311 and the Offspring cover each other’s biggest 90s hits

311 and the Offspring roll through Chicago on September 6. With their tour ready to kick off in just a few days, the bands have released a limited 7″ single on which they cover each other’s biggest hits of the 1990s.

The Offspring covers “Down” and 311 covers “Self Esteem.” Preorders on the 7″ start today on the bands’ websites. Hear samples of each:


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New Music Alert! Muse ‘Something Human’ tackles time travel & teen wolf

“Life on the road can bring out your inner beast, this song and video is about taming the beast, desiring a return to something human. Plus, Teen Wolf is cool.”
-Matt Bellamy

Video directed by Lance Drake.
Drake Says: “Our aim with’Something Human’ was to continue the journey that began in ‘Dig Down’ and ‘Thought Contagion.’ Pulling further into a simulated world we follow Matt, Dom, and Chris on the chase of a lifetime – where something as simple as returning some video tapes becomes an epic journey.”

Here is Walt talking with Matt Bellamy from Muse backstage before their (rained out 4 song) set at Lollapalooza last year.

Matt Bellamy from Muse live backstage at Lolla! #101WKQXLolla

Posted by 101 WKQX on Thursday, August 3, 2017

LSD changes could be coming

When was the last time you were stuck on Lake Shore Drive in a traffic jam that made you feel less like you were in Chicago, and more like you were trapped in a sulfurous corner of Hell? Now imagine that moment with one less traffic lane. Did you say something profane? Did you say it loudly? You’re not alone.

Transportation officials are talking about revamping LSD to better accommodate buses. The choices: Widen the roadway or (groan) take out a regular traffic lane. The former would quickly become a lightning rod issue for anyone opposed to paving over Chicago’s iconic parks and beaches.

The Chicago Tribune’s quick to point out that changes won’t be happening anytime soon. The Trib notes it will be “years before… reconstruction would take place.”

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‘Better Call Saul’ season 4 trailer

The new season of “Better Call Saul” kicks off on August 6, and there’s a lot in the trailer to make “Breaking Bad” fans happy:

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Celebrating the life of Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell

Thanks to Debi Krystyn for the heads up: tomorrow (Friday, July 20th) Joe’s Live Rosemont is celebrating the life of Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell through their music performed by Linkin Experience and Super-Unknown – Soundgarden/Audioslave/Temple of the Dog Tribute and special guest  Freak On A Leash – Chicagoland Korn Tribute.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door with part of the proceeds going to suicide prevention campaigns.

There will also be a all ages memorial right before hand outside Joe’s with mental health care professionals volunteering their time and resources holding support groups.  <3

Here is the facebook event for the memorial, and for the show

“The Dark Knight,” except it’s a 1985 movie trailer.

The Dark Knight was released on this day 10 years ago.  (Are you kidding me?!?  It’s been a decade?!?)

Someone with far greater time on their hands than I — cut together what the movie trailer probably would have looked like in 1985.  It’s got all the eighties elements:

  • Big movie trailer voice guy.
  • Appropriate new movie name:  “Batman 2: Joker’s Wild”
  • Killer synth heavy soundtrack.
  • Hell, this guy even put in the VHS scroll lines and s#$%ty audio.

Coming soon….to a theater near you.  If you could change the space-time continuum.  —- [eric]

(Even more) new music from Rise Against!

Any day we get new music from Rise Against is a good day.  Watch ‘Broadcast [Signal] Frequency’

And if you were sleeping on their last new song ‘Megaphone’ wake the #&@$ up

Respect Existence or Expect Resistance.

Also, ‘The Ghost Note Symphonies Vol 1’ will feature uniquely orchestrated and stripped-down versions of Rise Against songs and we will have it on July 27th!

✊ <3 @laurenoneil

Check out this enormous shirtless Jeff Goldblum statue

I didn’t watch much tv on vacation, but Jurassic Park came on after a long day at the beach and whilst slightly intoxicated after drinking in the sand all day, I remembered how oddly sexual I found Jeff Goldblum in this movie.

