Linkin Park’s Mike Shinode released new 3 track EP called ‘Post Traumatic’. It’s first new music from Shinoda following the tragic passing of his band-mate and friend Chester Bennington last year.
“The past six months have been a rollercoaster,” Shinoda said in a statement. “Amidst the chaos, I’ve started to feel an intense gratitude – for your tributes and messages of support, for the career you have allowed me to have, and for the simple opportunity to create. Today, I’m sharing three songs I wrote and produced, with visuals that I filmed, painted, and edited myself. At its core, grief is a personal, intimate experience. As such, this is not Linkin Park, nor is it Fort Minor – it’s just me. Art has always been the place I go when I need to sort through the complexity and confusion of the road ahead. I don’t know where this path goes, but I’m grateful I get to share it with you.”
Now of course, what does this mean for the future of LInkin Park ? In a social media conversation today to get word out on ‘Post Traumatic’ , Shinoda shared that the band still intends on working together.
I have every intention on continuing with LP, and the guys feel the same. We have a lot of rebuilding to do, and questions to answer, so it’ll take time. https://t.co/nXLxTSd40J
Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park has released a three-track EP called “Post Traumatic.” Aside form the “One More Light Live” album, this is the first we’ve heard from Mike since the loss of Chester Bennington. Shinoda did release this statement…
“The past six months have been a rollercoaster,” Shinoda said in a statement. “Amidst the chaos, I’ve started to feel an intense gratitude – for your tributes and messages of support, for the career you have allowed me to have, and for the simple opportunity to create. Today, I’m sharing three songs I wrote and produced, with visuals that I filmed, painted, and edited myself. At its core, grief is a personal, intimate experience. As such, this is not Linkin Park, nor is it Fort Minor – it’s just me. Art has always been the place I go when I need to sort through the complexity and confusion of the road ahead. I don’t know where this path goes, but I’m grateful I get to share it with you.”
He made a video to go along with each. There are a couple of really personal moments Mike shares at the end of the first and third video.
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon is set to hit the grid iron again with his new Alpha Entertainment company which today announced they are reviving the pro football alternative, XFL. McMahon has dominated in entertainment with the WWE empire on TV, live events, and the WWE Network, but in the early 2000 his dive into pro sports with the XFL was a noteworthy dud which ended after one season on NBC TV channels. Fast forward to late 2017, when McMahon sold a big chunk of his WWE stock and rumors soon hit the web that he was looking build a war chest for another shot at the controversial sports league.
Earlier this week, it was widely reported future that the XFL would return in 2020. Today’s official announcement on a live-stream gave more details which you can watch above, in it McMahon fielded reporters question via a phone conference after revealing the league will present a faster game which could potentially not feature a half-time break. .
XFL was covered in a fantastic ’30 for 30′ documentary on ESPN last year. Both NBC Sports head Dick Ebersole and McMahon participated in the documentary which was directed by Charlie Ebersole.
Replay, the same bar that transformed into “Moe’s Tavern” a few months ago, is entering the multi-verse. The Lincoln Park bar is now a “Rick and Morty” themed pop-up. You can get schwifty at the latest pop-up until February, 25th. Check out some of the stuff they have planed and see some pics at Thrillist.
Foo Fighters were in the middle of a show in Perth the other night when a fan made his way onto the stage. So Dave Grohl does the most Dave Grohl thing you can do….
Gave the dude (Jevon With A J) a hug then tells him to “Get the f*** off my stage!” and then dedicates a song to him 😆
“JEVON WITH A J!”
Jevon starts making his way up at 4:16… (📹 uploaded by Machin193)
Foo Fighters will be at Wrigley Field for two shows in July, would you like to go on us? Click HERE.
For $350 you too can get a tantric sex session with David Joyner. The man who spent 10 years on TV in the Barney suit. Apparently Joyner has bee offering his services for a while. He even found some of his clients on Tinder. Check out a lot more at Vice.
Also, you might want to get rid of tinder before you end up on a date with Bert and Ernie. They can get freaky.
