lovelytheband stopped by The Lounge for a quick performance before they hit the stage at the Aragon for The Nights We Stole Christmas!
Photos by: Zach Spangler
lovelytheband — The Lounge — Meet and greet
Meet and greet photos from our visit with lovelytheband at The Lounge.
Double Door, Resurrected: Famed venue returning to Uptown
Buried in the news of a Smashing Pumpkins pop-up shop for this weekend’s appearance at The Nights We Stole Christmas…was the fact that its location will be the new home of the Double Door.
The above photo greeted Pumpkins fans as they shopped for exclusive merch at 1050 W. Wilson Ave. in Uptown. It’s been confirmed by many news outlets now that indeed the famed concert venue will be returning to Chicago, at what once-upon-a-time was an old theater.
After being forced to vacate their long standing home in Wicker Park in 2017 — and replaced by a Yeti store this year — Double Door is going to be back. And it will create a triangle of venues — including the Riviera, Aragon Ballroom, and the rebirth of the Double Door. I’m excited for the future. — [eric]
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Hour 1
- Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
- Talking Heads – And She Was
- Folk Implosion – Natural One
- Pearl Jam – Rearviewmirror
- Psychedelic Furs – The Ghost In You
- Garbage – Stupid Girl
- Ween – Ocean Man
- The Cure – In Between Days
- Faith No More -We Care A Lot
- Blur – There’s No Other Way
- Candlebox – You
- Lightning Seeds – Pure
- General Public – Tenderness
Hour 2
- Smashing Pumpkins – Mayonaise
- Devo – Whip It
- Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Happy
- Green Day – Nice Guys Finish Last
- Public Image LTD.- Rise
- Third Eye Blind – Graduate
- G Love And Special Sauce – Cold Beverage
- The Smiths – This Charming Man
- No Doubt – Excuse Me Mr.
- The Posies – Dream All Day
- Foo Fighters – This Is A Call
- The Call – The Walls Came Down
- Liz Phair – Supernova
Watch Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath join Smashing Pumpkins at TNWSC covering the Cars
Well, as if the Nights We Stole Christmas were not filled with enough fun, we got a surprise last night at a sold-out Aragon Ballroom as Tim McIlrath of Rise Against joined the Smashing Pumpkins to deliver a rousing cover of the Cars ‘Dangerous Type’. It was two gigantic forces in Chicago alternative music coming together to pay homage to Rock & Roll Hall of Famers in grand fashion. Youtube account ZepCowboy captured the whole special moment.
Referring to McIlRath, “He’s a good man” said James Iha on stage after the final notes. We completely agree. Let’s go down memory lane shall we…..
Rise Against headlined TNWSC last year, so it was special to have them back.
Tim joined us in the summer of 2017 for a special Lounge session where he performed solo acoustic and shared the in-depth story of some of RA’s most emotional tracks.
101WKQX: Watch CHVRCHES in an exclusive Private Performance
Watch this private performance and interview with CHVRCHES before they play a sold-out TNWSC show, all thanks to Capitol One! Share the link to this performance with your friends and fellow fans of Scottland’s finest! The band shared stories about their experience watching the Smashing Pumpkins at the Nights We Stole Christmas, how they met Billy Corgan in their teens, and they get really into ‘heavy metal yoga’, It’s a very fun playful session that is a must watch for any fan.
CHVRCHES Set List
- Grafitti
- Mircale
- The Mother We Share
CHVRCHES LIVE in a private performance!
Posted by 101 WKQX on Saturday, December 1, 2018
Vintage Linkin Park Video
Check out this video footage of Linkin Park playing The Mason Jar in Phoenix, AZ opening for The Union Underground 2 months before Hybrid Theory was released.
Setlist:
Papercut
Forgotten
Points Of Authority
With You
Runaway
And One
In The End
A Place For My Head
One Step Closer
Winter parking ban begins TONIGHT
It’s that time of year… starting at midnight tonight, pay attention to where you’re parking between 3-7 a.m.
Chicago’s winter overnight parking ban is back, stretching across more than 100 miles of city streets. Violators face a veritable buffet of fines, including: $150 towing fee, $60 ticket and storage fees of $20/day.
And just so we’re all on the same page, this ban is in addition to the parking ban that’s in place for when there are at least two inches of snow on the street.
More info from Streets and San here.
Happy Death Day 2 U trailer
Soon enough, the holiday season will be behind us and it will be time to think about Valentine’s Day. Just to float the idea now: “Happy Death Day 2 U” is scheduled for a Valentine’s Day release. Who says romance is dead?
Once more with a smile… AFI releases new song
“Trash Bat” is a newly-released AFI song that will be on the band’s new EP, “Missing Man,” out next week. “Missing Man” is the band’s first EP release since “The Days of The Phoenix” in 2001.
