Some dads feel a little odd sometimes carrying baby-gear around with them when caring for their toddlers, so enter a new trend of baby caring items.
‘Tactical baby gear’ gives gear that has a military feel while you are also stocked up to wipe a baby’s butt and change that diaper. The story is covered in a new article from the Wall Street Journal entitled “Worried About Diaper-Bag Emasculation? We Have One in Camo” and got spoofed big time by Stephen Colbert and former Marine-turned-comedian Rob Riggle on the ‘Late Show’ this week.
The dynamic dudes that gave us 2004’s ‘Shaun of the Dead’ are prepping a new horror-comedy TV series titled ‘Truth Seekers’. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost went on to work on several comedy films like ‘Hot Fuzz’ but their mix of gorey undead action and madcap British humor in the zombie movie is still their definitive work, so it’s interesting to see them taking similar concepts to the small screen for a binge delivery.
Talking to Variety, Pegg said: “Each episode is going to be an adventure, a potential haunting or something. It’ll start as a very parochial idea, a very small business venture for these people, but it will expand as the series goes on to be something far more global. It’s a language everyone understands – the mystery of the unknown. Shaun Of The Dead was a very parochial story set in North London and somehow it managed to get this global reach because everyone understands the language of zombie movies.”
This Tide Pod Challenge thing is getting out of hand. This call-to-dumb-action meme trend has been springing up with the attention-craving teens biting in the laundry detergent pods in hopes of instant internet glory but it’s incredibly dangerous and poisonous. It’s gotten so bad, Proctor & Gamble who make Tide have launched a public safety campaign to make sure people don’t put the detergent in their mouths. The weird trend has sent some people to hospital, but it has sparked some fun edible alternatives.
A Brooklyn pizzeria named Vinnie’s has jumped in to save the day from “harmful if swallowed” to ‘delightful if swallowed’ with their ‘Pied Pod’. It’s a delish mini-calzone with dyed-cheese on the top giving it same color scheme as the Tide Pod, but it’s edible and tastes good!
VICE got to check out ‘Pied Pods’ in person and relayed their approval.
“Listen. We’re concerned about the youths. They’re eating laundry detergent pods. We needed to do something,” Vinnie’s Pizzeria in Brooklyn wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post on Thursday. “Our Pied Pods have [those] bright, alluring colors that youths crave BUT are 100 percent edible and 100 percent not poison.”
The ‘Pied Pods’ are not a permanent part of the menu at Vinnie’s, in response to this owner
Sean Berthiaume says “If people start coming in and asking for them, then I’ll put them on the menu.”
What should Tide PODs be used for? DOING LAUNDRY. Nothing else.
Eating a Tide POD is a BAD IDEA, and we asked our friend @robgronkowski to help explain. pic.twitter.com/0JnFdhnsWZ
— Tide (@tide) January 12, 2018
It’s quite the first world problem when you can’t keep track of your current binges on Netflix, are they going to be yanked off the streaming service before the month? Wait, is my favorite cartoon from my youth coming to the Net of Flix next month? Leave it to a useful internet tool to simplify the issue with Flixable.
It works pretty easy with clean interface that let’s you search what’s coming, what’s going, and when those changes will happen plus it gives you IMDB ratings for the titles which is independent of Netflix internal user rating system.
In other Netflix news, comedian Mo’Nique has claimed the popular video platform is sexist and racist, after reportedly low balling the comedy legend for a possible stand-up special. The award-winning comic claims to her followers that the she was offered $500,000 for a special when comparatively other popular comics like Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, and Dave Chapelle were offered millions more. She claims her tenure and merits in comedy should give her much more value, and she clarifies in the video interview with TMZ that she is not deriding the value of her fellow comedians, but simply standing up for herself and other black women.
When entertainment blog Vulture reached out to Netflix for a comment, they responded “Netflix does not comment on contract negotiations.”
On the same day they announced their HUGE Wrigley Field show on September 8th (ENTER TO WIN TICKETS HERE) and their new album ‘M A N I A’ out today, Fall Out Boy performed their new single ‘ Hold Me Tight or Don’t’ on ‘the Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ on CBS last night.
Here is their latest song of ‘M A N I A’ , ‘Church’. You can get the whole album on major streaming platforms.
Just exactly HOW did Matt Bellamy of Muse end up in a Beatles cover band? And just exactly HOW did he end up playing with Paul McCartney the other night? Insanity.
Matt playing Macca with Macca. He’s a happy dude. Wonder if they are going to take the Dr. Peppers Jaded Hearts Club Band on the road?
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The Foo Fighters are opening pop-up bars hotel in Australia. Sidney gets “Foo Fighters Hotel” January 24th to the 27th. Then they’re hitting Melbourne, Australia with “The Fooie Bar” from the 27th to the 30th. They also have their own beer for the special events! The brew will be called “Foo Town.” It’s a lager being provided by a brewery called Young Henrys. There band posted a rundown of everything they have planned.
AUSTRALIA… FANCY A PINT? ANNOUNCING #FOOFIGHTERSHOTEL #THEFOOIEBAR POP UP PUBS IN SYDNEY & MELBOURNE!
EXCL MERCH, PRIZES & LTD “FOO TOWN” BREW.
GET ALL THE INFO HERE: https://t.co/NlaqALvm1S pic.twitter.com/NAMTQCxSz7— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) January 18, 2018
Again, the crappy part, it’s happening on the other side of the world. But, this should give us hope to at least get our hands on a can of Foo brew when they come to Wrigley for two shows in July. You can score your way in to the show HERE.
“Super Troopers 2” hits theaters on 4/20. Thank God for crowdfunding.