Shows on Jack White’s upcoming tour will be phone free. Jack’s hitting the road for his new album “Boarding House Reach.” The statement he released said “We think you’ll enjoy looking up from your gadgets for a little while and experience music and our shared love of it IN PERSON.” It shouldn’t really shock anyone that Jack is taking a stance on this. He’s been pretty outspoken at his shows if he sees someone with their phone out. How will they keep you from your phone during the performance? The Yondr pouch.
The statement said “Upon arrival at the venue, all phones and other photo or video-capturing gizmos will be secured in a Yondr pouch that will be unlocked at the end of the show. You keep your pouch-secured phone on you during the show and, if needed, can unlock your phone at any time in a designated Yondr Phone Zone located in the lobby or concourse. For those looking to do some social media postings, let us help you with that. Our official tour photographer will be posting photos and videos after the show at jackwhiteiii.com and the new Jack White Live Instagram account @officialjackwhitelive. Repost our photos & videos as much as you want and enjoy a phone-free, 100% human experience.”
There is no Chicago date on the tour just yet, but there is still plenty of time for him for figure out a way to make it though. His new album is out in March.
Jack Antonoff of Bleachers started The Ally Coalition whose purpose is to take action for LGBTQ equality.
“Through tours, special events, and online campaigns, we highlight systemic inequality and organizations supporting LGBTQ youth, and opportunities for fans to engage with these issues.”
Tonight is the 4th Annual Ally Coalition Talent Show, which is not your ordinary talent show. Hear him talk about it with Seth Myers last night:
Travis Barker is working on a new documentary that will include Mark Hoppus and even Tom DeLonge. Tom split from Blink182 a few years ago to chase aliens. No, really. Some people think he has even found some legit proof of extraterrestrials…
But, as for Travis’ doc, he says it will be an extension of his book “Can I Say.” And since the book is about his life it makes sense that both Tom and Mark would be a part of it. So, while all this info may not answer your questions about life on another planet, or if Tom will ever return to Bilk, it does explain what Tom was talking about when he posted this on Instagram in December.
Rub a dub dub, Pete Wentz was tweeting from a tub. The Fall Out Boy bassist took to social media yesterday to do a livestream Q&A with fans just days after band released their new album ‘M A N I A’ and announced a massive Wrigley Field show.
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Wentz did the internet hangout to fulfill a 2011 bet he made when Fall Out Boy were in the middle of what ended up being a five year hiatus (before returning with ‘Save Rock and Roll’), the bass player tweeted: ‘If I ever hit 3 million [Twitter] followers I’m gonna livestream a bubble bath and answer questions. Well, Wentz’s Twitter followers grew to 6.8 million so this well overdue. You can watch the whole thing below with Wentz fielding questions about the upcoming ‘M A N I A’ tour, how the album’s monster mascots could play into the tour, avoiding dropping a phone in the tub, and his favorite Chicago things.
Also Wentz’s kids don’t care about FOB. It’s a fun watch for any fan of the band.
The nominations for this year’s Oscar awards were announced this morning. The annual award show spectacular will air once again on ABC on Sunday, March 4th with Jimmy Kimmel as host and hopefully the best picture is announced correctly this time.
The biggest surprise on this list of nominees is glaring snub of ‘the Lego Batman Movie’ as Best Animated Feature. Lauren stated this on air today, and I support her. Sorry, Boss Baby!
Here’s the full list of nominees:
BEST PICTURE
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
DIRECTING
Christopher Nolan — Dunkirk
Jordan Peele — Get Out
Greta Gerwig — Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson — Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro — The Shape of Water
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Big Sick — Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out — Jordan Peele
Lady Bird — Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water — Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — Martin McDonagh
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name — James Ivory
The Disaster Artist — Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Logan — Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green
Molly’s Game — Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound — Virgil Williams, Dee Rees
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Timothée Chalamet — Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day Lewis — Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya — Get Out
Gary Oldman — Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington — Roman J. Israel, Esq.
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sally Hawkins — The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie — I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan — Lady Bird
Meryl Streep — The Post
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Willem Dafoe — The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins — The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer — All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mary J. Blige — Mudbound
Allison Janney — I, Tonya
Lesley Manville — Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf — Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer — The Shape of Water
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail — Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman
Faces Places — Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
Icarus — Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan
Last Men in Aleppo — Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Søren Steen Jespersen
Strong Island — Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Edith + Eddie — Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 — Frank Stiefel
