The 1975 just dropped another new song from their upcoming album ‘A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships’ which is due out this fall. -wALT
The 1975 just dropped another new song from their upcoming album ‘A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships’ which is due out this fall. -wALT
“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
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.”
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:
The flagship show of the fledgling DC Universe content platform reveals its first trailer:
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/
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door with part of the proceeds going to suicide prevention campaigns.
There will also be a all ages memorial right before hand outside Joe’s with mental health care professionals volunteering their time and resources holding support groups. <3
Here is the facebook event for the memorial, and for the show
Thanks to British station Radio X, we know another talent that Dave Grohl has under his belt — impressions. Here, he tells the story about how the Foo Fighters put one over on Christopher Walken before he introduced them on Saturday Night Live back in the day. —- [eric]
The Dark Knight was released on this day 10 years ago. (Are you kidding me?!? It’s been a decade?!?)
Someone with far greater time on their hands than I — cut together what the movie trailer probably would have looked like in 1985. It’s got all the eighties elements:
Coming soon….to a theater near you. If you could change the space-time continuum. —- [eric]
Any day we get new music from Rise Against is a good day. Watch ‘Broadcast [Signal] Frequency’
And if you were sleeping on their last new song ‘Megaphone’ wake the #&@$ 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
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.
WKQX-FM’s “Courtesy Concert with Dirty Heads Web” Contest
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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
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]
Ahoy! Something is coming… to Hawkins, Indiana! pic.twitter.com/BI4wFRVzvB
— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) July 16, 2018
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.
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.
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.
#288 7.15.18
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WKQX-FM’s “The Struts In The Lounge Text” Contest
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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.
CONTEST SPONSOR: Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., WKQX, 455 N. CityFront Plaza, Chicago, IL 60611
WKQX-FM’s “The Struts Best Seat In The House Text” Contest
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The Station will conduct the WKQX-FM “The Struts Best Seat In The House Text” Contest (the “Contest”) substantially as described in these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees as follows:
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.
CONTEST SPONSOR: Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., WKQX, 455 N. CityFront Plaza, Chicago, IL 60611