The idea of a Beastie Boys memoir started with a book deal in 2013. Looks like Mike-D and Ad-Rock are finally close to making it happen. According to The Guardian the book should be out this fall. Sounds like they tried a few different versions of the book before they landed on the form that they feel accurately tells the story of the Beastie Boys.
As for new music, I wouldn’t expect anything. After the loss of MCA in 2012, they effectively said they can’t tour or make new music without him. As awesome as something new might be, I think any Beastie fan would agree.
At least we’ll always have these…
When your dream of heli-sking instantly falls apart.
Give him credit for trying, but this kids mom totally busted him for ordering a bong. “What the frick?” You gotta sell it better than that!
High-five to Avocado for this.
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Chicago 💜 pic.twitter.com/10u5yCX61x
— Fall Out Boy (@falloutboy) January 18, 2018
Fall Out Boy at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field, it’s happening. No confirmed date just yet, but Willmete’s finest will be playing at the home of Cubs which the band announced today online. The big news comes just a day before they release their long anticipated new album,‘ M A N I A’ tomorrow. FOB played a brief performance at Wrigley on opening day of last season, when the Cubbies played St. Louis. Expect the show to go down sometime later this year.
FOB’s Pete Wentz previously expressed his desire to play Wrigley in the past. During a 2016 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Wentz shared his dream show for the band who have gone from VFW halls in the northern burbs to being one of the most successful bands in the world. Read that here.
As for the new album, the band is more than excited go somewhere new with their sound. “This [record] is the most off-script we’ve gone,” Stump told AltPress in a cover story on the alum. “I want to try to invent something, because life’s too short.”
A new year bring hope and promise… and it looks like 2018 is bringing us MEASLES.
The second confirmed case also out of O’Hare (might be time to start booking everything out of Midway…)
The measles virus can linger in the air and on surfaces for hours after an infected person leaves the area. This infected person was at Terminal 5 Jan. 9th between 8:30a and noon according to the Illinois Department of Health. Other time and locations in Skokie of potential exposure to the case can be found on the Sun Times site HERE.
Signs and symptoms from the CDC HERE
(Inforgraphic from www.cdc.gov)
2018. The year measles came back.
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Manchester Orchestra is premiering a new live video for The Gold, filmed at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco:
They will be in our Sound Lounge for an intimate performance Monday afternoon the 22nd! The ONLY way in is HERE
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Dance pop duo the Chainsmokers released a fresh single ‘Sick Boy’ this week, but the new track ruffled the feathers of Twenty One Pilots fans who took their emotions to social media. The ‘Clique’ seems to think the track is a rip-off of the beloved Ohio alternative band and the accusation seems to be picking up steam.
Here’s the crack of what people are saying online.
The Chainsmokers new song is literally a ripoff of twenty one pilots. It went from worse to worser! pic.twitter.com/fTFja554I8
— frank (@franktbh) January 17, 2018
the chainsmokers deadass just copied twenty one pilots an entire 3 years later
— bread, but also brad (@bradxperez) January 17, 2018
the new chainsmokers song is too much like twenty one pilots and it makes me angry cause twenty one pilots are so wonderfully original and the chainsmokers are pissing all over their sound
— 𝕭𝖊𝖙𝖍™️ (@BethyClyro) January 18, 2018
Chainsmokers are trying to steal twenty one pilots lane 👎🏻 pic.twitter.com/zMtrY6FhMl
— Bro Goddess 🌙 Lady of the Whorl (@DocBenzedrine) January 18, 2018
'Sick Boy' by the Chainsmokers sounds like it's from a twenty one pilots cover band that decided to attempt their own original song… #KnockOff
— Monique (@mo_vasq15) January 18, 2018
So does ‘Sick Boy’ actually sound like a TOP track? Some have pointed to ‘Heathans’ as the specific song that it takes the most from, while others have tagged ‘Fairly Local’ as an inspiration for it as well.
Listen below for yourself and decide.
The Chainsmokers
Twenty-One Pilots
We haven’t even hit Championship Sunday yet, but we are getting a look at some of the ads we’ll see during the big game on February 4th.
Morgan Freeman and Peter Dinklage are facing off in an ad that promotes Doritos’ new spicy Blaze chips and Mountain Dew’s clear Ice drink.
Matt Damon’s Water.org is teaming up with the beer Stella Artois.
M&M’s will have its first Super Bowl ad in three years. Here’s a teaser.
Skittles is doing something different. Their 60 second ad will only be shown to one person, but they will be airing his reaction during the game. Taste the rainbow?
If your deodorant doesn’t get you through the day, your DIET might be to blame. Here are six foods that can make you stink . . .
1. Red meat. It’s hard to digest and leaves residue behind in your digestive tract, which mixes with bacteria and comes out in your sweat. A study in 2006 found women were more attracted to guys who were vegetarians, because their sweat smelled better.
2. Alcohol. Most of it gets metabolized by your liver. But a tiny amount comes out in your sweat. So you end up smelling like a stale beer.
3. Fish can make SOME people smell bad. There’s a metabolic disorder called “fish odor syndrome” where it makes your sweat smell fishy. It’s rare though, and you’d probably know if you had it.
4. Broccoli and asparagus because they both have a lot of sulfur. They’re good for you though, so don’t stop eating them. If they make you smell bad, try cooking them in boiling water instead of steaming them. That should eliminate most of the smell.
5. Garlic. It has another sulfuric compound called allicin. (Pronounced like the name Alison.) It’s not necessarily a bad smell though. A few studies have found that some people are actually turned on by it.
6. Coffee. It might not make you smell worse on its own. But stimulants like caffeine make you sweat more. So you could end up sweating out more of those OTHER odors we just talked about.
More at Readers Digest.
Radiohead Memes found clips of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” that do a pretty god job of describing Radiohead albums.
Side note, PLEASE DON’T LEAVE GLENN HOWERTON! #WeNeedDennis