Simple Creatures is made up of Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 as well as Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low. Alex fills us in on the details of the project below, but first — here’s their new song “Drug.” — [eric]
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Hour 1
- Smashing Pumpkins – Rhinoceros
- The Cure – Just Like Heaven
- Sugar – A Good Idea
- Garbage – Special
- The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
- 311 – All Mixed Up
- The Replacements – Bastards Of Young
- R.E.M. – Stand
- Nirvana – Sliver
- James – Sit Down
- Hum – Stars
- Squeeze – Tempted
- Beastie Boys – Body Movin’
Hour 2
- Radiohead – Just
- New Order – Love Vigilantes
- Semisonic – Singing In My Sleep
- Beck – Devil’s Haircut
- Haircut 100 – Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
- Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
- PJ Harvey – Down By The Water
- The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
- Rage Against The Machine – People Of The Sun
- The Cranberries – Salvation
- The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
- Dave Matthews Band – Ants Marching
- Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy
- Rancid – Ruby Soho
The Dude from “The Big Lebowski” is back….for…something.
Can’t be living in the past, man. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/zL2CLYhGAM
— Jeff Bridges (@TheJeffBridges) January 24, 2019
So, the date in the video released this week by The Dude himself…is obviously the Super Bowl. I’ve tempered by expectations. It’s a commercial, obviously! But….what if….what if it’s a really funny commercial? Or….what if (fat chance in hell but)….what if that commercial is for a Big Lebowski sequel? I don’t know about you, but I take comfort in that, knowin’ he’s out there. The Dude. Takin’ ‘er easy for all us sinners. — [eric]
What’s the best cover on Weezer’s surprise ‘Teal’ album? (Stream it here)
Weezer made waves across the web again this week with the surprise drop of the ‘Teal’ album. It’s all covers, and they are just playful takes on popular hits from a wide range of artists and bands. It’s hard to say which one is my favorite, but the Black Sabbath cover of ‘Paranoid’ stands out for not having Rivers on vocals, and reminding you these boys can shred.
My personal favorite is the smile-enducing psychedelic rock classic ‘Mr. Blue’ from Electric LIght Orchestra. It has all these layered harmonies, head-bopping keyboards, and these hands-in-the-sky crescendo.
The track that seems to be getting the most attention sees Rivers has maybe his most soulful vocal performance on TLC’s ‘Scrubs’. It’s so good, you know he does not ride passenger side in his best friend’s ride.
Cuomo and company had a massive hit with Toto’s ‘Africa’ last year and with the traditional album release format being thrown out the window, why not just give us more ‘OH WOW’ energy hearing their spin on an established tunes?
The Weez will drop a new album of original material on March 1st, and staying their color-focused vibe it will be the ‘Black’ album.
Stream the entire ‘Teal’ album here:
SO COLD IN CHICAGO, How Cold is it? Best social posts from ‘Chiberia’
As the video from CBS2 tells us and you may already kno, IT’S FRIGGING COLD OUT, Chicagoland is enduring some consistent snow this week, but the freezing temps have gotten so cold that we should just look at the ridiculous, weird, and beautiful ways we are dealing with it around town.
31st St Beach in Chicago pic.twitter.com/MGwjkDVgw4
— The Food Guy™ – Official (@TonyOnFood) January 26, 2019
When filming a selfie video with icy streets, you should really watch out. or this will happen.
Out of towners: “Hows the weather in Chicago right now”
Chicago: pic.twitter.com/qTRDjzrtcF
— k💋 (@1kayloreal) January 25, 2019
You may have seen this, but remember you can keep your deep dish warm with those CTA over-head heaters.
Here in Chicago #ChiBeria this is the proper way to reheat pizza.
Posted by Ricardo Gutierrez on Friday, January 18, 2019
The City’s municipal departments were not deterred by the frigid temps when working downtown yesterday, THEY TOOK OUT A FLAME THROWER! yes, FIRE HOT!
