would be, “I live in Montana and I think it’s a wonderful idea. Should throw in Wyoming as well.” or “I’m Montanan and hoping to join Canada without the moving costs. Let’s do this. Please adopt us.”

Even Canadians are throwing in their support, “I’m Canadian and making Canada bigger is cool.”

Their goal is to get 15,000 signatures and so far they are closing it on them.

Tags: 101WKQX, Ali, Brian, Canada, Change.org, Chicago, Goal, Justin, Montana, National Debt, Petition, Selling, Southern Alberta, Suppoerters, The KQX Morning Crew

Stop what you are doing! Listen to ‘Autotune Cat’

February 19, 2019 | Kevin

 

In the rich but odd tradition of making our pets into musical memes, today the web got behind this trending clip of a cat’s annoying morning meows ran through the make-you-sing-even-thou-you-can-not  soundeffect known as autotune. Yes, we usually hear this effect layered on annoying pop songs, but there is something weirdly satisfying about seeing this nagging cat getting the Kanye West treatment.

While we are goofing on cats, here are some feline funny related bits for you to enjoy:

  • An entire island taken over by Cats
  • Watch this cat ride on a scooter 
  • Man arrested after cleaning a cat litter box following a break-in
Tags: cat, viral video
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