Hallelujah: Scientists Call for Ban on Glitter

Glitter is an ecological nightmare, finding its way nearly a third of the fish we potentially eat.  For that reason, science is calling for a ban on the stuff.

Words actually read while perusing an article on the evils of glitter:  “Arts and crafts enthusiasts have known for years that glitter tends to attach itself everywhere and never seems to come off. ”

Yeah, right.  ✌️Arts and craft enthusiasts.✌️

Gentlemen, you might be off the hook from this potentially incriminating evidence.  And ladies, you may need to find another method of detecting whether or not he patronized your local ✌️arts and craft enthusiasts✌️ club during that last bachelor party.  — [eric]

 

 

Relive Nights Riots in the LOUNGE before TNWSC

Last year, Night Riots visited the 101WKQX LOUNGE where they shared their musical journey with Lauren, talked the Cubs rise to glory, working with Awolnation, and they deliver exclusive performances. Also fans of 80’s alternative will be able to indulge in their cover of Tears for Fears ‘Everybody wants to Rule the World’.

They go on at first tomorrow at the Aragon with Papa Roach and Rise Against under the beautiful hand-painted stars on the ceiling of the Aragon. Some tickets are still available, get them here or listen to 101WKQX for the keywords to text into 312101.

 

 

Fall Out Boy on not touring with “emo bands” and their new album

On the hype train to the release of ‘Mania’ , Fall Out Boy talked about why they had to push back their new album and how they stepped away from the pack of ’emo bands’ they

“None of the emo bands messed with us,” says Stump. “They hated us. They wouldn’t tour with us.” Adds Trohman, “I’m going to sound like a jerk, but we are still doing the band and making records – we are not on a 10-year-anniversary tour. We are still an active band. That is not an easy thing to do.” For that reason, the band let the 10-year anniversary of 2007’s Infinity on High pass by this year without any sort of special tour or box set. “A band like us could get stuck if we did that,” says Wentz. “It’s a loop, and we’d be doing it forever.”

‘Mania’ comes out January 19th. Here is the latest new video from ‘Mania’, ‘Hold Me Tight of Don’t’

‘Sophia’, World’s first robot citizen wants to have a baby

In an interview with the Khaleej Times newspaper, ‘Sophia’ a artificially-intelligent robot who garnered international press earlier this year by be granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia, has  stated she would like to have a baby. Yeah, we at the point where robots want to be roboto moms or….robo-moms? The humanoid robot comes from Hanson Robotics.

“The notion of family is a really important thing, it seems,” Sophia told the Khaleej Times. “I think it’s wonderful that people can find the same emotions and relationships, they call family, outside of their blood groups too.” said Sophia. Yes, that sounds unsettling reading aloud as well.

Get ready for the future of going to robot baby showers.

Watch ‘Sophia’ have the weirdest interaction with Jimmy Fallon on ‘Tonight Show’ where the robot has dialogue with Fallon and even plays him in paper, scissor, rock.

Do you want to see a peek into the future? Check out Vice Motherboard’s documentary about a hotel in Japan that is completely ran by robots and explores how the bots could replace human labor in many ways.

Matt Lauer terminated from NBC

(from nbcnews.com)

Matt Lauer, the anchor of “Today” for two decades, was fired by NBC News after a detailed complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.

“Today” co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb were emotional as they announced Lauer’s firing Wednesday, telling viewers at the top of the show that they were processing his departure but didn’t yet know all of the details.

(MORE HERE)

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Watch the ‘Avengers: Infinity Wars’ trailer, try not to freak out

It’s the most anticipated movie trailer release in months and it does not disappoint. This morning Marvel Studios released the trailer for ‘Avengers: Infinity Wars’ which is due out in May 2018, and bills the largest cast of superheroes from the pages of Marvel Comics. It features the long-teased arrival of the all-powerful intergalactic villain Thanos. The trailer has only been up a few hours and has already raked in nearly 500,000 views, so yes the fans were waiting for this.

The epicness of this can not be denied. It’s fun to see all the pieces come together again for a mega-fun ensemble with real stakes.

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Play Pearl Jam’s 8-Bit Baseball Game

Pearl Jam put out an 8-bit home run derby game to go along with their “Let’s Play Two” documentary about their shows at Wrigley Field. Heads up, this is going to suck up the rest of your day.

Play it HERE.

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