Department of Water Management out here on Clark/Adams with an honest-to-god flamethrower pic.twitter.com/QoXIW3Jmpd
— Alex Nitkin (@AlexNitkin) January 25, 2019
And here is look at that beautiful lady is Chicago all frosted up.
It's -7F in #Chicago with clear skies & winds at W6.76mph https://t.co/tWQ5rt8vhT pic.twitter.com/MIcf1CaFA1
— Chicago Weather (@SeeChicagoNow) January 26, 2019
Gordon Ramsay downs hot wings, regrets it
World-class Chef Gordon Ramsay sat down with the “Hot Ones” web series to eat wings coated with punishing hot sauces.
Watch the profane culinary A-Lister become progressively more miserable…
Kongos — The Lounge
The brothers of Kongos dropped by for a session at The Lounge!
Photos by: Zach Spangler
Young the Giant plays ‘Superposition’ on Seth Meyers
Young the Giant turned in a great version of “Superposition” on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night:
Flight leaves passengers vomiting
An Air New Zealand flight was so turbulent Wednesday night, reports say 20 percent of the passengers threw up.
For most of the one-hour flight from Christchurch to Invercargill, the plane was rocking. The pilot told the travelers that he was dealing with strong crosswinds.
Sick passengers were treated by emergency crews when the flight landed. Because of the awful fight, Air New Zealand refunded money back to those who took the trip.
Google AI beats professional ‘Starcraft’ players
Yet another sign that the robots are taking over – an AI program developed by Google just beat two professional Starcraft players at their own game.
After spending a week learning how to play the popular sci-fi strategy game, a version of Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence called AlphaStar beat the pros 5-0 in two five-game series.
Developers say Google’s DeepMind actually learns as it plays, and can learn much faster than humans, absorbing over 200 years’ worth of matches in just one week.
Looks like it’s time to call off our robot chess challenge.
Woman Shares ‘Teachable Moments’ with Creepy Texts From Her Mechanic
A woman shared her sister’s ‘teachable moment’, as her mechanic sent her a creepy text message.
She’s known on twitter as @LoveableAndKind and she shared the screenshots of her sister’s interaction with a Jiffy Lube employee who took her number out of her fine, which I think should be illegal, and used it to tell her she was gorgeous. But she used this as a way to school him on what he did wrong.
My sister got creeped on and sexually harassed by a jiffy lube guy via text from his personal phone and…. pic.twitter.com/ugKajMCvCK
— Unproblematic and nice account (@LovableAndKind) January 15, 2019
Once she wrote “While I know you were wanting to give me a compliment, it was completely unnecessary and unsolicited,” you knew things were gonna go down.
She put him into his place as a worker by saying, “I am a customer, you are a service provider, and there should be no communication between us outside of that unless I, the customer, express interest.”
“Now that I know that you are the type of person to go back to someone’s file to find their personal information, what is to keep you from going back and getting my address?” she wrote.
“There are men who stalk, rape, and murder women by getting their information this way.”
She also on how this left her in a pickle, on if she should just ignore this incident or find another mechanic. Let’s hope he thinks twice next time he goes into someone’s file.
He apologized, but he was hit with a brick of reality towards his actions.
She also got one last little punch line in there: ” Oh, and you didn’t tell me what the tire pressure was, on the rear passenger tire like I asked, so you are definitely not even in my top five favorite old change guys,”
MIC DROP.
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10-year-old won science fair by questioning Tom Brady’s legacy
Most kids choose a volcano project for a science fair, but not 10-year-old Ace Davis from Lexington Kentucky. His science fair project was about Tom Brady, proving that he is a cheater!
He wanted to show how deflated footballs gave Brady a competitive edge. The results were based off experiments he did with his mother and sister, where each of them threw footballs of various inflation and measuring the distance of each one.
He included a few memes into his project, like a deflated-gate meme, a Brady crying picture, and him making weird faces.
The NFL Draft Diamonds interviewed Ace, asking him why he decided to take on this project.