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – #TNWSC 2018
Photos: Julia Simone Paul and Zach Spangler
Houndmouth – #TNWSC 2018
Photos: Julia Simone Paul and Zach Spangler
Alice Merton – #TNWSC 2018
Photos: Julia Simone Paul and Zach Spangler
Watch the Smashing Pumpkins cover the Cure, and yes it’s great
It’s Friday, and the Smashing Pumpkins covered the Cure ‘Friday, I’m in Love’ and they are playing a SOLD OUT Nights We Stole Christmas show TONIGHT at the Aragon. This is where the hip teens would say “can’t even” because it’s so much incredible things in one place at one time.
The Pumpkins are set to play Portugal’s NOS Festival in June alongside the Cure, so why not cover your fellow alternative brethren? This cover comes from last night’s show in Madison with James Iha taking over vocals and making us collectively swoon.
- LISTEN to 101WKQX ALL DAY for the text-in keywords to win your way into our TNWSC shows!
- WIN TICKETS TO TNWSC NIGHT 4 with DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE TODAY with Kevin at My Buddy’s Bar on Clark TODAY from 4-6pm
Here is the setlist for last night’s SP show, what could we get with tonight TOOOOnight’s big homecoming at the Aragon?
Setlist playlist: 30th Anniversary Series. The Sylvee. Madison, WI, 11.28.18 🖤 https://t.co/uzkBwgNVpo pic.twitter.com/E4E6qqTz7S
— The Smashing Pumpkins (@SmashingPumpkin) November 29, 2018
Check our exclusive Lounge session with the Smashing Pumpkins from August.
#TNWSC NIGHT 1: The Instagram highlights
Night 1 of the Nights We Stole Christmas is in the history books… and it was amazing.
Here are just a few Insta pics from last night’s show. If you’re going on any of the remaining 4 nights, be sure to tag your pics with #TNWSC so we can see them!
Check out this guys way of avoiding tolls!
Why are fun things illegal?
There’s a 70-year-old guy named Robert Davis from Key Largo, Florida.
And he installed remote-controlled black SHIELDS that he could roll down over the license plates on his minivan . . . so he wouldn’t have to pay tolls when he went past toll cameras. GENIUS!
Robert kept getting away with it until about a week-and-a-half ago, when an off-duty Florida Highway Patrol officer randomly spotted the license plate shields in action at a toll plaza.
Robert was arrested and charged with organized fraud and petit theft.
(And here’s a video someone else shot over the summer showing the shields in action.) I WANT ONE !
Miami driver cleverly avoids SunPass tolls on the Dolphin Expressway because Miami (HINT: watch the license plate closely)
h/t @__GoneRogue pic.twitter.com/SohQe1W1oi— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) June 20, 2018
Happy (Bohemian) Chanukah!
I’m always impressed with all vocal groups and this one is on point! Here’s Six13 to get you ready for Hanukkah which begins on Sunday.
Last year it was the upside down Christmas tree…
Last year it was all about the Upside Down Christmas tree, Brian got us one for the studio:
If you have always wanted to stand under your Christmas tree, this year’s half option is for you! Standing six feet tall and only having branches on the top half, two different varieties of half parasol Christmas trees are currently being sold on the UK-based online retailer Argos for £33.33 and £37.50. “Keep your perfectly placed baubles, bows and bells out of reach of curious, crawling kids or your cats’ playful paws with this 6ft parasol tree. If Santa’s been extra generous, there’s plenty of room to stack pressies underneath rather than scattering them around it. It’s also a great alternative to the traditional tree if you’re a tad tight for space.”
Image from Argos.
Might be a good way to keep Kevin from knocking all the ornaments off again this year? Wonder if it would fit in the corner of the studio…
<3 Lauren
Saturday is National Christmas Lights Day
Saturday is National Christmas Lights Day, even though some of us have already gotten the jump (looking at you, across the street neighbors who NEVER TOOK DOWN LAST YEAR’S LIGHTS >:(
I usually don’t put any on the outside of my house (I’m renting) but this list of ideas has got me inspired, including making a tree out of the hoop of the basketball pole, lightning a tomato cage tree, and making Christmas light balls out of the chicken wire among other things…
Top 10 Christmas Light Ideas for 2018
You better believe I am going to be stringing up some divvy bikes this season..
feliz navidad.
<3 Lauren
P.S. Let’s also agree to take all the Christmas stuff down at a reasonable time this year, yes? Does March 1 work for everyone?
Otherwise it becomes a fire hazard. Because I will set it on fire.
Anime Kids freak out! Cowboy BeBop live action series coming to Netflix
It is one of the more cherished anime series of all time and now it’s getting a live action adaption on Netflix. There is no time frame for it to air as it’s in the early stages, but screenwriter Christopher Yost who has previously worked on both Marvel films and comics is handling the script for the pilot. The original series director Shinichirō Watanabe will operate as a consulting producer on the project.
Cowboy BeBop which plays up the lives of bounty hunters in space with a smart-ass touch. It made waves in Japan and then getting an English dub for late-night viewers on Cartooon Network’s Adult Swim in the late 90’s. It’s a sci-fi western with a jazzy cinematic theme song and vibe that does not pair it with other anime series.
The trusty geeks at IGN proclaim it’s one of the best animated shows ever made.
