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]
Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (Wintrust Band Jam)
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.
Bleachers Interview: “Parents Following Jack Around”
Bleachers Interview: “Legend Of The Stone Pony”
Bleachers Interview: “Recording At Home VS Studio/Writing Music”
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.
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.
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.
Never Before Seen Eddie Vedder Childhood TV Commercials
(from alternativenation.net)
While a short clip has surfaced in the past, PearlJamOnline have uploaded Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder’s 1972 television commercials in their entirety. Eddie at the time was known as Eddie Mueller, and he was only 7-years old, nearly 20 years before his international stardom with Pearl Jam. Watch below! (MORE HERE)
Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, QOTSA, and more nominated for Grammys
Here are the nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards. It’s the “biggest night in music” and it will broadcast live on CBS on January 28th from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Several big name alternative acts are up for awards including the Foo Fighters, LCD Soundsystem, the National, Gorillaz, and Arcade Fire.
Our beloved New Zealand alt songtress Lorde is up for Album of the Year but faces tough competition from rap heavyweights Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, and pop prince Bruno Mars.
Check out the announced nominees below.
Best Alternative Music Album
Everything Now – Arcade Fire
Humanz – Gorillaz
American Dream – LCD Soundsystem
Pure Comedy – Father John Misty
Sleep Well Beast – The National
Best Rock Album
Emperor Of Sand – Mastodon
Hardwired…To Self-Destruct – Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Nothing More
Villains – Queens Of The Stone Age
A Deeper Understanding – The War On Drugs
Best Rock Performance:
“You Want It Darker” — Leonard Cohen
“The Promise” — Chris Cornell
“Run” — Foo Fighters
“No Good” — Kaleo
“Go To War” — Nothing More
Record Of The Year:
“Redbone” — Childish Gambino
“Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
“The Story Of O.J.” — JAY-Z
“HUMBLE.” — Kendrick Lamar
“24K Magic” — Bruno Mars
Album Of The Year:
“Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
4:44 — JAY-Z
DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
Melodrama — Lorde
24K Magic — Bruno Mars
Song Of The Year:
“Despacito” — Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)
“4:44” — Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson, songwriters (JAY-Z)
“Issues” — Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter, songwriters (Julia Michaels)
“1-800-273-8255” — Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury, Khalid Robinson, songwriters (Logic Featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid)
“That’s What I Like” — Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
Best New Artist:
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA
Best Pop Solo Performance:
“Love So Soft” — Kelly Clarkson
“Praying” — Kesha
“Million Reasons” — Lady Gaga
“What About Us” — P!nk
“Shape Of You” — Ed Sheeran
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Something Just Like This” — The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
“Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
“Thunder” — Imagine Dragons
“Feel It Still” — Portugal. The Man
“Stay” — Zedd & Alessia Cara
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Migration — Bonobo
3-D The Catalogue — Kraftwerk
Mura Masa — Mura Masa
A Moment Apart — Odesza
What Now — Sylvan Esso
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Free 6lack — 6lack
“Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
American Teen — Khalid
Ctrl — SZA
Starboy — The Weeknd
Best Rap Album:
4:44 — JAY-Z
DAMN. — Kendrick Lamar
Culture — Migos
Laila’s Wisdom — Rapsody
Flower Boy — Tyler, The Creator
Best Country Album
Cosmic Hallelujah — Kenny Chesney
Heart Break — Lady Antebellum
The Breaker — Little Big Town
Life Changes — Thomas Rhett
From A Room: Volume 1 — Chris Stapleton
Best Americana Album
Southern Blood — Gregg Allman
Shine On Rainy Day — Brent Cobb
Beast Epic — Iron & Wine
The Nashville Sound — Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Brand New Day — The Mavericks
Best Comedy Album
The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas — Dave Chappelle
Cinco — Jim Gaffigan
Jerry Before Seinfeld — Jerry Seinfeld
A Speck Of Dust — Sarah Silverman
What Now? — Kevin Hart
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“City Of Stars” — Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone), Track from La La Land
“How Far I’ll Go” — Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli’i Cravalho), Track from Moana: The Songs
“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) — Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift, songwriters (ZAYN & Taylor Swift), Track from Fifty Shades Darker
“Never Give Up” — Sia Furler & Gregg Kurstin, songwriters (Sia), Track from Lion
“Stand Up For Something” — Common & Diane Warren, songwriters (Andra Day Featuring Common), Track from Marshall
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Calvin Harris
No I.D.
Greg Kurstin
Blake Mills
The Stereotypes
Upside-Down Christmas Trees Are Becoming a Thing
Apparently, UPSIDE-DOWN CHRISTMAS TREES are trendy this year. You can either mount your tree to the ceiling so it hangs, or buy an artificial tree that’s designed to stand upside-down. Pretty much every store sells them now, from Home Depot to Target and they can get expensive in a hurry!
More on the upside down tree HERE.
Canada close to legalizing pot in 2018
Our neighbors to the north, Canada could have legal recreational weed coast-to-coast by this summer. The House of Commons voted 200-82 to approve the measure, and it now moves to the Canadian Senate where some elected officials want to hold it up. Conservative officials prompted a vote for a delay of implementing marijuana legalization which was voted down 199-84. According to CTV, some of the provinces (it’s Canada’s versions of states) say they would not be ready in time to implement legalization in time for the government’s planned legalization in July.
Canada’s recreational pot legalization has been in the works for months now. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been pushing ahead for the weed legalization for some time, with polls across the country supporting the move.
The Washington Post covered all the arguments to legalize in Canada here.
So you know some people who are already planning a trip up north, already right?
7-Eleven launches makeup line—and it’s all under $5
(from altpress.com)
In one of the more surprising beauty launches we’ve seen, 7-Eleven has officially launched its own cosmetics brand. If you’re stopping for a slurpee, you might as well pick up a concealer while you’re at it, right?
One step closer to getting my line of ‘SNL like’ prop wigs in stores…DREAMS!!