To celebrate the movie’s 25th anniversary, this huge shirtless statue has been erected in front of Tower Bridge in London.  Taking over six weeks and 25 hours to make, the oddly sexual statue is about 10 feet tall and 25 feet long.

If being attracted to plaster is wrong I don’t want to be right.

<3 @thelaurenoneil

Courtesy Concert with Dirty Heads Web Contest

WKQX-FM’s “Courtesy Concert with Dirty Heads Web” 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 “Courtesy Concert with Dirty Heads Web” 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. This Contest is open only to legal U.S. residents, excluding Florida and New York residents, age twenty one (21) 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 daysVoid 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 6:00 am CT on Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 and will run until 11:59 am CT on Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 (the “Contest Period”).  The Station’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Contest.
  4. How to Enter. To enter:

(i)  Online: Visit the Station’s website www.101wkqx.com during the Contest Period, click on the “Contest” link, click on the “Courtesy Concert with Dirty Heads” Contest link, and complete an entry form.  All entries must be received by 11:59 am CT on Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 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 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.

  1. Winner Selection. At approximately 1:00 pm CT on Wednesday, August 8th, 2018, Station will select ten (10) entries 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.
  2. 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.    
  3. Grand Prize. Ten (10) Grand Prizes will be awarded in this Contest.  The Grand Prize is two (2) guaranteed entry passes to the Courtesy Concert with Dirty Heads at Blarney Island. ARV: Zero Dollars ($0). Winner is responsible for all taxes associated with prize receipt and/or use.  Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on a number of factors including the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period and listeners participating at any given time.

There is no substitution, transfer, or cash equivalent for prizes, except that the Station may, at its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by law, substitute prizes of comparable value or cash.  The prizes are expressly limited to the item(s) listed above and do not include taxes, gratuities or any other expenses.  Any tickets and/or gift certificates/cards awarded as part of a prize will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the issuer and are valid only on the date(s) printed on the tickets or gift certificates/cards.  Other restrictions may apply.

 

  1. Entry Conditions and Release. By entering, each participant agrees to: (a) comply with and be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Station, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Contest; (b) release and hold harmless Station, Cumulus Media Inc., and its subsidiaries, related and affiliated companies, participating sponsors, the prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Contest, and each of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Contest, acceptance or use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry; and (c) indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to an entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or entrant’s acceptance, use, non-use or misuse of the prize.
  2. Except where prohibited by law, participation in the Contest constitutes winner’s consent to use by the Station and its agent of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or biographical information (including hometown and state) for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
  3. All state, local, federal and/or other taxes, duties, tariffs, title fees, licensing fees, or other fees for prizes awarded become the sole responsibility of the winner.  All those who win a prize or prizes valued $600 or more in any given year will be issued an IRS Form 1099 to report their winnings.
  4. General Conditions. Station reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Station’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Station in its sole discretion. Station reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Station reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Station’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
  5. Limitations of Liability. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Station, entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use, non-use or misuse of any prize. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that a production, technical, programming or other error causes more than stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be claimed, Station reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
  6. Entrant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United States District Court or the appropriate state court located in the Station’s listening area; (iii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (iv) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Station in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state in which the Station is located, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the state in which the Station is located or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state in which the Station is located.
  7. Entrant’s Personal Information. Information collected from entrants is subject to Station’s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Station’s website under the “Privacy Policy” link. All entry blanks, forms, devices, and materials gathered during the course of entry, as well as all information contained therein, shall become the sole property of Station to be used, disposed of or destroyed in its sole discretion.  Station is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information entered by website users, and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to Station’s website.
  8. Contest Results. A winners list may be obtained within thirty (30) days after the Contest Period expires by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Station identified below.

 

 

CONTEST SPONSOR: Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., WKQX-FM, 455 N. CityFront Plaza, Chicago, IL 60611.

 

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Breaking Bad’s 10 Anniversary!