How did you come up with the idea for your science fair project?
“Because I hate Tom Brady, he’s been accused of cheating before, I want him to be caught.”
He won his school science fair with this project, and is now headed to the district science fair!
Good luck Ace!
(If you couldn’t tell, he doesn’t like Tom Brady very much.)
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Vampire Weekend singer/guitarist Ezra Koenig interviewed by 101 WKQX
Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig talks with Brian Phillips about Lollapalooza, the band’s new music and Oxford commas.
You Can Add Bacon to Any Item at McDonald’s for Free Next Week
Do I really need to say anything else but … FREE BACON!
Next Tuesday, from 4:00 to 5:00 P.M., you can go to McDonald’s and add two half-pieces of bacon to ANYTHING on the menu for free.
Want a Filet-O-Fish with bacon? McNuggets with bacon? A hot fudge sundae with some bacon sticking out? Crumbled bacon in your vanilla milkshake? A Fruit ‘N Yogurt ‘N Bacon Parfait? It’s all on the table.
With bacon coming to the Classics, anything is possible. Even…FREE bacon. Introducing…Bacon Hour—FREE bacon on the side with ANY menu item for one full hour on January 29th, 4-5pm (local time) at part. restaurants. #BaconHour pic.twitter.com/BfZ5pRKVhu
— McDonald's (@McDonalds) January 23, 2019
Watch the new Imagine Dragons video
Imagine Dragons just released the video for “Bad Liar”:
The need for ‘super poo donors’
Claudia Campenella is a 31-year-old who works as a student support administrator, but in her free time she donates her fecal matter.
“Some of my friends think it is a bit weird or disgusting, but it doesn’t worry me,” Campenella said. “It’s very easy to donate and I just want to help with medical research. I’m glad to contribute.” Her poo is swarmed with “good bugs” and is put into the gut of an ill patient to help with their stomach issues.
Some donors are better than others, having just the right mixture of poo to be the remedy for people’s gut problems. “Our hope is that if we can discover how this happens, then we can improve the success of fecal transplantation and even trial it for new microbiome-associated conditions like Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and asthma,” said Dr. Justin O’Sullivan.
It’s very easy to find out if you qualify as a “super poo donor” according to Campenella. “I collect my fresh sample at home in a container that my hospital provides. Then I drop it off to the hospital as I pass by it on my way to work. It’s just a little bit of effort.”
Your Amazon packages could soon be delivered by robots
Amazon is trying out another method of getting you your packages. This time, by a self-driving robot named Scout.
As of today, the company started testing out the robots in Snohomish County, Washington. Amazon says their six-wheeled, light blue, smile-stamped robot can maneuver its way around people and pets. While the program is still new, workers will be accompanying Scout on its deliveries, but not much more information has been released as to how this service works.
Blink 182 & All Time Low members form new band, Simple Creatures (Stream Here)
Whoa, pop punk kids prepare for your heads to spin. Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus and All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth have formed a new side band named Simple Creatures.
The tandem have been working on music for while, and were officially announced today with their first single the immediately infectious ‘Drug’ dropping last night at midnight. Simple Creatures’s first ep drops March 1st.
The lyric video for the track shows off duel vocals about mistakes and how we medicate around them in various ways.
Weezer don’t want no scrubs
Last year, Weezer succumbed to a request (via twitter) to cover Toto’s Africa. Now they have acquiesced to an entire album of covers, ALSO because of a tweet?!
So, thanks Collin! The Teal album is out now and like Weezer says, \”It’s us covering everyone else’s hits.\” including Michael Jackson, TLC, Tears For Fears, Aha, Black Sabbath and more.
Vampire Weekend returns with two new singles after 6 years, ‘Harmony Hall,’ ‘2021’
After 6 years Vampire Weekend has released two new songs that will be on their album, Father of the Bride.
‘2021’:
‘Harmony Hall’:
With their hiatus do these songs live up to the hype?
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