If you can put your own car in outer space with a dummy astronaut, you have done something special. Tech wizard Eilon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon Heavy, the largest rocket to blast off from Earth since NASA’s Saturn 5 which sent the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. This ‘Starman’ dummmy cruising in an open top Tesla Roadster is now making his way to Mars attached to a larger rocket that detaches during the flight.
You can watch replays of the live stream of the ‘Starman’ below.
Alex Melton’s YouTube channel if full of amazing covers. But, if you ever wondered what Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin” woould sound like if Blink-182 came up with it first, this is as close as you’re going to get.
While we’re at it, the Fall Out Boy version is pretty awesome, too!
Sheriff Deadpool battles Cable in this NSFW trailer. Gotta love the the attention to detail. They even put “Andy” on his foot. Also, points for the JL mustache slam.
Fall Out Boy giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the video shoot for “Church.”
Blessing you with the beyond the video for Church 🙏 pic.twitter.com/IefZedxo2o
— Fall Out Boy (@falloutboy) February 6, 2018
Here’s what the finished product looks like…
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Fall Out Boy hits Wrigley in September with Rise Against and Machine Gun Kelly. You can score your way in HERE.
Warning this is HARD to watch, and does NOT feature any graphic nudity but it’s not easy to hear this man screams as a team of police and transit officials work to get his junk removed from a turnstile in London’s Underground system. The story has been viral today in the UK, and Metro had an on-point lead-off line saying the following:
Sometimes in life you have days where everything goes perfectly and you end up feeling like a superhero. Then there are the times when you try to hurdle the gates in the London Underground and get your genitals stuck in the barriers.
Yeah, this was one of those days. It does make you think of all the bad behavior on the CTA which I am pretty sure we have all witnessed once or twice.The man was removed safely but appeared to be in a tremendous amount of pain, on top of the huge amount of regret he has for trying that in the first place.
Ground Control to Major Tom….
Today with much news coverage, New tech titan Eilon Musk’s SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy, the largest rocket from Earth since NASA’s Saturn 5 which brought man to the Moon. This massive scientific marvel will bring the rocket with a view-able distance of Mars and from there it will launch a smaller rocket vehicle which will have a Tesla Roadster attached which will be playing rock ‘n roll spaceman David Bowie’s epic “Space Oddity”. Yes, a song about a astronaut whose aware he’s going to lost in space forever is going to be played in a car that will be lost in space forever. Above you can watch a CGI mock up for the planned Falcon Heavy journey to the tune of Bowie’s ‘Life on Mars’.
Musk just continues to be the real world’s version of Tony Stark from Marvel. When will he reveal he’s Iron Man?!
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LCD Soundsystem continued their victory march after releasing last year’s ‘American Dream’ album with kick-ass shows , a performance this week on the classic music performance TV stage ‘Austin City Limits’ which aired this past week on PBS. The seminal alt-dance band lead by James Murphy performed several ‘Dream’ songs including ‘Tonite’ and some deeper cuts from their back catalog including “New York, I Love You but your bringing me down”. You can watch the entire rousing set by arena-level band in an intimate space above.
Here are the songs they performed in this episode.
“Oh Baby”
“Call the Police”
“I Can Change”
“Change Yr Mind”
“Tonite”
“New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”
“Emotional Haircut”
“All My Friends”
Just another reminder to be careful what you broadcast on social media — “Hey, look at me on my awesome sunny vacation while you sit there in a crappy Chicago winter!” 😠 — because you never know what nefarious people are paying attention to the status of all the cool stuff you have in your house.
Although…I’m not sure how Rob Gronkowski could have avoided this.
Police in Foxborough were notified when the Patriots tight end returned home late yesterday afternoon — because his home had been robbed.
Playing in the biggest football game of the year makes it pretty simple to know if one can take your s#%&. No word on what is now missing. — [eric]
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Scientists have found a way to grow hair in mice using human stem cells and a chemical found in McDonald’s french fries. Apparently, researches were able to make “hair follicle germs” in the lab thanks to dimethylpolysiloxane. Which is also used in McDonald’s fries This is added to keep oil from foaming up while they are cooking the fries. Since we are clearly getting to a point of expertise that’s above my pay grade, check out more from Professor Junji Fukuda, of Yokohama National University at Metro UK. Or, just watch the video.
TMZ is reporting that this green beauty that once belonged to the Blink-182 drummer is on the market — again:
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The 2007 Honda CBR1000RR was mainly used to promote Travis Barker’s clothing line during his ownership — and only had 6 miles reportedly before being sold. And now THAT new owner is putting it up for sale.
Asking price? $16,900. Perfect for tooling around the grey, slushy February streets of Chicagoland, if you ask me. — [eric]
We finally saw the first trailer fro “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” Now we can get our geek on with the character posters. Of course Chewie never changes, but how awesome does Donald Glover look as Lando?!?! This hits theaters on May, 25th.
And in case you missed the trailer…
Panic At The Disco are spreading the love with their limited edition Valentine’s Day tee shirts. If you can’t stand Valentine’s Day because it’s a made up reason to tell someone you love them, then you can just call it a pink heart Panic tee shirt. Or something.
Something for your Valentine 💘 up on https://t.co/PnohptNh42 until 2/14 pic.twitter.com/pBXrSR86bQ
— Panic! At The Disco (@PanicAtTheDisco) February 5, 2018
If Brendon really loved us he’d get us some new music for V-Day, but until then here’s “Death of a Bachelor” live from the Lounge. Something that will probably happen a lot on Valentine’s Day.
Vance Joy is getting ready to release his sophomore album, “Nation of Two.” He’s been sharing a lot about what inspired the album and also giving us a sneak peek at what we can expect. “Nation of Two” is out on February, 23rd. Vance is also hitting the road. So far his site only has dates until July, 14th. None of those are in Chicago, but that’s probably going to change. We’ll spread the word if/when there is any info on that.
For me ‘Nation of Two’ describes a perfectly self contained universe. A relationship that helps give you your bearings. Out Feb 23 x pic.twitter.com/Mbt2j64AMY
— Vance Joy (@vancejoy) February 5, 2018
My new song, “Saturday Sun,” from my forthcoming album ‘Nation of Two’ is available now. You can listen to it on @Spotify and other streaming services here https://t.co/LtZOXxCHQ9 pic.twitter.com/Q9pcscoM6L
— Vance Joy (@vancejoy) February 1, 2018
On a day where over 600 flights were cancelled at O’Hare due to firgid weather and snowfall, we turn to the classic Simpsons episode about Homer’s short-lived but eventful run as Springfield’s winter weather hero Mr. Plow.
This piano geek on Youtube, Finn M.K. did a dub of improvised playing over a clip from the Mr. Plow commercial, and it reminds us what those Plow drivers today are enduring.
Here’s an on-point 60 second review to remind of the battle between Homer and Barney a.k.a “the Plow King’.
Remember these wonderful moments….
If you are cable subscriber, you can watch the ‘Mr. Plow’ adventure in it’s entirety here.
Paramore just posted their new music video for “Rose Colored Boy” and boy does this video deliver as the first great music video of 2018. It has the band playing a cheery morning news team and their 80’s erea TV show goes off the rails as the song goes on. It’s just demented and fun, and adds another layer of greatness to 2017’s album ‘After Laughter’.
Relive our exclusive LOUNGE session with Paramore before they took the stage at Riot Fest in 2017