Looks like Bryan Cranston has been living in the Breaking Bad RV longing for the glory days when the show was on. Now he and Aaron Paul have teamed up with Omaze to offer someone the chance to join them in LA to cook breakfast in the Breaking Bad RV.  It’s all to support the Kind Campaign and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.  I just hope they empty the bucket before you set foot in that thing. -wALT

 

“John Hancock Center” sold — SO, who will buy the name?

The “John Hancock Center” has been sold for $300 million dollars.

You will notice that “John Hancock Center” is in quotations — that’s because back in February, the famed insurance company requested all logos, signage, and names referencing the insurance company be removed.

Technically, the building is now known by it’s address (875 N. Michigan Ave.) — and as of today, has it’s naming rights on the market.  The question is…will the buyer get their money’s worth?

It’s been almost 10 years since Willis Group Holdings negotiated a name change as part of their lease deal with the Sears Tower — but I’ll be dammed in anyone in Chicago actually refers to it as the Willis Tower.  The ball park on the South Side has had three names in its lifetime (one borrowed, and two corporate partners).  Yet, fans will call it “Comiskey,” “Sox Park,” and even “The Cell” — despite the fact that nickname was for the previous sponsor.

So, buy away companies — buy away.  But if people continue to call things by what they know, do the naming rights you purchase even matter?  — [eric]

Stranger Things teases going to a mall in season 3

Stranger Things is easily one of the most satisfying shows for multiple generations with it’s fresh mix of 80’s nostalgia. pre-teen angst, and cross-dimensional mosnter warfare. If they really want to ramp up the teeny bopping, it looks they will bring the drama (and some comedy) to the mall.  This faux commercial for a mall was posted on Twitter today.

The show returned to production earlier this year. The following videos document how the show blends in influences from past shows with a sweet mix of cool and creepy.

 

BATS! Swarm of bats cling to wall outside office window

 

You worked really hard for that corner office promotion. You are finally out of the cubicle pit, and then you discover there is a massive swarm of bats nesting outside your window. Yes, bats and no this not hallucination from ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’. It comes CBS Dallas-Fort Worth.

I thought our Midwestern cicadas were bad in the summer, this is just terrifying.

 

Watch Jack White join Pearl Jam on stage

Both Jack White and Pearl Jam were on the NOS Alive Music Festival together in Portugal this past week, so why not perform together? White joined Seattle’s finest on their set closing cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” and he thrilled the crowd with several guitar solos on the rebellious song. And because we live in a world where everything gets filmed, here is the glorious collaboration.

Queued Up #288 Playlist – 7.15.18

#288 7.15.18

Hour 1

  1. Twenty One Pilots – Jumpsuit
  2. Mt. Joy – Silver Lining
  3. YUNGBLUD – Medication
  4. Dirty Heads – Visions (feat. Kitten)
  5. Mini Mansions – Works Every Time
  6. grandson – Blood // Water
  7. Wild Nothings – Letting Go
  8. Fitness – Matter of Time (Queued Up Artist Showcase 7/18)
  9. Welshly Arms – Indestructible
  10. Interpol – The Rover
  11. Christine and the Queens – Girlfriend
  12. Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – Ohio
  13. White Denim – It Might Get Dark
  14. Oscar – 1UP
  15. Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better (Pitchfork Festival)

Hour 2

  1. The Interrupters – She’s Kerosene
  2. Young The Giant – Simplify
  3. Matt and Kim – Glad I Tried
  4. Twenty One Pilots – Nico and the Niners
  5. Ash – Confessions In The Pool
  6. In The Valley Below – Desperate Dance (Queued Up Artist Showcase 7/18)
  7. Thirty Seconds To Mars – Rescue Me
  8. The Wrecks – James Dean
  9. Lord Huron – Never Ever
  10. Awolnation – Seven Sticks of Dynamite
  11. Sylvan Esso – Die Young
  12. Portugal. The Man – Tidal Wave
  13. Donna Missal – Keep Lying
  14. Bodega – Jack In Titanic
  15. Teenage Wrist – Stoned, Alone